11/01/26

As We Gather

 All Saints’ Day has become a day to remember the faithful departed. But today is not only about the saints of the past. The saints of the present faithfully fill our pews and confess the name of Jesus. While Christ has called home His church triumphant, the church militant continues His mission to make disciples of all nations. On this day, we celebrate the victory of Jesus, who makes a home for those who rest in the faith and fuels the church in active service to His kingdom.

Activity Bags We value children in our worship services. If needed, there is a family room available for families with children. The family room has a diaper changing table, a closed-circuit TV to watch the worship service, toys and books for children. The family room is located across from the kitchen in the long hallway, the first door on the right, just past the bathrooms. There are “King’s Kids” bags with activities for children to help them worship. They are near the usher’s station on a small rack. Please return the bag to the rack after the service.

Holy Communion The Scripture teaches the Lord’s Supper is a precious gift of God in which Christ gives us His true body and blood (in a miraculous way), together with the bread and wine, for the forgiveness of our sins and the strengthening of our faith. Because the Bible teaches that this Sacrament may also be spiritually harmful if misused ( 1 Cor: 11:27), and that participation in the Lord’s Supper is an act of confession of faith, we ordinarily commune those who have been instructed in the teachings of our church and who have confessed their faith in these teachings. If you have a question, please speak to Pastor Ralph before the service. For those who prefer a non-alcoholic alternative, there is grape juice at the center of each tray. Those not receiving the Sacrament, including children, are invited to come to the altar, cross their arms over their chest, and receive a special blessing.

Records of Saints are Edifying “Next to Holy Scriptures there is no more useful book for Christendom than that of the lives of the saints, especially when unadulterated and authentic. For in theses stories one is greatly pleased to find how sincerely they believed in God’s Word, confessed it with God’s lips, praised it by tier living, and honored and confirmed it by their suffering and dying. All this immeasurably comforts and strengthens those who are weak in the faith and increases the courage and confidence of those already strong far more than the teaching of Scripture alone, without any examples or stories of the saints. What Luther Says # 3989 

All Saints Day

November 1, 2026

Welcome 

Opening Hymn                        Come, We That Love the Lord                   LSB 669  vs 1-2

Invocation, Confession and Absolution     (Psalm 30: 4-5)

P:   We gather in the name and at the invitation of our great and gracious triune God;

C:   In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

P:   Sing praises to the Lord, O you His saints, and give thanks to His holy name.

C:   For His anger is but for a moment, and His favor is for a lifetime.

P:   Weeping may tarry for the night,

C:   but joy comes with the morning.

P: Even as saints, we call upon the mercy of God, our heavenly Father. 

C: O almighty God, You rule and reign with justice. As Your people, we should love all Your decrees. Yet our hearts are hard. We prefer our ways to Your ways. We shout our freedoms but whisper Your correction. You call us salt and light, yet over and over we choose the darkness. Forgive us, Father, for the sake of Your Son, Jesus. Renew our hearts that we might rejoice and live as the saints You call us to be. Amen.

(Pause for silent reflection)

P: To make sinners into saints of His kingdom, God in His mercy sent forth Jesus, who declares, “blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” The blood of Jesus has opened the door to the Kingdom where He rules and reigns, now and forever. As a called and ordained servant of the living Christ and by His authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C:   Amen.

Hymn of Praise   Come, We That Love the Lord                  LSB 669  vs 3-4

Prayer of the Day

All:   Almighty and everlasting God, You knit together Your faithful people of all times and places into one holy communion, the mystical Body of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Grant us so to follow Your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living that, together with them, we may come to the unspeakable joys You have prepared for those who love You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

N T Lesson   (A multitude made white in the blood of the Lamb.) Revelation 7:2–4; 9–17

² Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: ³ “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” ⁴ Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel…. ⁹ After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰ And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” ¹¹ All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” ¹³ Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” ¹⁴ I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

N T Lesson           (We wait with hope for the appearing of Christ.)            1 John 3:1–3

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

Gospel Lesson     (Christ announces blessings upon the least.) Matthew 5:1–12

Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, ² and he began to teach them, saying: ³ “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ⁵ Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. ⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. ⁷ Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. ⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. ⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. ¹⁰ Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. ¹² Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Message Song                         Salvation Belongs to Our God           Howard and Turner

Salvation belongs to our God  Who sits upon the throne,

And unto the Lamb;  Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks,

Honor and power and strength:

Be to our God forever and ever,

Be to our God forever and ever,

Be to our God forever and ever.  Amen.

And we, the redeemed shall be strong  In purpose and unity,

Declaring aloud   Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks,

      Honor and power and strength:                

Chorus/Bridge/Chorus

                 Bridge              Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks

                       Honor, power and strength             Chorus

CCLI Song # 24092 © 1985 Restoration Music, Ltd.

www.ccli.com CCLI License # 11390779

Message              Living the Hope: Declaring Jesus as Savior and Lord

The promises of God

1.      provide everlasting        salvation for His people

2.      gives you strength in today’s journey     for tomorrow’s  victories   .

3.      always come through Jesus  Christ whose blessed reign allows us to live in His everlasting righteousness,          innocence     and peace    !

Creedal Hymn and Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (Rev. 14:13)

                                                   For All the Saints       LSB 677   vs 1-3

P:   Alleluia! I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this:

C:   Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

P:   “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors,

C:   for their deeds follow them!” Alleluia!

P: On this All Saints’ Day, we remember our hope in Jesus Christ, His grace, and His assurance of everlasting life, and we remember those saints who in death have claimed the crown of righteousness promised to all who trust in Christ as Lord and Savior.

Bob Bottenus 1/03/26, Lynn Nichols 10/23/25, Bob Zortman 6/26/25, 

Jim Pitts 1/24/25, Keith Hogancamp 7/20/24

Hymn                                 For All the Saints                           LSB 677  vs 4-6

Prayers of the Church  

After each petition:

P:   Blessed are Your saints, O Lord.

C:   Keep us faithful unto everlasting life.

Hymn                                     For All the Saints                                    LSB 677 vs 7-8

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 /Offertory      Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow                      LSB 805

The Lord’s Supper

Preface                                                                      page 194 in the hymnal

P:  The Lord be with you.

C:  ♪ And with thy spirit.

P:  Lift up your hearts.

C:  ♪ We lift them up unto the Lord.

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

C:  ♪ It is meet and right so to do.

P:  It is truly good, right, and salutary …. And with the host of heaven we sing:

Sanctus — Holy, Holy, Holy                                          page 195 in the hymnal

C:  ♪ Ho -ly, ho-ly, ho-ly Lord God of Sa – ba – oth. Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.   

          Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He, blessed is He, blessed is

          He who cometh in the name of the Lord.  Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest.

The Words of Institution (Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper)

Pax Domini—The Peace of the Lord                    page 197 in the hymnal

P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always.                                            

C:  ♪ Amen.   

Agnus Dei – Lamb of God                                                             page 198 in the hymnal                                      

C:  ♪ O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world; have mercy upon us.

         O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world; have mercy upon us.

         O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world; 

         grant us Thy peace.  A – men.

Distribution Hymn                     Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense               LSB  741  vs 1-4

Nunc Dimittis                                                                                   page 199 in the hymnal        

C: ♪ Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace according to Thy Word, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.                                                                                                                                          

 Post Communion Collect

C:   Through this Meal, O Father, You once again mark us with the mercy that makes us Your saints. Fed and fueled by the gifts of Christ, prepare us for every good work, that we might know that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will separate us from Your love in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Benediction

P:   Alleluia! Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints!

C:   They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. Alleluia!

P:   The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and ✠ give you peace.

C:   Amen.

Sending Hymn                           Sing with All the Saints in Glory                         LSB 671 

 Announcements
Dismissal

P:  Go in peace as you serve the Lord.

C:  Thanks be to God!

Postlude 

¹² Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”