12-05-21 Second Sunday in Advent Communion Service, Pastor Oehlke, Immanuel Lutheran, Buffalo MN

December 5, 2021 Second Sunday in Advent Communion Service at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Buffalo MN. Pastor Christopher Oehlke officiating. Organist/pianist: Mindy Kane. The Common Service from Christian Worship A Lutheran Hymnal. 0:37 Start of service 1:11 HYMN 13 There’s a Voice in the Wilderness Crying 4:03 CONFESSION OF SINS 5:44 LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE 7:40 PRAYER OF THE DAY 8:18 FIRST LESSON – Malachi 3.1-7a 3 Look! I am sending my messenger! He will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord, whom you are seeking, will come to his temple! The Messenger of the Covenant, in whom you delight, will surely come, says the Lord of Armies. 2 But who can endure the day when he comes? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like launderers bleach! 3 He will be seated like a refiner and a purifier of silver. He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and like silver. They will belong to the Lord and bring him an offering in righteousness. 4 Judah and Jerusalem’s offerings will be pleasing to the Lord as they were in the days of old, in years long ago. 5 I will approach you to judge you. I will be quick to give testimony against those who practice occult arts, those who commit adultery, those who swear false oaths, those who cheat workers out of their wages, those who wrong a widow and a fatherless child, those who turn away a resident alien—all those who do not fear me, says the Lord of Armies. 6 Certainly I, the Lord, do not change. That is why you, sons of Jacob, have not come to an end. 7 Since the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies. 9:54 PSALM 66 “At the works of your hands, O Lord, I lift up my voice in song; I sing for joy.” 13:04 SECOND LESSON – Philippians 1.3-11 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 Every time I pray for all of you, I always pray with joy, 5 because of your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 I am convinced of this very thing: that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 7 I am equally convinced that it is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart, for both in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all share in this grace with me. 8 Yes, God is my witness of how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And I pray that your love may still increase more and more in knowledge and every insight. 10 This will result in your approval of the things that really matter, so that you will be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. 14:13 VERSE OF THE DAY 14:53 GOSPEL – Luke 3.1-6 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene— 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. 3 He went into the whole region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 4 Just as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: A voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight. 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth. 6 And everyone will see the salvation of God.” 15:56 THE NICENE CREED 17:37 HYMN 16 On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry 20:31 SERMON – “Prepare the Way for the Lord” Luke 3.1-6 40:25 CREATE IN ME 41:26 PRAYER OF THE CHURCH 44:47 LORD’S PRAYER 45:21 THE SACRAMENT 47:13 WORDS OF INSTITUTION 48:43 DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNION 48:53 HYMN 304 Jesus Sinners Does Receive 58:12 SONG OF SIMEON AND BLESSING 1:00:08 HYMN 275 Blest Be the God of Israel 1:02:51 Announcements by Pastor Oehlke Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1970 Edmonson Ave NE, Buffalo MN 55313 extends a warm welcome for you to visit us in person, and to visit our website and Facebook page. We encourage you to leave comments and click ‘Like’ on this video. If you would like to be notified when more of Immanuel Lutheran's videos are uploaded, please Subscribe and click the Bell. Immanuel Lutheran Church Buffalo, MN Aerial View (Drone) July 26, 2018    • Immanuel Lutheran Church. Buffalo, MN. Aer...   http://www.myimmanuel.org/   / myimmanuel   https://wels.net/