| Prelude
Greeting and Welcome
Lighting of the Candles
Hymn of Invocation – Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (LSB 821)
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; His the scepter, His the throne; Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion Thunder like a mighty flood: “Jesus out of ev’ry nation Has redeemed us by His blood.”
Alleluia! Not as orphans Are we left in sorrow now; Alleluia! He is near us; Faith believes, nor questions how. Though the cloud from sight received Him When the forty days were o’er, Shall our hearts forget His promise: “I am with you evermore”?
Alleluia! Bread of heaven, Here on earth our food, our stay; Alleluia! Here the sinful Flee to You from day to day. Intercessor, Friend of sinners, Earth’s Redeemer, hear our plea Where the songs of all the sinless Sweep across the crystal sea.
Alleluia! King eternal, Lord omnipotent we own; Alleluia! Born of Mary, Earth Your footstool, heav’n Your throne. As within the veil You entered, Robed in flesh, our great High Priest, Here on earth both priest and victim In the eucharistic feast.
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; His the scepter, His the throne; Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion Thunder like a mighty flood: “Jesus out of ev’ry nation Has redeemed us by His blood.”
+ Preparation +
Invocation P: In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen.
Opening Sentences – Psalm 121:2, 7 P: My help comes from the LORD, C: who made heaven and earth. P: The LORD will keep you from all evil; C: He will keep your life.
Confession and Absolution
Silence is kept for meditation and reflection.
P: Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. C: I confess to God Almighty, before the whole company of heaven and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned in thought, word, and deed by my fault, by my own fault, by my own most grievous fault; wherefore I pray God Almighty to have mercy on me, forgive me all my sins, and bring me to everlasting life. Amen. P: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for His sake God forgives us all our sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ He gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. P: He who began this good work within you will bring it to completion on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. C: Amen.
+ Word +
Introit P: The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. C: I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? P: My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. C: He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. P: Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. C: The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. P: The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. All: 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 P: The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
Salutation and Prayer of the Day P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Let us pray. O God, the protector of all who trust in You, have mercy on us that with You as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.
First Reading – Job 42:10–16 And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold. And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations.
P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
Second Reading – Romans 5:1-11 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
P: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
Holy Gospel – Matthew 22:15-20 P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the twenty-second chapter. C: Glory to You, O Lord.
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle [Jesus] in his talk. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ.
Apostles' Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life + everlasting. Amen.
Children’s Hymn – Pass It On (AGPS 196)
It only takes a spark To get a fire going, And soon all those around Can warm up in its glowing. That’s how it is with God’s love Once you’ve experienced it; You spread His love to ev’ryone; You want to pass it on.
I wish for you, my friend This happiness that I’ve found, You can depend on Him, It matters not where you’re bound. I’ll shout it from the mountaintop I want my world to know; The Lord of love has come to me, I want to pass it on.
Children’s Message – Tim Cosby
Hymn of the Day – I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus (LSB 729)
I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus, Trusting only Thee; Trusting Thee for full salvation, Great and free.
I am trusting Thee for pardon; At Thy feet I bow, For Thy grace and tender mercy Trusting now.
I am trusting Thee for cleansing In the crimson flood; Trusting Thee to make me holy By Thy blood.
I am trusting Thee to guide me; Thou alone shalt lead, Ev’ry day and hour supplying All my need.
I am trusting Thee for power; Thine can never fail. Words which Thou Thyself shalt give me Must prevail.
I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus; Never let me fall. I am trusting Thee forever And for all.
Sermon – Seminarian Ryan Barnett
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