Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church
1024 West 6th Street
Williston, North Dakota 58801
701-572-3724
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST/
HOLY COMMUNION
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Good morning and welcome to Our Redeemer’s! Thank you for joining us to worship and share in Christian friendship. We extend a special welcome to Pastor and Mrs. Greg Stenzel, who are visiting with us today. Pastor Stenzel will deliver today’s sermon and preside over Communion. Our Get Acquainted slips are located at the center aisle of each pew. Please sign your name and pass it down, noting any changes in address, etc. and check the Communion box if you plan to receive Communion today.
PRELUDE Celeste Lundblom
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING HYMN
“Come Thou Almighty King” HFG 341
Come, Thou almighty King,
Help us Thy name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father, all glorious,
O’er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
Come, Thou Incarnate Word,
Gird on Thy mighty sword,
Our prayer attend:
Come, and Thy people bless,
And give Thy Word success;
Spirit of holiness,
On us descend.
Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour.
Thou who almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,
Never from us depart,
Spirit of power.
To Thee, great One in Three,
The highest praises be,
Hence evermore!
Thy sov’reign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity
Love and adore.
*INVOCATION
L: In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
*CONFESSION OF SINS
L: Our help is in the Name of the Lord.
C: Who made heaven and earth.
L: Brothers and sisters in Christ: Scripture clearly reveals that we are all born children of a fallen humanity; Scripture also teaches that if we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
C: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Silence for reflection and self-examination
L: Heavenly Father,
C: We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.
*ABSOLUTION
L: In the Word who has come to dwell with us, God has given us grace upon grace; forgiveness that is stronger than our sins, love that can heal every broken heart. Hear this word of God’s pardon and peace: in the name of Jesus our Savior, you are free from all your sins. Rise, shine, for your light has come.
*INTROIT from Psalm 54
L: O God, save me by Your name,
C: and vindicate me by Your might.
L: O God, hear my prayer;
C: give ear to the words of my mouth.
L: For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life;
C: they do not set God before themselves.
L: Behold, God is my helper;
C: the Lord is the upholder of my life.
L: He will return the evil to my enemies;
C: in Your faithfulness put an end to them.
L: With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;
C: I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
L: For He has delivered me from every trouble,
C: and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
*GLORIA PATRI (sung by the congregation)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*PRAYER OF THE DAY (in unison)
O God, whose strength is made perfect in weakness, grant us humility and childlike faith that we may please You in both will and deed; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
SPECIAL MUSIC “Bless God” Praise Team
THE WORD OF GOD
FIRST LESSON Numbers 12:1-15
12 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. 4 And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out. 5 And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. 6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. 7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb.” 13 And Moses cried to the Lord, “O God, please heal her—please.” 14 But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.” 15 So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.
SECOND LESSON James 3:13-4:10
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
*HOLY GOSPEL Mark 9:30-37
30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
HYMN OF THE DAY
“Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us” CW 486
Lord of glory, You have bought us
With Your lifeblood as the price,
Never grudging for the lost ones
That tremendous sacrifice.
And with that have freely given
Blessings countless as the sand
To th’ unthankful and the evil
With Your own unsparing hand.
Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to give You
Gladly, freely, of Your own.
With the sunshine of Your goodness
Melt our thankless hearts of stone
Till our cold and selfish natures,
Warmed by You, at length believe
That more happy and more blessed
‘Tis to give than to receive.
Wondrous honor You have given
To our humblest charity
In Your own mysterious sentence,
“You have done it unto me.”
Can it be, O gracious Master,
That You need what we can do,
Saying by Your poor and needy,
“Give as I have giv’n to you”?
Yes, the sorrow and the suff’rings
Which on ev’ry hand we view
Channels are for gifts and off’rings
Due by solemn right to You.
Right of which we may not rob You,
Debt we may not choose but pay
Lest that face of love and pity
Turn from us another day.
Lord of glory, You have bought us
With Your lifeblood as the price,
Never grudging for the lost ones
That tremendous sacrifice.
Give us faith to trust You boldly,
Hope, to stay our souls on You;
But, oh, best of all Your graces,
With Your love our love renew.
SERMON “Followers of Christ Are Humble Servants”
Pastor Greg Stenzel
*APOSTLES' CREED
I believe in God the Father, Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; I believe 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 there He shall 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.
OFFERTORY HYMN
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OFFERTORY HYMN
“Oh, Bless the Lord, My Soul” CW 238
Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!
Let all within me join
And aid my tongue to bless His name
Whose favors are divine.
Oh, bless the Lord, my soul,
Nor let His mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness
And without praises die.
“Tis He forgives my sins;
‘Tis He relieves my pain;
‘Tis He that heals my sicknesses
And makes me young again.
He fills the poor with good;
He gives the suff’rers rest;
The Lord has judgments for the proud
And justice for th’ oppressed.
His wondrous works and ways
He made by Moses known,
But sent the world His truth and grace
By His beloved Son
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
*THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION
P: In the night in which He was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: “Take and eat; this is My body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of Me.” Again, after supper, He took the cup, gave thanks and gave it for all to drink, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, shed for you for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of Me.”
*THE LORD’S PRAYER (In unison)
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.
DISTRIBUTION
THE BENEDICTION
L: The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
THREE-FOLD AMEN
CLOSING HYMN
“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” CW 240
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, O Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Your great name we praise!
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Not wanting, nor wasting, You rule in Your might,
Your justice like mountains high soaring above,
Your clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.
All life You engender in great and in small,
Of all life Befriender, the true Life of all.
We blossom and flourish in richness and range;
We wither and perish, but You never change.
Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Your angels adore You, all veiling their sight.
Our praises we render; oh, lead us to see
The light of Your splendor, Your love’s majesty!
POSTLUDE
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TODAY’S RADIO BROADCAST is given in loving memory of mom, grandma and great grandma, Suzie Monson, whose 90th birthday would have been September 7th, from Lori, Steve, Scott and families.
WOMEN OF LIFE FALL GENERAL MEETING will be held today at 2:00 PM in the Chapel. Join us for devotions, apple dessert, door prizes and special music. We will also have a special presentation from John Harper, Facility Administrator at Eckert Youth Homes. The afternoon is hosted by the Women of LIFE Board.
WE EXTEND A HEARTFELT WELCOME to Pastor Greg and Tonya Stenzel. Pastor Stenzel, a possible pastoral candidate, will preach and preside over Communion at both the 9:00 and 11:00 AM worship services.
The Stenzels will be at Coffee Fellowship to meet and greet and then there will be a potluck dinner at 5:30 PM in Fellowship Hall for all congregational members to attend, to meet and talk with them. At 6:30 PM, Pastor Stenzel will share his information and have time for questions from the congregation. Please make every effort to attend.
YOUNG ADULT GROUP OPPORTUNITY
We invite our young adults (18-30) to a new Bible Study and Fellowship Group called POST*, Sunday evenings, 6-8 PM @ Celeste Lundblom’s house (926 17th Ave. W.) A light dinner will be served. Text Celeste @ 916-893-3772 if interested in attending.
*Practicing Our Scriptural Truths
(Note: Tonight we will be attending the 5:30 potluck dinner and meeting with Pastor Stenzel. We will resume our regular schedule next week.)