Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran ChurchFounded 18561343 Penniman AvenuePlymouth, MI 48170Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodLuke 16:1-13 - The Parable of the Shrewd ManagerSunday, September 18, 2016Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

September 18, 2016The Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostService Notes:- The following psalms in the front of the hymnal (page 64f) willaid you in your meditation before receiving the Lord’s Supper:Psalms 34, 42-43, 51, 84, 116, 150. Prayers for preparation forworship are on pages 10 and 11 in the hymnal. A form forpreparation for Communion is on page 156.- Please sign the friendship registry in the pews before the serviceor during the offering. If you have a prayer request or would likePastor Schaefer to visit or call you, please note your request.Holy Communion will be celebrated today. Our guests are kindlyasked to note that it is our practice to first become a member of ourcommunion fellowship before communing with us. Please speakto our pastor about becoming a member of our communionfellowship.SERVICE OF WORD AND SACRAMENT(Hymnal page 26)HYMN: #484 “Brothers, Sisters, Let Us Gladly”STANDM: The grace of our Lord ( ) Jesus Christ and the love of God andthe fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.C: And also with you.

CONFESSION OF SINSM: God invites us to come into his presence and worship him withhumble and penitent hearts. Therefore, let us acknowledge oursinfulness and ask him to forgive us.C: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by naturesinful, and that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words,and actions. I have done what is evil and failed to do what isgood. For this I deserve your punishment both now and ineternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting inmy Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, asinner.M: God, our heavenly Father, has been merciful to us and hasgiven his only Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.Therefore, as a called servant of Christ and by his authority, Iforgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of theSon ( ) and of the Holy Spirit.C: Amen.PRAYER AND PRAISELORD, HAVE MERCYKyrie

M: For all that we need in life and for the wisdom to use all yourgifts with gratitude and joy, hear our prayer, O Lord.M: For the steadfast assurance that nothing can separate us fromyour love and for the courage to stand firm against the assaultsof Satan and every evil, hear our prayer, O Christ.M: For the well-being of your holy Church in all the world and forthose who offer here their worship and praise, hear our prayer,O Lord.M: Merciful God, maker and preserver of life, uphold us by yourpower and keep us in your tender care:M: The works of the Lord are great and glorious; his name isworthy of praise.O LORD, OUR LORD

PRAYER OF THE DAYM: Let us pray.Lord God, you call us to work in your kingdom and leave no onestanding idle. Help us to order our lives by your wisdom and toserve you in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, your Son, ourLord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,now and forever.BE SEATEDTHE WORD(Hymnal page 29)FIRST LESSON: Amos 8:4-7Hear this, you who trample on the needyand bring the poor of the land to an end,5saying, “When will the new moon be over,that we may sell grain?And the Sabbath,that we may offer wheat for sale,that we may make the ephah small and the shekel greatand deal deceitfully with false balances,6that we may buy the poor for silverand the needy for a pair of sandalsand sell the chaff of the wheat?”

7The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:“Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.PSALM OF THE DAY: Psalm 38 – The congregation will singHymn #424, “O God, Forsake Me Not”SECOND LESSON: 1 Timothy 2:1-82 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions,and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all whoare in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life,godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasingin the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be savedand to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God,and there is one mediator between God and men, the man ChristJesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is thetestimony given at the proper time. 7 For this I was appointed apreacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), ateacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.8I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holyhands without anger or quarreling;VERSE OF THE DAY: (soloist) Alleluia! For we are God’sworkmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works. Alleluia!GOSPEL: Luke 16:1-1316 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had amanager, and charges were brought to him that this man waswasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him,

‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account ofyour management, for you can no longer be manager.’ 3 And themanager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master istaking the management away from me? I am not strong enough todig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do, so thatwhen I am removed from management, people may receive meinto their houses.’ 5 So, summoning his master's debtors one byone, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 Hesaid, ‘A hundred measures[a] of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take yourbill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7 Then he said toanother, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundredmeasures[b] of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and writeeighty.’ 8 The master commended the dishonest manager forhis shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd indealing with their own generation than the sons of light.9 And I tellyou, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteouswealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternaldwellings.10“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, andone who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 Ifthen you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who willentrust to you the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithfulin that which is another's, who will give you that which is yourown? 13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hatethe one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one anddespise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”a. Luke 16:6 About 875 gallons or 3,200 litersb. Luke 16:7 Between 1,000 and 1,200 bushels or 37,000 to 45,000 liters

BE SEATEDGospel Response: “What Shall I Render to the Lord” 1978 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved.What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?I will offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of theLord.I will take the cup of salvation and will call on the name of the Lord.I will pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all his people,In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?I will offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of theLord.HYMN OF THE DAY: #421 “All Depends on Our Possessing”SERMONSTANDNICENE CREED (Hymnal page 31)We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth,of all that is, seen and unseen.We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light, true God from trueGod,begotten, not made,of one being with the Father.Through him all things were made.For us and for our salvation, he came down fromheaven,was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary,and became fully human.For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate.He suffered death and was buried.On the third day he rose again in accordance with theScriptures.He ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in glory to judge the living and thedead,and his kingdom will have no end.We believe in the Holy Spirit,the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son,who in unity with the Father and the Son isworshiped and glorified,who has spoken through the prophets.We believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrection of the deadand the life ( ) of the world to come. Amen.BE SEATED

OFFERINGSTANDPRAYER OF THE CHURCHM: Gracious God and Father, we praise you for the countlessblessings, which we receive from your hand: the beauties ofcreation and the bounties of the earth, the joy of life and thepleasure of friendship, the good of work and the gift of rest, theprivilege to share happiness and sorrow with one another.Above all we praise and thank you for your saving Word andfor your Son’s body and blood, which you give us to eat and todrink in the sacrament. Through these means of grace, you sendthe Holy Spirit into our hearts and unite us to Jesus and to thewhole Christian Church on earth.C: Strengthen us through this heavenly food; increase ourtrust in Christ and our love for one another.M: Great God and Lord, without your continuing help we easilywaver in our faith, lose courage, and grow careless in ourwatchfulness. The times and days are perilous. Give us strengthto face the evils of each day with fresh confidence. Open ourlips to speak of your grace, and move us to use the gifts thatyou give us to share your Word of salvation with all people.Protect and prosper the family, the school, the government, andall good institutions that you have established for the benefit of

society. Remember in mercy those who are sick and suffering,and bring your healing to troubled homes and lives.C: Move us to pray for those in need and to help them withdeeds of kindness.M: Hear us, Lord, as we bring you our private petitions.Silent prayer.M: Now, eternal God and Father, keep us in the saving faith and soenable us to overcome all things through our Lord Jesus Christ.LORD’S PRAYERC: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thykingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us ourtrespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; andlead us not into temptation, but deliver us from ( ) evil. Forthine is the kingdom and the power and the glory foreverand ever. Amen.THE SACRAMENT

(Hymnal page 33)Our Lord Jesus has given us a holy supper in which we receive histrue body and blood for the forgiveness of sins and thestrengthening of our faith. In this supper we celebrate the gift ofhis redemption, we bear witness to the fellowship we share asconfessors of the truth, and we proclaim his death until he returns.M: The Lord be with you.M: Lift up your hearts.M: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.M: Praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In lovehe has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. He sends the HolySpirit to testify that we are his children and to strengthen us whenwe are weak.Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom ofour God and the authority of his Christ. To him who sits on the

throne and to the Lamb be praise and thanks and honor and gloryfor ever and ever:HOLY, HOLY, HOLYSanctusWORDS OF INSTITUTIONM: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he was betrayed, tookbread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it tohis disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my ( ) body, whichis given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,“Drink from it, all of you; this is the new testament in my ( )