GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
Missouri Synod

THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JAMES THE ELDER, APOSTLE
July 25, 2010

Pastor Clint K. Poppe * Pastor Lance D. Berndt

3825 Wildbriar Lane, Lincoln, NE 68516
Church Office: 423-7639 * FAX: 423-0984
E-mail: info@goodshepherdllincoln.org
Website: www.goodshepherdlincoln.org
Good Shepherd School & Preschool: 423-7677
Tune in Sundays KFOR 1240 AM at 10:30 am

STATEMENT OF COMMUNION PRACTICE
The Lord’s Supper is celebrated in this congregation in the confession and glad confidence that, as He says, our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine but His very body and blood to eat and to drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and with one another. Our Lord invites to His table those who trust His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as He forgives and loves us, that they may show forth His death until He comes.

Because those who eat and drink our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, and are unable to receive the Sacrament are invited to meditate on God’s Word in the distribution hymns and pray for the day when divisions will have ceased. If you have any questions regarding our practice, please review the “Fellowship in the Lord’s Supper” brochure or visit with Pastor Poppe, Pastor Berndt, or one of the elders before the service.
ORDER OF MATINS/LSB 219 (8 am)

Welcome and Prayer

Opening Hymn “Christ Is Our Cornerstone” LSB 912

Versicles LSB 219

Ascription of Praise LSB 219

Psalmody LSB 220-1
Antiphon
Venite
Introit (see insert)

Office Hymn “The Son of God Goes Forth to War” LSB 661

Readings
First Reading (see insert) Acts 11: 27 - 12: 5
Epistle Reading (see insert) Romans 8: 28-39
Gospel Reading (see insert) Mark 10: 35-45

Responsory LSB 221

Sermon “A Great Famine in the Land” Acts 11: 27 - 12: 5
Pastor Clint K. Poppe

Canticle “Te Deum” LSB 223ff.

Offering LSB 227

Hymn During Offering “Lord, Help Us Walk Your Servant Way”
LSB 857

Responsive Prayer I LSB 282ff

Closing Hymn “O Christ, Who Called the Twelve” LSB 856

Announcements

Postlude

ST. JAMES THE ELDER, APOSTLE

St. James and his brother John, sons of Zebedee and Salome (see Matthew 27: 56 and Mark 15: 40), were fishermen in the Sea of Gallilee who were called with Peter and his brother Andrew to follow Jesus (Matthew 4: 18-22). In the Gospel lists of Jesus’ disciples, James is listed following Peter and preceding John. Together, these three appear as leaders of the Twelve. Because James precedes John, it is reasoned that James is the elder of the brothers. The Book of Acts records that James was beheaded by Herod Agrippa I, probably between AD 42 and 44 (Acts 12: 1-2). Thus James is the first of the Twelve to die a martyr.
“Treasury of Daily Prayer”
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO, pg. 559

DIVINE SERVICE - SETTING FOUR/LSB 203 (10:30 am)

Welcome and Prayer

Opening Hymn “Christ Is Our Cornerstone” LSB 912

Invocation, Confession and Absolution LSB 203

Introit (see insert) LSB 204

Kyrie LSB 204

Gloria in Excelsis LSB 204

Salutation and Collect (see insert for Collect) LSB 205

First Reading (see insert) Acts 11: 27 - 12: 5

Gradual (see insert) LSB 205

Epistle Reading (see insert) Romans 8: 28-39

Alleluia and Verse LSB 205

Gospel Reading (see insert) Mark 10: 35-45

Nicene Creed LSB 206

Hymn “The Son of God Goes Forth to War” LSB 661

Sermon “A Great Famine in the Land” Acts 11: 27 - 12: 5
Pastor Clint K. Poppe

Prayer of the Church LSB 207
P: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs . . .

(At the end of each petition, the pastor will say . . . “Lord, in Your mercy,” and the congregation will add . . . “hear our prayer”.)

P: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
C: Amen.

Offering LSB 207

Hymn During Offering “Lord, Help Us Walk Your Servant Way”
LSB 857

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT

Preface LSB 208

Sanctus LSB 208

Prayer of Thanksgiving LSB 209

Lord’s Prayer LSB 209

Words of Institution LSB 209

Pax Domini LSB 209

Agnus Dei LSB 210

Distribution Hymns
“How Firm a Foundation” LSB 728
“Lord, This Day, We’ve Come to Worship” LSB 911
“Thy Strong Word” LSB 578
“Thy Body, Given For Me, O Savior” LSB 619
“One Thing’s Needful; Lord this Treasure” LSB 536
“O Christ, Who Called the Twelve” LSB 856

General Dismissal LSB 210

Nunc Dimittis LSB 211

Post-Communion Collect LSB 212

Benedicamus and Benediction LSB 212

Closing Hymn “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”
LSB 805

Announcements & Postlude