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Funeral for Eugene PorterFriday, January 22, 2021St. Mark LutheranRev. Mark BrownPreludeOpening Hymn: A Mighty Fortress (LSB 657)1. A mighty fortress is our GodA sword and shield victoriousHe breaks the cruel oppressors rodAnd wins salvation gloriousThe old satanic foe Has sworn to work us woeWith craft and great mightHe arms himself to fightOn earth he has no equal2. No strength of ours can match his mightWe would be lost rejectedBut now a champion comes to fightWho God Himself electedYou ask who this may be?The Lord of hosts is HeChrist Jesus mighty LordGod’s only Son adoredHe holds the field victorious3. Though hordes of devils fill the landAll threat’ning to devour usWe tremble not, unmoved we standThey cannot overpow’r usLet this world’s tyrant rageIn battle we’ll engageHis might is doomed to failGod’s judgment must prevailOne little word subdues him4. God’s Word forever shall abideNo thanks to foes who fear itFor God Himself fights by our sideWith weapons of the SpiritWere they to take our houseGoods, honor, child or spouseThough life be wrenched awayThey cannot win the dayThe Kingdom’s ours forever.Reading of the ObituaryInvocationP: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy SpiritC: AmenRemembrance of BaptismP: In Holy Baptism Gene Porter was clothed with the robe of Christ’s righteousness that covered all his sin. St. Paul says: “Do you not know that all: of us who have been baptized into Christ were baptized into His death?”C: We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His. (Rom 6:3-5)Psalm 23 – Read ResponsivelyThe LORD is my shepherdI shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pasturesHe leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my soul.He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.KyrieP: Lord, have mercy upon usC: Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.Salutation and Collect of the DayP: The Lord be with you.C: And also with you.P: Let us pray. O God of grace and mercy, we give thanks for Your loving-kindness shown to Gene and to all Your servants who, having finished their course in faith, now rest from their labors. Grant that we also may be faithful unto death and receive the crown of eternal life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.C: AmenOT Reading: Psalm 103:13-18As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.Epistle Reading: 1 John 4:1-11Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.Musical Offering: How Great Thou ArtHoly Gospel: John 14:1-7"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him." Hymn: You Are the Way; Through You Alone (LSB 526)1.You are the way, through you alone, can we the father find,In you O Christ has God revealedHis heart and will and mind2.You are the truth, your word alone True wisdom can impartYou only can inform the mind and purify the heart3. You are the life, the empty tombProclaims your conquering armAnd those who put their trust in youNot death nor hell shall harm4. You are the way, the truth, the lifeGrant us that way to knowThat truth to keep, that life to winWhose joys eternal flowSermonApostles’ CreedP: God has made us His people through our Baptism into Christ. Living together in trust and hope, we confess our faith.C: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell.The third day He rose again from the dead.He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit,the holy Christian Church,the communion of saints,the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body,and the life everlasting. Amen.PrayerP: Let us pray.P: Give to the family of Gene and to all who mourn comfort in their grief and a sure confidence in Your loving care that, casting all their sorrow on You, they may know the consolation of Your love. Lord, in Your mercy,C: hear our prayerP: Give courage and faith to the bereaved, that within the communion of Your Church they may have the strength to meet the days ahead in the assurance of a holy and certain hope and in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love who have departed in the faith. Lord in your mercy.C: hear our prayer.P: Help us, we pray, in the midst of things we cannot understand, to believe and find comfort in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Lord in your mercy.C: hear our prayer.P: We thank You that You have given Gene a long life of grace and pray that You would grant that we, too, may die in peace and receive the crown of everlasting glory.C: hear our prayer.P: Receive our thanks for Gene and for all the blessings You bestowed on him in this earthly life. Bring us at last to our heavenly home that with him we may see You face to face in the joys of paradise. Lord, in Your mercy,C: hear our prayer.Lord’s PrayerOur Father who art in heaven,Hollowed 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 trespassesAs 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. AmenNunc DemittusP. “I am the resurrection and the life,” says the Lord. “he who believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.”C: Lord, now let your servant go in peace;Your word has been fulfilled.My own eyes have seen the salvationWhich you have prepared in the sight of all people:A light to reveal You to the nationsAnd the glory of your people Israel.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. AmenBlessingO God, Creator and Redeemer, we thank you for the life you gave to Dad, Opa, Gene to share with us in this life. For all he was for us and for the many blessings we have received from you through him.By your power Christ defeated death, restores life and lives in your presence. Claiming his victory and believing your promise, we entrust Gene to your care and commend him to you – to live in your presence – free from the limitedness and brokenness of this world. Receive him in the name of our risen Christ – Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen.Dad, Opa, Gene has left this life and answered the call of the Lord, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world (Mt 25:34).”BenedictionP:The Lord Bless you and keep you.The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to youThe Lord look upon you with His favor and give you peace.C: AmenP: Let us go forth in peace,C: in the name of the Lord. Amen.Closing Hymn: Children of the Heavenly Father (LSB 725)1. Children of the Heavenly Father,Safely in his bosom gatherNestling bird nor star in heavenSuch a refuge e’er was given2. God his own doth tend and nourishIn his holy courts they flourishFrom all evil things he spares themIn his mighty arms he bears them3. Neither life nor death shall everFrom the Lord his children severUnto them His grace He showethAnd their sorrows all He knoweth4. Though He giveth or He takethGod His children ne’er forsakethHis the loving purpose solelyTo preserve them pure and HolyPostludeThe family wishes to thank everyone for their condolences. Committal immediately follows the mittal Service at GravesidePsalm 130 Read ResponsivelyOut of the depthsI cry to you, O LordO Lord, hear my voiceLet your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercyIf you, O Lord, should mark iniquitiesO Lord, who could standBut with you there is forgivenessThat you may be fearedI wait for the Lord, my soul waitsAnd in his word I hopeMy soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morningMore than watchmen for the morningO Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast loveAnd with him is plentiful redemptionAnd he will redeem IsraelFrom all his iniquitiesGlory Be the Father and to the Son and to the Holy SpiritAs it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.Salutation and Collect of the DayP: The Lord be with you.C: And also with you.P: Let us pray. Merciful Father, the generations rise and pass away before you. You are the strength of those who labor and the repose of the blessed dead. We give you thanks for the life of Gene Porter. In this body You gave him life through which he blessed those here gathered. Give us faith to commend him to You and to await the resurrection of all flesh. Also, Eternal Father, look graciously upon those gathered who grieve at the remembrance of Gene. Teach us so to number our days, to recall with gladness the many blessings bestowed through Gene and grant them your consolation and peace that he rests in your care. Through Jesus Christ, our savior and redeemer. Amen.Blessing of Final Resting PlaceLord Jesus Christ, by Your three-day rest in the tomb You hallowed the graves of all who believe in You, promising resurrection to our mortal bodies. Bless this grave that the body of Gene may sleep here in peace until You awaken us in glory. For you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.C: AmenReadingThe apostle Paul writes: 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15: 51-57)P: We now commit the body of Gene to its resting place; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subdue all things to Himself.P: May God the Father who created this body; may God the Son, who by His blood redeemed this body, may God the Holy Spirit, who by Holy Baptism sanctified this body to be His temple, keep these remains to the day of the resurrection of all fleshC: AmenP: The almighty and merciful Lord, the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit, bless and preserve you always.C: AmenMilitary Honors ................
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