Trinity Lutheran Worship, 11-15-2020, Twenty fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Lutheran Church Worship Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, November 14 & 15, 2020 - - - - - - - - - Trinity Lutheran Church has resumed regular church services at 6 PM Saturday and 9 AM Sunday Church service will be available on: 1. Youtube Sunday evening 2. ImOn Thursday at 2 PM on channel 4 3. Mediacom Friday at 8 PM on channel 4 Church service information is available on the church website at https://www.trinitycr.org - - - - - - - - - Are You Going Through a Difficult Time? Trinity has trained members of our congregation who listen, care, encourage, and provide emotional and spiritual support to people through a crisis or difficult time. To learn how you can receive this confidential care, contact a pastor or call the church office at (319) 366-1569. - - - - - - - - - Liturgy.................Pastor Groth Sermon...............Pastor Groth Special Music.....Matt Sprengeler, trombone - - - - - - - - - PRELUDE WORDS OF WELCOME HYMN: Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray, LSB 663 CONFESSION and ABSOLUTION INTROIT: Psalm 143:2, 5-6, 10-11; antiphon: Psalm 143:1 Pastor: Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! People: In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! Pastor: Enter not into judgment with your servant, People: for no one living is righteous before you. Pastor: I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; People: I ponder the work of your hands. Pastor: I stretch out my hands to you; People: my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Pastor: Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! People: Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! Pastor: For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! People: In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! All: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Pastor: Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! People: In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! KYRIE HYMN OF PRAISE SALUTATION and COLLECT OF THE DAY FIRST READING: Zephaniah 1:7-16 EPISTLE: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 ALLELUIA and VERSE HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 25:14-30 HYMN: The Day Is Surely Drawing Near, LSB 508 SERMON: “The Parable of the Talents” Matthew 25:14-30 APOSTLES’ CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And 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 thence He will 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. PRAYER OF THE CHURCH OFFERING 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. BENEDICTION HYMN: Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus, LSB 660 POSTLUDE - - - - - - - - - During this time of Social Distancing, a reminder that on-line giving is available through the Trinity Lutheran Church website at https://www.trinitycr.org/church-dona... or you may mail your gifts to the Trinity Lutheran Church office. Thank You and may God Bless your week.
