22nd Sunday after Pentecost October 24, 2021 8:30am and 10:30am

God Gathers Us to Raise Up Leaders

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GATHERING MUSIC

8:30AM & 10:30AM FLOWER DUET (FROM LAKMÉ) LEO DELIBES, ARR. WANDA SOBIESKA WOODWIND TRIO

10:30AM EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK: MENUETTO W. A. MOZART, ARR. WANDA SOBIESKA WOODWIND TRIO

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to Zumbro Lutheran Church! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021

As our sermon series on Regathering continues, we acknowledge that life and ministry look different than they did before. Some beloved traditions have taken a break. We have needed energy and focus for new missions. Caregiving and caretaking have been vitally important as distance and caution have kept us apart. But despite the frequent use of ‘unprecedented’ in the past year, this isn’t the first time God’s people have had to step up and lead in new ways. Today we hear of a time when Moses needed to share the load – and the people responded.

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CALL TO WORSHIP GATHERED IN GOD’S NAME MICHAEL BURKHARDT Songleader: Gathered in God’s name ‘round the table and font.

Gathered as one family in the name of love.

please stand as you are able

REGATHER LITANY L: O God, you are the gathering one who calls us into community with each other; C: to love and work, to support and heal.

L: You are the gathering one who calls us into community with all people; C: to bring justice and hope, freedom and truth.

L: You are the gathering one who calls us into community with the whole creation; C: to live in harmony, to cherish and renew.

L: Let us worship the God who makes us one.

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C: Amen.

HYMN 526 GOD IS HERE!

you may be seated

GREETING

L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you.

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HYMN OF PRAISE

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PRAYER OF THE DAY

L: Nurturing God, C: there is always more work to do, and not enough hours to do it in. It can be hard to ask for help. Yet our

community is stronger when we share the load. Help us lean on one another, step forward when we see a need or are asked to lead, and trust Christ to show us the way. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

please stand as you are able

SCRIPTURE SONG COME AND SEE

BIBLE READING EXODUS 18:13-23 NRSV

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13The next day Moses sat as judge for the people, while the people stood around him from morning until evening. 14When Moses' father-in- law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?" 15Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 16When they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God." 17Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not good. 18You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. 19Now listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You should represent the people before God, and you should bring their cases before God; 20teach them the statutes and instructions and make known to them the way they are to go and the things they are to do. 21You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set such men over them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22Let them sit as judges for the people at all times; let them bring every important case to you, but decide every minor case themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. 23If you do this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will go to their home in peace."

L: Holy Wisdom. Holy Word. C: Thanks be to God. you may be seated

STORY TIME JANETTE DAVIS

SPECIAL MUSIC

8:30AM O CHRIST, BE MY LIGHT GAELIC AIR, ARR. THOMAS KEESECKER EMILY SCHMIDT, SOLOIST

O Christ, be my light, illumine and guide me. Christ be my shield, protect me from harm! Christ be over me and Christ be under me. Christ beside me this day, Christ before me always.

10:30AM IF YE LOVE ME THOMAS TALLIS

ZUMBRO LUTHERAN CHOIR

If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father, And he shall give you another comforter, That he may bide with you forever, ev’n the spirit of truth. John 14:15-17

SERMON GOD GATHERS US TO RAISE UP LEADERS PASTOR SHELLEY CUNNINGHAM

please stand as you are able

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HYMN 580 HOW CLEAR IS OUR VOCATION, LORD

APOSTLES’ CREED C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God's 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 to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

you may be seated

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EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE WE ARE NOT PASSING OFFERING BASKETS DURING WORSHIP. IF YOU BROUHT AN OFFERING WITH YOU TODAY, THERE ARE BASKETS AVAILABLE AT

THE EXITS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. 

8:30AM EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK: MENUETTO W. A. MOZART, ARR. WANDA SOBIESKA WOODWIND TRIO

10:30AM GUIDE MY FEET ARR. AVIS D. GRAVES

ZUMBRO LUTHERAN CHOIR; RALPH SCHORNACK, PIANO

Guide my feet while I run this race, ‘ cause I don’t want to run this race in vain. Hold my hand while I run this race, ‘cause I don’t want to run this race in vain.

Refrain Lord, guide my feet, direct my path, and keep my way.

Can’t make a step without you. I don’t want to run this race in vain.

Be my friend while I run this race, ‘cause I don’t want to run this race in vain. Refrain Stand by me while I run this race, ‘cause I don’t want to run this race in vain. Refrain

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

L: Rooted in Christ and sustained by the Spirit, we offer our prayers for the church, the world, and all of creation.

After each petition we respond:

L: Hear us, O God. C: Your mercy is great.

L: We lift these and all our prayers to you, O God, confident in the promise of your saving love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

C: Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER L: Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us: 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. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.

please stand as you are able

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BLESSING L: The blessing of God, who provides for us, feeds us, and journeys with us, ☩ be upon you now and forever. C: Amen.

HYMN 796 HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION How firm a foundation, O saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he has said who unto the Savior for refuge have fled? “Fear not, I am with you, oh, be not dismayed, for I am your God and will still give you aid; I’ll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.” “When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply. The flames shall not hurt you; I only design your dross to consume and your gold to refine.” “Throughout all their lifetime my people shall prove my sov’reign, eternal, unchangeable love; and then, when gray hairs shall their temples adorn, like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne.”

SENDING L: People of Zumbro, what is our mission? C: Our journey of faith leads us to build bridges of understanding and peace, to reach out with compassion,

and to share the hope of Jesus. Thanks be to God.

SENDING MUSIC LORD GOD, WE ALL TO THEE GIVE PRAISE JOHANN GOTTFRIED WALTHER

KRISTY GIERE, ORGAN

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WORSHIP LEADERS TODAY

PROCLAIMER-Pastor Shelley Cunningham; WORSHIP LEADER-Pastor Peter Strommen; LECTORS-Kathy Morton (8:30am); Megan Thorvilson (10:30am); STORYTIME-Janette Davis; ORGANIST-Kristy Giere; SONGLEADER-Janette Davis; SINGING-Emily Schmidt, soloist (8:30am), Zumbro Lutheran Choir (10:30am), Bob Giere, director; WOODWIND TRIO-Matt Hanley, clarinet; Andrea Roberson, oboe; Kristy Giere, flute; USHERS-Bill Miller, Lyle Solem, Luanne Wussow (8:30am); Wayne DeBruin, Todd Lichty, Becca Rudquist (10:30am); GREETERS-Evy and Paul Baker (8:30am)

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Prayers for God’s Good Care:

Jim Allison

Janet Carstensen

Carol Post Dave Roberts

Sympathy to:

Nancy Jensen, Paul Burt, Gene Burt, and families on the death of their mother, Delphine Burt.

Family and Friends of Merrill (Jeff) Davis III. Jeff was the Zumbro Organist and Minister of Music, 1969-1973.

Chuck Hanson and family on the death of his son-in-law Scott Rindahl.

Family of Marge Severeid (Service at Zumbro on Friday, Oct. 29 at 2pm with visitation at 1pm. The service is open to the public and will be livestreamed.)

This week’s radio broadcast is in memory of Gary Doherty.

Hearing Loop installed. Switch hearing aid to T-Coil. Hearing devices are available to check out. Ushers are available to assist.

Our journey of faith leads us to build bridges of understanding and peace, to reach out with compassion, and to share the hope of Jesus.

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Disclaimer: The 8:30am service is livestreamed. If you wish to remain out of the camera’s view, please sit in the side section to the right as you enter the sanctuary.