GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
Missouri Synod
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 3, 2009
Pastor Clint K. Poppe * Pastor Lance D. Berndt
3825 Wildbriar Ln., Lincoln, NE 68516
Church Office: 423-7639 * FAX: 423-0984
E-mail: info@goodshepherdlincoln.org
Website: www.goodshepherdlincoln.org
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.
DIVINE SERVICE - SETTING ONE/LSB 151 - 8 am
Welcome and Prayer
Confession and Absolution LSB 151
Entrance Hymn “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
LSB 549, vs. 1-4
Kyrie LSB 152
Hymn of Praise “This is the Feast” LSB 155
Salutation and Collect (see insert for collect) LSB 156
First Reading (see insert) Acts 4: 1-12
Gradual (see insert)
Epistle Reading (see insert) I John 3: 16-24
Alleluia and Verse LSB 156
Gospel Reading (see insert) John 10: 11-18
Hymn “Baptismal Waters Cover Me” LSB 616
Sermon “Listen to My Voice” John 10: 11-18
Pastor Clint K. Poppe
Nicene Creed LSB 158
Prayer of the Church
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
Hymn During Offering “Voices Raised to You We Offer”
LSB 795
Offertory “What Shall I Render to the Lord” LSB 159
SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT
Preface LSB 160
Proper Preface LSB 161
Sanctus LSB 161
Prayer of Thanksgiving LSB 161
Lord’s Prayer
Words of Institution LSB 162
Pax Domini LSB 163
Agnus Dei LSB 163
Distribution Hymns
“Thy Strong Word” LSB 578
“Because He Lives” Good Shepherd Adult Choir
“This Joyful Eastertide” LSB 482
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” LSB 790
“Make Songs of Joy” LSB 484
“Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise” LSB 680
“At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing” LSB 633
General Dismissal LSB 164
Post-Communion Canticle “Thank the Lord” LSB 164
Post-Communion Collect LSB 166
Benediction LSB 166
Closing Hymn “Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me” LSB 722
Announcements
Postlude
DIVINE SERVICE - SETTING ONE/LSB 151 - 10:30 am
Welcome and Prayer
Processional Hymn “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
LSB 549, vs. 1-4
Confession and Absolution LSB 151
Introit (see insert)
Kyrie LSB 152-3
Hymn of Praise “This Is the Feast” LSB 155
Salutation and Collect (see insert for collect)
First Reading (see insert) Acts 4: 1-12
Anthem “Because He Lives” Good Shepherd Adult Choir
Epistle Reading (see insert) I John 3: 16-24
Alleluia and Verse LSB 156
Gospel Reading (see insert) John 10: 11-18
Hymn “Baptismal Waters Cover Me” LSB 616
Sermon “Listen to My Voice” John 10: 11-18
Pastor Clint K. Poppe
Nicene Creed LSB 158
Prayer of the Church
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
Anthem “Trust in the Lord”
(This selection was composed by Amy Sandstrom-Shoyer and arranged by Judy Dugan. Piano & vocals are by Karen Wells Reynolds. Vocals & trumpet are by Judy Dugan. This selection was taught to this class in Sunday School by Dorothy McKee, their teacher.)
Rite of Confirmation LSB 272
Exhortation
C: Amen.
Lord’s Prayer LSB 162
Words of Institution LSB 162
Pax Domini LSB 163
C: Amen.
Agnus Dei “The Lamb” LSB 547
Distribution Hymns
“Thy Strong Word” LSB 578
“This Joyful Eastertide” LSB 482
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” LSB 790
“Make Song of Joy” LSB 484
“Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise” LSB 680
“At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing” LSB 633
“Voices Raised to You We Offer” LSB 795
General Dismissal LSB 164
Post-Communion Collect LSB 166
C: Amen.
Benediction LSB 166
C: Amen.
Closing Hymn “Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me” LSB 722
Announcements
Postlude
GOOD SHEPHERD JUNIOR CONFIRMANDS 2009
Today it is our privilege to witness the confession of faith of our fourteen junior confirmands.
LESLEY ANN AHRENS
Birthdate: September 15, 1994
Baptism Date: October 24, 1994
Parents: Gary & Linda Ahrens
Confirmation Verse: “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies - - in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” I Peter 4: 10-11
MEGAN MARIE ARENS
Birthdate: May 17, 1995
Baptism Date: July 9, 1995
Parents: Steve & Deb Arens
Confirmation Verse: “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done. Revelation 22: 12
ANNA JENE BANKS
Birthdate: June 2, 1995
Baptism Date: April 13, 1997
Parents: C. B. & Barbara Banks
Confirmation Verse: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3: 5-6
REAGAN BERGEN
Birthdate: February 22, 1995
Baptism Date: May 14, 1995
Parents: Lynn & Roxane Bergen
Confirmation Verse: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3: 16
JORDAN A. C. CARPENTER
Birthdate: March 21, 1995
Baptism Date: April 2, 1995
Parents: Don & Diana Carpenter
Confirmation Verse: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2: 8-9
ANNA MARIE KATHLEEN EISENMANN
Birthdate: April 30, 1994
Baptism Date: March 29, 1998
Parents: Larry & Ruth Eisenmann
Confirmation Verse: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23: 1
CERA-ROSE RASMUSSEN HUGHES
Birthdate: July 21, 1995
Baptism Date: October 21, 1995
Parents: Doug & Vickie Hughes
Confirmation Verse: “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31: 8
ALEXANDER JACOB MALONE
Birthdate: September 25, 1994
Baptism Date: 1994
Parents: Sam & Marcia Malone
Confirmation Verse: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27: 1
LUKE NISPEL
Birthdate: August 22, 1994
Baptism Date: August 28, 1994
Parents: Mark & Sara Nispel
Confirmation Verse: “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!” Job 19: 25-27
BRENT ALAN RADEBAUGH
Birthdate: December 8, 1994
Baptism Date: January 22, 1995
Parents: Barry & Karen Radebaugh
Confirmation Verse: “. . .he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3: 5-7
COLBI MARIE REETZ
Birthdate: January 8, 1995
Baptism Date: January 29, 1995
Parents: Brian & Lori Reetz
Confirmation Verse: “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7: 24
STEPHANIE ELLA SCHLATTER
Birthdate: February 18, 1995
Baptism Date: April 30, 1995
Parents: Scott & Deborah Schlatter
Confirmation Verse: “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Matthew 21: 22
DAMIAN JAMES THOMPSON
Birthdate: April 25, 1995
Baptism Date: August 20, 1995
Parents: Jim & Michelle Thompson
Confirmation Verse: “ but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5: 8
MEGAN ELIZABETH WRIGHT
Birthdate: July 20, 1995
Baptism Date: August 13, 1995
Parents: Brett & Julie Wright
Confirmation Verse: “And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11
