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2

SER

VIC

E of

WO

RSH

IP

Brea

d of

Life

from

With

One

Voi

ce

THE

PREL

UD

E: C

hris

tus d

er is

t mei

n Le

ben

AN

NO

UN

CEM

ENTS

B

RIE

F O

RD

ER F

OR

CO

NFE

SSIO

N

In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

, and

of t

he +

Son

, and

of t

he H

oly

Spiri

t. A

men

A

lmig

hty

God

, to

who

m a

ll he

arts

are

ope

n, a

ll de

sire

s kno

wn,

and

from

w

hom

no

secr

ets

are

hid:

Cle

anse

the

tho

ught

s of

our

hea

rts b

y th

e in

spira

tion

of y

our

Hol

y Sp

irit,

that

we

may

per

fect

ly l

ove

you

and

wor

thily

mag

nify

you

r hol

y na

me,

thro

ugh

Jesu

s Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

A

men

If

we

say

we

have

no

sin, w

e de

ceiv

e ou

rsel

ves,

and

the

trut

h is

not

in u

s. Bu

t if w

e co

nfes

s ou

r sin

s, G

od w

ho is

faith

ful a

nd ju

st w

ill

forg

ive

our

sins a

nd c

lean

se u

s fro

m a

ll un

righ

teou

snes

s. (S

ilenc

e fo

r ref

lect

ion

and

self-

exam

inat

ion.

) M

ost m

erci

ful G

od,

We

conf

ess t

hat w

e ar

e in

bon

dage

to si

n an

d ca

nnot

free

our

selv

es.

We h

ave s

inne

d ag

ains

t you

in th

ough

t, w

ord,

and

dee

d, b

y w

hat w

e ha

ve d

one a

nd b

y w

hat w

e hav

e lef

t und

one.

We h

ave n

ot lo

ved

you

with

our

who

le h

eart

; we h

ave n

ot lo

ved

our n

eigh

bors

as o

urse

lves

. Fo

r th

e sa

ke o

f you

r So

n, J

esus

Chr

ist, h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

. For

give

us

, ren

ew u

s, an

d le

ad u

s, so

that

we

may

del

ight

in y

our

will

and

w

alk

in y

our w

ays,

to th

e glo

ry o

f you

r hol

y na

me.

Am

en

In th

e m

ercy

of a

lmig

hty

God

, Jes

us C

hris

t was

giv

en to

die

for u

s an

d fo

r hi

s sa

ke G

od f

orgi

ves

us a

ll ou

r si

ns.

As

a ca

lled

and

orda

ined

m

inis

ter o

f the

Chu

rch

of C

hris

t, an

d by

his

auth

ority

, I th

eref

ore d

ecla

re

to y

ou th

e en

tire

forg

iven

ess o

f all

your

sins

, in

the

nam

e of

the

Fath

er,

and

of th

e +

Son,

and

of t

he H

oly

Spiri

t. A

men

3 H

YM

N: “

O G

od, O

ur H

elp

in A

ges P

ast”

vs 1

,3,5

,6

TH

E G

REE

TIN

G

The

grac

e of

our

Lor

d Je

sus C

hris

t, th

e lo

ve o

f God

, and

the

com

mun

ion

of th

e H

oly

Spiri

t be

with

you

all.

And

also

with

you

.

4 TH

E K

YR

IE

TH

E H

YM

N O

F PR

AIS

E: “

Glo

ry to

God

”

5

TH

E SA

LUTA

TIO

N

The

Lord

be

with

you

.

And

also

with

you

.

6 TH

E PR

AY

ER O

F TH

E D

AY

Le

t us p

ray.

Po

ur o

ut u

pon

us, O

Lor

d, th

e sp

irit t

o th

ink

and

do w

hat i

s rig

ht, t

hat

we,

who

can

not e

ven

exis

t with

out y

ou, m

ay h

ave

the

stre

ngth

to li

ve

acco

rdin

g to

you

r will

; thr

ough

you

r Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Am

en

TEM

PLE

TALK

: Fai

th F

orm

atio

n

Sa

ra G

alyo

n V

OC

AL

SOLO

: I’ll

Wal

k w

ith G

od

B

ob G

usta

fson

TH

E FI

RST

LES

SON

Isa

iah

44:6

-8

6 Th

us sa

ys th

e LO

RD

, the

Kin

g of

Isra

el,

a

nd h

is R

edee

mer

, the

LO

RD

of h

osts

: I a

m th

e fir

st a

nd I

am th

e la

st;

b

esid

es m

e th

ere

is n

o go

d.

7 W

ho is

like

me?

Let

them

pro

clai

m it

,

let t

hem

dec

lare

and

set i

t for

th b

efor

e m

e.

Who

has

ann

ounc

ed fr

om o

f old

the

thin

gs to

com

e?

L

et th

em te

ll us

wha

t is y

et to

be.

8 D

o no

t fea

r, or

be

afra

id;

h

ave

I not

told

you

from

of o

ld a

nd d

ecla

red

it?

Y

ou a

re m

y w

itnes

ses!

Is

ther

e an

y go

d be

side

s me?

The

re is

no

othe

r roc

k; I

know

not

one

. TH

E PS

ALM

P

salm

71

1 In

you

, O L

OR

D, I

take

refu

ge;

le

t me

neve

r be

put t

o sh

ame.

2 In

you

r rig

hteo

usne

ss d

eliv

er m

e an

d re

scue

me;

incl

ine

your

ear

to m

e an

d sa

ve m

e.

3 B

e to

me

a ro

ck o

f ref

uge,

a st

rong

fortr

ess,

to sa

ve m

e,

fo

r you

are

my

rock

and

my

fortr

ess.

4 R

escu

e m

e, O

my

God

, fro

m th

e ha

nd o

f the

wic

ked,

from

the

gras

p of

the

unju

st a

nd c

ruel

. 5 Fo

r you

, O L

ord,

are

my

hope

,

my

trust

, O L

OR

D, f

rom

my

yout

h.

6 U

pon

you

I hav

e le

aned

from

my

birth

;

it w

as y

ou w

ho to

ok m

e fr

om m

y m

othe

r’s w

omb.

M

y pr

aise

is c

ontin

ually

of y

ou.

7 I h

ave

been

like

a p

orte

nt to

man

y,

b

ut y

ou a

re m

y st

rong

refu

ge.

8 M

y m

outh

is fi

lled

with

you

r pra

ise,

7

a

nd w

ith y

our g

lory

all

day

long

. 9 D

o no

t cas

t me

off i

n th

e tim

e of

old

age

;

do

not f

orsa

ke m

e w

hen

my

stre

ngth

is sp

ent.

10 F

or m

y en

emie

s spe

ak c

once

rnin

g m

e,

a

nd th

ose

who

wat

ch fo

r my

life

cons

ult t

oget

her.

11 T

hey

say,

“Pu

rsue

and

seiz

e th

at p

erso

n

who

m G

od h

as fo

rsak

en,

fo

r the

re is

no

one

to d

eliv

er.”

12

O G

od, d

o no

t be

far f

rom

me;

O m

y G

od, m

ake

hast

e to

hel

p m

e!

13 L

et m

y ac

cuse

rs b

e pu

t to

sham

e an

d co

nsum

ed;

le

t tho

se w

ho se

ek to

hur

t me

b

e co

vere

d w

ith sc

orn

and

disg

race

. 14

But

I w

ill h

ope

cont

inua

lly,

a

nd w

ill p

rais

e yo

u ye

t mor

e an

d m

ore.

15

My

mou

th w

ill te

ll of

you

r rig

hteo

us a

cts,

o

f you

r dee

ds o

f sal

vatio

n al

l day

long

,

thou

gh th

eir n

umbe

r is p

ast m

y kn

owle

dge.

16

I w

ill c

ome

prai

sing

the

mig

hty

deed

s of t

he L

ord

GO

D,

I

will

pra

ise

your

righ

teou

snes

s, yo

urs a

lone

. 17

O G

od, f

rom

my

yout

h yo

u ha

ve ta

ught

me,

and

I st

ill p

rocl

aim

you

r won

drou

s dee

ds.

18 S

o ev

en to

old

age

and

gra

y ha

irs,

O

God

, do

not f

orsa

ke m

e,

until

I pr

ocla

im y

our m

ight

to a

ll th

e ge

nera

tions

to c

ome.

Y

our p

ower

19 an

d yo

ur ri

ghte

ousn

ess,

O G

od,

re

ach

the

high

hea

vens

. Y

ou w

ho h

ave

done

gre

at th

ings

,

O G

od, w

ho is

like

you

? 20

You

who

hav

e m

ade

me

see

man

y tro

uble

s and

cal

amiti

es

w

ill re

vive

me

agai

n;

from

the

dept

hs o

f the

ear

th

y

ou w

ill b

ring

me

up a

gain

. 21

You

will

incr

ease

my

hono

r,

and

com

fort

me

once

aga

in.

22 I

will

als

o pr

aise

you

with

the

harp

for y

our f

aith

fuln

ess,

O m

y G

od;

I will

sing

pra

ises

to y

ou w

ith th

e ly

re,

O

Hol

y O

ne o

f Isr

ael.

23 M

y lip

s will

shou

t for

joy

w

hen

I sin

g pr

aise

s to

you;

8

m

y so

ul a

lso,

whi

ch y

ou h

ave

resc

ued.

24

All

day

long

my

tong

ue w

ill ta

lk o

f you

r rig

hteo

us h

elp,

fo

r tho

se w

ho tr

ied

to d

o m

e ha

rm

h

ave

been

put

to sh

ame,

and

dis

grac

ed.

THE

SEC

ON

D L

ESSO

N

R

oman

s 8:1

2-25

12

So

then

, bro

ther

s an

d si

ster

s, w

e ar

e de

btor

s, no

t to

the

flesh

, to

live

acco

rdin

g to

the

flesh

— 13

for i

f you

live

acc

ordi

ng to

the

flesh

, you

will

di

e; b

ut if

by

the

Spiri

t you

put

to d

eath

the

deed

s of t

he b

ody,

you

will

liv

e. 14

For

all w

ho ar

e led

by

the S

pirit

of G

od ar

e chi

ldre

n of

God

. 15 Fo

r yo

u di

d no

t rec

eive

a sp

irit o

f sla

very

to fa

ll ba

ck in

to fe

ar, b

ut y

ou h

ave

rece

ived

a s

pirit

of a

dopt

ion.

Whe

n w

e cr

y, “

Abb

a! F

athe

r!”

16 it

is th

at

very

Spi

rit b

earin

g w

itnes

s with

our

spi

rit t

hat

we

are

child

ren

of

God

, 17 an

d if

child

ren,

the

n he

irs,

heirs

of

God

and

joi

nt h

eirs

with

C

hris

t—if,

in fa

ct, w

e su

ffer

with

him

so

that

we

may

als

o be

glo

rifie

d w

ith h

im.

18 I

cons

ider

tha

t th

e su

ffer

ings

of

this

pre

sent

tim

e ar

e no

t w

orth

co

mpa

ring

with

the

glor

y ab

out t

o be

reve

aled

to u

s. 19

For

the

crea

tion

wai

ts w

ith e

ager

long

ing

for t

he re

veal

ing

of th

e ch

ildre

n of

God

; 20 fo

r th

e cr

eatio

n w

as su

bjec

ted

to fu

tility

, not

of i

ts o

wn

will

but

by

the

will

of

the

one

who

sub

ject

ed it

, in

hope

21 th

at th

e cr

eatio

n its

elf w

ill b

e se

t fr

ee fr

om it

s bo

ndag

e to

dec

ay a

nd w

ill o

btai

n th

e fr

eedo

m o

f the

glo

ry

of t

he c

hild

ren

of G

od. 2

2 W

e kn

ow t

hat

the

who

le c

reat

ion

has

been

gr

oani

ng in

labo

r pa

ins

until

now

; 23 an

d no

t onl

y th

e cr

eatio

n, b

ut w

e ou

rsel

ves,

who

hav

e th

e fir

st fr

uits

of t

he S

pirit

, gro

an in

war

dly

whi

le

we

wai

t for

ado

ptio

n, th

e re

dem

ptio

n of

our

bod

ies.

24 F

or in

hop

e w

e w

ere

save

d. N

ow h

ope

that

is se

en is

not

hop

e. F

or w

ho h

opes

for w

hat

is s

een?

25 B

ut if

we

hope

for

wha

t we

do n

ot s

ee, w

e w

ait f

or it

with

pa

tienc

e.

GO

SPEL

AC

CLA

MA

TIO

N: “

Alle

luia

, Lor

d to

Who

m S

hall

We

Go”

9 TH

E G

OSP

EL A

NN

OU

NC

EMEN

T Th

e H

oly

Gos

pel a

ccor

ding

to S

t. M

atth

ew, t

he 1

3th c

hapt

er.

Glo

ry to

you

, O L

ord.

TH

E G

OSP

EL

M

atth

ew 1

3:24

-30,

36-

43

24 H

e pu

t bef

ore

them

ano

ther

par

able

: “Th

e ki

ngdo

m o

f hea

ven

may

be

com

pare

d to

som

eone

who

sow

ed g

ood

seed

in h

is f

ield

; 25 bu

t whi

le

ever

ybod

y w

as a

slee

p, a

n en

emy

cam

e an

d so

wed

wee

ds a

mon

g th

e w

heat

, and

the

n w

ent

away

. 26 So

whe

n th

e pl

ants

cam

e up

and

bor

e gr

ain,

the

n th

e w

eeds

app

eare

d as

wel

l. 27

And

the

sla

ves

of t

he

hous

ehol

der c

ame

and

said

to h

im, ‘

Mas

ter,

did

you

not s

ow g

ood

seed

in

you

r fie

ld? W

here

, the

n, d

id th

ese w

eeds

com

e fro

m?’

28 H

e ans

wer

ed,

‘An

enem

y ha

s don

e th

is.’

The

slav

es sa

id to

him

, ‘Th

en d

o yo

u w

ant u

s to

go

and

gath

er th

em?’

29 B

ut h

e rep

lied,

‘No;

for i

n ga

ther

ing

the w

eeds

yo

u w

ould

upr

oot t

he w

heat

alo

ng w

ith th

em. 3

0 Le

t bot

h of

them

gro

w

toge

ther

unt

il th

e ha

rves

t; an

d at

har

vest

tim

e I

will

tel

l th

e re

aper

s, C

olle

ct th

e wee

ds fi

rst a

nd b

ind

them

in b

undl

es to

be b

urne

d, b

ut g

athe

r th

e w

heat

into

my

barn

.’”

36 T

hen

he le

ft th

e cr

owds

and

wen

t int

o th

e ho

use.

And

his

dis

cipl

es

appr

oach

ed h

im, s

ayin

g, “

Expl

ain

to u

s th

e pa

rabl

e of

the

wee

ds o

f the

fie

ld.”

37 H

e an

swer

ed, “

The

one

who

sow

s th

e go

od s

eed

is th

e So

n of

M

an; 3

8 th

e fie

ld is

the

wor

ld, a

nd th

e go

od s

eed

are

the

child

ren

of th

e ki

ngdo

m; t

he w

eeds

are

the

child

ren

of th

e ev

il on

e, 39

and

the

enem

y w

ho s

owed

them

is th

e de

vil;

the

harv

est i

s th

e en

d of

the

age,

and

the

reap

ers a

re a

ngel

s. 40

Just

as t

he w

eeds

are

col

lect

ed a

nd b

urne

d up

with

fir

e, s

o w

ill it

be

at th

e en

d of

the

age.

41 T

he S

on o

f Man

will

sen

d hi

s an

gels

, and

they

will

col

lect

out

of h

is k

ingd

om a

ll ca

uses

of s

in a

nd a

ll ev

ildoe

rs, 4

2 an

d th

ey w

ill t

hrow

the

m i

nto

the

furn

ace

of f

ire, w

here

th

ere

will

be

wee

ping

and

gna

shin

g of

teet

h. 43

The

n th

e rig

hteo

us w

ill

shin

e lik

e th

e su

n in

the

kin

gdom

of

thei

r Fa

ther

. Le

t an

yone

with

ea

rs li

sten

! Th

e G

ospe

l of t

he L

ord.

Pr

aise

to y

ou, O

Chr

ist.

10

H

YM

N: “

How

Firm

a F

ound

atio

n” v

s 1,2

,4

TH

E SE

RM

ON

11

TH

E A

POST

LES’

CR

EED

I b

elie

ve in

God

, the

Fat

her

alm

ight

y,

cr

eato

r of

hea

ven

and

eart

h.

I bel

ieve

in J

esus

Chr

ist, h

is on

ly S

on, o

ur L

ord,

He

was

con

ceiv

ed b

y th

e po

wer

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it,

and

born

of t

he v

irgi

n M

ary,

He

suffe

red

unde

r Po

ntiu

s Pila

te,

was

cru

cifie

d, d

ied,

and

was

bur

ied.

He

desc

ende

d in

to h

ell.

O

n th

e th

ird

day

he r

ose

agai

n.

H

e as

cend

ed in

to h

eave

n,

and

is se

ated

at t

he r

ight

han

d of

the F

athe

r,

H

e w

ill c

ome

agai

n to

judg

e th

e liv

ing

and

the

dead

. I b

elie

ve in

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

the

holy

cat

holic

chu

rch,

the

com

mun

ion

of sa

ints

,

the

forg

iven

ess o

f sin

s,

the

resu

rrec

tion

of th

e bo

dy,

an

d th

e lif

e ev

erla

stin

g. A

men

TH

E O

FFER

TOR

Y: “

We

Giv

e Th

ee b

ut T

hine

Ow

n” v

s 1,2

THE

SHA

RIN

G O

F TH

E PE

AC

E

The

peac

e of

the

Lord

be

with

you

. A

nd a

lso w

ith y

ou.

12

THE

PRA

YER

OF

THE

CH

UR

CH

Le

t us p

ray

for t

he w

hole

peo

ple

of G

od in

Chr

ist J

esus

, and

for a

ll pe

ople

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

r nee

ds.

Lord

, in

your

mer

cy, h

ear

our

pray

er.

Into

you

r han

ds, O

Lor

d, w

e co

mm

end

all f

or w

hom

we

pray

, tru

stin

g in

you

r mer

cy; t

hrou

gh y

our S

on, J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Am

en.

THE

LOR

D’S

PR

AY

ER

Le

t us p

ray

with

con

fiden

ce in

the

wor

ds o

ur S

avio

r gav

e us

.

Our

Fat

her

in h

eave

n,

hallo

wed

be

your

nam

e,

your

kin

gdom

com

e,

your

will

be

done

,

on e

arth

as i

n he

aven

.

Giv

e us

toda

y ou

r da

ily b

read

.

Forg

ive

us o

ur si

ns

as w

e fo

rgiv

e th

ose

who

sin

agai

nst u

s.

Save

us f

rom

the

time

of tr

ial

and

deliv

er u

s fro

m e

vil.

Fo

r th

e ki

ngdo

m, t

he p

ower

an

d th

e gl

ory

are

your

s,

no

w a

nd fo

reve

r. A

men

TH

E B

ENED

ICTI

ON

13

HY

MN

: “I L

ove

to T

ell t

he S

tory

” v

s 1,3

14

TH

E D

ISM

ISSA

L TH

E PO

STLU

DE:

On

Eagl

e’s W

ings