September 27, 2020 • 9:30am

Accepting – Confirmation Sunday

Father in heaven, for

Jesus’ sake, stir up in

these individuals the

gift of your Holy Spirit;

confirm their faith,

guide their life,

empower them in their

serving, give them

patience in suffering,

and bring them to

everlasting life.

9:30 am Online on Facebook Live and Zoom

Elkriverlutheran.org to find bulletins and instructions to join live worship

Recording available after the Service via ERLC Facebook Page, Website and YouTube Channel

STAYING CONNECTED

If you have access to the internet through a computer or smart phone, you can find more

information on our church website:

www.elkriverlutheran.org

If you or someone you know does not have access to the internet, you can find these services

via telephone (it is a long distance call). At or a few minutes before each gathering you can dial

1-646-558-8656 and then enter Meeting ID: 733 768 254. This will work for each of our two

regular online gatherings:

SERVICE VOLUNTEERS

Thank you to our communion distribution helpers!

Steve Bucholz & Diana Schansberg, Pat & Paula Donnelly, Ron Stricker & Katherine Horner

STAFF

If you have specific questions or needs, please feel free to contact any of the church staff at any time:

• Pastor Nathan Mugaas- 763-242-8347 pastornathan@elkriverlutheran.org • Intern Pastor Jeremy Hallquist - 612-201-6382 jeremy@elkriverlutheran.org • Linda Nielsen, Office Manager - 612-845-7335 linda@elkriverlutheran.org • Taylor Quinn, Director of Music Ministry - 816-519-2719 taylor@elkriverlutheran.org • Lisa Sampson, Director of Children, Youth and Family - 612-750-3959

lisa@elkriverlutheran.org

ORDER OF WORSHIP

PRELUDE WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION SONG: “O Jesus, You Were Born to Be” to the tune TRURO ELW #389 VERSE 1 O Jesus, you were born to be God's gift to save humanity; And one great day we're moving toward, All life will bow and call you Lord! VERSE 2 You taught the people every day As Rabbi, Teacher of the Way; O Master, may we learn from you To love both God and neighbor, too.

VERSE 4 O Son of God and Son of Man, You trusted and obeyed God's plan; The poor, the sick and those in need Cried, "Son of David, set us free!" VERSE 6 O Jesus, you're the living Way, The Resurrection, God's new Day. You give us hope and make us new; How wondrous is our life in you

PRAYER OF THE DAY: Holy God you have called this church to be serving, welcoming, accepting, joyful, and grace filled. Strengthen us in our accepting, through Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. Amen. SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 22: 24-40 34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” REFLECTION SONG: “Hold Us Together”

VERSE 1 It don't have a job, it don't pay your bills, Won't buy you a home in Beverly Hills. Won't fix your life in five easy steps, Ain't the law of the land or the government. But it's all you need.

CHORUS And love will hold us together, Make us a shelter to weather the storm, And I'll be my brother's keeper So the whole world will know that we're not alone.

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VERSE 2 It's waiting for you knocking at your door. In the moment of truth When your heart hits the floor and you're on your knees. CHORUS

BRIDGE This is the first day of the rest of your life, This is the first day of the rest of your life, 'Cause even in the dark you can still see the light. It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright. CHORUS

CONFIRMATION PRESENTATION Dear friends, we give thanks for the gift of baptism and for these young people, one with us in the body of Christ, who are making public affirmation of their baptism. I present names , who desire to make public affirmation of their baptism.

Clara Louise Anderson Emma Helen Anderson

Samantha Jo Angrimson Isabella Renae Hegvik

Lilly Ann Hoeft Audrey Elizabeth Horner

Alexander Howland

David Konopa Joshua Michael Miernicki

Amanda Jade Murphy Jackson Rosati

Abigail Schwarze Grace Weber

Hunter James Wolcenski

PRAYER Let us pray, Merciful God, we thank you for these sisters in Christ, whom you have made your own by water and the Word in baptism. You have called them to yourself, enlightened them with the gifts of your Spirit, and nourished them in the community of faith. Uphold your servants in the gifts and promises of baptism and unite the hearts of all whom you have brought to new birth. We ask this in the name of Christ. Amen. PROFESSION OF FAITH I ask you to profess your faith in Christ Jesus, reject sin, and confess the faith of the church. Do you renounce the devil and all the forces that defy God? I renounce them. Do you renounce the powers of this world that rebel against God? I renounce them. Do you renounce the ways of sin that draw you from God? I renounce them. APOSTLES’ CREED

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Do you believe in God the Father? I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God? I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. CONFIRMATION You have made public profession of your faith. Do you intend to continue in the covenant God made with you in holy baptism: to live among God’s faithful people, to hear the word of God and share in the Lord’s supper, to proclaim the good news of God in Christ through word and deed, to serve all people, following the example of Jesus, and to strive for justice and peace in all the earth? Each person responds: I do, and I ask God to help and guide me. People of God, do you promise to support these young people and pray for them in their life in Christ? We do, and we ask God to help and guide us.

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INDIVIDUAL BLESSINGS Let us pray. Father in heaven, for Jesus’ sake, stir up in name the gift of your Holy Spirit; confirm her/his faith, guide her/his life, empower her/him in her/his serving, give her/him patience in suffering, and bring her/him to everlasting life. Amen. CONFIRMATION Let us rejoice with these sisters in Christ. We rejoice with you in the life of baptism. Together we will give thanks and praise to God and proclaim the good news to all the world.

HOLY COMMUNION: The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through our Savior Jesus Christ; who on this day overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so, with all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

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HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD:

WORDS OF INSTITUTION 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.

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COMMUNION DISTRIBUTION: “Let Us Go Now to the Banquet” ELW #523

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OFFERING BLESSING

SENDING SONG: “All the People Said Amen” CHORUS And all the people said, “Amen.” Whoa. And all the people said “Amen.” Give thanks to the Lord, for His love never ends. And all the people said “Amen.” VERSE 1 You are not alone if you are lonely. When you feel afraid, you're not the only. We are all the same, in need of mercy, To be forgiven and be free. It's all you got to lean on, But thank God, it's all you need.

CHORUS VERSE 2 If you're rich or poor, well, it don't matter. Weak or strong, you know love is what we're after. We're all broken, but we're all in this together. God knows we stumble and fall, And He so loved the world, He sent His son to save us all. CHORUS (2X)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SENDING “Go in peace, share the good news “We will, thanks be to God!” POSTLUDE

Liturgy, songs and lyrics are reprinted with permission. Current copyright licenses held with CCLI, OneLicense, and Augsburg

Fortress. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator.

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CONFIRMATION CLASS OF 2020! Clara Louise Anderson

Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46:10

Emma Helen Anderson

In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me bold with strength in my soul.

Psalm 138:3 Samantha Jo Angrimson

With God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26b

Isabella Renae Hegvik

Be strong and bold; have no fear afraid or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you.

Deuteronomy 31:6 Lilly Ann Hoeft Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe

that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11: 22-24

Audrey Elizabeth Horner

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Alexander Howland

My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. Psalm 57:7

David Konopa Joshua Michael Miernicki

Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:58 Amanda Jade Murphy

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. I Peter 5:7

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Jackson Rosati

For your livestock also, and for the wild animals in your land all its yield shall be for food. Leviticus 25:7

Abigail Schwarze

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their

lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a

shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise replied, ‘No! There will not be enough for you and for us; you had

better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut. Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he

replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’ Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. Matthew 25

Grace Weber

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament!

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his surpassing greatness! Praise him

with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance;

praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud

clashing cymbals! Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Psalm 150

Hunter James Wolcenski Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16: 13-14

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PRAYER REQUESTS

Praise the Lord (joys and answered prayers):

• Confirmation Class of 2020

• CYF programs as they kick off their fall season

• Installation of Intern Pastor Jeremy Hallquist For Support:

• Patrick Kehoe, friend of Kyle Nielsen

• John Ernst and Carol Black

• Linda and Mike Cheney

• Jan Bucher

• All Military Personnel and their families Sympathy

• Family and Friends of Gary Ristau

• Family and Friends of Cindy River, aunt of Ryan Wolcenski

• Family and Friends of David Clough who passed away on September 12th, including his daughter Julie Nathe and family

• Family and Friends of Michelle Hahn, daughter-in-law of Stan and Diane Hahn

Health concerns:

• Sheryl Sandeen, daughter of Kathy Sandeen

• Ryan Wolcenski and Chad Kreuser. Recovery from kidney donation/transplant surgery

• Mike Cheney, continued healing from stroke

• Carol Sindelir

• Ken Bucher

• Marlene Anderson-Wood, cancer (cousin of Pauline Kuhn)

• Kris West, daughter of Bob and Sue Hagen

• Nancy Scott, sister of Bonnie Swedal (chemo treatments)

• Duane Jerde

• Gary Ristau, battling cancer

• Erich VanRyn

Prayer Concerns: can be shared by contacting Linda in the church office at linda@elkriverlutherna.org

or by visiting the church website at www.elkriverlutheran.org/prayer-requests.html Generally, names will run for 3 weeks. If more time is needed, please call the church office

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THIS WEEK

SUNDAY – September 27

Confirmation of 9th Graders

9:30am – Worship Service

(Drive-in & Online)

TUESDAY September 29

9am – Storytime with Lisa

9am - Quilting

WEDNESDAY September 30

6:30pm – Confirmation

7:30pm High School Youth Group

THURSDAY October 1

10am – Thursdays with Taylor

4pm – Musicians’ Happy Hour

7pm – Sacred Wit

SATURDAY – October 3

8am – Men’s Bible Study

(via Zoom Worship Channel)

SUNDAY – October 4

9:30am – Worship Service

(Online)

After Worship on Zoom

• The Third Sacrament: 40 Minutes of Fellowship

• Zoom Kids

6:30pm – Gen to Rev Bible Study

Tuesday, September 29th book: Coat of Many Colors

by Dolly Parton

Winter is coming to Tennessee and there's no money to buy a new

coat, so a little girl's mama sews one for her out of rags. The little

girl wears it to school proudly, and when the other children laugh,

she gives them a quick lesson about what it means to be rich.

Judith Sutton's beautiful paintings bring one of Dolly Parton's best-

loved songs to life.

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NEW THIS FALL

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Held after

worship

(when we don’t

have a Drive-In

Service)

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