• Bread Machines for sale at the yard sale, Saturday, 14 October, 8:00 am - 1 pm
  • General items for sale at the yard sale, Saturday, 14 October - 8:00 am - 1 pm
  • Cabinet for Sale at our yard sale, Saturday, 14 October, 8 am - 1 pm
  • Boxes filled with 89 quilts, 31 school bags, and 16 fabric kits going to the Lutheran World Relief trucks to be shipped
  • Christ Is Risen! Alleluia!!
  • Easter Sunday 2023
  • Good Friday
  • The Forty Days of Lent at Living Grace Lutheran Church
  • Christmas/Baptism of Our Lord - 2023
  • Advent at Living Grace Lutheran Church
  • God's Work, Our Hands - digging the pollunated garden
  • Working on the pollunated garden - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Pollunated garden - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Pollunated garden - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Good work - Pollunated Garden finished - God's Work, Our Hands
  • Food Drive for NETWorks and FreeFridge Program
  • Food Drive for NETWorks and FreeFridge Program
  • Easter Sunday 2022
  • Live Music at the Community BBQ
  • Community BBQ-Cooking
  • Honey Samples from Heifer International
  • Community BBQ-Enjoying fun and fellowship
  • Community BBQ-Enjoying food and fellowship
  • Community BBQ-Enjoying food and fellowship
  • Community BBQ-Enjoying food and fellowship
  • Community BBQ-Enjoying food and fellowship
  • Community BBQ-Enjoying food and fellowship
  • Community BBQ-Childfren at play
  • Community BBQ-Children at play
  • FreeFrig Program - Empty shelves before the delivery of groceries from Living Grace
  • Free Frig Program - Filled up shelves with soups, etc. from Living Grace
  • Welcome to Living Grace Lutheran Church
  • The Rev. David E. Hardy, D.D., Pastor of Living Grace Lutheran

LIVING GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH

WELCOMES YOU

 

THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

SUNDAY, 1 OCTOBER

Jesus’ parable about two sons who don’t do what they say reveals surprises in the reign of God. In the reading from Ezekiel the people claim the ways of the Lord are unfair, while God offers repentance and new life. Paul urges us to look to Christ as a model of humility, putting the interests of others above our own. Nourished by the broken bread and shared cup, we offer our lives for the sake of our needy world.

Prayer of the Day

God of love, giver of life, you know our frailties and failings. Give us your grace to overcome them, keep us from those things that harm us, and guide us in the way of salvation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.  Amen.

First Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

Ezekiel challenges those who think they cannot change because of what their parents were and did, or who think they cannot reverse their own previous behavior. God insistently invites people to turn and live.

Psalm: Psalm 25:1-9

Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love. (Ps. 25:6)

Second Reading: Philippians 2:1-13

As part of a call for harmony rather than self-seeking, Paul uses a very early Christian hymn that extols the selflessness of Christ in his obedient death on the cross. Christ’s selfless perspective is to be the essential perspective we share as the foundation for Christian accord.

Gospel: Matthew 21:23-32

After driving the moneychangers out of the temple (21:12), Jesus begins teaching there. His authority is questioned by the religious leaders, who are supposed to be in charge of the temple.

(from 2023 sundaysandseasons.com)