tuesday, november 25, 2014, the day of thanksgiving

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“Freedom from Want” Cover art of The Saturday Evening Post (March 6, 1943)by Norman Rockwell

The Day of Thanksgiving—USA

Tuesday, November 25, 2014



2 THE D AY OF THANKSGIVING—USA

H OLY COMMUNION THE D AY OF THANKSGIVING —USA

Tuesday, November 25, 2014 + 7:00 p.m.

WE GATHER TOGETHER At harvest time we join the psalmist in offering thanksgiving to God: "You crown the year with your goodness, and your paths overflow with plenty." We are grateful for the abundance of the good thingsof God's creation. Paul reminds us that our thanksgiving overflows into generosity. As the body ofChrist in the world, we give ourselves away as bread for the hungry.

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GATHERING The Holy Spirit gathers us together as the people of God The GATHERING MUSIC

The WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

The READING OF THE MISSION STATEMENT

Let us join together and say our Mission Statement.Come and see, Follow me, The gift of God, Jesus Christ, Has set us free.

The assembly faces the Cross as it enters the nave.The GATHERING HYMN Come, ye thankful people, come



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The GREETING & PRAYER OF THE DAYThe presiding minister and the assembly greet each other .

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of theHoly Spirit be with you all. And also with you.Let us pray…the prayer concludes…one God, now and forever. Amen.

The assembly is seated. WORD God’s Word is proclaimed in Scripture reading and preachingThe FIRST READING Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Times of abundance tempt us to forget the Lord and rely on our own power and resources. But theLord is the one who took Israel out of Egypt, led and fed them in the wilderness, brought them into theland, and gave them power to be productive. To thank this God is to remember and proclaim God'sdeeds.

7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowingstreams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, 8aland of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olivetrees and honey, 9a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you willlack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may minecopper. 10 You shall eat your fill and bless the LORD your God for the good land




that he has given you.11Take care that you do not forget the LORD your God, by failing to keep

his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am commanding youtoday. 12 When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them,13and when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold ismultiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, 14then do not exalt yourself,forgetting the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out ofthe house of slavery, 15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, anarid wasteland with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for youfrom flint rock, 16and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestorsdid not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good. 17Do

not say to yourself, "My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth." 18But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power toget wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, ashe is doing today.

The reading concludes:The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.

The SECOND READING 2 Corinthians 9:6-15Christian fellowship involves sharing with those in need. Here Paul is gathering a collection for thechurch in Jerusalem from all the Gentile churches he helped found. We can be extravagant in our giving because God is extravagant, not stingy, in providing for our lives

6The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one

who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.7

Each of you must give as youhave made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves acheerful giver. 8 And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance,so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in everygood work. 9 As it is written,

"He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;his righteousness endures forever."

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He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will beenriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgivingto God through us; 12for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needsof the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God. 13Through thetesting of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of thegospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with allothers, 14 while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing graceof God that he has given you. 15Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

The reading concludes:




The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.

The assembly stands to welcome the Gospel.

The HOLY GOSPEL Luke 17:11-19 A Samaritan leper becomes a model for thanksgiving. He does not take for granted the kindnessshown to him, but takes time to thank Jesus and glorify God.

The Lord be with you. And also with you. The Holy + 1 Gospel according to LukeGlory to you, O Lord.

11On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria andGalilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping theirdistance, 13they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" 14 When hesaw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. 15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed,turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16He prostrated himself at Jesus' feetand thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. 17Then Jesus asked, "Were not tenmade clean? But the other nine, where are they? 18 Was none of them found toreturn and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19Then he said to him, "Getup and go on your way; your faith has made you well."

The reading concludes:The Gospel of the Lord.Praise to you, O Christ.

The assembly is seated.The SERMON

Silence for reflection.

1 Using the thumb, the people may make three small signs of the cross, one on the forehead, one on the lips, and one on the breast whilesilently using the traditional prayer, “May the Good News of Jesus Christ be in my mind, and on my lips, and in my heart. Amen”




The assembly stands to proclaim the Word of God in song.The HYMN OF THE DAY We Give Thee but Thine Own

The assembly kneels or sits during November.The PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Remembering the saints who have gone before us and giving thanks for God’sblessings, let us pray for the Church, the world, and all those in need.

After each petitionLet us pray to the Lord,Lord, hear our prayer.

The prayers concludeReceive our prayers, Good Shepherd, and bring us safely into all joy andpeace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

EUCHARISTIC MEAL God feeds us with the Real Presence of Jesus Christ The PEACE

The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you.

The worship leaders and the assembly greet each other in the peace of the risen Christ.The assembly is seated.The OFFERING




The assembly stands as the gifts are brought forward.The OFFERTORY Praise God, from whom all blessings flow

The GREAT THANKGIVING

It is indeed right our duty and our joy… the Preface continues, concluding … we praise your name and join their unending hymn:




The EUCHARISTIC PRAYER (November)Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal:

surrounded by evil and bordered by death we appeal to you,our Sovereign, our Wisdom, and our Judge… the prayer continues, concluding…

Through him all glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father, with the Holy Spirit,in your holy Church,both now and forever.

Amen

The LORD’S PRAYER (1789)Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us: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.

The BREAKING OF THE BREAD This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Happy are we whoare called to his supper.Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall behealed.

The assembly is seated

The DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY SACRAMENT Access to the Lord’s Table is by invitation of the Lord himself. All baptized believers who trust that Christ is presented in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist are invited to come forward and receive Christ in the BlessedSacrament. Communion is distributed by coming up the center aisle at the direction of the usher and returningalong the side aisle. Those who do not wish to receive the Sacrament may come forward with their arms crossedand receive a blessing. Those who, for any reason, cannot receive the wine may receive the Sacrament under the form of bread alone. In doing so, a communicant still receives the whole Christ.

After all have returned to their places, the assembly stands.The POST-COMMUNION BLESSING

The Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace.

Amen.

The POST-COMMUNION PRAYER Let us pray…O God, the host at every meal,at this table you spread out a feast for all peoples,the bread of life and the cup of salvation.Send us from this banquet

to invite others into these good things,to let justice roll down like waters,and to care for the least of our sisters and brothers;through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

SENDING God blesses us and sends us into mission

The BLESSING

Silence for reflection. Almighty God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. Amen.




The SENDING HYMN Sent Forth by God’s Blessing




The DISMISSALGo in peace. Serve the Lord.Thanks be to God.

The SENDING MUSIC

Acknowledgements Unless indicated all liturgical text from Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright © 2014 by Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #42251. Scripture texts from the New Revised StandardVersion Bible, Copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA .Used by permission. All rights reserved.




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