The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Order of Worship

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2020

Collect

Hymn: My Faith Looks Up to Thee (LBW #479)
Lyrics: Ray Palmer; Tune: Lowell Mason, “Olivet”

My faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day
be wholly thine!

May thy rich grace impart
strength to my fainting heart,
my zeal inspire;
as thou hast died for me,
Oh, may my love to thee
pure, warm, and changeless be,
a living fire!

While life’s dark maze I tread,
and griefs around me spread,
be thou my guide;
bid darkness turn to day,
wipe sorrow’s tears away,
nor let me ever stray
from thee aside.

When ends life’s transient dream,
when death’s cold, sullen stream
shall o’er me roll;
blest Savior, then, in love,
fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above,
a ransomed soul!

Apostolic Greeting

Kyrie

Prayer of the Day

Isaiah 55:6-9

Psalm 27:1-9 (responses are the even numbered verses)

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear?
  the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

²When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh,
  it was they, my foes and my adversaries, who stumbled and fell.

³Though an army should encamp against me,
  yet my heart shall not be afraid;

⁴And though war should rise up against me,
  yet will I put my trust in him.

⁵One thing have I asked of the Lord; one thing I seek;
  that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life;

⁶To behold the fair beauty of the Lord
  and to seek him in his temple.

⁷For in the day of trouble he shall keep me safe in his shelter;
  he shall hide me in the secrecy of his dwelling and set me high upon a rock.

⁸Even now he lifts up my head
  above my enemies round about me.

⁹Therefore I will offer in his dwelling an oblation with sounds of great gladness;
  I will sing and make music to the Lord.

¹⁰Hearken to my voice, O Lord, when I call;
  have mercy on me and answer me.

¹¹You speak in my heart and say, “Seek my face.”
  Your face, Lord, will I seek.

¹²Hide not your face from me,
  nor turn away your servant in displeasure.

¹³You have been my helper; cast me not away;
  do not forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30

Matthew 20:1-16

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