1114 liturgy.pub - St. John's Lutheran Church, Burlington, Wisconsin

20
“Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years;
he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
21
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22
No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be
the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.
23
They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they
and their descendants with them.
24
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent’s food.
They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.
PSALM 84 CW page 96
Congregation sings Psalm in unison
SECOND LESSON Revelation 21:1-6 (pg. 1937)
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was
no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride
beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is
with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of
things has passed away.”
5
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these
words are trustworthy and true.”
6
He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will
give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.”
VERSE OF THE DAY (8:00 & Monday)
� Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
These words are written that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
ANTHEM (10:30) “Built on the Rock” Senior & Youth Choirs with congregation
4
Choirs: Built on the Rock the Church shall stand Even when steeples are falling. Jubilate Deo!*
Crumbled have spires in every land; Bells still are chiming and calling. Jubilate Deo!
Calling the young and old to rest, But above all the souls distressed,
Longing for rest everlasting. Jubilate Deo!
Surely in temples made with hands, God, the Most High, is not dwelling;
High above earth His temple stands, All earthly temples excelling.
Yet He who dwells in heav’n above Chooses to live with us in love, making our bodies His temple.
���� Congregation: We are God’s house of living stones, Built for His own habitation.
He through baptismal grace us owns Heirs of His wondrous salvation.
Were we but two His name to tell, Yet He would deign with us to dwell With all His grace and His favor.
*Jubilate Deo—”Shout with joy to God”
GOSPEL LESSON John 14:1-6 (pg. 1675)
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it
were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place
where I am going.”