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this week @ COS Sunday, September 23 8:30 am Worship 9:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am HS Teen Bible Study 9:45 am Adult Bible Study 10:45 am Worship 2:00 pm COS Golf Outing*

Monday, September 24 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Study 9:00 am 4’s Preschool 9:15 am 3’s Preschool 6:30 pm Board of Education Meeting

Tuesday, September 25 9:00 am 4’s Preschool 9:15 am 3’s Preschool

Wednesday, September 26 9:00 am 4’s Preschool 9:15 am 3’s Preschool 5:30 pm Pizza Supper 6:00 pm G.I.F.T. 6:00 pm Catechism Classes 6:00 pm Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm Choir Rehearsal

Thursday, September 27 9:00 am Preschool 4’s 9:15 am Preschool 3’s 6:30 pm Worship

Friday, September 28 9:00 am Preschool 4’s 9:30 am Toddler Time 5:30 pm Kinney/Al-Eisa Wedding*

Saturday, September 29 10:00 am LWMS Circuit Rally*

Sunday, September 30 8:30 am Worship 9:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am HS Teen Bible Study 9:45 am Adult Bible Class 10:45 am Worship 4:00 pm Middle School Youth Center 6:00 pm High School Youth Center

*meets offsite

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church 4610 Belding Rd | Rockford MI 49341 (616) 866-1881 | cosrock.org

Member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod wels.net

serving today

Organist Kathy Marten

Liturgy Pastor Steve Hahm

Sermon Pastor Tim Gauger

Counters Charlie Zebell

Aimee Zebell

Altar Guild Rebekah Becker

Jill Weber

8:30 am 10:45 am

Lectors Mark Hess Tim Dahlke

Cantors Cleve Kasper Heather Hahm

Pastor Steve Hahm

Altar Assistants Rick Schrader Brad Clark

Dave Perry Tim Dahlke

Ushers Rick Schrader Ken Berry

Dave Perry Alex Berry

Kurt Holzheuter Jason Baldwin

Glen Beers

Acolytes Gideon Hahm Camille Dahlke

Coffee Set Up Tom Marten

Nursery Kristy Sullivan

Keziah Herman

Kids Church Helper Brooke Dahlke

Coffee Clean Up Jake Weihrauch

Kalli Weihrauch

Follow Up Greg Winicki

Rose Winicki

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Pentecost | Eighteenth Sunday

8:30 am & 10:45 am September 23, 2018

worship notes

The application and implication of Jesus’ sacrifice to the relationship of

greatness to humility in the life of a Christian is the focus for today. May

the Christ’s coming to us in Word and Sacrament result in our better re-

flecting his mind on this matter.

Nursery Nursery care during the 10:45 am service is in Room 101. Drop off ei-ther before the start of worship or after the chil-dren’s message.

Children are welcome to stay in the service too. Quiet Bags and Chil-dren’s Bulletins are avail-able at the Welcome Cen-ter.

Kids Church Kids Church is an option for preschoolers through 4th graders in the 10:45 am. It starts after the children’s message in Rms 100-104.

Hearing Assistance The sanctuary is equipped with Williams Hearing Assist technolo-gy. Personal receivers are at the AV console in the rear of the sanctuary.

Life Passages Find information, church policies, application forms for baptism, mar-riage, funerals, member-ship at cosrock.org/worship/life-passages.

Donate Give+Online is a safe and popular way to automate your giving. Access via cosrock.org/donate or “COS Rock” app.

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news & happenings Last Day to Sign Up Sunday, September 23

Today’s the last day to sign up to be scheduled for ushering , coffee set-up, and/or

coffee clean-up. Sign up sheets are on the hallway bulletin board.

Acts, Epistles, and Life of Paul

Mondays and Thursdays beginning October 15

A new in-depth small group Bible study starts next month. It’s about the book of

Acts, the life of the Apostle Paul and all of his epistles. There will be weekly home-

work. Participants can choose to attend on Monday evenings at 6:30 pm beginning

October 15 or they can attend Thursday mornings at 9:00 am beginning October

18. The class will meet in the Youth Center. Sign up on the bulletin board or by

contacting Tom Marten in the church office. You may pick up the first lesson from

the office to get an idea of what the class will be like.

G.I.F.T. Nights

Wednesdays

Are you coming to GIFT Nights (Growing In Faith Together) this Fall? Dinner is

5:30-6:00 pm (usually pizza). From 6:00-7:00 pm grades 1-5 experience an up-

beat curriculum about the life of Jesus. They learn, sing, play, act, dance, craft and

tackle a few community projects! Grades 6-8 meet for their catechism classes dur-

ing that same hour. There’s something for mom and dad too: adult Bible study

while the kids are in class. The focus for adults is on the same Bible stories that

will be taught our children in the coming weekend’s Sunday School.

Choir Wednesdays, 7:00 pm

If you’d like to sing in the choir this fall, rehearsals are every week in the sanctu-

ary. No experience necessary.

Youth Group Service Project Sunday, October 7, 3:00 pm

COS middle school and high school students (as well as parents) are invited to help

out at the Rockford Make It & Take It Scarecrow Building Festival benefitting

North Kent Connect and the Rockford Area Museum. Volunteers may sign up on

the bulletin board or through the COS Rock App.

Youth Center for Middle Schoolers! Sunday, September 30, 4:00 pm

6-8th graders now have their own bi-weekly youth center. The next one is next

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Post Communion Prayer

L: (the leader speaks the prayer concluding with the words “now and forever.”)

C: Amen.

Benediction

Hymn 467 May the Mind of Christ Our Savior

Announcements

Men’s Chorus (8:30 am) Beautiful Savior

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Canticles by Marty Haugen. Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 by G.I.A. Publications, Inc., Chicago.

Reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net License#A-703238.

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Prayer of the Day

L: (the leader speaks the prayer concluding with the words “now and forever.”)

C: Amen.

First Lesson Jeremiah 11:18-20

Men’s Chorus (10:45 am) Beautiful Savior

Second Lesson James 3:13-18

Psalm 63

The congregation sings the refrain.

Cantor: O God, you are my God; for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting. My

body pines for you like a dry, weary land without water. So I gaze on you

in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory.

C: ♫ Refrain

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Cantor: For your love is better than life, my lips will speak your praise. So I will

bless you all my life, in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul shall be

filled as with a banquet, my mouth shall praise you with joy.

C: ♫ Refrain

Cantor: On my bed I remember you. On you I muse through the night for you have

been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice. My soul clings to you;

your right hand holds me fast.

C: ♫ Refrain

Holy Gospel Mark 9:30-37

Children’s Message (10:45 am)

Hymn 478 With the Lord Begin Your Task

Sermon

L: In Christ, you have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.

C: We believe in him and are marked with the seal of the promised Holy

Spirit.

L: Living together in trust and hope, we confess our faith.

Apostles’ Creed

All: I believe in God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.

He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the

Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the

dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the

communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the

body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

L: Build yourselves up in your most holy faith;

C: pray in the Holy Spirit.

L: Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait

C: for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

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Confession & Absolution

L: God has given us the ministry of reconciliation. Therefore, let us be

reconciled to God and to one another.

Gracious God…

C: have mercy on us. In your compassion forgive our sins, known and

unknown, things done and left undone. Uphold us by your Spirit so

that we may live and serve you in newness of life, to the honor and

glory of your holy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

L: The almighty and merciful Lord grants you pardon, forgiveness and

remission of all your sins.

C: Amen.

Offering

Prayers of the Church

Submit specific prayer requests before worship begins via the Prayer Pages at the Welcome

Center. Each intercession concludes with the words:

L: Lord, in your mercy,

C: hear our prayer.

The Prayers of the Church conclude with the words:

L: All these things and whatever else you see that we need, grant us, O God

for the sake of Christ, who died and rose again, and now lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

C: Amen.

Lord’s Prayer

C: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,

your will be done on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours

now and forever. Amen.

Holy Communion

We offer our New Life in Christ course to anyone desiring to receive the Sacrament here at

COS. Please take the course prior to communing here for the first time. Contact Pastor

Hahm for more information or to enroll.