ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (AFLC)
Rural Armour
Pastor: Kevin Czymbor
Organist / Violinist: Janett Uttecht, Steve Bamberg,
Renee Engelland, Hannah Lau, Becky Fechner
****************************************************** 15th Sunday after Pentecost September 6, 2026
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Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 32:1-7 (pg. 546)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
OPENING HYMN ————————————————- # 154
“Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun”
*Confession of Sins …………………………………………….. pg. 2
*Kyrie & Declaration of Grace ..………………………….… pg. 3
*Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-9 (pg. 856)
2nd Reading: Romans 13:1-10 (pg. 1127)
*The Gospel: Matthew 18:1-20 (pg. 978)
*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 ————————————————————— # 559
“Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Sermon: Acts 18 – “Reasonable Faith”
HYMN ————————————————————— # 304
“I Love to Tell the Story”
* 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, 275, 201
557, 545
*Closing Prayer
*The Benediction & Three-fold Amen ………………………. pg. 8
THE DOXOLOGY ………………………………………….. # 390
Organ Postlude (* denotes – Congregation please stand as able)
WE CORDIALLY WELCOME all who have come to worship with us this morning! We ask our visitors to please sign the guest book and let us know how we may assist you in any way. God’s peace and joy be upon you!
Pastor Czymbor’s Cell: 412-420-8867 Church: 605-724-2532
Email: [email protected]
Church website: stpeterarmour.org
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 #154: “Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun”
Memory verse: Exodus 20:1-3 “And God spoke these words, saying, I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.”
Church Cleaning Lists are out on the Kitchen counter. Please try to have done before Mission Festival, which is on September 20th.
We appreciate all of you for helping us! Renee & Dee
Herb is celebrating his 90th Birthday, on Saturday, September 12, at the Blue Moon in Armour. Herb’s family will be hosting an open house from 11 am to 3 pm. No gifts please.
Join the Adventure open house event, 6:30pm Monday, September 14th at Zion Lutheran Church, Mitchell, SD. Trail Life USA Troop 1611 invites you and your son to our open house! Boys (ages 5–17) will experience hands-on activities and games while parents discover how Trail Life shapes young men through outdoor adventure and biblical values. Learn more about Trail Life USA: https://traillifeusa.com
Church Website Updates, stpeterarmour.org is ready for new life. If you would like to contribute content to the church website contact pastor or the church council. We can easily update the site with event reports and pictures, Christian resources, notices and information. If your ministry would like to have a presence on the website contact pastor for how to get started using it.
The WMF Fall Rally is in Tripp on September 26th.
The Card Catalog is in the basement for orders.
This Week’s Activities:
8th – Tues. – Quilting Workday, 1:00 p.m.
9th – Wed. – WMF Bible Study & Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Lesson 4
~ Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m.
13th – Sun. – Worship, 9:00 a.m. (Acts 19)
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.
CHURCH CLEANING: Sept. 7 -13 Pat Kreth & Pat Klumb
Usher for Sunday, September 13th : Justin Wright & Keith Sprecher
*Call to Worship: Psalm 32:1-7
32 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.
5 I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
6 Therefore let everyone who is godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;
surely in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.
7 You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
1st Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-9
7 “So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul
2nd Reading: Romans 13:1-10
13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
*The Gospel: Matthew 18:1-20
18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! 8 And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”