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Service for September 20, 2009

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Processional  Hymn: "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Invocation & Verses - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Confession & Absolution - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Kyrie -  - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Collect of the Day- Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

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Old Testament:  Jeremiah 11:18-20 (NIV) - Mr. Tom Wilt 

(Although plotted against, Jeremiah trusts God.)

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Plot Against Jeremiah

 ¹⁸ Because the LORD revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. ¹⁹ I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying,
       "Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
       let us cut him off from the land of the living,
       that his name be remembered no more."

 ²⁰ But, O LORD Almighty, you who judge righteously
       and test the heart and mind,
       let me see your vengeance upon them,
       for to you I have committed my cause.

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Epistle:  James 3:13-4:10  ( NIV) - Mr. Tom Wilt     

(God's grace overcomes pride and begets humility.)

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Two Kinds of Wisdom

 ¹³Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. ¹⁴But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. ¹⁵Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. ¹⁶For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

 ¹⁷But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. ¹⁸Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

James 4

Submit Yourselves to God

 ¹What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? ²You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. ³When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

 ⁴You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. ⁵Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?^{[a] 6}But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:
   "God opposes the proud
      but gives grace to the humble."^[b]

 ⁷Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Footnotes:

1. James 4:5 Or that God jealously longs for the spirit that he made to live in us; or that the Spirit he caused to live in us longs jealously

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Holy Gospel: Mark 9:30-37 (NIV) - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

(Jesus teaches true greatness.)

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 ³⁰They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, ³¹because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise." ³²But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

Who is Greatest?

 ³³They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" ³⁴But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

 ³⁵Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."

 ³⁶He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."

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Children's Message: - Mr. Chris Miller

Hymn of the Day: "Here I Am, Lord" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Pianist 

Message "True Greatness"

Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Confession of Faith - Nicene Creed - Rev. Charles Neugebauer & Congregation

Prayers of the Church:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Offerings @ 8:30: "Let There Be Peace on Earth" -  Caroline Johnson - Soloist 

Preface: Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Lord's Prayer:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer  & Congregation

Words of Institution: Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Pax Domini: "The Lamb" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Distribution Hymns: Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Thanksgiving: - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Benediction - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Recessional Hymn: "Go, My Children, with My Blessing" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

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