Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 8, 2017
American Lutheran Church
“Committed to Love and to Serve”
905 East First Street u Gibson City, Illinois 60936 u (217) 784-4841
Pastor Jim Davis
Parsonage: (217) 784-5444 u Cell: (309) 826-4968
Krysti Brucker, Organist u Gerry Gallagher, Secretary
A member of Servant’s United Parish u God’s work ~ Our hands!
Community Lutheran, Cornell & St. Peter’s Lutheran, Dwight
Primarily Served by Pastor Kurt Hoover
Trinity Lutheran, Chenoa & St. John’s Lutheran, Anchor
Primarily Served by Pastor Ed Hudelson
St. John’s Lutheran, Sibley
Primarily Served by Pastor Jim Davis
“P” indicates Pastor / “A” indicates Assisting Minister / “R” indicates Reader
Bold text with a “C” indicates Congregational response
PRELUDE
WELCOME
Please stand in body or in spirit.
HYMN – My Song Is Love Unknown – Green 94 – v. 1, 2, 3 & 4
GREETING
A: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you.
KYRIE
KYRIE
PRAYER OF
PRAYER OF THE DAY
A: Let us pray: C: Beloved God, from you come all things that are good. Lead us by the inspiration of your Spirit to know those things that are right, and by your merciful guidance, help us to do them, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
A: Please be seated and have the children come forward for their sermon.
SERMON FOR CHILDREN
FIRST READING – Isaiah 5:1-7
R: Let us read from the Fifth Chapter of Isaiah responsively:
1Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved
had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
2He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a
watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected
it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
3And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me
and my vineyard.
4What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I
expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
5And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge,
and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be
trampled down.
6I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown
with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no
rain upon it.
7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of
Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed;
righteousness, but heard a cry!
R: Word of God, word of life! C: Praise to you, O Christ!
PSALM 80:7-15
R: Let us read from Psalm 80 responsively:
7Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine upon us, and we shall be
saved.
8You have brought a vine out of Egypt; you cast out the nations and planted it.
9You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered by its shadow, and the towering cedar trees by
its boughs.
11You stretched out its tendrils to the sea, and its branches to the river.
12Why have you broken down its wall, so that all who pass by pluck off its
grapes?
13The wild boar of the forest has ravaged it, and the beasts of the field have
grazed upon it.
14Turn now, O God of hosts, look down from heaven;
15behold and tend this vine; preserve what your right hand has planted.
GOSPEL READING – Matthew 21:33-46
R: Please stand in body or in spirit . . . Our Gospel Reading is from the
Twenty-First Chapter of Matthew:
[Jesus said to the people:] 33“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. 35But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. 37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.’ 39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time.” 42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’? 43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. 44The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” 45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. 46They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.
R: This is the Word of our Lord. C: Thanks be to God! R: Please be seated.
SERMON – Does God Expect Us to Pay Rent?
HYMN – Rise Up, O Saints of God! – Green 383
BAPTISM OF LANE TIMMONS – See Blue Insert
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
A: Open to the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we pray for the church, the world, and all of God’s creation.
A: Hear us, O God...... C: Your mercy is great.
A: Into your hands, gracious God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting the power of Christ and the gifts of the Spirit. C: Amen.
PEOPLE IN OUR PRAYERS
Dick Anstrom, father of Rich Anstrom is a resident of Gibson Hospital Annex.
Jerry Biggart, nephew of Bette Mohart continues to recover from a motorcycle
accident and 3 subsequent surgeries.
Adam Brerhorst, an 18-year-old good friend of Gary & Sharon Stroh’s grandson
Adam, is recovering from a foot amputation and undergoing chemotherapy.
Carrie Breum, grand-daughter of Frank & Margaret Stocker is teaching in Asia.
Isaac Brucker is serving in the U.S. Army in Fort Lee, Virginia.
Lisa Buhs, daughter-in-law of Judy Buhs is battling MS.
David Carstens, brother of Carol Carlson, is suffering from heart and COPD
complications.
Carly Chase, is an 8-year-old girl on maintenance chemo. Her twin brother is a
former student of Kelly Tompkins.
Kim Cooper, granddaughter of Camilla Lohmeyer is contending with an
aggressive cancer.
Emma Couillard, mother of Jeanette Bartells has health concerns.
Mandy Darbutt, an employee of Villas of Holly Brook, is preparing for additional
foot surgery.
Heather Eisenhardt, grand-daughter of Bette Mohart is serving in the U.S. Navy
at Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago.
Judy Friedlein, a long-time friend of Pastor Jim is fighting cancer.
Herb Green has health concerns.
Alex Happ, grandson of Carol Carlson is serving in the U.S. Marines. He is
suffering from constant migraines and is recovering from appendix surgery.
Chuck Hay continues physical therapy on his broken knee and lower leg bones; and his wife, Nancy is caregiver for Chuck and Lou Wahls, her father.
Pastor Kurt & Barbara Hoover on their move to Iowa.
Dwayne & Barb Horsch continue to restore their home from a house fire.
Dale Jones is a resident of Heritage Healthcare.
Denise Horton, a family friend of Molly Schroader is contending with cancer.
Ada Kennedy is a resident of Gibson Area Hospital Annex.
Liz Zalaker Laurie, sister of Mike Zalaker is fighting illness.
Curtis Lindsey, grandson of Becki Reinhart has health concerns.
Patricia Lindsey, a neighbor of Gary Keim, is undergoing treatments for cancer.
Nancy List is a resident of the Gibson Area Hospital Annex.
Leona Mulvaney, grandmother of Amy Doman, suffers from congestive heart
failure and depression.
Pastor Dennis Norton of First Baptist Church is struggling with a rare lung
disease. Pastor and his wife, Linda are raising 4 young children.
Joann Reinhart is a resident of Heritage Healthcare and battling dementia.
Roy Roemer has Stage 4 esophageal cancer.
Servants United Parish as it is being formed to the glory of God.
Jim Spangler has health concerns.
Gary Stroh continues to undergo physical therapy for his healing femur and knee.
Mary Timm has health concerns.
Daelin Tolan is a 4th grade girl at Ridgeview Elementary School (Colfax) recently
diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.
Ericka Wahls, niece of Chuck & Nancy Hay is raising 3 very young children with
her husband; is working full-time as a physical therapist; and taking medicine
for an extremely rare heart disease.
Lou Wahls, father of Nancy Hay is a resident of Prairieview Lutheran Home in
Danforth.
SHARING OF GOD’S PEACE
A: May the peace of our Lord be with you always! C: And also with you!
A: Let us share a sign of God’s peace with one another . . .
Please be seated for our offering.
Please fill out an Attendance Card and place it in the offering plate!
This will help us keep accurate records. It is also an opportunity to share notes or prayer requests with Pastor, and to update your contact information.
OFFERING – All we have is from God. We respond by sharing what God has
given us.
Please stand in body or in spirit as our offerings are brought forward.
OFFERING RESPONSE – As the Grains of Wheat
Refrain: As the grains of wheat once scattered on the hill
were gathered into one to become our bread;
So may all your people from all the ends of earth,
be gathered into one in you.
1 As this cup of blessing is shared within our midst,
may we share the presence of your love. Refrain
Text: Didache, 2nd cent.; Marty Haugen, b. 1950
OFFERING PRAYER
A: Let us pray together: C: God of life, you give us these gifts of the earth,
these resources of our life and our labor. Take them, offered in great thanksgiving, and use them to set a table that will heal the whole creation; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Light. Amen.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
P: On the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave
thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.” After supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this in remembrance of me.”
THE LORD’S PRAYER
C: 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.
Please be seated.
DISTRIBUTION OF HOLY COMMUNION
COMMUNION ANTHEM – Krysti Brucker, keyboards
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
P: Let us pray together: C: Holy and compassionate God, in bread and wine you give us gifts that form us to be humble and courageous. May your words come to life in our serving and in our witness, that we might speak a living voice of healing and justice to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our rock and our redeemer. Amen.
Announcements – Please use the microphone!
blessing
P: God, creator of all things, speaking reformation into being; Jesus Christ, savior of the world, raising the dead; Holy Spirit, living voice, calling and enlightening the church: Almighty God, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and
forever. C: Amen.
HYMN – Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In
1 Oh, when the saints go marching in, oh, when the saints go marching in,
O Lord, I want to be in that number – when the saints go marching in!
2 Oh, when the Lord in glory comes, oh, when the Lord in glory comes,
O Lord, I want to be in that number – when the Lord in glory comes!
3 Oh, when the new world is revealed, oh, when the new world is revealed,
O Lord, I want to be in that number – when the new world is revealed!
4 Oh, when they gather round the throne, oh, when they gather round the throne,
O Lord, I want to be in that number – when they gather round the throne!
5 Oh, when they crown him King of kings, oh, when they crown him King of
kings,
O Lord, I want to be in that number – when they crown him King of kings!