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Reformation Day
Preacher: Pastor Bob Liebmann
Children's Message: Falls Family
Elder Reader: Kevin Schaeg
Elders: Mark Becker, Mike Sutton
Communion Assistants: Steve Kasten, Calvin Neislein
Youth Communion Assistants: Jacob Valett, Adam Zurmuehlen

Welcome
 
Baptism
 
Remembering Whose We Are
Leader: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen

Opening Prayer
 
Confession of Sin
Leader: Almighty God, our maker and redeemer, we poor sinners confess to You that we are by nature sinful and unclean and that we have sinned against You by thought, word, and deed. Because of this we run for refuge to Your infinite mercy, seeking Your grace for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.  We pray:
 
All: O most merciful God, who has given Your only-begotten Son to die for us, have mercy upon us and for His sake forgive all our sins; and by Your Holy Spirit increase in us true knowledge of You and of Your will and true obedience to Your Word, to the end that by Your grace we may come to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Absolution
 
Songs:
“Risen Today”
“Enough”
 
First Scripture Reading:
Isaiah 10:1-18 (Pew Bible pg.986)
[1] Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, [2] to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. [3] What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? [4] Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. [5] “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath! [6] I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets. [7] But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations. [8] ‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says. [9] ‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus? [10] As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria— [11] shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’ ” [12] When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. [13] For he says: “ ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings. [14] As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ” [15] Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood! [16] Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame. [17] The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers. [18] The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick person wastes away.

Sermon Scripture Reading:
Luke 19:1-10 (Pew Bible pg.1496)
[1] Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. [2] A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. [3] He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. [4] So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. [5] When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” [6] So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. [7] All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” [8] But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” [9] Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Children’s Message
 
Little Worship
Children 4 years of age through 4th grade are invited to follow the cross in the center aisle to Little Worship. Parents are welcome to accompany their children. Children will return after the Sermon Teaching. If your child is attending Little Worship for the first time, please walk out to the lobby with your child and the Little Worship Leader will be there to greet you.

Message
Seeking Jesus With Abandon

Tithes and Offering
Song: “Living Hope”

In Whom Do We Believe? The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And 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 sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence 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.

 Prayer and Care
“In Jesus Name” Jeannine Liebmann & Sandy Wynn Duet
“Here I Am To Worship”
 
Prayers Of The Day

The 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.
 
Celebrating The Lord’s Supper
“It Is Well With My Soul”
“We Are The Body Of Christ”
 
Blessing

Sending Song
“A Mighty Fortress”