Bulletin: November 24, 2024

First Lutheran Church                                                                Christ the King
PO Box 153 - 240 Elm Street West                                             November 24, 2024          
Amery, WI   715-268-7135                                                            www.flcamery.org
Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. Jn. 17    

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PSALM: 95:1-7a Come, let us sing to the LORD; let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great king above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are his also.  The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands have molded the dry land. Come, let us bow down and bend the knee, and kneel before the LORD our maker. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

HYMN: Holy, Holy, Holy……………………………….…Red 413

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

GREETING

KYRIE- Spoken, HYMN: The King of Love……………...Red 502

PRAYER: Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things to your beloved Son, whom you anointed priest forever and king of all creation: Grant that all the people of the earth, now divided by the power of sin, may be united under the glorious and gentle rule of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Revelation 1:4b-8 Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. 

HYMN: Rise Up, O Saints…………………………………Red 669

Gospel: John 18:33-37 In John's gospel, the story of Jesus and Pilate presents two different ways of exercising power: through force or with love.  Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?" Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here." Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

APOSTLES’ CREED

CHILDREN COME FORWARD

SERMON

HYMN: Crown Him with Many Crowns Verses 1,3,4…...Red 855

OFFERING

PRAYERS

LORD’S PRAYER

BLESSING God's blessing be with you, Christ's peace be with you, the Spirit's outpouring be with you, now and always. Amen

HYMN: Jesus Shall Reign……………………………..….Red 434 

Go in peace. Live the gospel. Thanks be to God.