17th Sunday after Pentecost October 5, 2025
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Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 62 (pg. 566)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
OPENING HYMN ------------------------------------------------- # 221
“In Thee is Gladness”
*Confession of Sins …………………………….................... pg. 2
*Kyrie & Declaration of Grace ..………………………….… pg. 3
*Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: Habbakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 (pg. 931)
2nd Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-14 (pg. 1180)
*The Gospel: Luke 17:1-10 (pg. 1041)
*Response to the Word ……………………………………… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Nicene Creed….…………......... pg. 18
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN -------------------------------------------------------------- # 444
“Lord Jesus, Think on Me”
Sermon: “Submission to Authority”
HYMN -------------------------------------------------------------- # 261
“We Have a Sure, Prophetic Word”
* Communion Service: The Exhortation ……………………. pg. 6
* The Lord’s Prayer & Words of the Institution.……………. pg. 7
Lamb of God ………………………………………………. pg. 20
Hymns during the distribution of Communion: # 285, 97, 177,
542, 557
*Closing Prayer
*The Benediction & Three-fold Amen ...……………………. pg. 8
THE DOXOLOGY ……………………………...………….. # 390
Organ Postlude
Announcements
Holy Communion: We invite all who believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and who have received Confirmation or other Biblical instruction on this Sacrament to come to the altar to participate in the Lord’s Supper. All other, including children, are invited to come forward to receive a blessing from the Pastor. We also invite you to prepare yourself by reading “Personal Preparation for Holy Communion,” (hymnal pages 14-15). Please note: The 6 cups in the center ring of the communion trays are Grape Juice for those wanting juice instead of wine.
Monthly hymn #444: "Lord Jesus, Think
on Me"
Memory verse: 1 Peter 5:6-7
“Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God so that at the
proper time He may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him,
because He cares for you.”
A brief Congregational Meeting will be held at the end of the service today, regarding church foundation work
The Card Book is in the basement again and orders will be taken until next Sunday, October 12th.
Fall Festival on October 18 from 10:00am-1:30pm at New Hope Christian Camp in Platte. There will be inflatables, carnival games, hay rides, pumpkin decorating, prizes, face painting, food and more! We will start serving lunch at 11am and have a time of worship at 1pm. Come to enjoy some free fun for the whole family!
Church Library content can be viewed online through www.librarything.com/catalog/stpeterlutheran
This Week’s Activities:
8th – Wed. – WMF meeting, 7:00 p.m.
12th – Sun. – Worship, 9:00 a.m., Sunday School, 10:00
a.m.
CHURCH CLEANING: Oct. 6 – 12 Cindy VanZee & Courtney Sorenson
Usher for Sunday, October 12: Travis Fink & Trent Wright
*Call to Worship: Psalm 62
62 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.
2 He
alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be
greatly shaken.
3 How long will all of you attack a
man
to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
4 They only plan to thrust him
down from his high position.
They take pleasure in falsehood.
They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse.
5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in
silence,
for my hope is from him.
6 He
only is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be
shaken.
7 On God rests
my salvation and my glory;
my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
8 Trust in him at all times,
O people;
pour out your heart before him; God
is a refuge for us.
9 Those of low estate are but a
breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances
they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
10 Put no trust in extortion;
set
no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, set not your heart
on them.
11 Once God has spoken; twice have I
heard this:
that power belongs to God,
12
and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.
For you
will render to a man
according to his work.
1st Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for
help,
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and
you will not save?
3 Why do you make
me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention
arise.
4 So the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the
righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.
2 I will take my stand at my watchpost
and
station myself on the tower,
and look out to see what he will say
to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
2 And the Lord answered me:
“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run
who reads it.
3 For still the vision
awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not
delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it
is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his
faith.
2nd Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-14
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, 9 who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, 10 and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. 13 Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
*The Gospel: Luke 17:1-10
17 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
7 “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? 8 Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”