St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, September 24, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE Lord
of All Hopefulness C. Ore Hustad
Blessed be God, the one who forms us, ☩ Jesus
who bears the cross,
the Spirit who makes our joy complete.
Amen.
Let us bow before God in humility, confessing our sin.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Steadfast and faithful God,
you have revealed the ways of justice, yet we fail to follow you. We are overwhelmed by the world’s violence and suffering. We are afraid to risk what we have for the sake of others. For the harm we have caused, known and unknown, forgive us. For the unjust demands we place on others and your creation, forgive us. For the ways we turn away from you and our neighbor, forgive us. Lead us back to you and set us on the right path; in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Amen.
Beloved in Christ, God’s justice stretches
beyond all understanding. God’s compassion is beyond compare. In Jesus, God is
always making a new way for us. In ☩ Christ, you are
already and always forgiven.
Amen.
HYMN
When Morning Gilds the Skies #853 v. 1,3,5
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.
KYRIE
HYMN OF PRAISE
PRAYER OF THE DAY
CHIldren’s Sermon
10When God saw
what [the people of Ninevah] did, how they turned from their evil
ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring
upon them; and he did not do it. 4:1But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he
became angry. 2He prayed to
the Lord and said,
“O Lord! Is not this what I
said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the
beginning; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing. 3And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for
it is better for me to die than to live.” 4And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to
be angry?” 5Then Jonah
went out of the city and sat down east of the city and made a booth for himself
there. He sat under it in the shade, waiting to see what would become of the
city. 6The Lord God appointed a bush, and made
it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his
discomfort; so Jonah was very happy about the bush. 7But when dawn came up the
next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it
withered. 8When the sun
rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of
Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better
for me to die than to live.” 9But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to
be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” 10Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about
the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into
being in a night and perished in a night. 11And should I not be
concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a
hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their
left, and also many animals?”
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 145:1-8
1I will exalt you, my | God and king, and
bless your name forever and ever.
2Every day | will I bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.
3Great is the Lord and greatly | to be praised!
There is no end | to your greatness.
4One generation shall
praise your works | to another and shall declare your
power.
5I will speak of the
glorious splendor | of your majesty and all your | marvelous works.
6They shall tell of the
might of your | wondrous acts, and I will recount your greatness.
7They shall publish the
remembrance of | your great goodness; they shall sing joyfully | of your righteousness.
8The Lord is gracious and full | of compassion, slow
to anger and abounding in | steadfast love.
Second Reading: Philippians 1:21-30
21For to me,
living is Christ and dying is gain. 22If I am to live in the flesh, that means
fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which I prefer. 23I am hard pressed between
the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far
better; 24but to remain
in the flesh is more necessary for you. 25Since I am convinced of
this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress
and joy in faith, 26so that I may
share abundantly in your boasting in Christ Jesus when I come to you again. 27Only, live your life in a
manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or
am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one
spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel, 28and are in no way
intimidated by your opponents. For them this is evidence of their destruction,
but of your salvation. And this is God’s doing. 29For he has graciously
granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for
him as well—30since you are
having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the
20th chapter. Glory to you O Lord
[Jesus said to the disciples:] 1“The kingdom of heaven is
like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his
vineyard. 2After
agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his
vineyard. 3When he went
out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 4and he said to them, ‘You
also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they
went. 5When he went
out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. 6And about five o’clock he
went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you
standing here idle all day?’ 7They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’ 8When evening came, the
owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them
their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ 9When those hired about
five o’clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage. 10Now when the first came,
they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual
daily wage. 11And when they
received it, they grumbled against the landowner, 12saying, ‘These last
worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the
burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13But he replied to one of
them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual
daily wage? 14Take what
belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to
you. 15Am I not
allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because
I am generous?’ 16So the last
will be first, and the first will be last.”
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN All
Who Love and Serve Your City #724
1 All who love and serve your city,
all who bear its daily stress,
all who cry for peace and justice,
all who curse and all who bless,
2 In your day of loss and sorrow,
in your day of helpless strife,
honor, peace, and love retreating,
seek the Lord, who is your life.
3 In your day of wealth and plenty,
wasted work and wasted play,
call to mind the word of Jesus,
"You must work while it is day."
4 For all days are days of judgment,
and the Lord is waiting still,
drawing
near a world that spurns him,
off'ring peace from Calv'ry's hill.
5 Risen Lord, shall yet the city
be the city of despair?
Come today, our judge, our glory.
Be its name "The Lord is there!"
Text: Erik Routley, 1917-1982
Text © 1969 Stainer & Bell Ltd., admin. in
USA and Canada by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. For other
territories © Stainer & Bell Ltd., 23 Gruneisen Road, London N3 1DZ, UK.
www.stainer.co.uk. All rights reserved.
Used by
permission.
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 Intercession, PEACE, OFFERING
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
HYMN Give Me Jesus #770
PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Rise Up, Oh Saints of God! #669
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Salvation Unto Us has Come J. Kloppers
Liturgy and hymns printed and streamed with permission through OneLicense. A-710659
No comments:
Post a Comment