9/28/2025 Morning Worship Bulletin

September 28, 2025

Proper 21

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Invocation

Scripture: Psalm 146

1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.

3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.

4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God,

6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever;

7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;

8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.

9 The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

10 The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord!

“God Is So Good”

Hymn #50

God is so good, ​

God is so good,​

God is so good,​

He’s so good to me!​

He cares for me,​

He cares for me,​

He cares for me, ​

He’s so good to me!

I love Him so,​

I love Him so,​

I love Him so,​

He’s so good to me!​

I praise His name,​

I praise His name,​

I praise His name,​

He’s so good to me!​

I’ll do His will,​

I’ll do His will,​

I’ll do His will,​

He’s so good to me!​

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

Hymn #44

Great is Thy faithfulness,​

O God, my Father;​

There is no shadow​

of turning with Thee.​

Thou changest not;​

Thy compassions, they fail not.​

As Thou has been​

Thou forever wilt be.​

Great is Thy faithfulness!​

Great is Thy faithfulness!​

Morning by morning ​

New mercies I see.​

All I have needed​

Thy hand hath provided.​

Great is Thy faithfulness,​

Lord unto me!

 Summer and winter,​

and spring-time and harvest,​

Sun, moon, and stars​

in their courses above,​

Join with all nature​

in manifold witness​

To Thy great faithfulness,​

mercy, and love.​

Great is Thy faithfulness!​

Great is Thy faithfulness!​

Morning by morning ​

New mercies I see.​

All I have needed​

Thy hand hath provided.​

Great is Thy faithfulness,​

Lord unto me!

Pardon for sin​

And a peace that endureth,​

Thy own dear presence​

To cheer and to guide,​

Strength for today​

And bright hope for tomorrow-​

Blessings all mine,​

With ten thousand beside!​

Great is Thy faithfulness!​

Great is Thy faithfulness!​

Morning by morning ​

New mercies I see.​

All I have needed​

Thy hand hath provided.​

Great is Thy faithfulness,​

Lord unto me!

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;

7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it;

8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

11 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

12 Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

13 In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you

14 to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 which he will bring about at the right time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

16 It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share,

19 thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.

Offering

Doxology

Praise God, from ​whom all blessings flow; ​

Praise Him, ​all creatures here below; ​

Praise Him above, ​ye heav'nly host; ​

Praise Father, Son ​and Holy Ghost. Amen​

Children’s Sermon

Joys & Concerns

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

 19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores.

22 The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.

24 He called out, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.'

25 But Abraham said, "Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.

26 Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'

27 He said, "Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house—

28 for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.'

29 Abraham replied, "They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.'

30 He said, "No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

31 He said to him, "If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "

“Forever Reign”

You are good

You are good

When there's nothing good in me

You are love

You are love

On display for all to see

You are light

You are light

When the darkness closes in

You are hope

You are hope

You have covered all my sins

You are peace

You are peace

When my fear is crippling

You are truth

You are truth

Even in my wondering

You are joy

You are joy

You're the reason that I sing

You are life

You are life

In you death has lost its sting

Oh, I run into your arms

I run into your arms

The riches of your love

Will always be enough

Nothing compares to your embrace

Light of the world

Forever reign

You are more

You are more

Than my words will ever say

You are Lord

You are Lord

All creation will proclaim

You are here

You are here

In your presence I'm made whole

You are God

You are God

Of all else I'm letting go

Oh, I run into your arms

I run into your arms

The riches of your love

Will always be enough

Nothing compares to your embrace

Light of the world

Forever reign

My heart will sing

No other name, Jesus, Jesus

My heart will sing

No other name, Jesus, Jesus

Oh, I run into your arms

I'm running to your arms

The riches of your love

Will always be enough

Nothing compares to your embrace

Light of the world

Forever reign

Oh, I run into your arms

I'm running to your arms

The riches of your love

Will always be enough

Nothing compares to your embrace

Light of the world

Forever reign

“Living Hope”

How great the chasm that lay between us

How high the mountain I could not climb

In desperation I turned to Heaven

And spoke Your name into the night

Then through the darkness

Your loving kindness

Tore through the shadows of my soul

The work is finished

The end is written

Jesus Christ

My living hope

Who could imagine so great a mercy

What heart could fathom

Such boundless grace

The God of angels

Stepped down from glory

To wear my sin and bear my shame

The cross has spoken I am forgiven

The King of kings calls me His own

Beautiful Savior I’m Yours forever

Jesus Christ my living hope

Hallelujah

Praise the one who set me free

Hallelujah

Death has lost its grip on me

You have broken every chain

There’s salvation in Your name

Jesus Christ

My living hope

Then came the morning that sealed the promise

Your buried body began to breathe

Out of the silence the roaring lion

Declared the grave has no claim on me

Jesus Yours is the victory

Scripture: Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah,

3 where King Zedekiah of Judah had confined him.

6 Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me:

7 Hanamel son of your uncle Shallum is going to come to you and say, "Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours."

8 Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, "Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself." Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

9 And I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver.

10 I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.

11 Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy;

12 and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard.

13 In their presence I charged Baruch, saying,

14 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, in order that they may last for a long time.

15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.

Message: Pastor Ryan

“He bought land?”

Benediction

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