The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Order of Worship

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 30, 2020

Collect

Hymn: Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word  (LBW #230)
Lyrics: Martin Luther; Translation: Catherine Winkworth;
Tune: “Erhalt Uns Herr,” Samuel S. Wesley

Lord, keep us steadfast in your Word;
curb those who by deceit or sword
would wrest the kingdom from your Son
and bring to nought all he has done.

Lord Jesus Christ, your pow’r make known,
for you are Lord of lords alone;
defend your holy church, that we
may sing your praise triumphantly.

O Comforter of priceless worth,
send peace and unity on earth;
support us in our final strife,
and lead us out of death to life.

Apostolic Greeting

Kyrie

Prayer of the Day

Jeremiah 15:15-21
Pastor's catechetical highlights in his Bible

Psalm 26:1-12 (responses are the even numbered verses)

¹Give judgment for me, O Lord, for I have lived with integrity;
     I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.

²Test me, O Lord, and try me;
     examine my heart and my mind.

³For your love is before my eyes;
     I have walked faithfully with you.

⁴I have not sat with the worthless,
     nor do I consort with the deceitful.

⁵I have hated the company of evildoers;
     I will not sit down with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocence, O Lord,
     that I may go in procession round your altar,

⁷Singing aloud a song of thanksgiving
     and recounting all your wonderful deeds.

⁸ Lord, I love the house in which you dwell
     and the place where your glory abides.

⁹Do not sweep me away with sinners,
     nor my life with those who thirst for blood,

¹⁰Whose hands are full of evil plots,
     and their right hand full of bribes.

¹¹As for me, I will live with integrity;
     redeem me, O Lord, and have pity on me.

¹²My foot stands on level ground;
     in the full assembly I will bless the Lord.

Romans 12:9-21

Matthew 16:21-28

The Apostles Creed

I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his 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

Create In Me

Create in me a clean heart, oh God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with your free Spirit.

Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

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

Blessing