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♪Hymn of the Day♪ #336 Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending Sermon: “Words of Encouragement – Prt 2” Nicene Creed ♪Hymn♪ Peace Prayer of St. Francis Prayers of the Church Lord’s Prayer ♪Thank The Lord♪ Benediction ♪Closing Hymn♪ #411 I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light Postlude Ringing Church Bells ♪Prelude♪ Welcome ♪Opening Hymn♪ WOV #802 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Confession & Absolution p.167 Kyrie p.168 ♪Hymn of Praise♪ This Is the Feast Salutation & Collect Old Testament - Zephaniah 1:7-16 Responsive Psalm – 90:1-12 Epistle - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Holy Gospel - Matthew 25:14-30

Prelude

• Immortal, invisible, God only wise,

In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.

• Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,

Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might; Thy justice like mountains high soaring above Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.

• To all life Thou givest--to both great and small--

In all life Thou livest, the true Life of all; We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree And wither and perish--but naught changes Thee.

• Thou reign-est in glory; thou dwell-est in light.

Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight; All praise we would render: O help us to see 'Tis only the splendor of light that hid-eth Thee!

Immortal, , Invi visible, God

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Ope Openin ing Hym Hymn #8 #802

Con Confession and Absolution

P: In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive

• urselves, and the truth is not in us.

C: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ~ Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination ~ P: Let us then confess our sins to God our Father. C: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy

• name. Amen.

P: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen!

Sa Salu lutatio ion & Co Colle llect Kyr yrie

P: In peace let us pray to the Lord. C: Lord, have mercy. P: For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord. C: Lord, have mercy. P: For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord. C: Lord, have mercy. P: For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord. C: Lord, have mercy. P: Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. C: Amen! A: This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia. ♪SING♪: Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God. Power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and blessing and glory are His. This is the feast of victory for

• ur God. Alleluia. Sing with all people of God, and join

in the hymn of all creation: Blessing and honor and glory and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen. This is the feast of victory for our God, for the Lamb who was slain has begun His reign. Al — le — lu-ia, al—le—lu—ia.

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Old Old Tes estament

Zephaniah 1:7-16 (ESV)

Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near; the Lord has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests. And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice—“I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who array themselves in foreign attire. On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master's house with violence and fraud. “On that day,” declares the Lord, “a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills. Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off. At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’ Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them.” The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound

• f the day of the Lord is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there. A day of wrath is that day, a

day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements. P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

Res esponsiv ive Psa salm

90:1-12 (ESV)

C: You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. P: For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. C: The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. P: Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? C: So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. 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. P: Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. C: Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. P: You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” C: For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. P: You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: C: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. P: For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.

Epi Epistle

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (ESV)

The Day of the Lord Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not

• escape. But you are not in darkness,

brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day.

♪ Alle llelu luia ♪

Al – le – lu - ia. Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of e – ter – nal life. Al – le – lu - ia!

We are not of the night or of the

• darkness. So then let us not sleep, as
• thers do, but let us keep awake and

be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope

• f salvation. For God has not

destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build

• ne another up, just as you are

doing. P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God!

Ho Holy ly Gos Gospel

Matthew 25:14-30 (ESV)

The Parable of the Talents

“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his

• ability. Then he went away. He who

had received the five talents went at

• nce and traded with them, and he

made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents

• more. But he who had received the
• ne talent went and dug in the ground

and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you

• ver much. Enter into the joy of your

master.’ And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over

• much. Enter into the joy of your

master.’ He also who had received the

• ne talent came forward, saying,

‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ!

• Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for ev'ry sinner slain;

Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train; Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Christ the Lord returns to reign.

• Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him Robed in glorious majesty;

Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Shall their true Messiah see.

• Those dear tokens of His passion Still His dazzling body bears,

Cause of endless exultation To His ransomed worshipers. With what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture Gaze we on those glorious scars!

• Yea, amen, let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne;

Savior, take the pow'r and glory, Claim the kingdom for Thine own. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Thou shalt reign, and Thou alone!

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SERMON

Nicene Cree eed

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, very God of very 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 according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven, and sits on 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!

• Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let

me bring your love. Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord, And where there's doubt, true faith in you.

• Make me a channel of your peace. Where there's despair in life,

let me bring hope. Where there is darkness, only light, And where there's sadness, ever joy. [Refrain] Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand. To be loved as to love with all my soul.

• Make me a channel of your peace. It is in pardoning that we are

pardoned, in giving of ourselves that we receive, and in dying that we're born to eternal life. [Refrain]

• Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let

me bring your love. Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord, And where there's doubt, true faith in you.

Pea eace Prayer of

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Be Benediction

The Lord’s Prayer

Thank the Lord and sing His praise; tell ev – ‘ryone what He has done. Let ev – ‘ ry - one who seeks the Lord re - joice and proud - ly bear His name. He re - calls His prom – is - es and leads His peo - ple forth in joy with shouts of thanks – giv - ing. Al – le – lu - ia, al – le – lu - - ia!

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the Lo Lord♪

Cl Closin ing Hym Hymn #4 #411

I Want to

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• I want to walk as a child of the light.

I want to follow Jesus. God sent the stars to give light to the world. The star of my life is Jesus. [Refrain] In Him there is no darkness at all. The night and the day are both alike. The Lamb is the light of the city of God.... Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.

• I want to see the brightness of God.

I want to look at Jesus. Clear Sun of Righteousness, shine on my path, And show me the way to the Father. [Refrain]

• I'm looking for the coming of Christ.

I want to be with Jesus. When we have run with patience the race, We shall know the joy of Jesus. [Refrain]

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