ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (AFLC)
Rural Armour
Pastor: Kevin Czymbor
Organist / Violinist: Janett Uttecht, Steve Bamberg,
Renee Engelland, Hannah Lau, Becky Fechner
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21st Sunday after Pentecost October 18, 2026
Welcome & Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 96:1-13 (pg. 591)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
THE OPENING HYMN —————————————— # 420
“Jesus Calls Us o’er the Tumult”
*Confession of Sins ……………….……………….………… pg. 3
*Kyrie …………………………………………………….…. pg. 3
*Declaration of Grace …………………………………..…… pg. 3
HYMN————————————————————— # 546
“Now I Belong to Jesus”
Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: Isaiah 45:1-7 (pg. 719)
2nd Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (pg. 1172)
*The Gospel: Matthew 22:15-22 (pg. 983)
*Response to the Gospel …………………………………..… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed .………………… pg. 4
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN ————————————————————— # 462
“More Love to Thee, O Christ”
Sermon: Acts 23 – “The Real Reason”
THE CLOSING HYMN ——————————————- # 520
“Jesus Saves”
*The Lord’s Prayer ………………………………………….. pg. 5
*The Benediction ………………………………..…………… pg. 5
*Three-fold Amen ……………………………………………. pg. 5
THE DOXOLOGY ………………………………………….. # 390
Organ Postlude
(* Indicates where congregation should stand if possible)
WE CORDIALLY WELCOME all who have come to worship with us this morning, especially our guests and visitors. May our Father’s mercy in Jesus assure you of the forgiveness of all your sins. If you have not established your church home in our area, we are anxious to share with you all the blessings which God gives us through His Word. We ask that you please sign our guest book, and we hope that you return to worship with us again soon.
Pastor Czymbor’s Cell: 412-420-8867 Church: 605-724-2532
Email: [email protected]
Church website: stpeterarmour.org
Announcements
Monthly hymn #420: “Jesus Calls Us o’er the Tumult”
Memory verse: Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
The Parkston Legion will hold a Pancake & Sausage Feed today from 8:00 am to 1:00 p.m.
A Sunday School Teachers Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 21, at 7:00 p.m.
Men! Dakota Jubilee is looking for some “old” voices and some “new” voices to join us for our first practice of the season 7pm, Thursday October 22nd, in the Dakota Christian School Music room. If you enjoy singing, come join us! We would love to see you there! Contact Jeff Patzlaff (605-682-8867) if you have any questions.
Saturday, October 31st … Fall Family Night. 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm An evening of fun and fellowship for all ages. The night will consist of Crafts, science experiments, pizza, worship, Bible Trivia, and Bingo. See you there!
Ladies Bible Study on Women of the Old Testament will be held on Mondays at 6:00 pm. The first one will be on Monday, November 2. We will meet at the church. Books cost $11.00.
Please join the St. Peter WMF for a Thanksgiving Blessings Tea on November 21st from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at our church. RSVP by November 10th to Joyce Sprecher 605-999-4470
This week’s activities:
21st – Wed. – Teachers Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
25th – Sun. – Worship service, 9:00 am, Acts 24
– Sunday School, 10:00 am
~ Anniversary committee to meet following service
CHURCH CLEANING: Oct. 19 – 25 Liz Weber & Samantha Lau
Usher’s for Sunday, Oct 25th: Travis Fink & Trent Wright
*Call to Worship: Psalm 96:1-13
96 Oh sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!
4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts!
9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth!
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”
11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12 let the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
13 before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
45 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and level the exalted places,
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I name you, though you do not know me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
I equip you, though you do not know me,
6 that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and create calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
2nd Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace.
2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
*The Gospel: Matthew 22:15-22
15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.