Bethlehem Lutheran Church th 2020 October 18 th 2020
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ORD ORDER ER OF OF WORS ORSHIP HIP ♪ Hymn of the Day ♪ #528 Ringing Church Bells ♪ Prelude ♪ Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Sermon “What Is God’s” Welcome ♪ Opening Hymn ♪ WOV #776 Nicene Creed ♪ Hymn ♪ #628 Be Thou My Vision Your Table I Approach Confession & Absolution p.167 Prayers of the Church Kyrie p.168 ♪ Hymn of Praise ♪ This Is the Feast Lord’s Prayer ♪ Thank The Lord ♪ Salutation & Collect Benediction Old Testament - Isaiah 45:1-7 ♪ Closing Hymn ♪ #643 Responsive Psalm – 96 Sent Forth by God’s Blessing Epistle - 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Postlude Holy Gospel - Matthew 22:15-22
Prelude
• Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art--thou my best thought by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. • Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou my soul’s shelter, and thou my high tower; Raise thou me heavenward, O power of my power. • Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise, thou mine inheritance, now and always: Thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of heaven, my treasure thou art. Opening Hymn WOV #776 • High King of heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven's joys, O bright Be Thou My Vision heav'n's Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Confession and Absolution P: In the name of the Father and of the + C: Most merciful God, we confess that we Son and of the Holy Spirit. are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and C: Amen. deed, by what we have done and by what P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our ourselves, and the truth is not in us. neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve C: But if we confess our sins, God, who is Your present and eternal punishment. For faithful and just, will forgive our sins and the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have cleanse us from all unrighteousness. mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and ~ Silence for reflection on God’s Word and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy for self-examination ~ name. Amen. P: Let us then confess our sins to God our P: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Father. 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!
♪ Hymn of f Praise ♪ Kyrie P: In peace let us pray to the Lord. A: This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia. C: Lord, have mercy. ♪ SING ♪ : Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God. Power P: For the peace from above and for our and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and salvation let us pray to the Lord. blessing and glory are His. This is the feast of victory for C: Lord, have mercy. our God. Alleluia. Sing with all people of God, and join in the hymn of all creation: Blessing and honor and P: For the peace of the whole world, for glory and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen. the well-being of the Church of God, and This is the feast of victory for our God, for the Lamb for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord. who was slain has begun His reign. C: Lord, have mercy. Al — le — lu-ia, al — le — lu — ia. P: For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord. Sa Salutation & Collect C: Lord, have mercy. P: Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. C: Amen!
Old ld Testament Isaiah 45:1-7 (ESV) Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed: “I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness; I make well -being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things. P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
Responsive Psa salm 96 (ESV) P: Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, C: Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; all the earth! bring an offering, and come into his courts! C: Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his P: Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; salvation from day to day. tremble before him, all the earth! P: Declare his glory among the nations, his C: Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! Yes, marvelous works among all the peoples! the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.” C: For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. P: Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; P: For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. C: let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy C: Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. P: before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in P: Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness. ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! 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. Amen.
Epistle 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (ESV) Greeting You know what kind of men we P: This is the Word of the Lord. proved to be among you for your Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the C: Thanks be to God! sake. And you became imitators of us church of the Thessalonians in God and of the Lord, for you received the the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: word in much affliction, with the joy Grace to you and peace. of the Holy Spirit, so that you ♪ All lleluia ♪ The Thessalonians' Faith and became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Example Achaia. For not only has the word of Al – le – lu - ia. We give thanks to God always for all the Lord sounded forth from you in of you, constantly mentioning you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your Lord, to whom shall we go? our prayers, remembering before our faith in God has gone forth God and Father your work of faith You have the words of everywhere, so that we need not say and labor of love and steadfastness anything. For they themselves report of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For e – ter – nal life. concerning us the kind of reception we know, brothers loved by God, we had among you, and how you Al – le – lu - ia! that he has chosen you, because our turned to God from idols to serve gospel came to you not only in word, the living and true God, and to wait but also in power and in the Holy for his Son from heaven, whom he Spirit and with full conviction. raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Holy Gospel Matthew 22:15-22 (ESV) P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes 22nd chapter. to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show C: Glory to You, O Lord. me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a Paying Taxes to Caesar denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar's.” Then P: Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the entangle him in his words. And they sent their things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, are God's.” When they heard it, they marveled. And “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the they left him and went away. way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. appearances. C: Praise to You, O Christ!
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