Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost Worship Bulletin
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
PENTECOST 25 – Coronavirus 11-14-2021 10:00AM Zoom Worship
OPENING SONG: “MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS” Tan #385
THE OPENING RITE:
L In the might and mercy of God our Creator,
in the saving sacrifice of (+) Jesus Christ, God’s own Son,
in the lifting love of the Holy Spirit;
C Amen all the time!
L Let us approach God with humility and honesty, trusting the word that God is full of compassion.
C Dear God…
Sometimes in my daily living I forget the value of the price that Jesus paid for my sins.
Sometimes in my faith I feel discouraged about the present and am anxious about the future.
Forgive me again both my failings and my fears.
Fill me again with assurances of your love and with hope that does not waver. Amen.
L Honestly, sisters and brothers,
If it had not been for the Lord on our side, tell me, where would we be?
In truth, our relationship with God is all we have to depend on sometimes.
And, thank God Almighty, we have a great High Priest, Jesus Christ, who offered – once and for all time, once and for all people – the self-sacrifice of his life to save us from our sin.
Brothers, sisters, God is gracious, faithful, and full of compassion… and God has promised to forgive and forget.
Live in (+) faith, forgiven and freed. Amen.
THE PRAYER OF THE DAY (together):
Almighty God, in times of trouble, turmoil, and temptation
let Jesus be our solid rock, our blessed assurance, and our one true ruler.
Help us to think right, say right, do right, be right, and love right with all that we are, with all that we have. We want to be ready when the trumpet sounds, when the saints go marching in. Amen.
FIRST READING: DANIEL 12:1-3 [All hell will break loose so that heaven can blossom!]
12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.
12:2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
12:3 Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
SECOND READING: HEBREWS 10:11-25 [Christ, the high priest, is seated. His work is finished, our work continues.]
10:11 And every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.
10:12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God,”
10:13 and since then has been waiting “until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet.”
10:14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
10:15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
10:16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,”
10:17 he also adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
10:18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
10:19 Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
10:20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),
10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
10:22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
10:23 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.
10:24 And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds,
10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
GOSPEL VERSE:
“(1) Victory is mine, victory is mine, victory today is mine!
I TOLD SATAN ‘GET THEE BEHIND!’… victory today is mine!
(2) Joy is mine…
(3) Peace is mine…”
HOLY GOSPEL: MARK 13:1-8 [In unsettled times, trust in Christ, the only solid foundation!]
13:1 As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!”
13:2 Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”
13:3 When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
13:4 “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?”
13:5 Then Jesus began to say to them, “Beware that no one leads you astray.
13:6 Many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray.
13:7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come.
13:8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birthpangs.
THE SERMON: Pastor Gwen or Pastor Neil
SONG SELECTION
THE APOSTLES’ CREED:
I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
OFFERING… With glad and generous hearts, let us bring our offerings of self, our time, and our possessions so that God’s love might be known in our church, in our neighborhood and nation, and throughout the world community.
OFFERTORY SONG:
“(1) Thank you, Lord… thank you, Lord… thank you, Lord… I just want to thank you, Lord!
(2) Been so good…
(3) Love you, Lord…”
OFFERING PRAYER:
God of grace and glory, we thank you for the gift of creation and the gift of our lives,
for the gift of salvation and the gift of Jesus Christ,
for the gift of your Holy Spirit and the gift of your Church.
Take our attitude of gratitude and transform it into caring and sharing towards the least, the lost, and the lonely all over the face of this earth.
Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream. Amen.
MUSIC SELECTION Dennis Fortune
THE PRAYERS… We lift up our praises, the Church, the needs and burdens of this troubled world!
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SONG SELECTION: “SOON-A WILL BE DONE” Tan #587
THE BENEDICTION by one of the Pastors.
Month of November… Give thanks, live thanks, share love.