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6th Wednesday in Lent
Opening Dialogue: - Rev. Mark Goble & Congregation
Processional Hymn: "Jesus Refuge of the Weary" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist
Confession and Absolution: Rev. Mark Goble & Congregation
First Reading: Jonah 3:5-10 (NIV)
- Rev. Mark Goble
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
5 The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
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When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off
his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. 7
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh:
"By the decree of the king and his
nobles:
Do not let any man or beast, herd or
flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on
God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9
Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so
that we will not perish."
10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.
Holy Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16 (NIV)
- Rev. Mark Goble
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
1[Jesus said] "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.3"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' 5So they went.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
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'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He said to them, 'You also go and
work in my vineyard.'
8"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
9"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'
13"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
16"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
Hymn of the Day: "Chief of Sinners Though I Be" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist
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The Sign of Jonah: "About Face" |
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Rev. Charles Neugebauer |
Offertory: "O Lord, Throughout These Forty Days" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist
Prayers: - Rev. Mark Goble
Lord's Prayer:
- Rev. Mark Goble & Congregation
The Blessing: - Rev. Mark Goble
Closing Hymn: "Joyous Light of Heavenly Glory" - Congregation - Kitty Kosman-Flutist & Michella Novy - Organist
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