Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
1024 W. 8th Street Waterloo, Iowa 50702
Information for November 15, 2026
Take a moment to notice the * at the beginning of various portions of the order of service. The * indicates the place where it is inappropriate to enter or leave the sanctuary because it marks a time of prayer or respect for the Word of the Lord. Please be considerate of others around you by honoring these notations.
SECOND-LAST SUNDAY OF THE CHURCH YEAR
Render to God the things of God
November 15, 2026
AS WE GATHER: “Behold, with the clouds of heaven there came One like a Son of Man” (Dan. 7:13). The Lord Jesus will return in glory on the Last Day with all His holy angels. “Before Him will be gathered all the nations . . . And He will place the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left” (Matt. 25:31-33). Those on His left will be cast into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For they rejected Christ by failing to receive and support His brethren, that is, the preachers of the Gospel. But those on His right will inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world. For they received and supported His brethren and believed what they preached. We believe in the promise of Christ’s coming, even it is delayed because of His longsuffering mercy. Conducting ourselves in godliness, knowing that this fallen creation will soon pass away, we look forward to “new heavens and a new earth in with righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13).
*CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION:
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Pastor: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true
heart and confess our sins unto God our Father,
beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ to grant us forgiveness.
Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
People: who made heaven and earth.
Pastor: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the
Lord.
People: and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Pastor: O almighty God, merciful Father,
People: I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You
all my sins and iniquities with which I have
ever offended You and justly deserved Your
temporal and eternal punishment. 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.
Pastor: Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office,
as a called and ordained servant of the Word,
announce the grace of God unto 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.
People: Amen.
*COLLECT OF THE DAY:
Pastor: O Lord,
People: so rule and govern our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that, ever mindful of the end of all things and the day of Your just judgment, we may be stirred up to holiness of living here and dwell with You forever hereafter; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
PARTICIPATING:
Worship Leader/Preacher Pastor Justin D. Kane
Organist Mrs. Kolleen Hosford
Worship Elder Mr. Mike Carper
Lay Reader Mr. Mike Carper
Greeters Steve and Arleen Block
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Matins
Organ Prelude
Opening Hymn LSB 548
“Thanks to Thee, O Christ, Victorious”
*Ten Commandments (sheet insert)
*Confession and Absolution: (Printed)
“O Lord, open my lips…” LSB 219
PSALMODY
Venite: LSB 220ff
READINGS
Old Testament: Daniel 7:9-14
Pew Bible Page 1384
Epistle: 2 Peter 3:3-14
Pew Bible Page 1896
*Holy Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46
Pew Bible Page 1542
*Responsory LSB 221
Office Hymn: LSB 755
“In the Very Midst of Life”
Sermon
Offertory LSB 956
“Create in Me”
*Canticle LSB 941
“We Praise You and Acknowledge You . . .”
PRAYER
*Kyrie: LSB 227
*Lord’s Prayer: LSB 227
*Prayer of the Church
*Collect of the Day: (Printed)
*Collect for Grace: LSB 228
*Benedicamus/Benediction: LSB 228
Announcements
Closing Hymn: LSB 846
“Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old ”
SECOND-LAST SUNDAY OF THE CHURCH YEAR
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
1024 West Eighth Street, Waterloo Iowa
319.235.6705
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