Worship Order – Service of Holy Communion ~ 10:30am
May 25, 2025 ~ The 6th Sunday of Easter
Prelude
Announcements
Celebration of Christ’s Victory (Easter Dialogue)
P: Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered!
C: Let those who hate Him flee before His face.
P: God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
C: Even when we were dead in our trespasses, God made us alive together with Christ—by grace we have been saved—and raised us up with Him.
P: Let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Let them be jubilant with joy!
C: Sing to God, sing praises to His name!
(Sung Together)
Christ is risen from the dead,
Trampling down death by death,
And upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
P: Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed! Amen! Alleluia!
Opening Hymn Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me, LBW 336
Apostolic Greeting
Hymn of Praise Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life, LBW 429 v. 1 & 6
Prayer of the Day
Heavenly Father, we give you thanks that you love us with an everlasting love for the sake of Christ. Grant us your peace so that in times of this world’s tribulations we may always remember that your Son has overcome the world; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen.
Children’s Sermon
1st Scripture Lesson: Revelation 21:9-14, 21-27
9Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed — 13on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. 22And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25and its gates will never be shut by day — and there will be no night there. 26They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
The Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation This Joyful Eastertide
This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow!
My love, the crucified, has sprung to life this morrow.
Had Christ, who once was slain,
not burst his three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain.
But now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen, arisen!
Gospel: John 16:23-33
The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 16th Chapter.
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
23{Jesus said to his disciples,} “In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 24Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. 25I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” 29His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! 30Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.” 31Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
Return Acclamation
But now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen, arisen!
Sermon
Hymn of the Day Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God, WOV 783
Apostles’ Creed
Prayers of God’s People
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