SERVICE PROGRAM

Order of Worship September 14/15

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Dedication of Church Building at Klerner Lane
September 15, 1974 – September 15, 2024

Grace Lutheran Church
1787 Klerner Lane, New Albany, IN 47150
(812) 944-1267
Bruce Kischnick, Senior Pastor
Matthew Woods, Associate Pastor
www.glcna.org
WELCOME AND OPENING PRAYER

PROCESSIONAL HYMN: “Here in Thy Name” TLH #635
2 Chron. 6: 20 James Montgomery, 1822, ab., alt. | Mendon, German Melody | Arr. by Samuel Dyer, 1828|CCLI 1672462
1. Here in Thy name, eternal God,
We dedicate this house to Thee.
Oh, choose it for Thy fixed abode
And keep it from all error free!

2. Here, when Thy people seek Thy face
And dying sinners pray to live,
Hear Thou in heaven, Thy dwelling-place;
And when Thou hearest, Lord, forgive.

3. Here, when Thy messengers proclaim
The blessed Gospel of Thy Son,
Still by the power of His great name
Be mighty signs and wonders done.

4. When children’s voices raise the song,
“Hosanna to the heavenly King!”
Let heav’n with earth the strain prolong
Hosanna! let the angels sing.

5. Thy glory never hence depart.
Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone;
Thy kingdom come to every heart,
In every bosom fix Thy throne. Amen.

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

COLLECT
P: Peace be to this house and to all who enter here.
C: Amen.

P: O, Eternal God, You who dwell in the high and holy place we pray, look upon us with Your divine blessing, and guide us by Your Spirit, so that our use of this house may continue to serve in the honor of Your name and the building of Your kingdom, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord.
C: Amen.

HYMN OF PRAISE—“All People That on Earth Do Dwell” LSB 791 vs. 1, 5

LITANY OF DEDICATION
P: The Most high God does not dwell in temples made with human hands but fills the heavens and the earth with His glory. Nevertheless, He has been pleased to reveal His presence wherever the Word and Sacraments are in use. For the Lord has said through Moses, “In all places where I record My Name I will come to you, and I will bless you.” Again, through Christ, His Son, “Where two or three are gathered in my Name, there I am in the midst of them.” Let us therefore faithfully and devoutly ask His blessing as we with humility and with readiness of heart rededicate this place to the honor of His name.

P: O God, our Father, Creator of heaven and earth, by whose favor this house was built and has been in use for 50 years,

C: To You we dedicate this church.

P: O Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, our Lord and Savior,

C: To You we dedicate this church.

P: O Holy Spirit, Source of life and light, our Sanctifier and Comforter,

C: To You we dedicate this church.

P: To the glory and to the honor of our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

C: We dedicate this church to You.

P: To the preaching and the teaching of the Holy Word, the proclamation of Your Law and Gospel, to the proper administration of Your Holy Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper,

C: To You we dedicate this Church.

P: As a house of prayer for all who would call on Your name and who seek here a haven of refuge from sin and distress,

C: To You we dedicate this Church.

P: As a place where sinners may receive comfort and assurance through faith in You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent; where saints may be strengthened and encouraged; where Your praise may be chanted, Your kingdom extended, the glory revealed, and Your power made known,

C: To You we dedicate this Church.

P: As a place where the lambs of the flock of Christ may be fed; where the young may be taught to remember You, their Creator in the days of their youth; where a generation may grow up for citizenship on earth and in heaven,

C: To You we dedicate this Church.

All: Blessed Be Your name, O Lord, that it has pleased You to put into our hearts to build and dedicate this house to Your honor and worship these 50 years. We also dedicate ourselves to Your service, that we may be ready to share the joy of Your salvation and to continue to proclaim the greatness of Your grace among ourselves, our children, and also with all who don’t know You yet.
May it please You to continue to bless our use of this Your house and accept our praises to the glory of Your name, through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION
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.

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
C: who made heaven and earth.

P: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,
C: and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.

P: O almighty God, merciful Father,
C: I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.

P: Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.

CHOIR: “God is Our Refuge” (8:00 & 10:30)

+++WORD+++

OLD TESTAMENT: 1 Chronicles 29:10-18 (God Provides Through His People)
10 David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,
“Praise be to you, LORD,
the God of our father Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
11 Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, LORD, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.
12 Wealth and honor come from you;
you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
to exalt and give strength to all.
13 Now, our God, we give you thanks,
and praise your glorious name.
14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. 15 We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days
on earth are like a shadow, without hope. 16 LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. 18 LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.

Reader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

NEW TESTAMENT: Hebrews 10:19-25 (Let Us Draw Near to God)
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Reader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL HYMN: “Holy Spirit” Printed.
Words & Music by: Bryan & Katie Torwalt | © 2011 Capitol CMG Genesis Jesus Culture
CCLI License # 1672462

1. There’s nothing worth more
That could ever come close
No thing can compare
You’re our living hope
Your presence, Lord
I’ve tasted and seen
Of the sweetest of loves
Where my heart becomes free
And my shame is undone
Your presence, Lord
Chorus
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for
To be overcome, by Your presence, Lord
Your presence, Lord

2. There’s nothing worth more
That could ever come close
No thing can compare
You’re our living hope
Your presence, Lord
I’ve tasted and seen
Of the sweetest of loves
Where my heart becomes free
And my shame is undone
Your presence, Lord

Chorus
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for
To be overcome by Your presence, Lord
Your presence, Lord

Bridge
Let us become more aware of Your presence
Let us experience the glory of Your goodness
Let us become more aware of Your presence
Let us experience the glory of Your goodness

Bridge
Let us become more aware of Your presence
Let us experience the glory of Your goodness
Let us become more aware of Your presence
Let us experience the glory of Your goodness

Chorus
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for
To be overcome by Your presence, Lord
Your presence, Lord

GOSPEL: John 4:19-25 (God’s People Worship in Spirit and in Truth)
Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. John the 4th chapter.
People: Glory to You, O Lord.
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to You, O Christ.

MESSAGE: Pastor Matt Woods

APOSTLES’ CREED

OFFERTORY (Tune LSB #921)
1. O King of Glory, come
And with Thy favor crown
This temple as Thy home,
This people as Thine own.
Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show
How God can dwell with men below.

2. Now let Thine ear attend
Our supplicating cries;
Now let our praise ascend,
Accepted, to the skies;
Now let Thy Word, the Gospel, sound,
Spread Thy celestial blessing round.

3. Here may the list ’ning throng
Receive Thy truth and love;
Here Christians join the song
Of seraphim above
Till all who here may seek Thy face
Rejoice in Thy abounding grace. Amen.

PRAYERS

LORD’S PRAYER

+++LORD’S SUPPER+++

COMMUNION LITURGY
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 unto the Lord, our God.
C. It is meet and right so to do.
P. It is truly meet, right, and salutary… evermore praising You and saying:

All: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Saboath; Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed Is He, Blessed is He, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION
P: The Peace of the Lord be with you always.
C: Amen.

DISTRIBUTION
“Built on the Rock” LSB # 645 (8:00 & 10:30 only)
“Great is the Lord, Our God” TLH #636
Ps. 48: 1–8 Isaac Watts, 1719, cento | Schumann “Cantica Laudis” Boston, 1850 | CCLI 1672462

1. Great is the Lord, our God,
And let His praise be great;
He makes His churches His abode,
His most delightful seat.

2. These temples of His grace,
How beautiful they stand,
The honors of our native place
And bulwarks of our land!

3. In Zion God is known,
A Refuge in distress;
How bright has His salvation shone,
How fair His heavenly grace!

4. Oft have our fathers told,
Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold
Where His own sheep have been.

5. In every new distress
We’ll to His house repair,
Recall to mind His wondrous grace,
And seek deliverance there.

“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” LSB # 549
“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” LSB # 686

POST-COMMUNION CANTICLE: DOXOLOGY LSB # 805
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

POST COMMUNION PRAYER
P: We give thanks to You, Almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.

BENEDICTION

EASTER PROCLAMATION
P: Christ is Risen!
C: He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

CLOSING: The Lord Bless You and Keep You—Choir (8:00 & 10:30)
Farewell Anthem with Sevenfold Amen | Music by: Peter C. Lutkin
© 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library | Used by permission | CCLI license: 1672462
“Built on the Rock” LSB # 645 (Sat only)

SILENT PRAYER

ANNOUNCEMENTS