Welcome to Glendale Lutheran!

Pastor Scott Jonas would love to talk to you. You can contact him via cell 805-345-6658 or email scottjonas314@gmail.com.
Christmas Poinsettia Order Forms are by the mailboxes, or you can email Michelle (mfiala@glendalelutheranchurch.org) the number of plants you would like and mail a check. The cost is $7 per poinsettia. Please include if your purchase is in memory of a loved one and that will be noted in the Christmas Worship bulletins. Contact Michelle with any questions.

Take a fieldworker to lunch! Sign up to take Oliver and Bethany or Ryan to lunch after church. Bring them to your house or to a restaurant. Sign up in the lobby.

Women’s Tuesday Morning Bible Study is beginning a new study, Prophets and Kings. They meet weekly in FLC at 9:15. Women’s Thursday Evening Bible Study meets the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:00pm. All women are welcome!
First Sunday in Advent
9:15am
Prelude – The King Shall Come

Greeting and Welcome

Lighting of the Candles

Hymn of Invocation – Light One Candle (AGPS 163)

Light one candle for hope,
One bright candle for hope,
He brings hope to ev’ry heart,
He comes! He comes!

Light one candle for peace,
One bright candle for peace,
He brings peace to ev’ry heart,
He comes! He comes!

Light one candle for joy,
One bright candle for joy,
Ev’ry nation will find salvation
In Bethl’em’s baby boy.

Light one candle for love,
One bright candle for love,
He brings love to ev’ry heart,
He comes! He comes!

+ Preparation +

Invocation
P:  In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C:  Amen.

Confession and Absolution1 John 1:8; John 3:16; Matthew 5:16
P:  As we begin a new Church Year, let us put behind us everything in the past that would disqualify us from a new life, and remembering our Baptism, we boldly petition our Savior Jesus Christ, seeking for our entry into His presence and His plan and future for us, saying, stir up Your power, O Lord, and come,
C:  that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance.
P:  What are those threatening perils? I now ask you before God, who searches the heart, do you sincerely confess that you have sinned against God and deserved His wrath and punishment?
C:  I do confess.
P:  So you should confess as Holy Scripture says, “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” Do you also repent of all your sins committed in thought, word, and deed?
C:  I do repent.
P:  So you should repent as did King David, who prayed for a contrite heart; Peter, who wept bitterly; the sinful woman; the prodigal son; and others. Do you sincerely believe that God, by grace, for Jesus’ sake, will forgive you all your sins?
C:  I do believe.
P:  So you should believe as Holy Scripture declares, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” Do you promise that with the aid of the Holy Spirit you will amend your sinful life?
C:  I do promise.
P:  So you should promise for Christ the Lord says, “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Finally, do you believe that through me, a called servant of God, you will receive the forgiveness of all your sins?
C:  I do believe.
P:  As you believe, even so may it be to you. Upon this, your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, announce the grace of God to all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C:  Amen.
P:  Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come,
C:  that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance. Amen.

+ Word +

First ReadingPsalm 12:1-8
Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone;
 for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
 with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
 the tongue that makes great boasts,
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
 our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
 I will now arise,” says the Lord;
 “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
The words of the Lord are pure words,
 like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
 purified seven times.
You, O Lord, will keep them;
 you will guard us from this generation forever.
On every side the wicked prowl,
 as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

P:  This is the Word of the Lord.
C:  Thanks be to God.

Epistle 1 Corinthians 1:3–9
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

P:  This is the Word of the Lord.
C:  Thanks be to God.

Holy Gospel – Mark 11:1-10
P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the eleventh chapter.
C: Glory to You, O Lord.

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’” And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”

P: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to You, O Christ.                                                                                                  

Children’s Hymn – King of Kings (AGPS 151)

King of kings and Lord of lords, glory, hallelujah!
King of kings and Lord of lords, glory, hallelujah!
Jesus, Prince of Peace, glory, hallelujah!
Jesus, Prince of Peace, glory, hallelujah!

Children’s Sermon

Hymn of the Day – The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want (LSB 710)

The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want;
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.
My soul He doth restore again
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E’en for His own name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnishèd
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Sermon
Nicene Creed
C: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
 
     And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God,      begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven      and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man;     and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.
 
     And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life + of the world to come. Amen.

Prayer of the Church
+ Celebrating birthdays this week: 29 – Susan DeFosset; 30 – Suk Wille; 2 – Andrew Buchholz; 5 – Kathy Brugere, Sue Schultz

Special Celebrations and Needs:
+ Church family members: Jim Thielker, in the hospital with Covid; Vicky Petzoldt, who has been diagnosed with Wegener’s; Sue Schultz, recovering from hand surgery; Jules & Mary Bush, upon the death of their daughter, Mary Margaret Elliott
+ Those who are homebound or in nursing facilities: Mary Guion, Corinne Gutzler, Anne Hammann, Bettie Welch, Joan Winkler, Ruth Wussler

Offertory – Advent Carol  
Offering
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+ Sacrament +

The Words of Our Lord
P:  Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My + body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”
     In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My + blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Lord’s Prayer
C:  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.

Pax Domini
P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C:  Amen.

Distribution

Blessing

Benediction
P:  The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and + give you peace.
C:  Amen.

Closing Hymn – Christ Be My Leader (LSB 861)

Christ be my Leader by night as by day;
Safe through the darkness, for He is the way.
Gladly I follow, my future His care,
Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there.

Christ be my Teacher in age as in youth,
Drifting or doubting, for He is the truth.
Grant me to trust Him; though shifting as sand,
Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand.

Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife;
Death cannot hold me, for He is the life.
Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain
Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign.

Postlude Abide, O Dearest Jesus

+ + +

+ WORSHIP LEADERS +
Preacher/Celebrant/Liturgist – Pastor Scott Jonas
Pianist/Organist –
Communion – Terry Buchholz
Sound/Video – Mike Toney
Lector – Tracey Ortstadt
Usher – Ken Clark
Bible Class Sound/Video – Tony Petzoldt

+ + +

Altar flowers this morning are given by Jack & Janet Hurley
in honor of their daughter Elizabeth’s birthday  
Acknowledgments
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.