Matthew 9:9-13

New International Version (NIV)
The Calling of Matthew

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”



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Call to Worship

"The Common Service"
Opening Hymn: Red Hymnal 399 "To God Be the Glory"
Invocation
Confession of Sins
Lord, Have Mercy
Praise and Prayer: "Glory be to God on high"
Prayer of the Day
First Lesson: Exodus 3: 1-15
Psalm of the Day: Psalm 119c
Refrain Tune: Robert J. Thompson. Copyright 1986 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL, http://www.giamusic.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Second Lesson: Romans 4: 18-25
Verse of the Day
Gospel Lesson (sermon text): Matthew 9: 9-13
Nicene Creed
Sermon Hymn: Red Hymnal 453 "Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spoke"
Sermon Text: Matthew 9: 9-13
Sermon Theme: Follow Jesus
Thanksgiving: "Create in me a clean heart, O God"
Offering
Prayer of the Church
LORD's Prayer
Communion Preface
"Holy, holy, holy Lord God of heavenly hosts"
Words of Institution
'O Christ, Lamb of God"
Distribution Hymns:
Red Hymnal 380 "Lord, 'Tis Not that I Did Choose You"
Red Hymnal 385 "Chief of Sinners Though I Be"
Song of Simeon

Final Prayer
Blessing

Red Hymnal - Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal Authorized by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

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Blue Hymnal - Christian Worship Supplement Authorized by the Commission on Worship of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Copyright 2008 Northwestern Publishing House

Pianist/Organist/Hymnsoft: Dane Mattes
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We have called Pastor Douglas Tomhave to serve as our next pastor.
Pastor Vannieuwenhoven's last Sunday preaching is today.

Meeting after service to acknowledge Pastor's Vannieuwenhoven's 14 years of service with us and a goodbye present from the congregation.