Worship Order ~ Service of Holy Communion ~ 8:00AM

November 8, 2026 ~ 24th Sunday after Pentecost – Setting 2

Prelude

Veteran Recognition

Brief Order for Confession and Forgiveness

P   In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C   Amen
P   Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
C   Amen
P   If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Silence to recall the sins that afflict us in conscience

P   Most merciful God,
C   we confess that we are in bondage to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen
P   In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you, and for his sake God forgives you all your sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ he gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit.
C   Amen

Opening Hymn                                  Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ, WOV 754

Apostolic Greeting           (2 Corinthians 13:14)

Kyrie                                                    p. 78 LBW

Hymn of Praise                                  p. 80 LBW                           

Prayer of the Day

God of light and life, through your most Holy Spirit, illumine our lives with your grace so that we may be ready for the coming of your Son. Grant that we may bear the light of your love to the world in need, that all may know of your justice and mercy; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Children’s Sermon

1^st Scripture Lesson: Amos 5:18-24

¹⁸Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light, ¹⁹as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him. ²⁰Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it? ²¹“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. ²²Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. ²³Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. ²⁴But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 70

¹Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!

²Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!

³Let them turn back because of their shame who say, “Aha, Aha!”

⁴May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”

⁵But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!

2^nd Scripture Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

¹³We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. ¹⁴For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁵For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. ¹⁸Therefore encourage one another with these words.

The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation        p.  83 LBW

Gospel   Matthew 25:1-13

The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the 25^th Chapter.
C: Glory to you, O Lord.

¹{Jesus said to the disciples,} “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. ²Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. ³For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, ⁴but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. ⁵As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ⁶But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ ⁷Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ ⁹But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ ¹⁰And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. ¹¹Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ ¹²But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ ¹³Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

The Gospel of the Lord

C: Praise to you, O Christ.

Sermon

Hymn of Day                                      Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying, LBW 31

Apostles’ Creed                                                                 p. 85 LBW

Prayers of God’s People                                                 p. 85 LBW

Sharing of the Peace

Offering

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                                                                                p. 89 LBW

Christ’s Words of Institution                                        p. 89 LBW

The Lord’s Prayer & Invitation                                     p.91 LBW

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)                                              p. 92 LBW

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.

Distribution of Communion
                                                                                                Awake, O Sleeper, WOV 745

Bind Us Together, WOV 748

Post Communion Blessing & Prayer         

Benediction                                                                        p. 94 LBW

Closing Hymn                                                     Sent Forth by God’s Blessing, LBW 221

Dismissal                                                                             p. 95 LBW

Postlude