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Dear friends and guests,

We are delighted to have you with us this Sunday. We invite you to visit again and receive the grace of our

Lord Jesus Christ with us.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS Pastor…………………………………………..……….…..…Rev. Donald Colageo

8 a.m. Service

Ushers………………………………………….……...Dan Yaeger, Steve Holman Lector…………………….……………………..……………………..Marina Kirsch Organ Technician………………………………..……….................Kent Freshour

10 a.m. Service Ushers………………….…..………………………..Katherine King, John Coburn Lector…………………………….…………..…………………..….Richard Malaby Organ Technician………………………………………..….……....Rita Hennessy Altar…………………………...…Donna Houle, Rita Hennessy, Renee Stanton

OUR LEADERS

Spiritual Care Pastor Don Colageo (office) (603) 622-1514 (cell) (207) 735-7928

Elders: David Sanderson (480) 599-4225 Doug Gootee (603) 548-0262 Stephen Scaer (603) 888-5487 Ray Brown (617) 650-4291 Kent Freshour (603) 773-8080

ADMINISTRATION Chairman……………………………………..……..Chris Robinson (937) 516-4087 Vice Chairman…………………………….….……......Dan Yaeger ((314) 677-8848 Treasurer……………………………….….…………...John Klingler (603) 275-1555 Financial Secretary………………………..…………..Ken Koehlert (505) 235-7511 Council Secretary……………….....….……………………………………...VACANT Board of Property……………………………….….……Donald Bell (603) 472-4629 Board of ICS…………………………….……….….…...Bonnie Bell (603) 472-4629 Board of Evangelism………………………. …….…..Reid Reasor (603) 393-1963 Heidi Reasor (512) 516-7900 Board of Stewardship……………………….……..Richard Malaby (603) 425-8988 Board of Activities…………………………..……………………………..….VACANT Board of Christian Education……………....…...Joyce Ackerman (603) 845-8357 Administrative Assistant ………………...….….… Marcia Newell (603) 622-1514

Immanuel Lutheran Church 673 Weston Road Manchester, NH 03103 Church Office (603) 622-1514 Website: www.immanuel-mnh.org

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 9, 2021

Immanuel Lutheran Church

A warm welcome to our guests who are with us this morning in Divine Service! Please sign our guest book in the Narthex. If you

do not already have a church home, we invite you to make this church your home.

Christ is Risen!

He is Risen Indeed!

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Prayer List Please contact Pastor Colageo in the church office if you or someone you know needs to be added to prayer list. Please also contact him with answers to prayer! If you need pas-toral care, contact your elder or Pas-tor Colageo. Pastor can be reached at (207) 735-7928 or via pas-tor@immanuel-mnh.org.

Those who mourn: Especially re-membering Chris Robinson, his family, and his dad, Richard Rob-inson upon the death of Chris’ stepmother, Lou Ellen Crawford. And Maria Love who mourns the loss of her dear husband, Dick who passed. On-going prayers: Members: Masabo Alphonse and family, Joyce Ackerman, Pauline Hamann, Lyn Buechsenschuetz, Vera Arvidson, Virginia Stone, Marcia Gootee, Willy and Melli Buchholz, Madelyn Kazakis, Geri Auler, Hans Larsson, Laura Wage-naar, Madeleine Jache, Emily Fla-herty, Shirley Parsons,

Children: Alayna Meadows, Kylie Piquette, Pamela Rowland.

Our parents: Steve Blackman, Bill Hoffman, Lilo Dutzmann, Casey Wagenaar, Teresa Applegate, Jean Dowling, Dottie Weber, Rich-ard Walter.

Our family members: Pastor Ingo Dutzmann, Bob Bixler, Luke Wal-ter, Jane Richards, Martha To-manelli, Nancy Kind, Ryan Slade, Linda Riley, Rachel Simpson, Katie-Rose Winjum, Eric & Susan and Tricia Hamann, Sherry & Dean and Andrew Hamann, the Riley family, David Johnson, Pattie Gillander, Marguerite Bickham,Steven Schweizer, Josie Windorf (Howard’s niece’s daughter), Iris Girling (Jacine’s grandmother).

Requested prayers: Tomanelli’s friends – Joe and Karen Heckman, Caroline Leaman, Rev. Lucas Woodford, Cheryl Lueck, Julienne Nicoletti, Janet Kruger, Linda Campbell, Kevin McCloud, Jackie Walienter, Kevin McLoud, Deborah Tierney, Chip Sheehan, Kathy Moore, Norman Sullivan, Ed and Becky Rowland, Phyllis Rhodes, Virginia and Donna Stone.

Those suffering with Covid.

Ongoing unrest and persecution of Christians around the world.

Please pray for families separated by illness and precautions until we

can be together again.

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Next Week’s Sunday Servants May 16

8:00 a.m.

Ushers………………... Donna Houle David Sanderson Lector……….…...…Susan Kamacho Organ Tech…….…David Sanderson

10:00 a.m. Ushers…..David King, John Coburn Lector.……...………….John Klingler Organ Tech..............Karalyn Malaby Altar:…………………..Rita Hennessy Debbie Holman Heidi Reasor

This Week at Immanuel May 9-15

Sunday

8 am Divine Worship with Holy Communion

10 am Divine Worship with Holy Communion

11:30 am Sunday School

Tuesday

10 am Prayer and Praise

The altar flowers are given to the glory of God

by Reid and Heidi Reasor in grateful thanks for Godly

mothers.

There are several dates available on the Altar

Flower chart.

May 16 and 30 June 6 and 27 July 4 and 18

August 1, 15, and 29 November. 7 and 21 And December 26.

Please sign up on the Activities board. Flowers are $20. The florist will bill you directly and they can be taken home after the late service. Please bring back the green plastic vase as they are reuseable and keep our costs down.

Happy MotHer’s Day!

Happy Birthday! 13 Joel Applegate

Happy Anniversary! 14 Rick and Sharon Otte

14 Helgard and Marina Kirsch

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Weekly Announcements May 9, 2021

*COVID REGULATIONS: Masks are required while moving around inside the building (they may be removed at the 10am Sunday service and at Sun-day School/Bible Study while you’re at your seat).

Sunday Worship Services Please contact Marcia via email secre-tary@immanuel-mnh.org to reserve yours seats for the 8 am or 10 am Sunday services or 11:30 am Sunday School Bible Study. After noon on Thursday contact Pastor. You may also sign up through the website at http://immanuel-mnh.org/pew4you This sends an email to the church.

Prayer and Praise group is meeting at Immanuel for a hour each week. Come Tuesday at 10am to pray to-gether. Joyce Ackerman and Heidi Reasor are using the Lutheran Treasury of Daily Prayer to structure the sessions. Please contact Joyce or Heidi with questions and prayer requests.

Virtual services will be audio only. Pastor will email out the link to the au-dio file on Sunday around 9am. The audio for Sunday School Bible study goes out on Sunday as well. The bul-letin is attached with this file as usual. People without email receive a paper copy in the mail.

Please submit any information or announcements to be posted on the

Immanuel Facebook page to Beth Scaer.

Please submit any information or announcements to be posted on the Immanuel Facebook page to Beth Scaer.

EDUCATING A NEW GENERA-TION OF LUTHERANS… Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and pod-cast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. This week’s teachings include: Justifica-tion, The Means of Grace, The Theology of the Cross, Christology, Vocation, Living in Two Kingdoms and Worship. You can listen at your convenience at issuesetc.org, the LPR mobile app and your favor-ite podcast provider. Saving Souls ... If you knew that you could make an investment that would bring others to Christ...plus nurture fel-low Christians in their faith...what would you do? Only $100 will open a Church Extension Fund StewardAc-count that allows you to add to or with-draw your investments at any time. And your investment dollars are used to make loans to congregations to build and remodel facilities where the Gos-pel is preached and taught. To learn more, talk to Doug or Marcia Gootee, our local LCEF Advocates, or call 1-800-THE LCEF (843-5233) for more information.

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Welcome to our guests – Welcome to our Divine Service at Immanuel. We are sincerely pleased to have you with us today. You are about to have a conversation with God, in God’s own words. If you are familiar with the Bible, you will recognize the words that go into your ears and come out of your mouth. This is the Historic Liturgy, the structure of which goes all the way back to the days of Moses. We call it Divine Service, because the Lord Himself bestows on us His gifts of grace that Jesus earned for us through His righteous life and atoning death through His Word and Sacraments. Please read our Communion statement below. Please sign your name in our guest register found in the narthex or sign the guest card in the pews, and introduce yourself to the greeters and Pastor Colageo. All attendees – both Immanuel members and new guests -- Please sign up each week by notifying our administrative assistant, Marcia, at Marcia@immanuel-mnh.org before Thursday noon. After Thursday at noon, please contact Pastor Colageo directly at Pastor@immanuel-mnh.org until the deadline of Saturday Noontime. 8 a.m. – Attendees wear masks for the whole service. 10 a.m. -- Attendees enter and move around wearing masks but remove masks when seated if they wish. 11:30 a.m. – Attendees wear masks until seated, then they may be removed. Cell phones – Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices before you enter the sanctuary. Reverence in the Sanctuary –During the Service, the quiet times are an inten-tional part of the liturgy, such as during the playing of the prelude, communion, and times of prayer. Please help us maintain a reverent atmosphere by not talking in the sanctuary before or during the service. Thank you. Communion Statement: This morning, we joyfully celebrate the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. We believe that we receive Christ's body and blood in, with and under the bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins. As we receive this sacra-ment, we also give public confession to our unity in the Christian faith. We there-fore invite all communicant members of any congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod to commune. Guests are invited to come forward to receive a blessing. As it was with the very first disciples of Jesus, our practice is to receive instruction in the Faith leading to Holy Communion. If you would like to join our instruction class, Pastor would love to instruct you.

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The Prelude

Opening Hymn: “Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice” 556 sts. 1, 5–8

Text and tune: Public domain

Invocation LSB p.151

P: In the name of the Father and the + Son and the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. The Confession of Sins 1 John 1:8-9

P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

C: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 17

Closing Hymn “Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia” 466

Text: © 1977 Howard S. Olson. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110003917 Tune: Public domain

The Postlude

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Nunc Dimittis LSB. 165

Post Communion Collect P: Let us pray:

C: O God the Father, the fountain and source of all goodness, who in loving-kindness sent Your only-begotten Son into the flesh,

we thank You that for His sake You have given us pardon and peace in this Sacrament,

and we ask You not to forsake Your children but always to rule our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit

that we may be enabled constantly to serve You; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord,

who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

The Benediction: (Numbers 6:22-27)

P: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance on you and + give you peace. C: Amen

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P: Most merciful God, All: we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have

sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as our-selves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.

+ The Absolution + (John 20:18-23)

C: Amen.

+ The Service of the Word + Introit Ps. 66:1–2, 8–9, 20; antiphon: Ps. 66:16

P: Come and hear, all you who | fear God,* and I will tell what He has done | for my soul.

C: Shout for joy to God, | all the earth;* sing the glory of His name; give to Him | glorious praise!

Bless our God, O | peoples;* let the sound of His | praise be heard,

who has kept our soul among the | living* and has not let our | feet slip.

Blessèd | be God,* because He has not rejected my prayer or removed His steadfast | love from me!

All: Glory be to the Father and | to the Son* and to the Holy | Spirit; as it was in the be- | ginning,* is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

P: Come and hear, all you who | fear God,* and I will tell what He has done | for my soul.

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Kyrie LSB p.152

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Distribution Hymn: “What Wondrous Love Is This” 543

Tune and text: Public domain

+ The Holy Communion +

(Please see our Communion Statement on page 2. )

P: "Take, eat; the true body of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Given in death for you.”

P: "Take, drink; the true blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.”

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+ The Words of Institution + (Matt. 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; 1Cor.11:23-26)

P: 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. Do this in remembrance of Me." 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."

Pax Domini P: The peace of the Lord be with you always. C: Amen The Agnus Dei (John 1:29) LSB p. 163

The Distribution

The Congregation will proceed up the center aisle, row by row, front to back, beginning with the pulpit side, and each communicant will take the cup from the tray, and return to their seat by the side aisle. Please allow 6 feet between families, and wear masks when moving through the sanctuary. Once everyone has returned to their seat, we will all commune together.

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The Hymn of Praise This is the Feast LSB p.155

Women

Men

Women Women Men

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Collect (Philippians 4:6)

P: The Lord be with you. C: And with your spirit. P: Let us pray: C: Oh God,

The giver of all that is good, By Your holy inspiration

Grant that we may think those things that are right And by Your merciful guiding accomplish them;

Through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, Who Iives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,

One God, now and forever.

(Please be seated.)

+ The First Reading + Acts 10:34–48

34Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35but in every nation anyone who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him. 36As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all), 37you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: 38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. 39And we are witnesses of all that He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree, 40but God raised Him on the third day and made Him to appear, 41not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. 42And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. 43To Him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.” 44While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.

45And the believers from among the circumcised who

had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” 48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

L: This is the word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

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The Sanctus (Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:4) LSB 161

The Lord’s Prayer (Matt . 6:9-13)

P: Let us pray together in Jesus’ name:

C: 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.

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Service of the Sacrament

Preface

Proper Preface:

It is truly good, right, and good for us that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God; but chiefly are we bound to praise You for the glorious resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; for He is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us and has taken away the sins of the world. By His death He has destroyed death, and by His rising to life again He has restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

And with your spi - rit

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+ The Epistle + 1 John 5:1–8 1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God,

and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of Him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burden-some.4 For whatever is begotten of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that has conquered the world--our faith. 5 Who is the one who conquers the world, if not the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is the man who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears wit-ness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness- 8 the spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three are in one (accord).

L: This is the word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

The Verse (Please stand.) (459 v. 2)

Were Christ not arisen, Then death were still our prison. Now, with Him to life restored,

We praise the Father of our Lord. Alleluia!

+ The Holy Gospel + John 15:9-17

P: The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the fifteenth chapter. C: Glory to You, O Lord.

9[Jesus said:] “As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. 10If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. 12“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. 14You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give it to you. 17These things I command you, so that you will love one another.”

P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ.

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The Nicene Creed (Matthew 10:32-33)

C: 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 worshiped 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. (Please be seated.)

Children’s Sermon

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Sermon Hymn: “Water, Blood and Spirit Crying” 597

Tune: © 2003 Jeffrey N. Blersch. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110003917

Text: © 1999 Stephen P. Starke, admin. Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110003917

+ The Sermon + The Prayers (1 Timothy 2:1-6) P Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer.