All Saints Sunday

Order of Worship

Download today's bulletin PDF for the entire order of worship and more. 

Let us pray for the whole people of God, in Christ Jesus, and for all people according to their needs.

Good and gracious Lord, you have made all who believe in your Son for salvation into children and heirs of your kingdom. We ask you to send your word into the world so that others may hear and believe. We thank you for the saints who have gone before us, who have helped us, labored among us, and now rest in your kingdom. Grant that, at your appointed time, we too may share in their eternal joy. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Lord Jesus, we lift up all saints who are affected by natural disasters, unseasonable weather, violence, and persecution around the world. We pray for your mercy in their lives and ask that peace be restored to them in accordance with your holy and divine will. Send members of your church to comfort them through word and sacrament and in prayer and in rescue and recovery efforts. Preserve them so they may love and help their neighbor and always glorify you. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Eternal Father, provide your church with patience and hope so that we can always recognize your blessings amid our trials and challenges. Constantly remind us of your mercy and grace, which supply all our needs in their proper time. Be with those who are homebound, hospitalized, or in nursing facilities, suffering physically, mentally, or spiritually. Nourish them with your Holy supper and strengthen them with your word until the final day when you call them to be with you eternally, when you will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Lord Jesus, we thank you for our salvation and for providing us, your saints, with our daily bread here on Earth. Help us to seek your mercy when we sin and in times when we have done wrong and teach us to walk in your paths. Spark in us a desire to listen to your teachings in the scriptures that you would guide us in the way we should go. Strengthen our faith and always make us fervent in prayer. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Into your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy; through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen

Teaching

Open or download this week's preview of the lessons. We send this to our homebound with a bulletin each week and thought you might like to have a copy as well. You may read it online or print it out. It includes prayers, brief teaching on each of the four lessons for Sunday, an overview, and an additional Word Search based on the Gospel Lesson. 

Vespers Tonight

Join us for Vespers this evening in the parsonage (across the street from the church) at 6:00. We will be eating and laughing, singing and praying, and reading and discussing the readings for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost: 2 Kings 20:1–21; Acts 12:1–17; Luke 7:11–17.