Reformation Sunday - Online Worship - October 26, 2025

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Reformation Sunday

Join us next Sunday as
we share the All Saints’ Sunday

All Saints’ Sunday
Blessed To Be A Blessing … With All The Saints!
November 2nd, 2025 - 9:30AM
Faith Quest Sunday School meets next Sunday!

Upcoming Events:

All are welcome, encouraged to visit the Prayer Cross as moved to do so.

Gathering In Spirit & Grace

A Mighty Fortress

Luther

vs. 1
A mighty fortress is our God
A sword and shield victorious
He breaks the cruel oppressor’s rod
And wins salvation glorious
The old satanic foe
Has sworn to work us woe
With craft and dreadful might
He arms himself to fight
On earth he has no equal

vs. 2
No strength of ours can match his might
We would be lost rejected
But now a champion comes to fight
Whom God himself elected
You ask who this may be
The Lord of hosts is he
Christ Jesus mighty Lord
God’s only Son adored
He holds the field victorious

vs. 4
God’s Word forever shall abide
No thanks to foes who fear it
For God himself fights by our side
With weapons of the Spirit
Were they to take our house
Goods honor child or spouse
Though life be wrenched away
They cannot win the day
The Kingdom’s ours forever

Litany Believing God’s Glory & Grace Bless Us to be a Blessing

BASED ON PSALM 46

Today, we celebrate God’s faithfulness; our Mighty Fortress, blesses us to be a blessing, transforms us, reforms us, changes us, one and all once again in God’s saving glory and grace, so we worship in the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Friends, God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble. We will not fear. Though the earth changes, the mountains shake and tremble, the waters roar, our faith rests in the river whose stream is God! We forever live in Christ alone!

Living & Believing Anew

In Christ Alone

Getty & Townend

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength
My song
This cornerstone this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought
And storm
What heights of love
What depths of peace
When fears are stilled
When strivings cease
My Comforter my all in all
Here in the love of Christ
I stand

People of God: The nations are in uproar and the kingdoms totter. Let us take a moment of silence to confess our sins and those times we have failed to trust the unchanging grace of Christ alone.

(silence for reflection)

Friends in faith: Sing anew, trust anew, live anew; for your light and life are forever in the grace of God’s Almighty Word!

Living & Believing Anew

God, Whose Almighty Word

Marriott

vs. 1
God whose almighty word
Chaos and darkness heard
And took their flight
Hear us we humbly pray
And where the Gospel day
Sheds not its glorious ray
Let there be light

Friends in Christ: live anew; trust anew, God’s grace changes everything in these words: Jesus saves; Jesus forgives you all your sins. The Son has made you free; you are free indeed. God is in our midst; we will not be shaken. We are reformed and transformed: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty!

Living & Believing Anew

Praise to The Lord

Neander/Bennett

vs. 1
Praise to the Lord the Almighty
The King of creation
O my soul praise him for
He is your health and salvation
Let all who hear
Now to his temple draw near
Joining in glad adoration

Friends reformed in grace: God is exalted among the nations and in all the earth. God has changed what was, into what is. By the Holy Spirit, we are forever changed, thanks to the One we know is our God! Believe anew; live anew, in God’s grace alone!

Living & Believing Anew

Grace Alone

Brown/Nelson

Ev’ry promise we can make
Ev’ry prayer and step of faith
Ev’ry diff’rence we will make
Is only by His grace
Ev’ry mountain we will climb
Ev’ry ray of hope we shine
Ev’ry blessing left behind
Is only by His grace

refrain:
Grace alone which God supplies
Strength unknown He will provide
Christ in us our Cornerstone
We will go forth in grace alone

Gracious God, we thank you and praise you, for all good gifts around us, are sent from heaven above.  As we celebrate The Reformation of your Church, give us faith to believe and to see you are The One in glory and grace who blesses us to be a blessing; you change us, you change salvation, you change everything. By your Spirit, we trust perhaps like never before, in you is the greatest reformation of all; and we love because you first loved us. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

Faith Quest Meets Today!

Faith Quest takes place during the 9:30 am worship service, September through May. Each week, kids will be dismissed from worship to continue the journey together. New friends are always welcome, and enrollment is open all year long!

Old Testament Lesson

JEREMIAH 31:31–34

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt – a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.

(New Revised Standard Version)

New Testament Lesson

ROMANS 3:19–28

Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For “no human being will be justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed; it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and he justifies the one who has faith in Jesus. Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law.

(New Revised Standard Version)

Song of Grace Anew

I Love to Tell the Story

Hankey & Fischer

vs. 1
I love to tell the story
Of unseen things above
Of Jesus and his glory
Of Jesus and his love
I love to tell the story
Because I know it’s true
It satisfies my longings
As nothing else would do

refrain:
I love to tell the story
I’ll sing this theme in glory
And tell the old old story
Of Jesus and his love

vs. 2
I love to tell the story
How pleasant to repeat
What seems each time I tell it
More wonderfully sweet
I love to tell the story
For some have never heard
The message of salvation
From God’s own holy Word

(refrain)

vs. 3
I love to tell the story
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest
And when in scenes of glory
I sing the new new song
I’ll sing the old old story
That I have loved so long

(refrain)

Gospel

JOHN 8:31–36

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.”

(New Revised Standard Version)

Stating Our Faith in God

LUTHER’S EXPLANATION OF THE THIRD ARTICLE OF THE APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe that I cannot by my own understanding or effort,
believe in Jesus Christ my Lord, or come to him.
But the Holy Spirit has called me through the Gospel,
enlightened me with his gifts,
and sanctified and kept me in true faith.
In the same way, he calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies
     the whole Christian Church on earth, and keeps it united
     with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.
In this Christian Church day after day he fully forgives my sins
and the sins of all believers.  
On the last day he will raise me and all the dead
and give me and all believers in Christ eternal life.
This is most certainly true. Amen.

Unchanging Grace Changes Everything

JEREMIAH 31:31-34; ROMANS 3:19-28; JOHN 8:31-36

What do you know about grace?  What do you believe about grace, even though it makes no sense to you, even though you cannot explain it, even though it is radically different from our world?  Grace is God’s gift that changes everything, God’s perfect love beyond our understanding, but not beyond our grasp.  Grace is redemption and forgiveness, perfected by God alone.  Grace is acceptance of who you are, imperfect in nature, perfected by The One who created you.  Grace is a covenant kept by God, you cannot keep, or break, even if you try.  Grace is an eternal love.  As we share this Reformation Sunday, the changes experienced by God’s Church, we celebrate God’s unchanging gift of grace blesses us to be a blessing, to change everything, everyone, for now and for all time!

1. Grace is what God gives, it is God’s gift.
Romans 3:24,28; John 8:36

A. Grace can only be given by God and in his spirit.

B. Grace is believing what God is doing, can do, will do, and trusting God will do it again and again.

C. Our unchanging God gives the gift that changes and reforms, His Church, His people, everyone, blessing us to be a blessing.

2. Grace is what God does, it is God’s redemption and forgiveness.
Jeremiah 31:34; Romans 3:20-25; John 8:36

A. Grace is God’s gift of buying us back.

B. Grace is God blessing us to be a blessing and seeing us justified, “just-as-if-I’d” never sinned.

3. Grace is knowing we are God’s and accepted by God for who we are.
Jeremiah 31:33; Romans 3:19-28; John 8:32

A. Grace is God’s gift through the Spirit to accept, and to trust and to surrender.

B. Grace is accepting and knowing you do not need to know what grace is, to know and believe you have it; you are blessed to be a blessing.

4. Grace is who God is, blessing us to be a blessing!
Jeremiah 31:31-32; John 8:31-32

A. God’s covenant is established with you forever!

B. You cannot keep your part of the covenant with God, even if you try!

C. God graces you, blessing you to be a blessing in a covenant you cannot break even if you try!

5. Grace is how long God is God, blessing you to be a blessing!
John 8:35

A. Grace is God’s eternal love and power.

B. God’s grace changes everyone; God’s grace never changes, forever blessing us to be a blessing!

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Song of Abundant Grace

Just As I Am, I Came Broken

Cottrell

vs. 1
Just as I am without one plea
But that thy blood was shed for me
And that thou bidd’st me come to thee
O Lamb of God I come I come

vs. 2
Just as I am and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot
To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot
O Lamb of God I come I come

refrain:
I come broken to be mended
I come wounded to be healed
I come desperate to be rescued
I come empty to be filled
I come guilty to be pardoned
By the blood of Christ the Lamb
And I’m welcomed with open arms
Praise God just as I am

...as we pray to you, Jesus, ...
Changes us, reform us, bless us to be a blessing, in your power and hope and grace.

All these things and whatever else you see we need, grant to us we pray, for into your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Holy Communion will take place during our service. If you are not worshipping with us in person but would like to receive Communion, we will be offering Drive Through Communion at our building at 16200 Dodd Lane, Lakeville, Minnesota, following our indoor service. Drive Through Communion will be available between 10:15am & 10:30am.

For those worshiping with us in person, we receive communion through intinction; that is, you will receive the bread, the host, then dip into the glass of choice, either a red wine in the chalice closest to the host, or in a light colored non-alcoholic grape juice. All are welcome.

We also offer gluten free and pre-packaged options. Please take these options before arriving at the host to receive a blessing.

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.

Song During Holy Communion

Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)

Newton & Tomlin

vs. 1
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see

vs. 2
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

refrain:
My chains are gone
I’ve been set free
My God my Savior
Has ransomed me
And like a flood
His mercy rains
Unending love
Amazing grace

vs. 3
The Lord has promised good to me
His Word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

(refrain twice)

vs. 4
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God who called me here below
Will be forever mine
Will be forever mine

You are forever mine

The body and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, strengthen you and keep you in his grace, this day, and on into life everlasting.
Amen.

Let us pray.
Almighty God, you gave your Son both as a sacrifice for sin and a model of the godly life. Enable us to receive him always with thanksgiving, and to conform our lives to his, through Jesus Christ, The Lord of life. Amen.

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, as you trust you are blessed to be a blessing in the unchanging grace of Jesus Christ, that changes everything.  In the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Let us go in the reforming peace of Christ, celebrating the transforming love of God, and serving in new and blessed ways the Lord of life.
Thanks be to God!

Going Anew in Glory & Grace

Your Grace is Enough

Maher

vs. 1
Great is Your faithfulness oh God
You wrestle with the sinner’s restless heart
You lead us by still waters into mercy 
And nothing can keep us apart
So remember Your people
Remember Your children
Remember your promise oh God

refrain 1:
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough for me
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough 
Your grace is enough for me

bridge:
So remember Your people
Remember Your children
Remember your promise oh God

refrain 2:
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough for me
Your grace is enough
Heaven reaches out to us
Your grace is enough for me
God I see
Your grace is enough
I’m covered in Your love
Your grace is enough
For me
For me

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Today, Sunday, October 26th, we celebrate Reformation Sunday!

“Blessed To Be A Blessing … Unchanging Grace Changes Everything!” Today our Faith Quest Sunday School ministry meets!

Next Sunday, November 2nd, we celebrate, All Saints’ Sunday,

“Blessed To Be A Blessing … With All The Saints!” Next Sunday we share a special time remembering loved ones who have gone before us! Email Pastor Jamie names of loved ones you wish to remember: jamie.thompson@lordoflifemn.org

Friends, today as always, all who proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, are welcome to God’s table of grace as we share Holy Communion.

For those sharing their generosity today, we thank you for your faithful giving! Offering is collected in a basket as you exit the building.

Acknowledgments for today’s service include:

Litany Believing God’s Glory & Grace Bless Us To Be A Blessing, written based on Psalm 46. “A Mighty Fortress,” “I Love To Tell The Story,” “Prayer of The Day,” “Lord’s Prayer,” “Post-Communion Blessing, Prayer, & Benediction,” based on the LBW, © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) and With One Voice Hymnal Supplement © 1995 Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis & Board of Publication, Lutheran Church In America, Philadelphia; and Evangelical Lutheran Worship © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, MN. Used with permission. “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” © Words and Music Public Domain, CCLI #2184098 “In Christ Alone” © 2002 Thankyou Music CCLI #3350395 “God, Whose Almighty Word” © Words and Music Public Domain, CCLI #1771942 “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” © Words and Music Public Domain, CCLI #43073 “Grace Alone” © 1998 Maranatha! Music, CCLI #2335524 “Jesus Loves Me” © Words and Music Public Domain, CCLI #4771887 Just As I Am, (I Come Broken),” © 2009 CCTB Music CCLI #5635850 “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” © 2006 sixsteps Music CCLI # 4768151 “Your Grace Is Enough” © 2003 Thankyou Music CCLI #4477026

All rights reserved. All songs used with permission. CCLI License #1380826 & OneLicense #A-724016.