Time After Pentecost
10:00 AM Service October 23, 2022
GATHERING
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Ringing of the Bell
(Please Stand)
Confession and Forgiveness
L: In the name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
L: God of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may confess our sin, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the full-ness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C: Amen.
L: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
(silence is kept for reflection)
L: Most merciful God,
C: we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. 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 ourselves. 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.
L: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. I declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
Hymn #657 “Rise, O Sun of Righteousness”
L: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion
of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
C: And also with you.
L: Let us pray:
All: Holy God, our righteous judge, daily your mercy surprises us with everlasting forgiveness. Strengthen our hope in you, and grant that all the peoples of the earth may find their glory in you, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
WORD
First Reading Jeremiah 14: 7—10, 19—22 Pg. 1196
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
Psalm Psalm 84 Pg. 922
Refrain:
PS 84:1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
PS 84:2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Refrain:
PS 84:3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young--a place near your altar,
O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
Refrain:
PS 84:4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
Selah
PS 84:5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on
pilgrimage.
Refrain:
PS 84:6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
PS 84:7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
Refrain:
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4: 6—8,16—18 Pg. 1855
R: Word of God, Word of life.
C: Thanks be to God.
(Please rise for the Gospel.)
After the Gospel is announced:
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
Gospel Reading Luke 18: 9—14 Pg. 1628
P: The gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
(Please be seated)
Sermon
(Please Stand)
Hymn # 615 “In All Our Grief”
L: Together with the whole church, we confess our faith:
All: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ,
God’s 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 to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
He is seated at the right hand of the Father,
And he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen
Prayers
L: . . .Lord, in your mercy,
C: Hear our prayer.
Sharing of the Peace
L: The peace of Christ be with you always.
C: And also with you!
L: Let us share Christ’s peace with one another.
Offering and Testimonial
Offering Hymn # 801 “Change My Heart, O God”
Please stand as the offering is brought forward.
L: Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, and our posses-sions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love, though the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us:
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
SENDING
Blessing
Hymn # 208 “Praise to You, O God of Mercy”
L: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude