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Service
of the Word
Day
of Thanksgiving
Wednesday,
November 25, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
Prelude
Hymn
1 When
all your mercies, O my God,
my
waking soul surveys,
transported
with the view, I’m lost
in
wonder, love, and praise.
2 Ten
thousand thousand precious gifts
my
daily thanks employ;
nor
is the least a cheerful heart
that
tastes those gifts with joy.
3 Through
ev’ry passing phase of life
your
goodness I’ll pursue,
and
after death, in distant worlds,
the
glorious theme renew.
4 Through
all eternity, to you
a
joyful song I’ll raise;
but,
oh, eternity’s too short
to
utter all your praise!
Text: Joseph Addison, 1672-1719
Litany of
Thanksgiving
from Luther’s Small
Catechism (First Article of the Creed)
I
believe that God has created me together with all that exists.
God has given and still
preserves my body and soul,
eyes, ears, and all limbs and
senses,
reason and all mental
faculties.
In
addition, God daily and abundantly provides
shoes
and clothing,
food
and drink, house and farm, fields, livestock, and all property,
along with all the necessities
and nourishment
for this body and life.
God
protects me from all danger
and
shields and preserves me from all evil.
All this God has done out of
divine goodness and mercy,
without any worthiness or merit
of mine at all!
I
therefore owe it to God to thank and praise, serve and obey him.
This is most certainly true!
PRAYER OF THE DAY
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Almighty
God our Father, your generous goodness comes to us new every day. By the work
of your Spirit lead us to acknowledge your goodness, give thanks for your
benefits, and serve you in willing obedience; through your Son, Jesus Christ
our Lord.
Amen
Hymn We Praise You, O God
1 We
praise you, O God, our redeemer, creator;
in
grateful devotion our tribute we bring.
We
lay it before you; we kneel and adore you;
we
bless your holy name; glad praises we sing.
2 We
worship you, God of our fathers, we bless you;
through
trial and tempest our guide you have been.
When
perils o’ertake us, you will not forsake us,
and
with your help, O Lord, our struggles we win.
3 With
voices united our praises we offer
and
gladly our songs of thanksgiving we raise.
With
you, Lord, beside us, your strong arm will guide us.
To
you, our great redeemer, forever be praise!
Text: Julia C. Cory, 1882-1963, alt.
Readings
Deuteronomy 8:7-18
7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with
flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and
hills, 8a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and
pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9a land where you
may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose
stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper. 10You shall eat your
fill and bless the Lord your God for the good land that he has given you.
11Take care that you do not forget the Lord your God, by
failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am
commanding you today. 12When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and
live in them, 13and when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your
silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, 14then do not exalt
yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out
of the house of slavery, 15who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an
arid wasteland with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you
from flint rock, 16and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors
did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good. 17Do not say to
yourself, “My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth.” 18But remember the Lord your God, for
it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant
that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.
Luke 17:11-19
11On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region
between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping
their distance, 13they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14When he saw them,
he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went,
they were made clean. 15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned
back, praising God with a loud voice. 16He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he
was a Samaritan. 17Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other
nine, where are they? 18Was none of them found to return and give praise to God
except this foreigner?” 19Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith
has made you well.”
Homily Pastor Frontz
Hymn All Things
Bright and Beautiful
Refrain
All
things bright and beautiful,
all
creatures great and small,
all
things wise and wonderful,
the
Lord God made them all.
1 Each
little flower that opens,
each
little bird that sings,
God
made their glowing colors,
God
made their tiny wings. Refrain
2 The
purple-headed mountains,
the
river running by,
the
sunset, and the morning
that
brightens up the sky. Refrain
3 The
cold wind in the winter,
the
pleasant summer sun,
the
ripe fruits in the garden,
God
made them ev’ry one. Refrain
4 God
gave us eyes to see them,
and
lips that we might tell
how
great is God Almighty,
who
has made all things well. Refrain
A General Thanksgiving
O Father of all, who art Wisdom and Beauty and
Goodness, whose Spirit ever striveth in the souls of men and women; we thank
you that Thou hast made us heirs of all the ages of Thy creative power and
called us to share the fruits of Thy redemption,
Thanks be to Thee, O Lord.
For the vision of Thyself in our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ; for Thy divine compassion which careth for us despite our
weaknesses, cowardice, and self-love; and for Thy leadership unto this hour:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
For the radiance, mystery, and surprise of this dear
world; for Thy wisdom and beauty revealed in it; and for the love of family and
friends which sweetens it:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
For the leaven of Thy ideals of liberty and justice
and brotherhood, which have worked so mightily and still work so hopefully
among the peoples of the earth:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Because through suffering and weakness Thou hast
taught us patience and given us the sense of dependence upon Thee; because in
health and strength Thou hast given us to share Thy joy in being active; and
because in sorrow Thou hast revealed to us the glory of others’ kindness:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
For the discipline of life; for the endurance which
is learned through drudgery; for the work which is its own reward; and for the
difficulties which are the materials of victory, Thy victory in us:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
Because through the turmoil of life we find Thy
peace; because for the challenge of life we need Thy strength; and because in
the adventure of death we have Thy blessed hope:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
For the laughter of children; for pure mirth and
kindly wit; for the jest of gallant souls and the cheerfulness of sufferers,
which puts to shame our self-concern:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
For Thy church on earth; for the comfort and
encouragement of the blessed company of all faithful people; and above all for
the sense of Thy companionship in sacrament and prayer:
Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
The Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, grant us to be
strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner person that, Christ dwelling
in our hearts by faith, we may be filled with all the fulness of God.
Amen
(Herbert
Lindemann, The Daily Office)
LORD’S PRAYER
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
BENEDICAMUS and
BENEDICTION
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Almighty God, Father, +Son, and Holy Spirit, bless
you now and forever.
Amen
Be at peace. Serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Hymn Now Thank We All Our God
1 Now
thank we all our God
with
hearts and hands and voices,
who
wondrous things has done,
in
whom his world rejoices;
who,
from our mothers’ arms,
has
blest us on our way
with
countless gifts of love,
and
still is ours today.
2 Oh,
may this bounteous God
through
all our life be near us,
with
ever joyful hearts
and
blessed peace to cheer us,
and
keep us in his grace,
and
guide us when perplexed,
and
free us from all harm
in
this world and the next.
3 All
praise and thanks to God
the
Father now be given,
the
Son, and him who reigns
with
them in highest heaven,
the
one eternal God,
whom
earth and heav’n adore;
for
thus it was, is now,
and
shall be evermore.
Text: Martin Rinkhart, 1586-1649; tr.
Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878
