TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST T FAITHFUL CONFESSION AND

TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST T FAITHFUL CONFESSION AND CONVICTION T October 18 th, Anno Domini (The Year of Our LORD) 2020

T PREPARATION T WELCOME

SEARCH MY HEART 1 st Stanza Search my heart, search my soul Take my shame, take it deep within Search my heart, search my soul Take my sin, lead me back to you

Chorus By Your precious blood I will dwell in You By Your righteousness I will walk By Your gracious love I will seek Your Name By Your righteousness I will walk, I will walk with You

2 nd Stanza Search my heart, search my soul In this wilderness, I’m lost deep within Search my heart, search my soul Lead my path, lead me back to You

Musical Interlude Chorus By Your precious blood I will dwell in You By Your righteousness I will walk By Your gracious love I will seek Your Name By Your righteousness I will walk, I will walk with You (Sing 2 x)

Search my heart, search my soul Take my shame, take it deep within Search my heart, search my soul Take my sin, lead me back to you --

HOW GREAT THOU ART O LORD my God! When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Chorus Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

When through the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.

Chorus Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing, Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in; That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin.

Chorus Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration And there proclaim, my God how great Thou art!

Chorus Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art, how great Thou art! --

(Stand) INVOCATION PIn the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen.

OPENING SENTENCES Psalm 96: 1– 9 POh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! C Sing to the LORD, bless His Name; tell of His salvation from day to day. PDeclare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples! C For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

C Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness. PFor all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens. C Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. PAscribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!

C Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His Name; bring an offering, and come into His courts! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION PHave mercy on me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; C according to Your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. PWash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! C For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

PAs we come and bow before the LORD to confess our sins, we admit that we have bowed down to other gods of this world and gods of our own choosing. C We confess we have trusted in ourselves and others rather than in You.

PWe have failed to rely on You in all times. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, and against others in what we have done and left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart C and have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We confess we have trusted in ourselves and others rather than in You.

PLet the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; C let the field exult, and everything in it! PThen shall the trees of the forest sing for joy C before the LORD, for He comes,

Pfor He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in His faithfulness. C Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness. PBrothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, God is a merciful and loving Father, of whom “there is no other, besides Him there is no God. ” He has chosen you in the Gospel,

which has come not only in word but with full conviction in power and in the Holy Spirit. Jesus died on the cross to redeem You. Through Him, in His stead, as a called and ordained servant of the Word, I forgive you all your sins in the Name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen.

T WORD T INTROIT Psalm 121: 1– 4, 7– 8; antiphon: v. 5 P The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved;

he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 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.

LET THE SON SHINE IN Joyful hope, love of God and smiling faces The heritage we have as sons of God Christ has risen to new life Put an end to death and strife Now we celebrate as one and sons of God

Chorus: So let the Son shine in Share Christ with your neighbor And happiness will never leave your heart

On your job, in your home or at a party People wishing all their friends the peace of Christ Happy feelings in the air Forget your troubles and your cares And join all those who share the peace of Christ.

Chorus: So let the Son shine in Share Christ with your neighbor And happiness will never leave your heart -(Sing 2 x)

PThe LORD be with you. C And also with you. PLet 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. (Sit)

OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 45: 1– 7 1 Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed: 2“I will go before you and level the exalted places,

I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, 3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. 4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me.

5 I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, 6 that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. 7 I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things. ”

LThis is the Word of the LORD. C Thanks be to God.

EPISTLE 1 Thessalonians 1: 1– 10 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the LORD Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our LORD Jesus Christ.

4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be 6 among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the LORD, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the LORD sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. LThis is the Word of the LORD. C Thanks be to God.

(Stand) HOLY GOSPEL Matthew 22: 15– 22 PThe Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the twenty-second chapter. C Glory to You, O LORD. 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle [Jesus] in his talk. 16 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 17 swayed by appearances. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? ” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax. ” And they 20 brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this? ”

21 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 22 God’s. ” When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away. PThis is the Gospel of the LORD. C Praise to You, O Christ. (Sit)

PRAISE TO GOD (YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE) You are my Savior, You’re my Redeemer, You are my God in whom I trust. You are so worthy of praise forever, Praise You, LORD, bless’d be Your Name!

Your works are mighty, Your works are beauty, The mighty Father, the Prince of Peace. I will forever sing alleluia, Gracious Father, praise to Your Name!

Almighty Father, we praise and thank You, We magnify Your Holy Name. Praise and thanksgiving, glory and honor, Alleluia, praise Your Name! (2 x’s) --

SERMON “Oh, Politics!" Matthew 22: 15 -22

(Stand) NICENE CREED C I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one LORD Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation

came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures

and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the LORD and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets

And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life T of the world to come. Amen.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH (Sit) OFFERING OFFERTORY

THANK YOU LORD (EDELWEISS) Thank You LORD, on this day For our many good blessings. Thank You LORD, on this day For our many close friendships. Glory to God, may You hear our prayer, Guide us on forever. Thank You LORD, on this day For our blessings and friendships.

LORD Who died, LORD Who rose, Grant that Your way be my way. Spirit of God, wind that blows, Walk with us on the highway, Glory to God, may You hear our prayer, Grant Your way be my way. Spirit of God, wind that blows, Walk with us on the highway. --

T SACRAMENT T (Stand) PREFACE PThe LORD be with you. C And also with you. PLift up your hearts. C We lift them to the LORD. PLet us give thanks to the LORD our God. C It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

PROPER PREFACE PIt is truly good, right, and proper that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy LORD, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our LORD, as there is no other like You, who has taken upon Himself our sin to death on the cross and risen victorious.

You are the eternal authority over heaven and earth, and we humbly come before You, as with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious Name, evermore praising You and singing:

SANCTUS Holy, LORD God Almighty! Early in the morning my song shall rise to Thee. Holy, holy, Merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD POur LORD Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me. ”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. ”

(Stand) LORD’s Prayer All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

PAX DOMINI (THE PEACE OF THE LORD) PThe peace of the LORD be with you always. C Amen. (Those gathered greet one another with a sign and greeting of peace. ) (Please remain standing) PThe gifts of God, for the people of God! (Sit)

AMAZING GRACE Amazing grace how, sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I’m found Was blind, but now I see. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come ‘Twas grace has brought us safe thus far And grace will lead us home. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun.

Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I’m found Was blind, but now I see. --

AT THIS SACRIFICE (BLUE EYES CRYING IN RAIN) At this sacrifice we gather Celebrating all your love For the sins we have committed Grant us pardon LORD above. Hearts to grow a little tender As the time of life goes by Love and kindness for each other Much too fast the moments fly.

Jesus we’re not worthy ever To receive you here today. Say the word denying never Makes us pure again we pray. God is love and God is mighty God is ever merciful Praise from His holy bounty Sends His love most wonderful.

Through the ages and forever In the heavenly domain, Show us the path for us to enter Therefore always to remain. Life is like a dying ember, Only moments fill its night. Increase the people’s faith, O Jesus On us shed Your healing light. --

SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, That calls me from a world of care And bids me at my Father’s throne Make all my wants and wishes known: In seasons of distress and grief, My soul has often found relief, And oft escaped the tempter’s snare, By your return sweet hour of prayer.

Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, That calls me from a world of care And bids me at my Father’s throne Make all my wants and wishes known: And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His word and trust His grace, I’ll cast on Him my every care And wait for You, sweet hour of prayer. --

(Stand) COMMUNION DISMISSAL PNow may the true body and true blood of your LORD and savior Jesus Christ keep you steadfast in the one true faith from now until you reach life everlasting. Go in peace – serve your LORD with great joy!

GO MY CHILDREN, WITH MY BLESSING Go, My children, with My blessing, never alone Waking, sleeping, I am with you, you are My own In my love’s baptismal river I have made you Mine forever Go, My children, with My blessing, you are My own

Go, My children, sins forgiven, at peace and pure. Here you learned how much I love you, what I can cure. Here you heard My dear son’s story, Here you touched Him, saw His glory, Go, My children, sins forgiven, at peace and pure.

Go, My children, fed and nourished, closer to Me; Grow in love and love by serving, joyful and free. Here My Spirit’s power filled you, here His tender comfort stilled you. Go, My children, fed and nourished, joyful and free.

I the LORD will bless and keep you and give you peace. I the LORD will smile upon you and give you peace. I the LORD will be your Father, Savior, Comforter and Brother. Go, My children, I will keep you and give you peace. --

BENEDICTION PI call you by your name, I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides Me there is no God; C that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides Me;

PFor great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; C He is to be feared above all gods. Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness. PRender to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, C and to God the things that are God’s.

PThe blessing of God almighty—Father, T Son, and Holy Spirit—strengthen and preserve you, now and forever. C Amen. (Sit) (Children are invited to come forward and assist in leading the Closing Song with percussion instruments)

SUCH A DAY Such a day-to pause and count our blessings, Such a day-to know from whom they came. Such a day-to sense and prize His giving, Such a day-to see what He ordained. Unto God-who graced us with His blessings Be all glory-honor, and fame! Such a day-to pause and count our blessings Such a day-to know from whom they came.

Such a day-to love and serve our Savior. Such a day-to call upon His Name! Such a day-to treasure our salvation, Such a day-to thank Him for the same. Unto Him-the Son of God most holy, Be all glory-honor, and fame! Such a day-to love and serve our Savior, Such a day-to call upon His Name!

Such a day-to hail and praise the Spirit, Such a day-to come into His power! Such a day-to grow in consecration, Such a day-to feel His holy fire! Unto Him-Whose gifts are ever flowing, Be all glory-honor, and fame! Such a day-to hail and praise the Spirit, Such a day-to come into His power! --

CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD There’s a church in the valley by the wildwood, no lovelier spot in the dale No place is so dear to my childhood as the little brown church in the vale.

Chorus: Oh, come, come to the church in the wildwood, Oh, come to the church in the vale. No spot is so dear to my childhood as the little brown church in the dale.

How sweet on a clear sabbath morning, to listen to the clear ringing bell; Its tones so sweetly are calling, oh come to the church in the vale.

Chorus: Oh, come, come to the church in the wildwood, Oh, come to the church in the vale. No spot is so dear to my childhood as the little brown church in the dale. --

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Creative Worship for the Lutheran Parish, Series A, Quarter 4. Copyright © 2020 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2018 Concordia Publishing House. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ P Pastor or Presiding minister; sole pastor, Liturgist A Assisting minister; an Elder, Vicar, Assistant/Guest Pastor, in singing can be a C L Cantor, etc. Congregation Leader or Lector; an Elder, one of the Readers, or another lay person All: Pastor or Leader and the congregation speak together D Doxological verse; the congregation stands in honor of the Holy Trinity T The pastor makes the sign of the cross; individual worshipers may also as fits personal preference; this is a kinesthetic reminder of grace