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Warm Christian greetings to all who chose

to worship together today.

May the Lord accept our worship.

May each of us find our burdens lighter,

our hearts uplifted, and our faith enriched.

If you desire gluten-free wafers, let the pastor

know at the time of distribution.

Glasses of white grape juice are available in

each tray for those who do not wish to receive

wine.

Holy Communion is open to all who

confess Jesus as Lord and believe

that Jesus is present in the Bread

and Wine.

Welcome to Immanuel Lutheran Church! Guests,

please stop by our Welcome Station today in the Narthex for a welcome gift. We are happy to have you join us!

Immanuel Lutheran Wee CarePreschool Registration2019-2020 School Year

Immanuel Lutheran Church512 5th St. NE ∙ Independence ∙ 319-334-2511 ∙ weecare4@immanuelindee.com

4-Year-OldsClasses offered Tuesday - Friday

2 sections: 8:15-11:15 AM & 12:00-3:00 PMChildren must be 4 by September 15, 2019

Free Tuition

3-Year-OldsClasses offered Monday, Wednesday, & Friday

2 sections: 8:25-11:25 AM & 12:10-3:10 PMChildren must be 3 by September 15, 2019

$100 Monthly Tuition (Scholarships Available)

*$25 Registration Fee for each child*

Full Operation Christmas Child boxes are due to the church

TODAY, Sunday, November 24th!

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Sunday School Important Dates & Times❖ November 24th, December 1st, 8th, & 15th:

Christmas Program Practice @ 9:15 am

❖ December 15th: Christmas Program at 10:30 am

❖ December 22nd & 29th: NO SUNDAY SCHOOL

Help Decorate Immanuel for Christmas

TODAY, Sunday, November 24th following the 10:30 am

worship service.

Reminder:Shorter pews in the sanctuary

are RESERVED for those individuals with walkers or wheelchairs.

Prelude

A time to prepare your hearts and minds for worship

Prelude

“Count Your Blessings”with “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing”

Arr. by Melody Bober

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIPL: Blessed be the Lord,

C: The giver of law!

L: Blessed be the Lord,

C: The maker of promises!

L: Blessed be the Lord,

C: The author of peace!

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSL: We confess our sins before God and one another.

Pause for silence and reflection.

P: Creator God,

C: We have given you so many reasons to grieve. We

disrespect your creation. We long for personal glory,

material riches and other things which don’t last. We

mistreat ourselves and each other. We forget the

power of your promises. We ask your forgiveness,

counting on your never-failing mercy, in Jesus’ name.

Amen.

P: God’s covenant is eternal and the promise is

trustworthy: you are forgiven and belong to the

communion of saints forever. Rejoice and be glad. Amen.

Crown Him with Many CrownsELW #855

Crown him with many crowns,

the Lamb upon his throne;

hark, how the heav’n-ly anthem drowns

all music but its own.

Awake, my soul, and sing

of him who died for thee,

and hail him as thy matchless king

through all eternity.

Crown him the virgin’s Son,

the God incarnate born,

whose arm those crimson trophies won

which now his brow adorn;

fruit of the mystic rose,

yet of that rose the stem,

the root whence mercy ever flows,

the babe of Bethlehem.

Crown him the Lord of love –

behold his hands and side,

rich wounds, yet visible above,

in beauty glorified.

No angels in the sky

can fully bear that sight,

but downward bend their burning eyes

at mysteries so bright.

Crown him the Lord of life,

who triumphed o’er the grave

and rose victorious in the strife

for those he came to save.

His glories now we sing,

who died and rose on high,

who died, eternal life to bring,

and lives that death may die.

Crown him the Lord of years,

the potentate of time,

creator of the rolling spheres,

ineffably sublime.

All hail, Redeemer, hail!

For thou hast died for me;

thy praise and glory shall not fail

throughout eternity.

GREETINGP: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,

and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C: And also with you.

HYMN OF PRAISE

Create in Me a Clean Heart

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord,

and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation,

and renew a right spirit within me.

PRAYER OF THE DAYP : Holy Lord,

C: You rejoice when your people are faithful. Guide

us in all wisdom and keep us close to your heart as

we navigate these days and the challenges which

come our way. We pray in Jesus’ name, amen.

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Rediscovering the Word of the Lord

READING 2 KINGS 22:16-23:3Thus says the Lord, I will indeed bring disaster on this

place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book

that the king of Judah has read. Because they have

abandoned me and have made offerings to other gods,

so that they have provoked me to anger with all the work

of their hands, therefore my wrath will be kindled against

this place, and it will not be quenched. But as to the

king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus

shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of

Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard,

because your heart was penitent, and you humbled

yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke

against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they

should become a desolation and a curse, and because

you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also

have heard you, says the Lord. . Therefore, I will gather

you to your ancestors, and you shall be gathered to your

grave in peace; your eyes shall not see all the disaster

that I will bring on this place.” They took the message

back to the king.

Then the king directed that all the elders of Judah and

Jerusalem should be gathered to him. The king went up

to the house of the Lord, and with him went all the

people of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the

priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and

great; he read in their hearing all the words of the book

of the covenant that had been found in the house of the

Lord.

The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before

the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his

commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all

his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this

covenant that were written in this book. All the people

joined in the covenant.

L: THE WORD OF THE LORD,

C. THANKS BE TO GOD.

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Josiah’s Reform

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“Thine The Amen” ELW No. 826

Thine the amen thine the praise alleluias angels raise

thine the everlasting headthine the breaking of the bread

thine the glory thine the storythine the harvest then the cup

thine the vineyard then the cup is lifted up lifted up.

Thine the life eternallythine the promise let there be

thine the vision thine the treeall the earth on bended knee

gone the nailing gone the railinggone the pleading gone the cry

gone the sighing gone the dyingwhat was loss lifted high.

Thine the truly thine the yesthine the table we the guest

thine the mercy all from theethine the glory yet to be

then the ringing and the singingthen the end of all the war

thine the living thine the lovingevermore evermore.

Thine the kingdom thine the prizethine the wonder full surprise

thine the banquet then the praisethen the justice of thy ways

thine the glory thine the storythen the welcome to the least

then the wonder all increasingat thy feast at thy feast.

Thine the glory in the nightno more dying only light

thine the river thine the treethen the Lamb eternally

then the holy holy holycelebration jubilee

thine the splendor thine the brightnessonly thee only thee.

APOSTLE’S CREEDI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven

and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He

was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of

the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was

crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On

the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and

is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again

to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the

resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH P: Lord, in your mercy,

C: . . . hear our prayer.

SHARING THE PEACE P: The Peace of the Lord be with you all. . .

C: . . . and also with you.

Offering

“We Bow Down”Senior Choir

OFFERING PRAYER P: O God,

C: Bless these gifts which we lay upon your table.

Receive them as signs of our grateful response to

your faithfulness to us, and the love which longs to

embrace all of your children, for the sake of Jesus

Christ, amen.

THE GREAT THANKSGIVINGP: The Lord be with you.

C: And also with you.

P: Lift up your hearts.

C: We lift them to the Lord.

P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

C: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

P: It is indeed right, our duty… we praise your name and

join their unending hymn:

You Are HolyELW #525

You are holy, you are whole.You are always ever more than we ever understand.You are always at hand.

Blessed are you coming near.Blessed are you coming here

to your church in wine and bread,raised from the soil, raised from dead.

You are holy, you are wholeness, you are present. Let the cosmos praise you, Lord!

Sing hosanna in the highest!Sing hosanna!

Sing hosanna to our God!

Holy Communion is open to all who confess Jesus

as Lord and believe that Jesus is present in the Bread

and Wine. If you desire gluten-free wafers, let the pastor

know at the time of distribution. Glasses of white grape

juice are available in each tray for those who do not wish

to receive wine.

WORDS OF

INSTITUTION

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.

INVITATION TO COMMUNIONP: Come to the feast where all sinners are welcome!

Lamb of GodELW #336

Your only Son, no sin to hide,but you have sent him from your side

To walk upon this guilty sodand to become the Lamb of God.

O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of GodI love the holy Lamb of God.

Oh, wash me in your precious blood,my Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

Distribution

“Come, Thou Almighty King”

Arr. by Gary Norian

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POST-COMMUNION BLESSING P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ

strengthen you and keep you in his grace.

C: Amen.

POST-COMMUNION PRAYERP: It is only through Your grace, O Lord, that we are able

to approach Your table,

C: and it is only through Your Son’s mercy that we

are forgiven. Empower us to share that same grace

and mercy with all of creation. Amen.

BLESSINGP: Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you

now and forever.

C: Amen!

“For the Fruit of All Creation” ELW #679

For the fruit of all creation,

thanks be to God.

For these gifts to every nation,

thanks be to God.

For the plowing, sowing, reaping,

silent growth while we are sleeping,

future needs in earth’s safe-keeping,

thanks be to God.

In the just reward of labor,

God’s will is done.

In the help we give our neighbor,

God’s will is done.

In our world-wide task of caring

for the hungry and despairing,

in the harvests we are sharing,

God’s will is done.

For the harvests of the Spirit,

thanks be to God.

For in the good we all inherit,

thanks be to God.

For the wonders that astound us,

for the truths that still confound us,

most of all, that love has found us,

thanks be to God.

DISMISSALP: God is good…

C: all the time!

P: All the time…

C: God is good!

P: And all God’s people said…

C: Amen!

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