GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
Missouri Synod

THANKSGIVING EVE/DAY
November 25/26, 2009

Pastor Clint K. Poppe * Pastor Lance D. Berndt
3825 Wildbriar Lane, Lincoln, NE 68516
Church Office: 423-7639 * FAX: 423-0984
E-mail: info@goodshepherdlincoln.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.
DIVINE SERVICE - SETTING ONE/LSB 151

Welcome and Prayer

Opening Hymn “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
LSB 700, vs.1

Invocation, Confession and Absolution LSB 151

Introit (see insert) LSB 152

Kyrie LSB 152

Hymn of Praise: “This is the Feast” LSB 155

Salutation and Collect (see insert for Collect) LSB 156

Old Testament Reading (see insert) Deuteronomy 8: 1-10

Choral Anthem “Worthy is the Lamb” G. S. Adult Choir
(Wednesday service only.)
(See Revelation 5: 9-12 which sets the theme for this anthem.)

Gradual (see insert) (Thursday service only.)

Epistle Reading (see insert) I Timothy 2: 1-4

Alleluia and Verse LSB 156

Gospel Reading (see insert) Luke 17: 11-19

Hymn “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” LSB 892

Sermon “The Greater Gift” Luke 17: 11-19
Pastor Lance D. Berndt

Nicene Creed LSB 158

Prayer of the Church LSB 159
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 159

Hymn During Offering “Voices Raised to You We Offer”
LSB 795

Offertory “What Shall I Render to the Lord” LSB 159-60

SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT

Preface LSB 160

Proper Preface LSB 161

Sanctus LSB 161

Prayer of Thanksgiving LSB 161

Lord’s Prayer LSB 162

Words of Institution LSB 162

Pax Domini LSB 163

Agnus Dei LSB 163

Distribution Hymns
“Sing to the Lord of Harvest” LSB 893
“For the Fruits of His Creation” LSB 894
“We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator” LSB 785
“Fruitful Trees, the Spirit’s Sowing” LSB 691
“Now Thank We All Our God” LSB 895
“Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared” LSB 622

General Dismissal LSB 164

Post-Communion Canticle “Thank the Lord” LSB 164

Post-Communion Collect LSB 166

Benediction LSB 166

Closing Hymn “Give Thanks” LSB 806

Announcements & Postlude