October 19, 2025 — 9:00 AM Service

October 16, 2025
Zack Benz
Bulletin

PRELUDE
Tim Graf

CALL TO WORSHIP
“We Are Marching in the Light of God”
Starlight Singers & Sonshine Singers
Hannah Fleming, Jill Boyd (Directors)

WELCOME

OPENING RESPONSES
Come young ones and old ones, both tall ones and short.
come rich ones and poor ones; we’re all God’s cohort.

Let’s worship God now, together as one.
We worship God now, together as one.

With anger or fear, or hope or depression,
gather us God in trust and confession.
We bring you our song, our laughter and deed.
We bring you our sorrow, our worry and creed.

Let’s worship God now, together as one.
We worship God now, together as one.

So weave us together, as family and friends,
an unbroken circle with love never ends.
As your children gather, each of us one,
we live out your callings, ‘til your will be done.

Let’s worship God now, together as one.
We worship God now, together as one.
We worship God now, together as one.
And all of God’s children said? Amen!

SHARING OF THE PEACE
The peace of Christ be with you all. And also with you.

OPENING SONG
“This Little Light of Mine”
(Words projected)

PRAYER OF THE DAY
God who loves us all, bring us together and teach us to better serve all of your creation. Shape us into a community where each of us matters, each of us belongs, and where we live out your care wherever we go. Amen.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
Pastor Matthew

READING
Mark 2:18-22

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus said to them, “The wedding attendants cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.

“No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. Similarly, no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins, but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

SERMON
“A New You”
Pastor Matthew

PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE
(prayers written by children)

OFFERING INTRO
Pastor Peter

OFFERING

OFFERING OF MUSIC
“New Every Morning” (Audrey Assad, Matt Maher)
Rebecca Hammond, Tim Graf

OFFERING PRAYER
Blessed are you, O God, ruler of heaven and earth. Day by day you shower us with blessings. As you have raised us to new life in Christ, give us glad and generous hearts, ready to praise you and to respond to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

THE LORD’S PRAYER

HYMN
“Come, Let Us Eat”

MUSIC DURING HOLY COMMUNION
“The Ground” (Ola Gjeilo)
Canticle Choir
Larry Bach, director

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER
Generous God, we thank you for the gift of life,
for the bread of salvation.
We thank you for coming among us, for leading us into peace.
We thank you for showering us with mercy, for sending us into the world.
Come, Lord Jesus, and go with us as we feed the hungry in your name. Amen.

BEFORE YOU GO

BENEDICTION

HYMN
“Earth and All Stars” (St. 1-2,4-5)
ELW # 731

SENDING
Pastor: Go in peace!
Kids: Serve the Lord!
ALL: Thanks be to God!

POSTLUDE

Prayers

As a community of faith, we are connected through joy, sorrow, worship, and prayer. Please pray for the people listed below.
Your prayers are greatly appreciated!

We ask for God’s loving embrace to hold all those who mourn, especially:

Elizabeth Klauda and family on the death of her mother, Judy Hansen
Sandy Perkins and her family on the death of her mother, Bernice

Prayers of Mourning:

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. Psalm 130:1–2
For I am convinced that neither death nor life… nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38–39
Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die’. John 11:25–26

As we are praying for all members of the St. Andrew community, this week we pray especially for God’s comfort, healing, protection, and strength to be present with:

Mari Herman – her brother, Hugo Herman, is battling cancer
Dave and Linda King’s son, Jonathan King, diagnosis of liver cancer
Dave and Linda King’s son Jonathan
Linda Wood
Judy Riggs
Dave Anderson
Marlene Paulson
Scott Elsass
Joey Johnk

Long Term Prayers:

Hugo Herman
Nicholas Priest
Madelyn Astry
Paul Skoog’s Brother, Dan
Jim and Racee Hornbacher
Julie Bergquist
John Rostad
Kathy Hoagland
Ron Wolfbauer
For the people of Haiti enduring ongoing political upheaval, severe economic challenges, and gang-related violence.
For the people of the Middle East and Ukraine – non-violence and peace.
All those in the military serving our country

General Prayers:

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you. Psalm 55:22a
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

We give God thanks and praise for Pastor David Lerseth’s ordination anniversary, which was Sunday, August 4, 1968, 57 years ago.

Names will remain listed until more are added unless otherwise requested. To add a name to the prayer list, click Prayer Requests or contact Pastor Peter Johnson.

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