All Saints Sunday – Service of Holy Communion ~ 8:00 AM  – SETTING 2

November 2, 2025

Prelude

Announcements

Opening Hymn                  For All the Saints, LBW 174 vs. 1-4

Apostolic Greeting           (2 Corinthians 13:14)

Kyrie                                                    p. 78 LBW

Hymn of Praise                  p. 81 LBW ~ This is the Feast

Prayer of the Day

Beloved God, in Christ you have drawn all your people into one, holy communion.  Grant that as we remember the saints who have gone before us, we are strengthened for lives of faithful service to you so that the world will know your blessed presence. Bring us all at the last to the feast which has no end where all will be one; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Children’s Sermon

First Reading                      Revelation 7:9-17

⁹After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” ¹³Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” ¹⁴I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. ¹⁶They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. ¹⁷For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Second Reading                1 John 3:1-3

¹See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ²Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. ³And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation        p.  83 LBW

Gospel   Matthew 5:1-12

P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew the 5^th Chapter.
C: Glory to you, O Lord.

¹Seeing the crowds, {Jesus} went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. ²And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: ³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. ⁵Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. ⁷Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. ⁸Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. ⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. ¹⁰Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. ¹²Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

C:  Praise to you, O Christ.

Sermon

Hymn of Day                                                      Blest Are They, WOV 764

Nicene Creed                                                      p. 84 LBW

Prayers of God’s People                                 p. 85 LBW

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

Eucharistic Prayer 33                                       p. 90 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
Break No the Bread of Life, LBW 235
We Place Upo Your Table, Lord, LBW 217

Post Communion Blessing & Prayer         

Benediction                                                        p. 94 LBW

Closing Hymn                                                     For All the Saints, LBW 174, vs. 5-8

Dismissal                                                             p. 95 LBW

Postlude