The Baptism of Our Lord 1/9/22
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THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD
JANUARY 9, 2022
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, FALLS CHURCH, VA
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PRELUDE Baptized into Your Name Most Holy
Setting: Dennis W. Zimmer
WELCOME
ENTRANCE HYMN (Stand) #590 Baptized into Your Name Most Holy
1 Baptized into Your name most holy,
O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
I claim a place, though weak and lowly,
Among Your saints, Your chosen host.
Buried with Christ and dead to sin,
Your Spirit now shall live within.
2 My loving Father, here You take me
To be henceforth Your child and heir.
My faithful Savior, here You make me
The fruit of all Your sorrows share.
O Holy Spirit, comfort me
When threat’ning clouds around I see.
3 My faithful God, You fail me never;
Your promise surely will endure.
O cast me not away forever
If words and deeds become impure.
Have mercy when I come defiled;
Forgive, lift up, restore Your child.
4 All that I am and love most dearly—
Receive it all, O Lord, from me.
Let me confess my faith sincerely;
Help me Your faithful child to be!
Let nothing that I am or own
Serve any will but Yours alone.
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS p. 203
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.
Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
(Silence for reflection)
Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Almighty God, merciful Father, in Holy Baptism You declared us to be Your children and gathered us into Your one, holy Church, in which You daily and richly forgive us our sins and grant us new life through Your Spirit. Be in our midst, enliven our faith, and graciously receive our prayer and praise; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
KYRIE
In peace, let us pray to the Lord:
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
For the peace from above and for our salvation; and for the peace of the whole world and the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord:
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise; and for the well-being of the whole church of God in Christ, let us pray to the Lord:
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
Help, save, comfort and defend us, gracious Lord.
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
HYMN OF PRAISE p. 204
1 To God on high be glory
And peace to all the earth;
Goodwill from God in heaven
Proclaimed at Jesus’ birth!
We praise and bless You, Father;
Your holy name, we sing—
Our thanks for Your great glory,
Lord God, our heav’nly King.
2 To You, O sole-begotten,
The Father’s Son, we pray;
O Lamb of God, our Savior,
You take our sins away.
Have mercy on us, Jesus;
Receive our heartfelt cry,
Where You in pow’r are seated
At God’s right hand on high—
3 For You alone are holy;
You only are the Lord.
Forever and forever,
Be worshiped and adored;
You with the Holy Spirit
Alone are Lord Most High,
In God the Father’s glory.
“Amen!” our glad reply.
THE PRAYER OF THE DAY
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray. Father in Heaven,
at the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River You proclaimed Him Your beloved Son and anointed Him with the Holy Spirit. Make all who are baptized in His name faithful in their calling as Your children and inheritors with Him of everlasting life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
FIRST LESSON (Be seated) Isaiah 43:1-7
But now thus says the Lord,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life.
Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your offspring from the east,
and from the west I will gather you.
I will say to the north, Give up,
and to the south, Do not withhold;
bring my sons from afar
and my daughters from the end of the earth,
everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PSALM 29 (Read responsively)
Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord
flashes forth flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth
and strips the forests bare,
and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be forever. Amen.
SECOND LESSON Romans 6:1-11
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL VERSE (Stand) #406 Sts. 1-4 To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord
1 To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord,
To do His Father’s pleasure;
Baptized by John, the Father’s Word
Was given us to treasure.
This heav’nly washing now shall be
A cleansing from transgression
And by His blood and agony
Release from death’s oppression.
A new life now awaits us.
2 O hear and mark the message well,
For God Himself has spoken.
Let faith, not doubt, among us dwell
And so receive this token.
Our Lord here with His Word endows
Pure water, freely flowing.
God’s Holy Spirit here avows
Our kinship while bestowing
The Baptism of His blessing.
3 These truths on Jordan’s banks were shown
By mighty word and wonder.
The Father’s voice from heav’n came down,
Which we do well to ponder:
“This man is My belovèd Son,
In whom My heart has pleasure.
Him you must hear, and Him alone,
And trust in fullest measure
The word that He has spoken.”
4 There stood the Son of God in love,
His grace to us extending;
The Holy Spirit like a dove
Upon the scene descending;
The triune God assuring us,
With promises compelling,
That in our Baptism He will thus
Among us find a dwelling
To comfort and sustain us.
GOSPEL Luke 3:15-22
The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke the 3rd chapter
Glory to You, O Lord.
As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
So with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people. But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done, added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison.
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to You, O Christ.
SERMON
Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus. Amen. Dear friends in Christ:
Today the church year calls us to consider the fact that Jesus was baptized. We just read about the baptism in our Gospel reading – this year from Luke’s Gospel. And we just sang about the baptism in the hymn I inserted in place of the usual Alleluia Verse.
Let’s begin our meditation today with some thoughts on that hymn. To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord is Martin Luther’s catechism hymn on baptism. Luther, in order to teach the faith and help us remember it, not only wrote short explanations for each of the six chief parts of the catechism but also hymns on each of them. The hymns are not as well-known as the explanations since they don’t appear in the catechism. But they do, however, all appear in our hymnal – just not together in a designated category.
So far today we’ve only sung the first four stanzas of that hymn. There are three more stanzas which we will sing after the sermon. And I’ll have us repeat the first stanza at that time as well.
If you were to look up today’s hymn in the hymnal and examine the small print at the bottom of the page, you’d see a note which says: “In his catechism hymn on baptism, Luther uses the biblical narrative concerning Christ’s baptism to teach the meaning of baptism for our lives.”
Luther’s choice of using Christ’s baptism for his teaching is rather interesting. For in the catechism itself, Christ’s baptism gets little mention.
It’s not mentioned at all in the Small Catechism. In his four questions and explanations, Luther draws first on Mat. 28 – the command to baptize. He then moves to Mark 16 – the promise that he who believes and is baptized shall be saved. Then he mentions a text from Titus 3 that speaks of being saved through the washing of rebirth and renewal through the Holy Spirit. And he concludes with a portion of the Romans 6 text we read as our second reading today – the one where we are told that we are buried with Christ through baptism into his death.
In his Large Catechism, Luther only mentions Christ’s baptism once – pointing out how God’s speaking on that day shows the strong connection between the water of baptism and the word of God.
The relationship between Christ’s baptism and our baptism has always been a little difficult to understand. John the Baptist himself seemed unsure of this, as recorded in Matthew’s Gospel, where we are told that John would have prevented Jesus from being baptized, saying: “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” John knew that baptism was for sinners. And that being the case, why would Jesus need to be baptized?
To John’s question, Jesus answered only: “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting to fulfill all righteousness.” Jesus may not have needed to be baptized, but he chose to – believing it to be right.
That choosing by Jesus is highlighted in the first line of Luther’s great hymn. To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord. No one brought Jesus for baptism. Nor did he need it. He simply recognized that it was fitting. In the words of the hymn, it was “his father’s pleasure.” So, he came to receive it. That language of coming for baptism reflects Matthew and Mark’s accounts, which both begin by saying that Jesus came from Galilee to be baptized by John.
Luke’s account begins differently. Luke doesn’t tell about the travel. Rather, he connects Jesus’ baptism with that of the crowds, telling how it happened “when all the people were baptized.”
The effect of Luke’s telling is to make Jesus’ baptism sound very much like ours. It’s only until we read on and hear that God spoke and the Spirit appeared that Jesus’ baptism becomes different.
And yet, even these details may be pointing more toward a commonality than to a difference.
To help us think about this, let’s look again at the hymn. In a further note found on the bottom of the page, we see that Luke’s account of Jesus’ baptism is the one given as basis for this hymn. Although the baptism of Jesus is reported in all four Gospels, Luke’s account was chosen as the best mirror of this hymn’s contents.
Certainly this choice reflects the fact that Luke’s account reads so much like an account of our baptism. For not only does Jesus get baptized “when all the people were baptized,” but Jesus was also praying at his baptism, just like we do. And Jesus heard the word of God spoken directly to him – “you are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased” – just like we do when we perceive the message that our baptism gives.
Furthermore, Luke’s account alone tells us that the Spirit descended upon Jesus “in bodily form.” That bodily form was “like a dove.” For us, the bodily form is the water, which we see and feel, and which sacramentally embodies the presence of the Spirit.
About this, Lutherans are of mixed opinion regarding whether there is a sacramental union between God’s presence and the water like there is in Holy Communion. We note that there is no specific word from God on this. But either way, God is certainly present in a baptism. All three members of the Trinity are there, with the Spirit specifically being poured out.
Martin Luther hints at a sacramental connection in his famous baptism prayer, known commonly as the Flood Prayer. In that prayer, we recall that God “sanctified and instituted all waters to be a blessed flood and a lavish washing away of sin.” This happened “through the Baptism in the Jordan of [God’s] beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Lutherans are careful to point out that the water used in a baptism is just simple water. I’ve had many confirmands over the years sound a note of disappointment when they find out the water
we use for a baptism just comes from the tap. But then I remind them that the water becomes holy through the Word of God. As Luther writes in the catechism: “For without God’s word the water is plain water and no Baptism. But with the word of God it is a baptism, that is, a life-giving water, rich in grace, and a washing of the new birth in the Holy Spirit.”
Previously, in John’s baptism, the waters merely symbolized a person’s repentance. St. Paul made this clear in the Book of Acts. But Jesus’ baptism initiated a new understanding. The waters of baptism would now wash away sin and connect one to Christ. Our hymn reflects this change when it says: “This heavenly washing now shall be a cleansing from transgression.”
And this new understanding is good news! For while Jesus did not need to receive cleansing we certainly do.
Jesus was baptized to show us the way. His baptism leads us to the cleansing waters of our own baptism, where we become joined to his death and resurrection.
And having been joined to him, we then take on his name – Christian – and join his family, the family of the righteous. At our baptism, we too – just like with Jesus – are declared to be a beloved child of God and one who has received the Holy Spirit.
The central event of a baptism is the washing. And through it, numerous blessings come. The baptism of Jesus helps us to see these blessings.
One of these blessings is that baptism sets us on the course of a new life. For Jesus, his baptism inaugurated his ministry. Our baptism inaugurates us into a life of service as well. As Christians, we serve others and not just ourselves. We do this by using the gifts God gives us for his holy purposes.
Today’s hymn can once again help us see this– not only by telling us of Jesus’ service, but also by serving as an example of what serving can look like.
The hymn, as we’ve noted, was written by Martin Luther. And we’ve spoken many times about his great service to the church. But that hymn also needed to be translated into our language. And set to music. Here I’d like to share two quick stories about how those serving needs were met.
Regarding its translation, we see from our hymnal notes that the translator is Elizabeth Quitmeyer and that her translation was done in 1976. You might assume that she was an English professor or a poetry scholar, but in fact she was a home economics major who ended up working in a business office near her home outside of Detroit. Her gift for poetry was discovered rather late in life, during a time when she was in the hospital. There she started writing verses for family and friends’ birthdays and anniversaries as well as for the hospital paper. When her poor health forced her to retire, she started writing and translating hymns. Several of them have appeared in print, mostly in LCMS publications. As you might imagine, to
have your translation of a historic hymn of Luther included in the hymnal is quite an accomplishment and speaks to a talent that can bloom when other abilities are taken away.
Regarding the hymn’s musical setting, the hymn has been set to the melody we sang earlier since soon after Luther wrote it. The melody comes from that era and was paired with the hymn by the celebrated musician Johann Walther. But after 450 years of singing it to the same tune, some wondered whether a refresh might be needed. Fifteen years ago, David Lee, an IT worker at England’s Durham University with an interest in hymnody, thought that perhaps this and one other of Luther’s old hymns with the same meter might garner new interest with a new melody. So, he wrote a tune for it. He called the tune Elvet Banks – most likely named because the science section of the university is found in the part of Durham called Elvet, and because that part is found on the banks of a river. How appropriate that a hymn which teaches about baptism be named for a river bank! We will soon sing the remaining verses of the hymn to that tune.
Baptism sets us on a course of new life. It is a life of confidence and joy knowing that our sins have been forgiven and that we belong to Christ and his family. It is also a life of opportunity and surprise as we extend ourselves in service and see the impact that our labors can have.
God calls each of us to live our days embracing our faith and trusting his leading. Just as Christ our Lord came to the Jordan to do his Father’s pleasure, so also we go where God sends us – taking his Holy Spirit with us in our endeavors and serving as his witnesses.
To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord. And for this we give thanks.
To the waters of baptism we came – by the Spirit’s leading and perhaps our parents’ too. For this we give thanks as well.
God gives us great gifts in baptism. May these gifts strengthen us, sustain us and lead us to life everlasting. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
HYMN OF THE DAY (Stand) #407 Sts. 1, 5-7 To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord
1 To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord,
To do His Father’s pleasure;
Baptized by John, the Father’s Word
Was given us to treasure.
This heav’nly washing now shall be
A cleansing from transgression
And by His blood and agony
Release from death’s oppression.
A new life now awaits us.
5 To His disciples spoke the Lord,
“Go out to ev’ry nation,
And bring to them the living Word
And this My invitation:
Let ev’ryone abandon sin
And come in true contrition
To be baptized and thereby win
Full pardon and remission
And heav’nly bliss inherit.”
6 But woe to those who cast aside
This grace so freely given;
They shall in sin and shame abide
And to despair be driven.
For born in sin, their works must fail,
Their striving saves them never;
Their pious acts do not avail,
And they are lost forever,
Eternal death their portion.
7 All that the mortal eye beholds
Is water as we pour it.
Before the eye of faith unfolds
The pow’r of Jesus’ merit.
For here it sees the crimson flood
To all our ills bring healing;
The wonders of His precious blood
The love of God revealing,
Assuring His own pardon.
NICENE CREED
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
OFFERING
PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH (Stand)
In peace, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For all who have been baptized into Christ’s righteousness, that they would be bold in faith, fervent in love, and live out heavenly lives even in this world, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For all who proclaim Jesus Christ, that through their godly message, many would repent of their sins and join Him in His heavenly kingdom, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For all families, that Christ would be the head of their homes; for husbands and wives, that God would turn them toward one another in love; for fathers and mothers, that God would equip them for their holy duty as teachers of the faith; and for all children, that God would preserve them in the saving faith and certain promises of their Baptism unto life everlasting, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For the rulers of the nations, that they would submit to the preaching of God’s Word and govern their people in accord with its teachings, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For our common life together as members of this nation, this commonwealth and this community, that we would live peacefully with one another, work together for justice and the maintaining of order, and promote compassion toward those in need and the good of all, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For all those bruised and afflicted in spirit, especially those on our prayer list and those who name in our hearts at this time… that Christ would be a servant to them in their hour of need and bring them out of their afflictions, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For all who have received Holy Baptism and now come to partake of his Supper, that they would treasure this heavenly gift and so receive the body and blood of Christ for their forgiveness, life and salvation, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
Lord God, heavenly Father, You manifested Yourself with the Holy Spirit in the fullness of grace at the Baptism of Your dear Son. With Your voice, You directed us to the One who has borne our sins, that we may receive grace and forgiveness. Keep us, we implore You, in the true faith. Since we have been baptized in accordance with Your command and the example of Your Son, strengthen our faith by Your Holy Spirit and lead us to everlasting life and salvation; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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THE LITURGY OF HOLY COMMUNION
PREFACE TO HOLY COMMUNION p. 208
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
It is truly good right and salutary…evermore praising You and saying:
SANCTUS p. 208
Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth adored;
Heav’n and earth with full acclaim shout the glory of Your name.
Sing hosanna in the highest, sing hosanna to the Lord;
Truly blest is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
PARYER OF THANKSGIVING
THE WORDS OF OUR LORD
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
PAX DOMINI P. 210
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
Amen.
AGNUS DEI
O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
You take the sin of the world away;
O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
Have mercy on us, Lord, we pray.
O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,
You take the sin of the world away;
Have mercy on us, Jesus Christ,
And grant us peace, O Lord, we pray.
DISTRIBUTION (Be seated)
The Communion Assistant will come forward to receive first, then those from the pulpit side – by order of pew, front to back. Communicants will come up the center aisle and return via the side aisle. When all from the pulpit side have communed, the baptismal font side will commune in the same manner. Distancing must be maintained between all communicants. We ask that the wine be consumed away from the tray table. Empty cups should be dropped into the baskets.
COMMUNION MUSIC All Who Believe and Are Baptized Setting: Unknown Composer
NUNC DIMITTIS p. 211
1 O Lord, now let Your servant
Depart in heav’nly peace,
For I have seen the glory
Of Your redeeming grace:
A light to lead the Gentiles
Unto Your holy hill,
The glory of Your people,
Your chosen Israel.
2 All glory to the Father,
All glory to the Son,
All glory to the Spirit,
Forever Three in One;
For as in the beginning,
Is now, shall ever be,
God’s triune name resounding
Through all eternity.
POST-COMMUNION COLLECT (Stand)
BENEDICTION
SENDING HYMN #603 We Know That Christ Is Raised
1 We know that Christ is raised and dies no more.
Embraced by death, He broke its fearful hold;
And our despair He turned to blazing joy.
Alleluia!
2 We share by water in His saving death.
Reborn, we share with Him an Easter life
As living members of a living Christ.
Alleluia!
3 The Father’s splendor clothes the Son with life.
The Spirit’s power shakes the Church of God.
Baptized, we live with God the Three in One.
Alleluia!
ANNOUNCEMENTS (Be seated)
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE We Know That Christ Is Raised Setting: Robert Buckley Farlee
Those serving:
Sunday, January 9, 8:30 a.m.:
Greeter: Michael Chamberlain
Comm. assist: Judy Koucky
Reader: Rich Kauzlarich
10:30 a.m.:
Greeter: Steve Janssen
Comm. assist: Dan Buuck
Reader: Dan Buuck
Acknowledgements
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2022 Concordia Publishing House.
Baptized into Your Name Most Holy Text & Tune: Public domain
To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord LSB 406/407 Text: © 1976 Elizabeth Quitmeyer. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110005326 LSB 406 Tune: Public domain LSB 407Tune: © 2004 David Lee. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110005326
We Know That Christ Is RaisedText: © John B. Geyer. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110005326 Tune: Public domain
