EMMANUEL

THE TRANSFIGURATION

OF OUR LORDFebruary 11, 2018 8:15 Emmanuel Lutheran8hurch

4865 Wilmington Pike; Kettering, OH 45440(937) 434-1798; www.emmanuellc.org

Listen To Him!

Classic Grace CommunionTHE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD

Thank you for honoring God with your presence this morning. Please be sure to complete a registration card and then place it in the offering plate mid-way in the service. Visitors: We are especially delighted that you are here today and we hope that your worship with us will be a blessing to you.

PRELUDE “Beautiful Savior” Terry Donat, Organist By James C. Kasen

WELCOME

GREETING ONE ANOTHER

OPENING HYMN “Oh, For A Thousand Tongues To Sing” (LSB # 528 vv. 1, 2, 6, 7)

6 See all your sins on Jesus laid; The Lamb of God was slain.His soul was once an off’ring made For ev’ry soul of man.

7 To God all glory, praise, and love Be now and ever giv’nBy saints below and saints above, The Church in earth and heav’n.

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INVOCATION, CONFESSION, AND ABSOLUTION LSB 184

The sign of the cross † may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

P In the Name of the Father and of the † Son and of the Holy Spirit.C Amen. Matthew 28:19b [18:20]

P Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God our Father, beseeching Him in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.Our help is in the Name of the Lord, Hebrews 10:22

C who made heaven and earth. Psalm 124:8P I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,C and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Psalm 32:5

Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination.

P Almighty God, our maker and redeemer, we poor sinners confess unto You that we are by nature sinful and unclean and that we have sinned against You by thought, word, and deed. Wherefore we flee for refuge to Your infinite mercy, seeking and imploring Your grace for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.

C O most merciful God, who has given Your only-begotten Son to die for us, have mercy upon us and for His sake grant us remission of all our sins; and by Your Holy Spirit increase in us true knowledge of You and of Your will and true obedience to Your Word, to the end that by Your grace we may come to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

DECLARATION OF GRACE LSB 185

P Almighty God, our heavenly Father, has had mercy upon us and has given His only Son to die for us and for His sake forgives us all our sins. To those who believe on His Name He gives power to become the children of God and has promised them His Holy Spirit. He that believes and is baptized shall be saved.

Grant this, Lord, unto us all. Mark 16:16; John 1:12C Amen.

KYRIE Mark 10:47 LSB 186

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS Luke 2:14, John 1:29 LSB 187

SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY

P The Lord be with you. 2 Timothy 4:22

P Let us pray. O God, in the glorious transfiguration of Your beloved Son You confirmed the mysteries of

the faith by the testimony of Moses and Elijah. In the voice that came from the bright cloud You wonderfully foreshowed our adoption by grace. Mercifully make us co-heirs with the King in His glory and bring us to the fullness of our inheritance in heaven; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Please be seated.

OLD TESTAMENT Exodus 34:29-35 NIV

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai. When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever he entered the LORD's presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.

R This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

EPISTLE 2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4: 6 NIV

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

R This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

HYMN “Kids Of The Kingdom” (All God’s People Sing # 150 vs. 1)

(The stanza is sung as children age 3 to grade 5 move to the altar area.)

Kids of the kingdom,That’s what we are:Kids of the kingdom,That’s what we are.

We love Jesus,We love the Lord.

We love Jesus,We love the Lord.

CHILDREN'S MESSAGE “Paul & Timothy” Chris Schonsheck

ALLELUIA LSB 190

(The Alleluia is sung as children return to their seats.)

HOLY GOSPEL Mark 9:2-9 NIV

L The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the ninth chapter.

C Glory to You, O Lord.After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.) Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!" Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

L This is the Gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to You, O Christ.

NICENE CREED

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again in accordance with the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life † of the world to come. Amen.

HYMN OF THE DAY “Tis Good, Lord, To Be Here” (LSB # 414 vv. 1- 3, 5)

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Please be seated.

MISSIONAL MOMENT

SERMON “The Red Letter Challenge: Listen To HIM!” Pastor Mark Carlson Mark 9:2-9

PRAYERS(See your bulletin insert for the prayers.)

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.

OFFERING “Alleluia! Sing To Jesus” Terry Donat, Organist By John Longhurst

(Please place your completed Connection Card into the offering plate as it is passed to you.)

Please stand

OFFERTORY “Create In Me A Clean Heart” Psalm 51:10-12 LSB 192

SALUTATION LSB 201

P The Lord be with you. 2 Timothy 4:22

BENEDICAMUS LSB 202

P Bless we the Lord. Psalm 103:1

BENEDICTION Numbers 6:24-26

CLOSING HYMN “Crown Him With Many Crowns” (LSB # 525 vv. 1- 4)

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CONNECTING AT ELC

DISMISSAL

P We hide God's Word in our hearts,

C that we might hold out the Word of Life.

A Matthew 28:19, " Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19.

P God with us, with one another and with our neighborsC to reach all with the Gospel!

POSTLUDE “O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing” Terry Donat, Organist By Paul Manz

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