Sunday, September 24, 2023
8:30am- Worship: in the sanctuary (Livestreamed)
10:30am- Worship: in the sanctuary
8:30am- Worship: in the sanctuary (Livestreamed)
10:30am- Worship: in the sanctuary
Welcome
Prelude: Handbells: All Things Bright and Beautiful arr. Sandra Eithum
Page 94-96 Confession & Forgiveness
Hymn 854 Blessing and Honor
Page 138 Greeting & Kyrie
Page 48 The Prayer of the Day
The peace of Christ be with you always.
And also with you.
(we are seated)
First Reading: Jonah 3:10--4:11
When 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. But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. He 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. And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” Then 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. The 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. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered. When 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.”
But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” Then 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. And 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?”
Word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God!
Psalm 145:1-8 (chanted responsively)
1I will exalt you, my | God and king,
and bless your name forev- | er and ever.
2Every day | will I bless you
and praise your name forev- | er 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 de- | clare 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 re- | count 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.
Children’s Message
Anthem: Handbells: Handbells Beautiful Savior arr. Derek Hakes
(we stand)
Page 142 The Gospel Acclamation “Alleluia”
The Holy Gospel according to Matthew 4:12-23
Glory to you, O Lord!
(after the reading: Praise to you, O Christ!)
(we are seated)
Sermon
(we stand)
Sermon Hymn 695 As Saints of Old
Page 105 Apostles’ Creed
(we are seated)
The Prayers of Intercession
The Lord’s Prayer
(we stand)
The Benediction
Hymn 583 Take My Life, that I may Be
Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Postlude
Prelude: Handbells: All Things Bright and Beautiful arr. Sandra Eithum
Page 94-96 Confession & Forgiveness
Hymn 854 Blessing and Honor
Page 138 Greeting & Kyrie
Page 48 The Prayer of the Day
The peace of Christ be with you always.
And also with you.
(we are seated)
First Reading: Jonah 3:10--4:11
When 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. But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. He 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. And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” Then 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. The 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. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered. When 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.”
But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” Then 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. And 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?”
Word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God!
Psalm 145:1-8 (chanted responsively)
1I will exalt you, my | God and king,
and bless your name forev- | er and ever.
2Every day | will I bless you
and praise your name forev- | er 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 de- | clare 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 re- | count 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.
Children’s Message
Anthem: Handbells: Handbells Beautiful Savior arr. Derek Hakes
(we stand)
Page 142 The Gospel Acclamation “Alleluia”
The Holy Gospel according to Matthew 4:12-23
Glory to you, O Lord!
(after the reading: Praise to you, O Christ!)
(we are seated)
Sermon
(we stand)
Sermon Hymn 695 As Saints of Old
Page 105 Apostles’ Creed
(we are seated)
The Prayers of Intercession
The Lord’s Prayer
(we stand)
The Benediction
Hymn 583 Take My Life, that I may Be
Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Postlude
