PRELUDE With High
Delight, Let Us Unite Leavitt
CONFESSION
AND FORGIVENESS
Blessed be
the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, who
creates, redeems, and sustains us and all of creation.
Amen.
Let us
confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
Silence is
kept for reflection.
Faithful
God,
have mercy
on us. We confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We turn
from your loving embrace and go our own ways. We pass judgment on one another before
examining ourselves. We place our own needs before those of our neighbors. We keep your gift of salvation to
ourselves. Make us humble, cast away our transgressions, and turn us again to
life in you through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
God hears
the cries of all who call out in need, and through his death and resurrection, Christ
has made us his own. Hear the truth that God proclaims: Your sins are forgiven
in the name of ☩ Jesus
Christ. Led by the Holy Spirit, live in freedom and newness to do God’s work in
the world.
Amen.
GREETING
The grace of our Lord, Jesus
Christ, the love of God, and communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And also
with you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Children's message
FIRST
READING: Isaiah 5:1-7
PSALM: Psalm 80:7-15
7Restore us, O | God of hosts;
let your face shine upon us, and we | shall be
saved.
8You have brought a vine | out of Egypt;
you cast out the nations and | planted it.
9You cleared the | ground for it;
it took root and | filled the land.
10The mountains were covered | by its shadow
and the towering cedar trees | by its
boughs. R
11You stretched out its tendrils | to the sea
and its branches | to the river.
12Why have you broken | down its wall,
so that all who pass by pluck | off its
grapes?
13The wild boar of the forest has | ravaged
it,
and the beasts of the field have | grazed upon
it.
14Turn now, O | God of hosts,
look | down from heaven;
15behold and | tend this vine;
preserve what your right | hand has
planted. R
SECOND
READING: Philippians 3:4b-14
[Paul writes:] 4bIf
anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised
on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6as to zeal, a
persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 7Yet
whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8More
than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all
things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9and
be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,
but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on
faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and
the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11if
somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12Not that I
have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to
make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Beloved,
I do not consider that I have made it my own but this one thing I do:
forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I
press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ
Jesus.
GOSPEL: Matthew 21:33-46
[Jesus said to the people:] 33"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. 35But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. 37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.' 39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" 41They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time." 42Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes'? 43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. 44The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls." 45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. 46They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
APOSTLES CREED
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
OF THE PEOPLE
COMMUNION PRAYER
LORD'S PRAYER
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
DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNION
POSTLUDE With Resounding Joy! Wagner
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