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How FIRM a FOUNDATION - Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
10:45 - Leader's Meeting
11:00 - Coffee Hour in 11 Minutes (Sip your coffee and discuss Psalm 118 or Isaiah 5 or Matthew 21 ... and how God might reach a Wide Range of People through us during this season of Pentecost ... or what are your thoughts about the illness in the White House?)
11:11 - WORSHIP BEGINS
Lift Every Voice and Sing (* offered by Pastor Todd)
Psalm 118:1-8, 22-24 read by #1
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 2 Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.” 3 Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.” 4 Let those who fear the Lord say: “His love endures forever.” 5 When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. 6 The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? 7 The Lord is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.
8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
22 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
23 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.
A) FIRST SONG: How Firm a Foundation, from the album, "Together for the Gospel Live" from Sovereign Grace Music
Please MUTE and SING (lyrics in video)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
To Serve as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
about being a VEHICLE
that will deliver CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, and COMPANIONSHIP
to a tremendously anxious COMMUNITY,
remembering that God is our REFUGE & STRENGTH.
A) NEXT Wednesday October 7 @ 7 PM,
BIBLE STUDY on ACTS: with Christ Lutheran Church
B) NEXT Saturday, October 10
Backpacks & School Supplies Distribution?
C) NEXT Sunday, October 11 @ 12:45 PM
CIRCLE of CARE Prayer after church
D) Names for the EZEKIEL 44 EXPERIMENT
EVERYONE is a part of one Project or the Other:
a) Need 5-10 for Clean HANDS Project ... A plan for returning to IN PERSON Worship
(Planning in Orange to implement in Yellow)
b) Need 5-10 for Clean HEART Project ... A plan for including the Health & Safety Conscious ONLINE (Planning in Yellow to implement in Green)
E) The WITNESS of the Acts of the Apostles at Mt Olive:
The VITAL LEGACY of the HISTORICAL BLACK CHURCH
Help with 2 things: A) I WOULD LIKE to SHARE a MESSAGE or a TESTIMONY
B) I WOULD LIKE to HEAR from this PASTOR .... or BROTHER .... or SISTER ...
B) SECOND LESSON: Isaiah 5:1-7, read by #2
2) Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He 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. And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What 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? And 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. I 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. For 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!
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks Be to God!!
I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart, a Listener Kids video
D) KYRIE, led by Carlos Leggett
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For the peace from above, and for our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For this holy house, and for all who offer here their worship and praise, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
Amen.
3) The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
AND ALSO WITH YOU
4) We gather together and share a CREED to remember that in God, we have a Companion who will never fail us and will be with us always. It is a CREED that reminds us that death is never the final answer, and the hope springs eternal for those who follow the God of Resurrection and Life.
I BELIEVE IN GOD,
the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST,
God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.* On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
3) We take this moment to confess our sins: Do you confess that you are captive to sin and cannot free yourself from this trap of sin and death, at least not in this life? Do you confess that you have sinned against God in anger, rebellion, frustration, doubt and fear.
WE DO.
4) Do you confess that, because your neighbor fails to love in the way that God commands, that you also have not loved your neighbor as yourself? Do you confess that you struggle to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength?
WE DO.
3) Do you ask, with the help of Jesus Christ, Forgive us, Lord, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.
WE DO. AMEN.
4) Brothers and sisters hear this grace: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you and for His sake, God forgives you all of your sins. As a called disciple of Christ I declare the entire forgiveness of all of your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
AMEN.
Halle, Halle, Halle-lujah, led by Tanya Browne & Dolphene Davis
Our Gospel Lesson comes from the Matthew in the 21st Chapter.
GLORY TO YOU, O LORD!
5) "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. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, "They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.' So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
6) They 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." Jesus 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'?
Therefore 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. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls." When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
PRAISE TO YOU, OH CHRIST
G) SECOND SONG: God Will Take Care of You led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE and SING along (lyrics below)
Refrain: God will take care of you, Through every day, o’er all the way; He will take care of you, God will take care of you.
Be not dismayed whate’er betide, God will take care of you; Beneath His wings of love abide, God will take care of you. [Refrain]
Through days of toil when heart doth fail, God will take care of you; When dangers fierce your path assail, God will take care of you. [Refrain]
All you may need He will provide, God will take care of you; Nothing you ask will be denied, God will take care of you. [Refrain]
H) SERMON: The REJECTED Corner STONE
Sermon Series:
EVERYBODY Benefits from the Truth of the BLACK CHURCH
1) LIFTED UP within an AFFIRMING COMMUNITY
2) SPEAKING to POWER with a POWERFUL VOICE
3) REMEMBERING a LIFE GIVING STORY about FREEDOM
4) ORGANIZING to EFFECT ECONOMIC JUSTICE
5) ADVOCATING for PEOPLE whose VOICE is NOT HEARD
6) DRAMATIC MOVEMENT in MUSIC, the ARTS, & SPORTS
Competition and cooperation; Solo expression & Ensemble harmony
J) THIRD SONG: The Church Has One Foundation, led by Fountainview Academy
(Please MUTE and SING (no lyrics)
K) LITURGY of HOLY COMMUNION Lord, God, Heavenly King .... Led by Tanya Browne
LORD, GOD, HEAVENLY KING, Almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory, Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Faither, Lord, God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us,
You are seated at the right hand of the Father, receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit, In the Glory of God the Father, Amen.
GREAT THANKSGIVING & Preface by #7
Please UNMute & RESPOND
The Lord be with you,
AND ALSO WITH YOU
Lift up your hearts
WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD!
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE OUR THANKS AND PRAISE.
It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, Holy Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who on this day overcame death and the grave and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so with the Church on Earth and all the hosts of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD, Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he, who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, in the highest.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & Lord's Prayer, led by #7
The Words of Institution are recorded for us in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke as well as by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:
“Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night in which He was betrayed, took bread and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: ‘Take and eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.’
“In the same way also He took the cup after supper, gave thanks, and gave it to them saying: ‘Drink of it all of you; this cup is the New Covenant in My blood, which is shed for you and for all people, for the remission of sins. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'”
When the disciples didn't know how to PRAY in the face of the challenges ahead of them, they asked Jesus for help. He said, "Pray this way!" Will you share with me the Lord's Prayer?
Please UNMute & RESPOND
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.
1) Lamb, Of God, led by Dolphene Davis & 2) Holy, Holy, Holy led by Carlos Leggett
Please MUTE & SING:
1) Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us (repeat) ... Lamb of God, you take away, the sins of the world, grant us peace ... grant us peace.
* AND *
Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God Almighty, Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee, Holy, holy, holy, Merciful and mighty, God in three persons blessed Trinity
L) Post Communion Blessing & Prayer led by #7
ALL: May the body and blood of our Risen Lord, Jesus the Christ, strengthen you and keep you in His grace, now and always. Amen.
Let us pray. Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ’s resurrection you send light to conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of life to nourish your people. Help us to stand with Jesus as witnesses to your Son’s resurrection, that we may show your glory to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. AMEN.
M) BENEDICTION: Lord I Lift Your Name on High, led by the African Children's Choir
Please MUTE and SING along (lyrics below)
Lord I lift Your name on high, Lord I love to sing Your praises I'm so glad Your in my life, I'm so glad You came to save us
You came from heaven to earth, To show the way From the earth to the cross, My debt to pay From the cross to the grave, From the grave to the sky Lord I lift Your name on high
SENDING: Led by led by #7
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
TO SERVE as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
Go in Peace and Serve the Lord!
Thanks be to God!! And WE WILL!!
EVERYBODY benefits from the BLACK CHURCH
1) LIFTED UP within an AFFIRMING COMMUNITY
2) SPEAKING to POWER with a POWERFUL VOICE
3) REMEMBERING a LIFE GIVING STORY about FREEDOM
4) ORGANIZING to EFFECT ECONOMIC JUSTICE
5) ADVOCATING for PEOPLE whose VOICE is NOT HEARD
6) DRAMATIC MOVEMENT in MUSIC, the ARTS, & SPORTS
Competition and cooperation; Solo expression & Ensemble harmony
NEXT THREE STEPS
A) NEXT Wednesday October 7 @ 7 PM,
BIBLE STUDY on ACTS: with Christ Lutheran Church
B) NEXT Saturday, October 10
Backpacks & School Supplies Distribution?
C) NEXT Sunday, October 11 @ 12:45 PM
CIRCLE of CARE Prayer after church
D) Names for EZEKIEL EXPERIMENT: Clean Hands Project & Clean Hearts Project
POSTLUDE: This Little Light of Mine, led by the African Children Choir and Harlem Gospel Choir at the 2016 U.S.-Africa Business Forum