1. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Prepare for Christ’s Coming: Be Watchful!
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Sunday, November 27th

2. Welcome to Redeemer!
Today we begin a new church year with the new season of Advent.
As we prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming, we keep our eyes open to his salvation and open for his return.

3. For Our Guests
If you have questions, let us try to help. Speak with an usher, greeter, or the person next to you.
If you’d like to learn more about Redeemer and its ministry, please talk to Pastor Wolfe or a church member after the service.

4. Children’s Message
Each week, our younger worshipers are invited to the front of church before the sermon hymn to hear a special message for them from Pastor Wolfe.

5. Need to Know what’s going on?
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6. Prayer before Worship
Father in heaven, in grace you chose your saints before time began.
We praise you for calling us to faith and humbly bring you our prayers and praise today.
Bless our worship in Jesus’ name. Amen.

7. Please be courteous and silence all pagers and cell phones.
Thank You

8. OUR COMMUNION PRACTICE
Redeemer Lutheran Church observes the biblical practice of member communion. (This has also been called close communion.)
If you are not currently a member of our congregation, we would kindly ask that you speak with our pastor before communing.
We look forward to talking about this very important issue with you!

9. Mission of the Month
Thailand

10. Christmas For Kids Saturday, December 10th 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Children ages 3 to 6th Grade
Crafts, songs, cookies, hot dogs & more!
Donations and workers needed
Sign-up Sheets in the back or

11. Christmas Cards
Support Redeemer & Great Plains Lutheran High School this Christmas
payment for cards should be given to Lorraine Moos or Lois Miller

12. Community Food Drive
Each weekend in November, Redeemer members can bring in nonperishable food items for donations to Aid, Inc of Mandan.
Help show your thanksgiving this month by helping those in need.

13. Redeemer Needs Your Help
Bulletin worker
Usher
Money counter
Youth program helper
Visit shut-ins & members in the hospital

14. Donations Appreciated
Ink cartridges
Box tops
Central Market receipts
Soup labels
Clean, empty pill bottles
Central African Medical Mission

15. Redeemer Lutheran Church
Prepare for Christ’s Coming: Be Watchful!
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Sunday, November 27th

16. Lift Up Your Heads, You Mighty Gates CW #4 Verses 1-3
Text: Georg Weissel,
Setting: MILWAUKEE
Tune: August Lemke,

17. Verse 1:
Lift up your heads you mighty gates!
Behold the King of Glory waits.
The King of kings is
drawing near;
The Savior of the
world is here.

18. Verse 1:
Life and salvation he will bring;
Therefore rejoice and gladly sing.
To God the Father raise
Your joyful songs of
praise.

19. Verse 2:
The King is born in poverty,
His chariot is humility,
His kingly crown is holiness,
His scepter, pity in
distress.

20. Verse 2:
The end of all our woe he brings;
Therefore the earth is glad and sings.
To Christ the Savior
raise
Your grateful hymns
of praise.

21. Verse 3:
How blest the land, the city blest,
Where Christ the ruler is confessed!
O peaceful hearts and
happy homes
To whom this King
in triumph comes!

22. Verse 3:
The cloudless sun of joy is he
Who comes to set his people free.
To God the Spirit raise
Your happy shouts of
praise.

23. Opening Verses
Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
All: And also with you.

24. Confession of Sin
Pastor: God invites us to come into his presence and worship him with humble and penitent hearts.
Therefore, let us acknowledge our sinfulness and ask him to forgive us.

25. Confession of Sin All: Holy and merciful Father,
I confess that I am by nature
sinful and that I have
disobeyed you in my thoughts,
words and actions.
I have done what is evil and
failed to do what is good.
For this I deserve your
punishment both now and in
eternity.

26. Confession of Sin All: But I am truly sorry for my
sins, and trusting in my
Savior Jesus Christ I pray:
Lord, have mercy on me, a
sinner.

27. (Pastor announces our forgiveness)
All: Amen.

28. Lord, Have Mercy Kyrie
Pastor: For all that we need in life and for the wisdom to use all your gifts with gratitude and joy, hear our prayer, O Lord.
♫ All: Lord, have mercy.

29. Lord, Have Mercy Kyrie ♫ All: Christ, have mercy.
Pastor: For the steadfast assurance that nothing can separate us from your love and for the courage to stand firm against the assaults of Satan and every evil, hear our prayer, O Christ.
♫ All: Christ, have mercy.

30. Lord, Have Mercy Kyrie
Pastor: For the well-being of your holy Church in all the world and for those who offer here their worship and praise, hear our prayer, O Lord.
♫ All: Lord, have mercy.

31. Lord, Have Mercy Kyrie
Pastor: Merciful God, maker and preserver of life, uphold us by your power and keep us in your tender care:
♫ All: Amen.

32. Pastor: The works of the Lord are great and glorious;
his name is worthy of praise.

33. O Lord, Our Lord
♫ All:
O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth.
Almighty God, merciful Father, you crown our life with your love.

34. O Lord, Our Lord ♫ All: You take away our sin; you comfort our spirit;
you make us pure and holy in your sight.
You did not spare your only Son, but gave him up for us all.

35. O Lord, Our Lord ♫ All: O Lord, our Lord, how glorious
is your name in all the earth.
O Son of God, eternal Word of
the Father,
you came to live with us;
you made your Father known;

36. O Lord, Our Lord ♫ All: you washed us from our sins in your own blood.
You are the King of glory;
you are the Lord!
O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth.

37. (The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.)
Pastor: Let us pray.
(The pastor says the Prayer of the Day.)
♫ All: Amen.

38. God’s Word to His People
Isaiah 63:16b-17; 64:1-8
Come and make
Your name known, O Lord

39. Psalm #24
All ♫ Refrain:

40. All ♫ Verses:
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;

41. All ♫ Verses:
for he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the waters.

42. All ♫ Verses:
Who may ascend the hill of the LORD?
Who may stand in his holy place?

43. All ♫ Verses:
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
he will receive blessing from God his Savior.

44. All ♫ Refrain:

45. All ♫ Verses:
Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

46. All ♫ Verses:
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

47. All ♫ Verses:
Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

48. All ♫ Verses:
Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—he is the King of glory.

49. All ♫:
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
And to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning,
Is now, and will be forever. Amen

50. All ♫ Refrain:

51. God’s Word to His People
1 Corinthians 1:3-9
God will keep you strong as you
eagerly await Jesus to be revealed

52. Verse of the Day Pastor: Alleluia!
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Alleluia.

53. Verse of the Day Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
These words are written that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
(Please stand)

54. God’s Word to His People
Mark 13:32-37
Be on guard; be alert

55. Praise be to you, O Christ!
♫ All:
Praise be to you, O Christ!
(Please Be seated)

56. Children’s Message

57. The Advent of Our King CW #1 Verses 1-6
Text: Charles Coffin,
Setting: ST. THOMAS
Tune: Aaron Williams,

58. Verse 1:
The advent of our King.
Our prayers must now employ,
And we must hymns of welcome sing
In strains of holy joy.

59. Verse 2:
The everlasting Son.
Incarnate deigns to be,
Himself a servant's form puts on
To set his servants free.

60. Verse 3:
O Zion's Daughter, rise.
To meet your lowly King,
Nor let a faithless heart despise
The peace he comes to
bring.

61. Verse 4:
As judge, on clouds of light
He soon will come again
And his true members all unite
With him in heav'n to
reign.

62. Verse 5:
Before the dawning Day
Let sin's dark deeds be gone,
The sinful self be put away,
The new self now put on.

63. Verse 6:
All glory to the Son,
Who comes to set us free,
With Father, Spirit, ever one
Through all eternity.

64. Prepare for Christ’s Coming with Open Eyes
Open your eyes to your task
Open your eyes to his return

65. Nicene Creed All: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.

66. Nicene Creed All: We believe in one Lord, Jesus
Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten , not made,
of one being with the Father.

67. Nicene Creed All: Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation,
he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and became fully human.

68. Nicene Creed All: For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in
accordance with the Scriptures.

69. Nicene Creed All: He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand
of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

70. Nicene Creed All: We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who in unity with the Father and the Son is worshiped
and glorified,

71. Nicene Creed All: who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

72. Nicene Creed
All:
We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.
Amen.

73. In thankfulness for our salvation, we support God’s work with our offerings.

74. Prayer of the Church

75. Lord’s Prayer All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.

76. Lord’s Prayer All: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

77. Lord’s Prayer All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever. Amen

78. The Sacrament Pastor: The Lord be with you. ♫ All: And also with you.
Pastor: Lift up your hearts.
♫ All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
♫ All: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

79. Pastor: Praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In love he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing.

80. Seasonal Sentence Pastor:
Through his holy prophets, he promised a King to bring light to those living in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ. To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and thanks and honor and glory for ever and ever.

81. Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus)
♫ All:
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.
The whole earth is full of your glory.
You are my God, and I will exalt you.
I will give you thanks, for you have become my salvation.

82. Words of Institution Pastor:
Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

83. Words of Institution Pastor:
Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for you for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

84. Pastor: The peace of the Lord be
with you always.
♫ All: Amen.

85. O Christ, Lamb of God
♫ All: O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.
O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.
O Christ, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; grant us your peace. Amen.

86. Distribution of Holy Communion Hymn #317

87. Thank the Lord ♫ All: Thank the Lord and sing his praise.
Tell ev’ryone what he has done.
Let all who seek the Lord rejoice and proudly bear his name.
He renews his promises and leads his people forth in joy with shouts of thanksgiving.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

88. Pastor:
Hear the prayer of your people, O Lord, that the lips which have praised you here may glorify you in the world, that the eyes which have seen the coming of your Son may long for his coming again,
and that all who have received in his true body and blood the pledge of your forgiveness may be restored to live a new and holy life,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
♫ All: Amen.

89. God’s Blessing ♫ All: Amen, Amen, Amen. Pastor:
Brothers and sisters, go in peace.
Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness.
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
♫ All: Amen, Amen, Amen.

90. Lift Up Your Heads, You Mighty Gates CW #4 Verses 4-5
Text: Georg Weissel,
Setting: MILWAUKEE
Tune: August Lemke,

91. Verse 4:
Fling wide the portals of your heart;
Make it a temple set apart
From earthly use for heav'n's employ,
Adorned with prayer
and love and joy.

92. Verse 4:
So shall your Sov'reign enter in
And new and nobler life begin.
To God alone be praise
For word and deed
and grace!

93. Verse 5:
Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to you; here, Lord, abide!
Oh, enter with your saving grace;
Show me your kind
and friendly face.

94. Verse 5:
Your Holy Spirit guide us on
Until our glorious goal is won.
Eternal praise and fame
We offer to your name.

95. Silent Prayer