PDF file format. - Texas District LCMS Centennial Celebration

Centennial of the 

Texas District 

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod 

Celebrated by the 345 Parishes of the Texas District 

February 19, A.D. 2006 

The Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany

God’s Purpose _ Our Commitment 

During the week of February 14-20, A.D. 1906, and the Season of Epiphany, the Texas District came into being 

at Trinity Lutheran Church in Houston, a sign of ministry and mission yet to be revealed. The Rev. W. A. 

Kramer, a wise and gentle man, was elected as our first President by the delegates. 

On Sunday, February 19, 2006, the Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany, the Texas District begins to mark her 

100 th anniversary year of celebration. As parishes throughout our state gather in their regular services to hear 

the Gospel and to commune, we are encouraged to pray, praise and give thanks for all the blessings our gracious 

Lord has poured out upon us during these past 100 years. His love for us is an epiphany of grace, made known 

through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

The theme of our Centennial Celebration is “GOD’S PURPOSE _ OUR COMMITMENT.” The Centennial 

Scripture is Psalm 79:13: “Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever. From 

generation to generation, we will recount your praise.” The celebration will continue at our 2006 District 

Convention, to be held in Houston where we first began. May we in all our celebrations look to the past with 

thanksgiving and also focus on the purpose our Lord has given us, namely, to be his witnesses in the present and 

the future, ablaze in our own neighborhoods, our towns and cities, our state of Texas, our nation, and 

throughout the world. 

The service presented here for February 19, 2006, is humbly offered to the 345 parishes of the Texas District to 

facilitate the worship of God, the Holy Trinity, and to celebrate his goodness within our particular community 

of Lutheran fellowship and faith. Upon this land, beneath these skies, we are reminded by a century of grace of 

another “sweet and blessed country” in heaven above. We also are called to do our urgent duty here with 

determined delight, proclaiming the saving Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And so we pray, “O Father, 

strengthen our commitment to accomplish your purpose. Give us a full measure of your Holy Spirit.” 

This service is formatted to accommodate congregations who use the hymnic repertoire of the Church and those 

who sing in faith from a substantial corpus of praise song literature. To the left in the music suggestions are 

hymn possibilities from Lutheran Worship; to the right, familiar songs from the body of praise and worship 

material. The ancient Ordo or Order of Service is offered with Confession, Word, and Sacrament, drawn in 

large part from Hymnal Supplement 98. For 100 years that pattern has served in parishes throughout the state. 

Through the rhythm of that worship rite, “Our Lord speaks and we listen. His Word bestows what it says….Our 

Lord gives us his body to eat and his blood to drink. Finally his blessing moves us out into our calling, where 

his gifts have their fruition.” (Lutheran Worship, p. 6) 

If ordained clergy are not present to lead the service, the parts indicated “Pastor” may be taken by those 

specially appointed to serve in that capacity in their local circumstance. 

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 

1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. 

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Preparation 

PRELUDE OR PRE-SERVICE MUSIC 

PROCESSIONAL/OPENING HYMN OR SONG 

(Please rise) 

From All That Dwell Below the Skies 

Lutheran Worship 440 

1. From all that dwell below the skies 

Let the creator’s praise arise; 

Alleluia, alleluia! 

Let the redeemer’s name be sung 

Through ev’ry land by every tongue. 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 

2. Eternal are your mercies, Lord; 

Eternal truth attends your Word; 


Your praise shall sound from shore to shore 

Till suns shall rise and set no more. 


3. All praise to God the Father be, 

All praise, eternal Son, to thee; 


Whom with the Spirit we adore 

Forever and forevermore: 


Come Let Us Worship and Bow Down 

Come let us worship and bow down; 

Let us kneel before the Lord our God our Maker. 

Come let us worship and bow down; 

Let us kneel before the Lord our God our Maker. 

For He is our God and we are the people of His 

pasture 

And the sheep of His hand, just the sheep of His 

hand. (Repeat) 

Words and Music: Dave Doherty © 

 

Text: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; doxology by William W. How, 1823-97, added 

Tune: Lasst uns erfreuen, Geistliche Kirchengesang, Köln, 1623 

INVOCATION 

A river named the Trinity flows through Texas. We begin in the Name of God, the Holy Trinity, 

mindful of the baptismal water and Word, truly the River of Life. 

Pastor: 

People: 

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 

Amen 

CONFESSION 

(Please remain standing or kneel) 

For a century, sin confessed, sin forgiven . . . 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

People: 

If you, O Lord, kept a record of our sins, 

O Lord, who could stand? 

But with you there is forgiveness; 

Therefore you are feared. 

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(Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination) 

Pastor: 

People: 

O almighty God, merciful Father, 

I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess to you all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever 

offended you and justly deserved your punishment now and forever. But I am heartily 

sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray you of your boundless mercy and 

for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of your beloved Son, Jesus 

Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being. 

ABSOLUTION OR DECLARATION OF GRACE 

Pastor: 

People: 

Upon this confession, I, by virtue of 

my office as a called and ordained 

servant of the Word, announce the 

grace of God to all of you, and in the 

stead and by the command of my 

Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all 

your sins in the name of the Father 

and of the Son and of the Holy 

Spirit. 

Amen (Please rise) 

Liturgist: 

People: 

In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus 

Christ was given to die for us, and 

for his sake God forgives us all our 

sins. To those who believe in Jesus 

Christ he gives the power to become 

the children of God and bestows on 

them the Holy Spirit. May the Lord, 

who has begun this good work in us, 

bring it to completion in the day of 

our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Amen (Please rise) 

Service of the Word 

HYMN OR SONG OF PRAISE 

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow 

LW 461 

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; 

Praise him, all creatures here below; 

Praise him above, O heavenly host; 

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

Text: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 

Tune: Old Hundredth, Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561 

He Is Exalted 

He is exalted, the King is exalted on high; 

I will praise Him. 

He is exalted, forever exalted and I will praise His 

name! 

He is the Lord, forever His truth shall reign; 

Heaven and earth rejoice in His holy name. 

He is exalted, the King is exalted on high. (Repeat) 

Words and Music: Twila Paris © 

SALUTATION AND PRAYERS OF THE DAY 

Disciples in his presence asked, “Lord, teach us to pray.” 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

The Lord be with you. 

And with your spirit. 

Let us pray. (A brief silence is kept.) 

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People: 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

People: 

O God, in the century past you have taught the hearts of your faithful people of the Texas 

District and sent the precious gift of your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day that same Spirit that 

we may have a right understanding in all things and evermore rejoice in his holy consolation; 

through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. 

Amen 


Almighty God, heavenly Father, by your Son, Jesus Christ, you promised to be with your Church 

to the end of the world and that the gates of hell should not overcome it. Graciously make your 

strength perfect in our weakness and, according to your promise, be present with us, your 

unworthy servants, and grant us your mighty and merciful help in your mission and ministry; 

through the same Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. 

Amen 


Direct us, O Lord, and the people of our District, in all our deeds by your most gracious favor, 

and further us with your continual help that in all our works, begun, continued, and ended in your 

name, we may glorify your holy name and finally by your mercy receive eternal life; through 

Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, 

now and forever. 

Amen (Please be seated) 

OLD TESTAMENT READING 

Deuteronomy 8:1-18 

Give thanks and remember the Lord, the land, the faith, the mission. The mission? That all 

may worship and adore the God of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and 

Rachel, Moses and Miriam, ever the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and his Holy Spirit. 

Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase 

and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers. 

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble 

you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his 

commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which 

neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but 

on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your 

feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his 

son, so the Lord your God disciplines you. 

(And have we not been blessed with the manna of Holy Communion 

and the Word of God these past 100 years?) 

Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and revering him. For the 

Lord your God is bringing you into a good land - a land with streams and pools of water, with 

springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, 

pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack 

nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. 

(And have we not known the good land of Texas from the Red to the Rio, from the 

Piney Woods to the Big Bend – from cotton and sugar cane to pecans and peaches?) 

When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given 

you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his 

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laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, 

when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and 

your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud 

and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 

He led you through the vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless land, with its 

venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. He gave you manna to 

eat in the desert, something your fathers had never known, to humble and to test you so that in 

the end it might go well with you. You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my 

hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who 

gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your 

forefathers, as it is today. 

(Texas Lutherans, be grateful to the Lord your God!) 

Pastor: 

People: 

This is the Word of the Lord. 

Thanks be to God. 

PSALM 79:9, 13 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

People: 

Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; 

deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake. 

Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; 

from generation to generation we will recount your praise. 

EPISTLE 

Philippians 4:6-9 

St. Paul put mission into practice; we are called to do the same in our beloved District. 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, 

present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will 

guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is 

noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if 

anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. Whatever you have learned or 

received or heard from me, or seen in me – put it into practice. And the God of peace will be 

with you. 

Pastor: 

People: 

This is the Word of the Lord. 

Thanks be to God. (Please rise) 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 

Pastor: 

People: 

All: 

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. 

These things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. 

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. 

HOLY GOSPEL 

Luke 10:1-2 

We are the workers sent out today to Texas and the world! 

Pastor: 

People: 

The Holy Gospel according to Luke, the tenth chapter. 

Glory to you, O Lord. 

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After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to 

every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the 

workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest 

field.” 

Pastor: 

People: 

This is the Gospel of the Lord. 

Praise to you, O Christ. (Please be seated) 

HYMN OR SONG OF THE DAY 

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, our God.” Psalm 100:1 

Our Fathers’ God in Years Long Gone 

LW 326, tune: Puer nobis 

1. Our fathers’ God in years long gone, 

Our God for all the years to be. 

Accept the sacrifice of praise 

We bring to you on bended knee. 

2. For mercies to our fathers shown, 

For all your grace, so rich and free, 

To you, great God, the one in Three, 

We sing the hymn of jubilee. 

3. You led our fathers to this land, 

A land of beauty, bounty, pow’r; 

You blessed the labors of their hands, 

Upheld them in each trial hour. 

4. You kept them faithful to your Word, 

Were not ashamed their God to be. 

To you their sons sing gratefully 

The joyful hymn of jubilee. 

5. Make us the channels of your love, 

Your endless mercy, pow’r, and peace. 

So build your Church in ev’ry place, 

And day by day her strength increase. 

6. May we hold high the cross of Christ, 

Who rose and lives eternally, 

That all in him their Savior see 

And sing the hymn of jubilee. 

Shine, Jesus, Shine 

1. Lord, the light of Your love is shining, 

In the midst of the darkness shining; 

Jesus, Light of the World, shine upon us. 

Set us free by the truth You now bring us, 

Shine on me, shine on me. 

Chorus 

Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the 

Father’s glory. 

Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire. 

Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace 

and mercy. 

Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be 

light. 

2. Lord, I come to Your awesome presence, 

From the shadows into Your radiance; 

By the blood I may enter Your brightness, 

Search me, try me, consume all my darkness, 


Chorus 

3. As we gaze on Your kingly brightness, 

So our faces display Your likeness; 

Ever changing from glory to glory, 

Mirror’d here may our lives tell Your story, 


Chorus 

Words and Music: Graham Kendrick © 

Text: W. Harry Krieger, 1914-74 © 

Tune: Puer nobis, adapt. Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 

SERMON 

Preach the Word in every season and century. 

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NICENE CREED 

(Please rise) 

Together we confess the catholic (universal) faith of ancient and present order. 

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and 

invisible. 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, 

God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the 

Father, by whom all things were made, who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven 

and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us 

under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the 

Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And he will come again 

with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end. 

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, 

who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I 

believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, 

and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen 

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH 

OFFERING 

(Please be seated) 

VOLUNTARY OR SPECIAL MUSIC 

(If there be no Celebration of Holy Communion, the Liturgy may continue on page 13, 

with the Lord’s Prayer preceding the Benediction and Recessional/Closing Hymn or Song.) 

Service of the Sacrament 

Since 1906, for one century, the Texas District and her people have knelt and worshiped. For 18 centuries the 

Church has begun Holy Communion celebrations with these prefacing words from St. Hippolytus, A.D. 220. 

We are part of the Holy Church of all times and in all places. 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

PREFACE 

(Please rise) 

The Lord be with you. 

And with your spirit. 

Lift up your hearts. 

We lift them to the Lord. 

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. 

It is right to give Him thanks and praise. 

It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to you, 

holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, and now we praise you that you sent us your onlybegotten 

Son and that in him, being found in fashion as a man, you manifested the fullness of 

your glory. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud 

and magnify your glorious name, evermore praising you and saying: 

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SANCTUS 

With the prophet Isaiah we sing, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.” (Isaiah 6:3b) 

Holy, Holy, Holy 

LW 168 

1. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! 

Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. 

Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty! 

God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! 

2. Holy, holy, holy, All the saints adore thee, 

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; 

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, 

Which wert and art and evermore shalt be. 

Text: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826, alt. 

Tune: Nicaea, John B. Dykes, 1823-76 

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING 

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. (Psalm 136:1a) 

Pastor: 

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, king of all creation, for you have had mercy on us and given 

your only-begotten Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 

In your righteous judgment you condemned the sin of Adam and Eve, who ate the forbidden 

fruit, and you justly barred them and all their children from the tree of life. Yet, in your great 

mercy, you promised salvation by a second Adam, your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, and made 

his cross a life-giving tree for all who trust in him. 

We give you thanks for the redemption you have prepared for us through Jesus Christ. Grant us 

your Holy Spirit that we may faithfully eat and drink of the fruits of his cross and receive the 

blessings of forgiveness, life, and salvation that come to us in his body and blood. 

Hear us as we pray in his name and as he taught us: 

All: 

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 

WORDS OF INSTITUTION 

Our Lord speaks . . . 

Pastor: 

Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given 

thanks, he broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat; this is my body, which is 

given for you. This do in remembrance of me. 

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In the same way also he took the cup after supper, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to 

them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for 

you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 

PEACE OF THE LORD 

Pastor: 

People: 

The peace of the Lord be with you always. 

And also with you. 

(The Greeting of Peace may be shared at this time.) 

AGNUS DEI 

St. John the Baptizer pointed us all to Christ: 

“Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” 

The Lamb 

Hymnal Supplement ’98, No. 822 

This contemporary African-American contribution to Lutheran song is sung widely in our church body 

and beyond. Luther held that music is the handmaiden of the Gospel. “The Lamb” carries well 

the holy freight of the gracious Good News. 

1. The Lamb, the Lamb, O Father, where’s the sacrifice? 

Faith sees, believes God will provide the Lamb of price! 

Refrain 

Worthy is the Lamb whose death makes me his own! 

The Lamb is reigning on his throne! 

2. The Lamb, the Lamb, one perfect final offering. 

The Lamb, the Lamb, let earth join heav’n his praise to sing. 

Refrain 

3. The Lamb, the Lamb, as wayward sheep their shepherd kill 

So still, his will on our behalf the Law to fill. 

Refrain 

4. He sighs, he dies, he takes my sin and wretchedness. 

He lives, forgives, he gives me his own righteousness. 

Refrain 

5. He rose, he rose, my heart with thanks now overflows. 

His song prolong ‘til ev’ry heart to him belong. 

Refrain 

Text: Gerald P. Coleman, b. 1953 © 

Tune: Winter, Gerald P. Coleman, b. 1953 © 

DISTRIBUTION 

(Please be seated) 

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Distribution Hymns or Songs 

The Church’s One Foundation 

LW 289 

1. The Church’s one foundation 

Is Jesus Christ, her Lord; 

She is his new creation 

By water and the Word. 

From heaven he came and sought her 

To be his holy bride; 

With his own blood he bought her, 

And for her life he died. 

2. Elect from ev’ry nation, 

Yet one o’er all the earth; 

Her charter of salvation: 

One Lord, one faith, one birth. 

One holy name she blesses, 

Partakes one holy food, 

And to one hope she presses 

With ev’ry grace endued. 

3. Through toil and tribulation 

And tumult of her war 

She waits the consummation 

Of peace forevermore 

Till with the vision glorious 

Her longing eyes are blest, 

And the great Church victorious 

Shall be the Church at rest. (Please rise) 

4. Yet she on earth has union 

With God, the Three in One, 

And mystic sweet communion 

With those whose rest is won. 

O blessed heav’nly chorus! 

Lord, save us by your grace 

That we, like saints before us, 

May see you face to face. (Please be seated) 

Text: Samuel J. Stone, 1839-1900 

Tune: Aurelia, Samuel S. Wesley, 1810-76 

Our God, Our Help in Ages Past 

LW 180 

1. Our God, our help in ages past, 

Our hope for years to come, 

Our shelter from the stormy blast, 

And our eternal home. (Cont. next page) 

Father, I Adore You 

Father, I adore You, 

Lay my life before You, 

How I love You. 

Jesus, I adore You, 



Spirit, I adore You, 



Words and Music: Terrye Coelho © 

Brothers and Sisters in Christ 

1. Sing alleluia! Amen! 

Let your prayers and your praises ascend. 

Lift up your voices and sing 

To our Lord God, our Savior and King! 

Here brought together by grace, 

We are gathered as friends in this place. 

Chorus 

And assembled as one, in the name of the Son, 

Lifting hearts, lifting hands, celebrating as 

friends 

And proclaiming the Lord, all our praises 

afford. 

We are brothers and sisters in Christ. 

2. Man walked alone and in need, 

Without faith, hope or promise or creed; 

Wandering aimlessly lost, 

Unaware of the staggering cost; 

That God in His mercy would save 

All His people from death and the grave. Chorus 

3. Lord, teach us how to proclaim 

All Your goodness, Your love and Your Name! 

Lord, teach us how to forgive, 

And in love teach us, Lord, how to live. 

Raising our voices in song, 

Help us tell all the world we belong. Chorus 

Words and Music: Terry K. Dittmer © 

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2. Under the shadow of your throne 

Your saints have dwelt secure; 

Sufficient is your arm alone, 

And our defense is sure. 

3. Before the hills in order stood 

Or earth received its frame, 

From everlasting you are God, 

To endless years the same. 

4. A thousand ages in your sight 

Are like an evening gone, 

Short as the watch that ends the night 

Before the rising sun. 

5. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 

Soon bears us all away; 

We fly forgotten, as a dream 

Dies at the op’ning day. 

6. Our God, our help in ages past, 

Our hope for years to come, 

Still be our guard while troubles last 

And our eternal home! 

Text: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, alt. 

Tune: St. Anne, William Croft, 1678-1727 

O Lord, We Praise You 

LW 238 

1. O Lord, we praise you, bless you, and adore you, 

In thanksgiving bow before you. 

Here with your body and your blood you 

nourish 

Our weak souls that they may flourish. 

O Lord, have mercy! 

May your body, Lord, born of Mary, 

That our sins and sorrows did carry, 

And your blood for us plead 

In all trial, fear, and need: 


Thy Word 

Refrain 

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet 

and a light unto my path. (Repeat) 

1. When I feel afraid, think I’ve lost my way, 

Still you’re there right beside me. 

And nothing will I fear as long as You are near, 

Please be near me to the end. 

Refrain 

2. I will not forget Your love for me, and yet 

My heart forever is wandering. 

Jesus be my guide and hold me to Your side, 

And I will love You to the end. 

Refrain 

Words and Music: Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith © 

As the Deer Panteth for the Water 

1. As the deer panteth for the water, 

So my soul longeth after Thee; 

You alone are my heart’s desire 

And I long to worship Thee. 

Chorus 

You alone are my strength, my shield, 

To You alone, may my spirit yield; 

You alone are my heart’s desire 

And I long to worship Thee. 

2. You’re my friend and You are my brother, 

Even though You are a King; 

I love You more than any other, 

So much more than anything. 

Chorus 

Words and Music: Martin Nystrom © 

Cantad al Señor 

HS ’98, No. 900 

2. Your holy body into death was given, 

Life to win for us in heaven. 

No greater love than this to you could bind us; 

May this feast of that remind us! 


Lord, your kindness so much did move you 

That your blood now moves us to love you. 

All our debt you have paid; (Cont. next page) 

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This song from Brazilian roots, in Spanish and English, has been 

well received in Lutheran circles and beyond. 

Cantad al Señor un cántico nuevo, 



¡Cantad al Señor, Cantad al Señor! 

(Cont. next page)

Peace with God once more is made. 


3. May God bestow on us his grace and favor 

To please him with our behavior 

And live together here in love and union 

Nor repent this blest communion. 


Let not your good Spirit forsake us, 

But that heav’nly-minded he make us; 

Give your Church, Lord, to see 

Days of peace and unity. 


Text: German folk hymn, 15 th cent., st. 1; Martin Luther, 1483-546, sts. 2-3; tr. 

The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt. 

Tune: Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet, Johann Walter, Geystliche gesangk 

Buchleyn, 1524 

Oh, sing to the Lord, Oh, sing God a new song. 



Oh, sing to our God, Oh sing to our God. 

¡Jesús es Señor! ¡Amén, aleluya! 



¡Cantad al Señor, Cantad al Señor! 

For Jesus is Lord! Amen! Alleluia! 



Oh, sing to our God, Oh, sing to our God. 

Text: Brazilian folk song; Spanish and English tr., Gerhard Cartford, b. 1923 © 

Tune: Brazilian folk tune 

DISMISSAL 

(Please rise) 

Pastor: 

People: 

The body and blood of our Lord strengthen and preserve you steadfast in the true faith to life 

everlasting. Go in peace. 

Amen 

POST-COMMUNION COLLECT 

Pastor: 

People: 

Gracious God, our heavenly Father, you have given us a foretaste of the feast to come in the 

Holy Supper of your Son's body and blood. Keep us, the people and leaders of our Texas 

District, firm in the true faith throughout our days of pilgrimage that, on the day of his coming, 

we may, together with all your saints of every time and place, celebrate the marriage feast of the 

Lamb in his kingdom, which has no end; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and 

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Amen 

BENEDICTION 

Pastor: 

People: 

Pastor: 

People: 

Let us bless the Lord. 

Thanks be to God. 

The Lord bless you and keep you. 

The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. 

The Lord lift up his countenance on you and give you peace. 

Amen 

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RECESSIONAL/CLOSING HYMN OR SONG 

Now Thank We All Our God 

LW 443 

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. 

Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 

Lord, I lift your name on high, 

Lord, I love to sing your praises. 

I’m so glad you’re in my life, 

I’m so glad you came to save us. 

You came from heaven to earth to show the way, 

From the earth to the cross my debt to pay, 

From the cross to the grave, from the grave to 

the sky, 

Lord, I lift your name on high. (Repeat) 

Words and Music: Rick Founds © 

 

Text: Martin Rinckart, 1586-1649; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 

Tune: Nun danket alle Gott, Johann Cruger, 1598-1662 

POSTLUDE OR POST-SERVICE MUSIC 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

Worship Sub-Committee, The One Hundredth Anniversary Committee 

Dr. Keith Loomans, Chair; Special Asst. to the President, Mission and Ministry Services, Texas District, Austin 

The Rev. Dr. Robert C. Preece, Vice Chair; Senior Pastor, Zion, Dallas; Vice-President-Area B, Texas District 

Mr. Samuel J. Eatherton, Minister of Music, Zion, Dallas 

Dr. Jeanette Hasse, Parishioner, Zion, Dallas 

Mrs. Linda Preece, Parishioner, Zion, Dallas 

The One Hundredth Anniversary Committee 

The Rev. Dr. David B. Joeckel, Committee Chairman; Pastor Emeritus, Grace, Arlington 

The Rev. Samuel Cosby, Pastor, Mt. Calvary, Houston 

Mr. Gary Einem, Director for Development of Missions, Texas District, Spring 

Mr. John Goeke, Director of Public Relations and Communications, Texas District, Austin 

The Rev. Eloy S. Gonzalez, Pastor, Christ Our Savior, San Antonio 

The Rev. Eugene E. Heckmann, Pastor Emeritus, Gethsemane, Houston 

Mrs. Joyce Heckmann, Parishioner, Gethsemane, Houston 

Dr. Lou Jander, Mission and Ministry Facilitator-Area D, Texas District, Houston 

Mrs. Judy Joeckel, Parishioner, Grace, Arlington 

Mr. Ed Kasper, Parishioner, St. Paul, Ft. Worth 

Ms. Kristy Kirk, Director of Admissions, College of Adult Education, Concordia University at Austin 

Mrs. Patricia Klekamp, Executive Director and Principal, Lutheran High School, Dallas 

Mrs. Eloise Kuhlmann, President, Texas District LWML, Amarillo 

The Rev. James R. Linderman, President, Texas District, Austin 

Dr. Keith Loomans, Special Asst. to the President, Mission and Ministry Services, Texas District, Austin 

The Rev. Dr. Robert C. Preece, Senior Pastor, Zion, Dallas; Vice-President-Area B, Texas District 

Ms. Lisa Sample, Parishioner, St. Paul, Oak Cliff (Dallas) 

Music and Text Acknowledgements 

As the Deer Panteth for the Water – By Martin Nystrom. ©1984 MARANATHA PRAISE, INC. 

(Administered by THE COPYRIGHT COMPANY, NASHVILLE TN) All Rights Reserved. International 

Copyright Secured. Used by Permission. 

Brothers and Sisters in Christ – Words and Music by Terry K. Dittmer. Copyright ©1983 by the author. Used 

with permission. 

Cantad al Senor – Words: Brazilian folk song; English translation © Gerhard Cartford. Tune: Brazilian folk 

tune, Public Domain. 

Come Let Us Worship and Bow Down – By Dave Doherty. ©1980 MARANATHA PRAISE, INC. 

(Administered by THE COPYRIGHT COMPANY, NASHVILLE TN) All Rights Reserved. International 

Copyright Secured. Used by Permission. 

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Father, I Adore You – By Terrye Coelho Strom. ©1972 CCCM Music (Administered by MARANATHA! 

MUSIC c/o THE COPYRIGHT COMPANY, NASHVILLE TN); MARANATHA! MUSIC (Administered by 

THE COPYRIGHT COMPANY, NASHVILLE TN). All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. 

Used by Permission. 

He Is Exalted – By Twila Paris. ©Mountain Spring Music/Straightway Music. Used by Permission, License 

#185919. 

Lord, I Lift Your Name on High – By Rick Founds. ©1989 MARANATHA PRAISE, INC. (Administered by 

THE COPYRIGHT COMPANY, NASHVILLE TN) All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. 

Used by Permission. 

Our Father’s God in Years Long Gone, Lutheran Worship 326 – Words by W. Harry Krieger, 1914-74. ©1972 

Concordia Publishing House. Used by Permission. 

Shine, Jesus, Shine – By Graham Kendrick. ©1987 Make Way Music (admin. by Music Services in the Western 

Hemisphere). All rights reserved. ASCAP. Used by Permission, License # 186046. 

The Lamb – By Gerald Coleman. Text and tune Copyright ©1987 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a 

division of Morningstar Music Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. 

Thy Word – By Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith. © Meadowgreen Music Company/Word Music, LLC. 

© Age to Age Music/MeadowGreen Music Company. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission, License 

#185872, #185919. 

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