Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Sunday, September 11, 2022
GATHERING
The holy spirit calls us together as people of God.
PRELUDE “Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service” arr. Sandra Eithun
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GATHERING SONG God’s Work, Our Hands (ACS 1000)
GREETING
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And also with you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Let us pray. O God, overflowing with mercy and compassion, you lead back to yourself all those who go astray. Preserve your people in your loving care, that we may reject whatever is contrary to you and may follow all things that sustain our life in your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
First Reading: Exodus 32:7-14
7The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; 8they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’ ” 9The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. 10Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation.”
11But Moses implored the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. 13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ” 14And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm: 51:1-10
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Luke 15:1-11
The holy gospel according to Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord.
The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON Pastor Eric
PEACE
Sisters and brothers, rejoice. Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace. (2 Corinthians 13:11)
The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you. Peace be with you.
OFFERING Take My Life, That I May Be (PATMOS)
OFFERTORY
Glory to you, God, for yours is the earth;
yours the anointing, the radiant worth.
Ours the rejoicing for spirits aflame;
ours the thanksgiving to your holy name.
Ours be the telling of deeds greatly done;
yours be the glory, O God, yours alone.
Let us pray.
God, our Creator, you open wide your hand and satisfy the desire of every living creature. With these gifts we bless you for your tender nurture and care. Help us to delight in your will and walk in your ways, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
THE PRAYERS
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Response after each prayer: hear our prayer.
LORD’S PRAYER
Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and forever. Amen.
BLESSING
Almighty God, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever. Amen
SENDING SONG The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve (CHESTERFIELD)
DISMISSAL
Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
POSTLUDE “The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve” arr. Paul Manz