After Pentecost | Tuesday 23 Sep 2025: Psalm 12; Proverbs 17:1-5; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 ~ Servant evangelism.

After Pentecost | Tuesday 23 Sep 2025

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Opening prayer:

O Lord,
you have taught us that without love,
all our deeds are worth nothing:
Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts
that most excellent gift of charity,
the true bond of peace and of all virtues,
without which whoever lives is counted dead before you;
grant this for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen..

“Though I am free from all,
I have made myself a servant to all,
that I might win more of them.”
(1 Corinthians 9:19)

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From the Psalms: Psalm 12 – Psalm 12 (The Words of the Lord) | The Psalms Project [feat. Nick Engbers]

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OT Reading: Proverbs 17:1-5 (ESV)

17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quiet
than a house full of feasting with strife.

+ A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully
and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

+ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and the Lord tests hearts.

+ An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

+ Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker;
he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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Make me a Blessing | leshini krichena

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NT Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (ESV)

9:19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

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Kari Jobe The Blessing Charlie Kirks Funeral | Revelation Grace Church

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Prayer: ACNA | BCP 2019

O God, our heavenly Father, you manifested your love by sending your only-begotten Son into the world, that all might live through him: Pour out your Spirit on your Church, that we may fulfill his command to preach the Gospel to all people. Send forth laborers into your harvest; defend them in all dangers and temptations; and hasten the time when the fullness of the Gentiles shall be gathered in, and faithful Israel shall be saved; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem: Intervene in ways that only you can, so the whole world will know that you alone are God. Protect your people from the assaults of the evil one, and grant Israel’s leaders the wisdom and courage to do what’s right in your sight. Deliver all the hostages from captivity, and restore their souls. Comfort those who grieve and mourn the loss of loved ones. Protect the innocent and punish the guilty, that all may live in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God our Savior, you desire that none should perish, and you have taught us through your Son that there is great joy in heaven over every sinner who repents: Grant that our hearts may ache for a lost and broken world. May your Holy Spirit work through our words, deeds, and prayers, that the lost may be found and the dead made alive, and that all your redeemed may rejoice around your throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch

The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

After Pentecost | Monday 22 Sep 2025: Psalm 12; Proverbs 14:12-31; Acts 4:1-12 ~ Jesus Christ is the only one who can save us.

After Pentecost | Monday 22 Sep 2025

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Opening prayer:

“There is salvation in no one else,
for there is no other name under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved.”
(Acts 4:12)

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From the Psalms: Psalm 12 – “Psalm 12” | The Corner Room

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OT Reading: Proverbs 14:12-31 (ESV)

14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.

+ Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and the end of joy may be grief.

+ The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways,
and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.

+ The simple believes everything,
but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

+ One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil,
but a fool is reckless and careless.

+ A man of quick temper acts foolishly,
and a man of evil devices is hated.

+ The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

+ The evil bow down before the good,
the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

+ The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the rich has many friends.

+ Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner,
but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

+ Do they not go astray who devise evil?
Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.

+ In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk tends only to poverty.

+ The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the folly of fools brings folly.

+ A truthful witness saves lives,
but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

+ In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence,
and his children will have a refuge.

+ The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
that one may turn away from the snares of death.

+ In a multitude of people is the glory of a king,
but without people a prince is ruined.

+ Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

+ A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh,
but envy makes the bones rot.

+ Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker,
but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

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Cornerstone – Hillsong / TheCommissioned

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NT Reading: Acts 4:1-12 (ESV)

Peter and John Before the Council

4:1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

4:5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

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No Other Name | Casting Crowns / Hadleigh Baptist Church

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Prayer: ACNA | BCP 2019

Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch

The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

After Pentecost | Sunday 21 Sep 2025: Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 ~ Faithful stewardship begins with little things.

After Pentecost | Sunday 21 Sep 2025

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Opening prayer:

“One who is faithful in a very little
is also faithful in much,
and one who is dishonest in a very little
is also dishonest in much.”
(Luke 16:10)

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Praise My Soul the King of Heaven – Northern Baptist Association

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OT Reading: Amos 8:4-7 (ESV

8:4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
saying, “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 great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
that we may buy the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

8:7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
“Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

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From the Psalms: Psalm 113 | Psalm 113 – Praise the Lord Who Lifts up the Poor | Francesca LaRosa

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NT Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-7 (ESV)

Pray for All People

2:1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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“Mediator” | Ghost Ship / thisismarshillmusic

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Gospel Reading: Luke 16:1-13 (ESV)

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

16:1 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

16:10 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

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All I Once Held Dear (Knowing You, Jesus) | Robin Mark / Chet Valley Churches

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Prayer: ACNA | BCP 2019

Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear our prayers, and grant that in our local assemblies the pure Word of God may be preached and the Sacraments duly administered. Strengthen and confirm the faithful; protect and guide the children; visit and relieve the sick; turn and soften the wicked; arouse the careless; recover the fallen; restore the penitent; remove all hindrances to the advancement of your truth; and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within your holy Church, to the honor and glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God, the creator and preserver of all mankind, we humbly pray for all sorts and conditions of men; that you would make your ways known to them, your saving health to all nations. More especially we pray for your holy Church universal, that it may be so guided and governed by your good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to your fatherly goodness all those who are in any ways afflicted or distressed, in mind, body, or estate; that it may please you to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we pray for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.

Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch

The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

After Pentecost | Saturday 20 Sep 2025: Psalm 113; Isaiah 5:8-23; Mark12:41-44 ~ Consider your giving.

After Pentecost | Saturday 20 Sep 2025

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Opening prayer:

O God,
because without you
we are not able to please you,
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.

“Truly, I say to you, this poor widow
has put in more than all those
who are contributing to the offering box.”
(Mark12:43)

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From the Psalms: Psalm 113 – Poor Bishop Hooper

oh servants of the lord give praise
praise the lord yes praise his name
blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forevermore

oh from the sunrise to its set
everywhere from east to west
the lords above the nations
his glory higher than heaven

who is like like the lord?
who is seated high there enthroned
who looks down down on both
the heavens and the earth

he raises up the poor from the dust
sees the needy and he lifts them up
he brings the barren woman home
makes her joyous with her children

who is like like the lord?
who is seated high there enthroned
who looks down down on both
the heavens and the earth

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OT Reading: Isaiah 5:8-23 (ESV)

Woe to the Wicked

5:8 Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”

5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.

5:13 Therefore my people go into exile
for lack of knowledge;
their honored men go hungry,
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
and opened its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who exults in her.
Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty are brought low.
But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture,
and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.

5:18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
who say: “Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!

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“Exalted Over All” | Vertical Worship

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NT Reading: Mark12:41-44 (ESV)

The Widow’s Offering

12:41 And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

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All To Jesus I Surrender | Robin Mark / Holy Faith Awakener

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Prayer: ACNA | BCP 2019

O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would have us do, that the Spirit of wisdom may save us from all false choices; that in your light we may see light, and in your straight path we may not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son: Accept and fulfill our petitions, we pray, not as we ask in our ignorance, nor as we deserve in our sinfulness, but as you know and love us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch

The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

After Pentecost | Friday 19 Sep 2025: Psalm 113; Ezekiel 22:17-31; Romans 8:31-39 ~ Nothing can separate us from God’s love.

After Pentecost | Friday 19 Sep 2025

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Opening prayer:

“We are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.”
(Romans 8:37)

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From the Psalms: Psalm 113 – Psalm 113 from the Genevan Psalter | The Psalternative

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OT Reading: Ezekiel 22:17-31 (ESV)

22:17 And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; I have poured out my wrath upon you.”

22:23 And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation. The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice. And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”

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Day of Judgment | Nates Puruganan

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NT Reading: Romans 8:31-39 (ESV)

God’s Everlasting Love

8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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If God Is for Us – Grayson Warren Brown

1. If God is for us, who can be against us?
If God is on our side, what can we be denied?
In all these things we are more than conquerors in Jesus.
If God is on our side, what can we be denied?

2. If God is for us, who then can condemn us?
Surely not Christ our Lord, who arose from the dead.
There’s nothing in this world that can separate us from his love.
If God is on our side, what can we be denied?

3. If God is for us, who can stand against us?
If Christ did set us free, who can make us a slave?
Can pain or suffering keep us from the love of Jesus?
If God is on our side, what can we be denied?

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Prayer: ACNA | BCP 2019

O God, the light of the minds that know you, the life of the souls that love you, and the strength of the wills that serve you: Help us so to know you that we may truly love you, and so to love you that we may fully serve you, whom to serve is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed: Kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all people the true love of peace, and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your kingdom may go forward, till the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch

The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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