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Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 3, 2026
8:30am 

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Prelude 
Krista Elliott, flute
Alex Guebert, organ

 

Weekly Church News

 

Welcome Pastor Tim Klinkenberg

 

Ringing of the Bell

 

Opening Hymn “Christ Is Our Cornerstone”
verses 1 and 2
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 912.

Christ is our cornerstone,
On Him alone we build;
With His true saints alone
The courts of heav’n are filled.
On His great love
Our hopes we place
Of present grace
And joys above.

Here may we gain from heav’n
The grace which we implore,
And may that grace, once giv’n,
Be with us evermore
Until that day
When all the blest
To endless rest
Are called away.

 

Invocation
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19b)
People: Amen.
 

Responsive Psalm and Confession
Pastor: “The stone the builders rejected
People: has become the cornerstone.” (Psalm 118:22)
Pastor: “Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
People: His love endures forever.” (Psalm 118:29)
Pastor: “The Lord has chastened me severely,
People: but He has not given me over to death.” (Psalm 118:22)
Pastor: We confess our sins to the Lord:
People: Lord, we have not followed the Way perfectly – the Way of perfect steadfastness to You. Lord, we have ignored, made light of, or otherwise abused the Truth – the perfect Truth of Your Word. Lord, we are not deserving of the Life you grant us – the Life of eternal joy with You.
silence for reflection
Pastor: Lord, You opened the gate of righteousness through the sacrifice of Your Son.
People: “Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.” (Psalm 118:19)
Pastor: Christ, lead us – You are the Way.

All sing:

Christ be my Leader by night as by day,
Safe through the darkness, for He is the way.
Gladly I follow, my future His care,
Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there.

Pastor: Lord, You delivered the inerrant Truth to us through Your Son, who is the Word.
People: “I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.” (Psalm 118:17)
Pastor: Christ, teach us – You are the Truth.

All sing:

Christ be my Teacher in age as in youth,
Drifting or doubting, for He is the truth.
Grant me to trust Him; though shifting as sand,
Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand.

Pastor: Lord, You built the church on the Cornerstone of Your Son, the unshakeable Rock, the very foundation of our lives and of our salvation.
People: “I will give You thanks, for You answered me; You have become my salvation.” (Psalm 118:21)
Pastor: Christ, save us – You are the Life.

All sing:

Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife;
Death cannot hold me, for He is the life,
Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain
Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign.

 

Absolution
Pastor: Christ has indeed saved us – He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Nothing can touch your salvation – you are rooted to the Cornerstone. Rejoice! Christ has risen and destroyed death. As a called and ordained servant of Christ and by His authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.

 

Hymn of Praise “Christ Is Our Cornerstone”
verse 3

Oh, then, with hymns of praise
These hallowed courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise
The Three in One to sing
And thus proclaim
In joyful song,
Both loud and long,
That glorious name.

 
Sacrament of Baptism

 

Epistle Reading  1 Peter 2:2–10 NIV

² Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, ³ now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

⁴ As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— ⁵ you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
    a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”

⁷ Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,

“The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone,”

⁸ and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

⁹ But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ¹⁰ Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Lector: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

 

Holy Gospel John 14:1–14 NIV

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. ² My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that 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.”

⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸ Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

⁹ Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. ¹¹ Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. ¹² Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Lector: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

 

Hymn of the Day “Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven”
verses 1 and 2
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 477.

Alleluia, alleluia!
Hearts to heav’n and voices raise:
Sing to God a hymn of gladness,
Sing to God a hymn of praise;
He who on the cross a victim
For the world’s salvation bled—
Jesus Christ, the King of Glory,
Now is risen from the dead.

Alleluia, Christ is risen!
Death at last has met defeat:
See the ancient pow’rs of evil
In confusion and retreat;
Once He died, and once was buried:
Now He lives forevermore,
Jesus Christ, the world’s Redeemer,
Whom we worship and adore.

 

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Message Pastor Tim Klinkenberg

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Nicene Creed

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.

 

Prayers of the Church
Each petition concludes with:
Pastor: Lord, in your mercy,
People: Hear our prayer.

 

Gathering of Our Tithes and Offerings 

 

Music at the Offering "Fairest Lord Jesus" Derek Hakes
Jubilate Choir

 
  
Communion Prayer 
Pastor: Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and out of perfect love sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. We thank You for all the work of Your hands and for all the words You have spoken and kept, as You come to us still now with Your healing grace through Christ’s body and blood given and shed for us.
People: Amen.

 
 
The Lord's Prayer
Pastor: Lord, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:
People: 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

 

Pax Domini
Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
People: Amen.

 

Agnus Dei

“Lamb of God”
verse 1
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 550.

Your only Son, no sin to hide,
But You have sent Him from Your side
To walk upon this guilty sod,
And to become the Lamb of God.

O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God,
I love the holy Lamb of God!
O wash me in His precious blood,
My Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

 

Music During Communion

“I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus”
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 729.

I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus,
Trusting only Thee;
Trusting Thee for full salvation,
Great and free.

I am trusting Thee for pardon;
At Thy feet I bow,
For Thy grace and tender mercy
Trusting now.

I am trusting Thee for cleansing
In the crimson flood;
Trusting Thee to make me holy
By Thy blood.

I am trusting Thee to guide me;
Thou alone shalt lead,
Ev’ry day and hour supplying
All my need.

I am trusting Thee for power;
Thine can never fail.
Words which Thou Thyself shalt give me
Must prevail.

I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus;
Never let me fall.
I am trusting Thee forever
And for all.

“The Day of Resurrection” arr. Mary McDonald
Jubilate Choir

 

Dismissal

 

Benediction
Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24–26)
People: Amen.

 
Closing Hymn “Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven”
verse 3

Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory be to God on high:
Alleluia to the Savior
Who has gained the victory;
Alleluia to the Spirit,
Fount of love and sanctity!
Alleluia, alleluia
To the triune Majesty!

 

 

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Worship Service Participants

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Timothy M. Klinkenberg (8:30)
Pastor Trevor Van Blarcom (10:30)
Organ: Alex Guebert
Piano: Dr. Rachel Ehring
Flute: Krista Elliott
Choir: Jubilate Choir (8:30)
Choir Director: Alex Guebert
School Choir: St. John’s Second Grade (10:30)
Choir Director: Audrey Mink
Audio/Visual: Blaine Currer, Hector Cerda, and Mark Todd

Thanks for joining us today!

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May 3, 2026

Prayers of the Church

May 3, 2026

O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will.

Grant that we may love what You have commanded and desire what You promise,

that among the many changes of this world,

our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found. Lord, in Your mercy,

Heavenly Father, through the power of Christ’s resurrection,

You adopt all who believe in Him.

We thank You for receiving newborn children into Your family through Baptismal waters.

We give You thanks for five Baptisms today – For…

Elliott Nicholas, Oliver Quinn, and Noah Matthew Alvarran, sons of Nicholas and Paige,

Naomi Miura, daughter of Masato and Mallory,

and James Mark Richardson, son of Ian and Angela.

Nourish their faith through the pure spiritual milk of Your Word,

that they and all Your baptized children may dwell in Your presence forever.

Lord, in Your mercy,

Father of glory, Your Son declared Himself to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Bless and preserve all have requested our prayers, especially Lionel Chavez, Mike Ferreira, Billy-Jett Peaty, Guillermo Renteria, Karin Witthoeft, Janice Zabel, those on our printed prayer lists, and those named in our hearts and minds…

May Christ Himself be their way of salvation,

their truth amid doubt, and their life amid death. Lord, in Your mercy,

Father of comfort, console those who grieve.

We pray for Your peace to surround those who have lost loved ones, especially…

the family and friends of Kari Nelson, sister of Chris Casey;

and the family and friends of Raul “Paul” Palomares, father of Melissa Ramirez Hernandez.

Grant those who mourn a sure and steadfast hope in the good news

that He has prepared a place for us, where pain, sickness, and death are no more,

and all things are made new. Lord, in Your mercy,

Holy God, Your power brought all things into being,

and still preserves what You have made.

Guide and protect our president, our congress, our governor,

and all elected and appointed civil servants.

Watch over those who serve in our active and reserve military.

Lead them to honor You and Your purposes, establishing order and justice,

encouraging virtue and protecting all life. Give them wisdom and moderation

to lead for the well-being of our nation. Lord, in Your mercy,

Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy,

through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord,

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

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Fifth Sunday of Easter

Sunday, May 3, 2026
10:30am

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Weekly Church News

Welcome Pastor Tim Klinkenberg

Invocation

Confession and Absolution

Worship Set
“The Way”
“Who You Say I Am”
“Surrounding Me”

Scripture Readings

Message Pastor Tim Klinkenberg

Apostles’ Creed

Prayers of the Church

Gathering of the Offering

Holy Communion
Communion Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Words of Institution
“I Will Glory in the Cross”
“I Speak Jesus”
Dismissal

Benediction

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Worship Service Participants

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Timothy M. Klinkenberg
Director of Contemporary Worship: Stephan Nosrat

Thanks for joining us today!

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  ONLINE GIVING

PRAYER REQUEST

CONNECTION CARD

 

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May 3, 2026

Prayers of the Church

May 3, 2026

O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will.

Grant that we may love what You have commanded and desire what You promise,

that among the many changes of this world,

our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found. Lord, in Your mercy,

Heavenly Father, through the power of Christ’s resurrection,

You adopt all who believe in Him.

We thank You for receiving newborn children into Your family through Baptismal waters.

We give You thanks for five Baptisms today – For…

Elliott Nicholas, Oliver Quinn, and Noah Matthew Alvarran, sons of Nicholas and Paige,

Naomi Miura, daughter of Masato and Mallory,

and James Mark Richardson, son of Ian and Angela.

Nourish their faith through the pure spiritual milk of Your Word,

that they and all Your baptized children may dwell in Your presence forever.

Lord, in Your mercy,

Father of glory, Your Son declared Himself to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Bless and preserve all have requested our prayers, especially Lionel Chavez, Mike Ferreira, Billy-Jett Peaty, Guillermo Renteria, Karin Witthoeft, Janice Zabel, those on our printed prayer lists, and those named in our hearts and minds…

May Christ Himself be their way of salvation,

their truth amid doubt, and their life amid death. Lord, in Your mercy,

Father of comfort, console those who grieve.

We pray for Your peace to surround those who have lost loved ones, especially…

the family and friends of Kari Nelson, sister of Chris Casey;

and the family and friends of Raul “Paul” Palomares, father of Melissa Ramirez Hernandez.

Grant those who mourn a sure and steadfast hope in the good news

that He has prepared a place for us, where pain, sickness, and death are no more,

and all things are made new. Lord, in Your mercy,

Holy God, Your power brought all things into being,

and still preserves what You have made.

Guide and protect our president, our congress, our governor,

and all elected and appointed civil servants.

Watch over those who serve in our active and reserve military.

Lead them to honor You and Your purposes, establishing order and justice,

encouraging virtue and protecting all life. Give them wisdom and moderation

to lead for the well-being of our nation. Lord, in Your mercy,

Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy,

through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord,

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