Welcome and Greeting
Prelude Prelude on “Martyrdom” Raymond H. Haan
Alas and did my Savior bleed
Call to Worship
Hymn # 1 The Church’s One Foundation (Supplemental Hymnal)
Prayer of Confession – Front of Gray Psalter Hymnal
Prayer for Illumination Jurgen Honig
Old Testament Reading Proverbs 22:1-16 (NRSV)
22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
2The rich and the poor have this in common:
the LORD is the maker of them all.
3The clever see danger and hide;
but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
4The reward for humility and fear of the LORD
is riches and honor and life.
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
the cautious will keep far from them.
6Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.
7The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of anger will fail.
9Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.
10Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
quarreling and abuse will cease.
11Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
will have the king as a friend.
12The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
13The lazy person says,
“There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”
14The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit;
he with whom the LORD is angry falls into it.
15Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy,
but the rod of discipline drives it far away.
16Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.
Lector: This is the Word of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God for His Word.
Choral Anthem By Christ Redeemed
By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored
We keep his memory adored
And show the love of our dear Lord
Until he comes until he comes
He body broken in our stead
Is here in this memorial bread
And so our feeble souls are fed
Until he comes, until he comes
By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored
We keep his memory adored
And show the love of our dear Lord
Until he comes, until he comes
The drops of his dread agony
His lifeblood shed for us we see
The wine will tell the mystery
Until he comes, until he comes
Until the trumpet sound be heard
Until the ancient graves be stirred
When with the great commanding word
The Lord will come, the Lord will come
By Christ redeemed
Until he comes
Children’s Sermon
Hymn # 14 Be Thou My Vision (Supplemental Hymnal)
New Testament Reading Luke 19:11-27
11As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. 12So he said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to get royal power for himself and then return. 13He summoned ten of his slaves, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’ 14But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’ 15When he returned, having received royal power, he ordered these slaves, to whom he had given the money, to be summoned so that he might find out what they had gained by trading. 16The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.’ 17He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’ 18Then the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made five pounds.’ 19He said to him, ‘And you, rule over five cities.’ 20Then the other came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of cloth, 21for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23Why then did you not put my money into the bank? Then when I returned, I could have collected it with interest.’ 24He said to the bystanders, ‘Take the pound from him and give it to the one who has ten pounds.’ 25(And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten pounds!’) 26‘I tell you, to all those who have, more will be given; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 27But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’”
Sermon Parable of the Ten Minas Pastor SJ Winter
