Last Week s Stewardship Finances as of Oct 8, 2017 Building Fund Received: Land Mortgage Balance: $50,831.43 Weekly Finances needed to pay expenses: Budget: $2,708.00 Total Offering: $ 1,421.21 $1,105.00 On Site $316.21 On Line Special: $6.00 - Sunday School p Connecting with Jesus, each other, & SO. Maryland Are you a church member??? Church Membership is important. It makes your commitment to Christ and His people visible, it helps to keep you accountable, and helps our elders be more faithful shepherds. If you would like to officially become a member of the congregation please let the church office know. Think about it, Pray about it, and let us know! Sun., October8, 2017 Attendance: 48 8:00 am: 19 10:30 am: 29 Serving the Lord this week: Acolytes: 8:00 Dylan Otte 10:30 Allison Werth Reader: Jim Shewbridge @ 10:30 Organist: Gayle Gepert Elders: Bob Beverage-Head Elder, Gene Bostwick, John Bowling, Tony Gray, Mark Lewis, Jim Shewbridge, Gary Wollin In the entry, you ll notice a bulletin board with a Giving Tree! The LEAVES on the branches are jobs or items that you can help the Church with. Please stop and look, there might be something you can help with. If there is pick a leaf and come up and do it at your discretion. NAME TAGS: Connecting with Jesus and Each Other Have you ever seen someone either in church or out in the community and thought I have seen this person in church, but I don t know his or her name.? Well, we have a solution. Stylish name tags have been designed to solve the problem! Please find your name tag on the table in the hallway near the kitchen. After church, we encourage you to keep it in your car or purse so that it is handy each and every Sunday.
W E L C O M E H O M E St. Paul s Lutheran Church LCMS 37707 New Market Turner Road Mechanicsville, MD 20659-3075 301-884-5184 Worship Sundays @ 8:00 & 10:30 AM Sunday School @ 9:00 am Adult Class @ 9:10 am Office Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM to 1:00pm Kelly Hall, Office Administrator Church Copyright License: #11199781 Sunday, October 15, 2017 The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost St. Paul s Lutheran Church 8:00 & 10:30 am stpaulssomd.org stpaulslcmsmd@netzero.net St. Paul s Lutheran Connecting with Jesus, each other, & Southern Maryland
St. Paul s Lutheran Church October 15, 2017 Welcome Home in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! God knows and loves us and calls us to know and love Him. He calls us through worship, praise, prayer, and His gifts of Baptism and Communion. Our worship today follows the order in today s program. If you are a visitor and have not received the unique Lutheran teaching on the Lord s Supper, please see the Pastor before communing. Nursery is available during worship and includes an audio feed of the service. Prelude Please take a few moments for quiet Reflection, Meditation, and Prayer. *Pastor s Moment* Call to Worship St. Paul s Choir @ 10:30 service Please stand for Entrance Song and the Confession and Absolution Entrance Song of Worship LSB # 789 Praise and Thanksgiving CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. C: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Silence for reflection of God s Word and for self-examination. P: Let us confess our sins to God our Father. C: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. 1
We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. 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. P: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, C: Amen. PSALM 23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. SERVICE OF THE WORD He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. (sung) Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 2
KYRIE (sung) Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. THIS IS THE FEAST (sung) This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God. This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Power, riches, wisdom, and strength, and honor, blessing and glory are His. This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Sing with all the people of God, and join in the hymn of all creation: Blessing, honor, glory, and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen. This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. For the Lamb who was slain has begun His reign. Alleluia. This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY P: The Lord be with you. C: (sung) And with thy spirit. P: Let us pray together: Almighty God, You invite us to trust in You for our salvation. Deal with us not in the severity of Your judgment but by the greatness of Your mercy; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen Please be seated 3
CHILDREN S MESSAGE @ 10:30 am service 1 ST READING Isaiah 25:6-9 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And He will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. It will be said on that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, that He might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for Him; let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation. L: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. 4
EPISTLE LESSON Philippians 4:4-13 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in Me-practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for Me. You were indeed concerned for Me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. L: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. 5
.Please stand for the reading of the Holy Gospel C: (sung) Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. HOLY GOSPEL Matthew 22:1-14 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew the 22nd th chapter. C: (sung) Glory be to Thee, O Lord. And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast 5 for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast. But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests. P: Here endth the reading of the Holy Gospel. C: (sung) Praise be to Thee, O Christ. 6
NICENE CREED I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. 7
Please be seated SERMON on the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Gary Pomernke Reflective Song of Worship 727 On Eagles Wings OFFERING St. Paul s Choir @ 10:30 service Please stand for the Prayer of the Church PRAYER OF THE CHURCH PREFACE P: The Lord be with you. C: (sung) And with thy spirit. P: Lift up your hearts. C: (sung) We lift them up unto to the Lord. P: Let us give thanks unto the Lord, our God. C: (sung) It is meet and right so to do. Pastor: Preface of the Day. SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT It is truly good, right, and salutary..evermore praising You and saying: SANCTUS (sung) Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth; heav n and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He, blessed is He, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. 8
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. THE WORDS OF OUR LORD Pastor Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me. In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. PAX DOMINI P: The peace of the Lord be with you always. C: (sung) Amen. AGNUS DEI (sung) O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, grant us Thy peace. Amen. 9
Please be seated for Holy Communion DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION St. Paul s Choir @ 10:30 service Thank the Lord (sung) Thank the Lord and sing His praise; tell everyone what He has done. Let everyone who seeks the Lord rejoice and proudly bear His name. He recalls His promises and leads His people forth in joy with shouts of thanks giving. Alleluia, Alleluia. THANKSGIVING P: O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, C: (sung) and His mercy endureth forever. P: Let us pray... C: (sung 10
SALUTATION & BENEDICTION P: The Lord be with you. C: (sung) And with thy spirit. P: Bless we the Lord. C: (sung) Thanks be to God. P: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: (sung) Amen, Amen, Amen. Sending Song of Worship LSB # 783 Take My Life and Let it Be Announcements & Dismissal Postlude 11
Serious Health Concerns: Bunny Bailey, Dale Bittner, Melva Fuchs MEMBERS: Health Concerns: Chicchina Bailey, Lois Beverage, Stephanie Boyer, Sally Gheen, Mary Guy, Diane Hiller, Kathy Lewis, Jennifer Maxey, Eric Maxey, Renee Maxey, Janice Otte, Lucy Price, Judy Rogers, Jean Sedlock, Andy Sedlock, Nettie Trimbath, and Jack Gumtow FAMILY & FRIENDS OF CONGREGATION Sonny Hill Doug Stump Thelma Hagger Larry Barks Mike Gheen Ruth Lewis Bright Ruthie Cortezzo Helena Stover Tammi Dawson Frerichs Eric Downs Patricia Potts Clearance Nelson Bill Ferreria Nonny Nelson Deanothy Young Harry Maxey Timothy Jenkins Alma Stowers Dennis Bushrod Joe Fuchs Tom Chew Edward DeMarr Jacob DeFelica Paul Sedlock For the safety of all our police officers, all military personnel & for their families. Please notify the church office of any additions or deletions to the prayer list. 12