Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Online Church at Home Service Bulletin | Sunday November 10th, 2024

November 10, 2024 | TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The Lord Freely Feeds and Provides for Us with Everything He Has Those who contribute “large sums” from “out of their abundance” have done very little. They cannot purchase God’s favor with their money. But the “poor widow” with her two small coins, who “out of her poverty has put in everything she had,” entrusts herself and her life to the mercy of God (Mark 12:41–44). Such faith is not disappointed, for the Lord is faithful, and He provides for His people by His grace….
PINNACLE LUTHERAN CHURCH | “Two Copper Coins”

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OPENING HYMN: #725 –  Children of the Heavenly Father
HYMN of the DAY: #738 – Lord of All Hopefulness
CLOSING HYMN: #730 – What is the World to Me

PINNACLE LUTHERAN CHURCH
TWENTY-Fifth SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
“Two Copper Coins”
November 10th, 2024

+ AS WE GATHER +

The Lord Freely Feeds and Provides for Us with Everything He Has

Those who contribute “large sums” from “out of their abundance” have done very little. They cannot purchase God’s favor with their money. But the “poor widow” with her two small coins, who “out of her poverty has put in everything she had,” entrusts herself and her life to the mercy of God (Mark 12:41–44). Such faith is not disappointed, for the Lord is faithful, and He provides for His people by His grace. Thus was the poor widow of Zarephath able to feed the prophet Elijah “for many days,” as well as herself and her household, “according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah” (1 Kings 17:15–16). He feeds us, too, by His Word, not only with daily bread for this body and life, but unto the life everlasting in Christ Jesus. “By the sacrifice of himself,” by the giving of His body and life and all that He had, He has entered “into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf” (Heb. 9:24–26). He is our great High Priest and the Temple of God, as well as the priestly food with which He feeds us.

PRELUDE MUSIC

In respect for the Lord our God and others attending this service, we request that everyone please silence your cellphone for the duration of the service. Thank you! 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPENING HYMN: #725 –  Children of the Heavenly Father

INVOCATION, p. 167

P     In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C     Amen.

CONFESSION and ABSOLUTION, p. 167

P     If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

C     But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination.

P     Let us then confess our sins to God our Father.

C     Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.

P     Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C     Amen.

+ SERVICE OF THE WORD +

INTROIT  Psalm 107:1–2, 41–42; antiphon: v. 8

(spoken responsively as marked)

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
           for his wondrous works to the children of men!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
           for his steadfast love endures forever!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
           whom he has redeemed from trouble.
He raises up the needy out of affliction
           and makes their families like flocks.
The upright see it and are glad,
           and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
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.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
           for his wondrous works to the children of men!

KYRIE, LSB 168

P     In peace let us pray to the Lord.

P     For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord.

P     For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord.

P     For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord.

P     Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.

HYMN OF PRAISE – Gloria in Excelsis, p. 170

P       Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth.

SALUTATION and COLLECT OF THE DAY, p. 172

P     The Lord be with you.

P     Let us pray. Almighty and ever-living God, You have given exceedingly great and precious promises to those who trust in You. Grant us so firmly to believe in Your Son Jesus that our faith may never be found wanting; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

OLD TESTAMENT READING, 1Kings 17:8-16

           ⁸Then the word of the Lord came to [Elijah], ⁹“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” ¹⁰So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” ¹¹And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” ¹²And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” ¹³And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. ¹⁴For thus says the Lord the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’” ¹⁵And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. ¹⁶The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.

A     This is the Word of the Lord.

C     Thanks be to God.

PSALM Psalm 146 antiphon: v, 9a (read responsively by verse)                                 Psalm 146; antiphon

¹Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
²I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
           I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

³Put not your trust in princes,
           in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
⁴When his breath departs he returns to the earth;
           on that very day his plans perish.

⁵Blessèd is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
           whose hope is in the Lord his God,
⁶who made heaven and earth,
           the sea, and all that is in them,
who keeps faith forever;
           ⁷who executes justice for the oppressed,
           who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;
           ⁸the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
           the Lord loves the righteous.
⁹The Lord watches over the sojourners;
           he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
           but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

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

EPISTLE,       Hebrews 9:24–28

           ²⁴For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. ²⁵Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, ²⁶for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, ²⁸so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

A     This is the Word of the Lord.

C     Thanks be to God.

Alleluia and Verse, LSB 173

HOLY GOSPEL, Mark 12:38-44

P      The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the twelfth chapter.

           ³⁸In his teaching [Jesus] said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces ³⁹and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, ⁴⁰who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

           ⁴¹And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. ⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. ⁴³And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. ⁴⁴For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on       

P     This is the Gospel of the Lord.

HYMN of the DAY: #738 – Lord of All Hopefulness

SERMON: “Two Copper Coins” – Mark 12:38-44

Mark 12:28-37

Apostles’ Creed

C     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

After each petition:                                            

P  … Lord, in Your mercy:                      

C   hear our prayer.                             

At conclusion:

P  … one God, now and forever.

C   Amen.

OFFERING

OFFERTORY, p. 176

LORD’S PRAYER      Matthew 6:9–13

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

Closing Prayer

P     O God, from whom come all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works, give to us, Your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey Your commandments and also that we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C     Amen.

BENEDICTION, p. 183

P     The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace.

CLOSING HYMN: #730 – What is the World to Me

SENDING WORDS

P: Go in Peace as you serve the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God!

POSTLUDE MUSIC

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