Bethlehem Lutheran Church th 2020 September 20 th 2020
We will begin shortly For r a better r vir irtual worship… • Turn UP your volume to hear • Optional: Turn ON your video camera & ENABLE video with Zoom • USE your BLC bulletin to follow along • SING loud like you’re a rock star! • LISTEN intently
ORD ORDER ER OF OF WORS ORSHIP HIP ♪ Special Music ♪ Ringing Church Bells ♪ Prelude ♪ More Than Conquerors! Welcome Sermon “It’s Amazing!” ♪ Opening Hymn ♪ #733 Apostles Creed ♪ Hymn ♪ #715 O God, Our Help in Ages Past Confession & Absolution p.167 Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me Kyrie p.168 Prayers of the Church Salutation & Collect Lord’s Prayer Old Testament - Isaiah 55:6-9 Benediction ♪ Closing Hymn ♪ #923 Responsive Psalm – 27:1-9 Epistle - Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30 Almighty Father, Bless the Word Holy Gospel - Matthew 20:1-16 Postlude This Morning we gladly celebrate our worship using the Divine Service Setting #2
Prelude
• O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. • Under the shadow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defense is sure. • Before the hills in order stood Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. • A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. • Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Soon bears us all away; We fly forgotten as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. Opening Hymn #733 • O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guard O God, Our Help in Ages Past while life shall last And our eternal home!
Confession and Absolution P: In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of C: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by the Holy Spirit. nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have C: Amen. done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve and the truth is not in us. Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake C: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in unrighteousness. Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen. ~ Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self - examination ~ 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 P: Let us then confess our sins to God our Father. 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. P: Glory To God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth. C: Lord, have mercy. ♪ SING ♪ : Lord God, heavenly king, almighty God P: For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord. and Father: We worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for Your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only C: Lord, have mercy. Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God: You take P: For the peace of the whole world, for away the sin of the world; have mercy on us. You the well-being of the Church of God, and are seated at the right hand of the Father; receive for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord. our prayer. For You alone are the Holy One, You C: Lord, have mercy. alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, P: For this holy house and for all who offer Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of here their worship and praise let us pray God the Father. Amen. to the Lord. C: Lord, have mercy. P: Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. Salutation & Collect Sa C: Amen!
Old ld Testament Responsive Psalm Isaiah 55:6-9 (ESV) 27:1-9 (ESV) Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him P: The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to C: When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my P: Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your war arise against me, yet I will be confident. ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher C: One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. P: This is the Word of the Lord. P: For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal C: Thanks be to God. me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. C: And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord. P: Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me! C: You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.” P: Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation! 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 Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30 (ESV) The Advance of the Gospel My desire is to depart and be with Christ, P: This is the Word of the Lord. for that is far better. But to remain in the I want you to know, brothers, that what C: Thanks be to God! flesh is more necessary on your account. has happened to me has really served to Convinced of this, I know that I will advance the gospel, so that it has become remain and continue with you all, for your known throughout the whole imperial progress and joy in the faith, so that in guard and to all the rest that my ♪ All lleluia ♪ me you may have ample cause to glory in imprisonment is for Christ. And most of Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you the brothers, having become confident in again. the Lord by my imprisonment, are much Al – le – lu - ia. more bold to speak the word without Only let your manner of life be worthy of fear. the gospel of Christ, so that whether I Lord, to whom shall we go? come and see you or am absent, I may For I know that through your prayers and hear of you that you are standing firm in the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this You have the words of one spirit, with one mind striving side by will turn out for my deliverance, as it is side for the faith of the gospel, and not my eager expectation and hope that I will e – ter – nal life. frightened in anything by your not be at all ashamed, but that with full opponents. This is a clear sign to them of courage now as always Christ will be Al – le – lu - ia! their destruction, but of your salvation, honored in my body, whether by life or by and that from God. For it has been death. For to me to live is Christ, and to granted to you that for the sake of Christ die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that you should not only believe in him but means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I also suffer for his sake, engaged in the shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard same conflict that you saw I had and now pressed between the two. hear that I still have.
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