Christ the King Sunday – Service of Holy Communion ~ 10:30 AM

November 23, 2025

Prelude

Announcements

Processional Hymn          Come, Now is the Time to Worship, CCLI

Opening Hymn                  Lord, I Lift Your Name on High CCLI

Apostolic Greeting           (2 Corinthians 13:14)

Kyrie                                                    LOLeC

Hymn of Praise                  LOLeC

Prayer of the Day

Sovereign Lord, at the end of time your eternal reign will be fully revealed and all will stand in awe of your Son Jesus, the King of kings. As we gather in your holy presence, nourish us with Word, bread, and wine that we may go forth making that reign known; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever.  Amen.

Children’s Sermon

First Reading                      Colossians 1:13-20

¹³He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ¹⁵He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ¹⁹For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Second Reading                Psalm 95:1-7a

¹Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

²Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

³For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.

⁵The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

^7aFor he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Gospel Acclamation        Speak, O Lord

Gospel   Luke 23:27-43

The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the 23^rd Chapter.
C: Glory to you, O Lord.

²⁷There followed {Jesus} a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ³⁰Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” ³²Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. ³³And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. ³⁴And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. ³⁵And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” ³⁶The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine ³⁷and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” ³⁸There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.” ³⁹One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” ⁴⁰But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴²And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” ⁴³And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The Gospel of the Lord

C: Praise to you, O Christ.

Sermon

Hymn of Day                                                      You Are Holy (Prince of Peace) CCLI

Rite of Confirmation                                       p, 198 LBW

Sharing of the Peace

Prayers of God’s People                                 p. 85 LBW

Offering                                                               Who Is This King of Glory? (Choir)

Offertory                             The Doxology  (564)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, Ye heav’nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Offertory Prayer                                               p. 87 LBW

The Great Thanksgiving                                 p. 88 LBW

Proper Preface

Sanctus (to the tune of Holy, Holy, Holy, LBW 165)

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty
Heaven and the earth are filled with all Thy glory!
Blesséd in the highest, there is none beside Thee,
And blest is he who cometh in Thy name.

Eucharistic Prayer 33                                       p. 90 LBW

The Lord’s Prayer & Invitation                     p. 91 LBW

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)                              LOLeC

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world;
Have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world;
Have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world;
Grant us peace, grant us peace, grant us peace.

Distribution of Communion
Crown Him with Many Crowns , LBW 170
Eat This Bread, WOV 709

Post Communion Blessing & Prayer         

Benediction                                                        p. 94 LBW

Closing Hymn                                                     Forever CCLI

Dismissal                                                             p. 95 LBW

Postlude