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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All Saints’ Day November 1, 2026
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Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 149 (pg. 623)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
OPENING HYMN ————————————————- # 150
“Let All Things Now Living”
*Confession of Sins …………………………………………….. pg. 2
*Kyrie & Declaration of Grace ..………………………….… pg. 3
*Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: Revelation 7:9-17 (pg. 1223)
2nd Reading: 1 John 3:1-3 (pg. 1211)
*The Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (pg. 962)
*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 ————————————————————— # 191
“This Is My Father’s World”
Sermon: Acts 25 – “Appeal to a Higher Authority”
HYMN ————————————————————— # 628
“God of Our Fathers”
* 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, 260, 141,
184, 164
*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 #150: “Let All Things Now Living”
Memory verse: Exodus 20:7 “You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain.”
Meet in the sanctuary this morning, after the Sunday School opening, for a time of discussion, prayer, and maybe sing a verse or two.
The Hat & Mitten Tree will be out from now until November 22nd for those who would like to donate for our locals in need.
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:
4th – Wed. – Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m.
7th – Sat. – Men’s bible study, 8:00 a.m.
8th – Sun. – Worship, 9:00 a.m. (Acts 26)
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.
CHURCH CLEANING: Nov. 2 – 8 Sara Wright & Tammy Bamberg
Usher for Sunday, November 8th: Vic Wieczorek & Walter Villmow
*Call to Worship: Psalm 149
149 Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the godly!
2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
3 Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.
5 Let the godly exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands,
7 to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishments on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with chains
and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9 to execute on them the judgment written!
This is honor for all his godly ones.
Praise the Lord!
1st Reading: Revelation 7:9-17
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
2nd Reading: 1 John 3:1-3
3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
*The Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12
5 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.