ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST August 24, 2025
ORDER OF WORSHIP: LSB - Divine Service, Setting Three, pgs. 184ff
HYMNS: 915 - 516 - 830
SERMON: Warnings from Jesus
TEXT: Luke 13:22-30
A PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Lord God our Father, keep us on the path of righteousness, which is Your gracious gift to us through faith in our crucified and risen Savior Jesus, Your Son. As temptations befall us and our sins beset us and the devil would deceive us, lead us by Your Holy Spirit to enter Your kingdom through the narrow door. Sanctify us and keep us as You have called us in Jesus’ name to be Your own. Give us hearts and lives that love You and live according to Your Law. Strengthen us to be bold confessors of You by word and deed. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.
IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your
vows to the Most High.” (Psalm 50:14)
• Thanks be to God for ears to hear His Word, hearts to receive it, and hands to behold His daily gifts.
• For healing, help, and strength for Glen Honeman, Dale Bolen, Vance Wendelburg, Leo Hergenrader, Ronald Meyer, Robert Meyer, Rev. Lee Hagan (Missouri District President), and all in need among our families, friends, and neighbors.
• For protection from the Lord upon all who work in the heat of summer days; and for safety in our daily travels.
• That God will keep from harm and danger mothers with babies; that He will bless our homes with the patience and peace that comes through Jesus; that parents will train their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord; and that children will have love, respect, and honor for their parents.
• For patience and peace for congregations who have pastoral vacancies and are in the process of calling pastors to serve them, that the Lord will answer their prayers in time by sending faithful men to serve them.
• That God will continue to call men to prepare, train, and study for work in proclaiming His Word through the ministry of the church.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH QUILTERS will start again on Tuesday, September 2nd at 9:00 a.m. We have fun serving the Lord making quilts for missions. We also enjoy a 10:00 coffee break for devotion and fellowship time. All ladies are invited to join us.
LET'S SHARE THE 125TH CELEBRATION with a shirt that announces our event coming September 21st. A sample of the shirt is on a table in the south entrance. Just sign up if you are interested. You can make check payable ($18.00) to the church or Marsha Giggy. Marsha needs to turn in the order by Sunday, August 31st.
ANNIVERSARY COOKBOOKS are available for purchase. Recipes include family favorites and vintage dishes shared throughout the years at St. Paul's potluck dinners. A table has been set up in the south entrance for display. Cost for the books is $15. An envelope for payment is located on the table. Checks should be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church and designated in the memo line for cookbooks. Thank you to the 125th Anniversary Committee for their work on this project.
COOKIE CALL - get ready to stir up a batch of cookies, bars or goodies for an afternoon reception, Saturday, September 20. Following the 125th Anniversary Hymn Sing, St. Paul will host friends and guests in the church basement for refreshment of coffee, punch and baked goods, along with time for conversation and catching up. Thank you for help and contributions for this event!
PLEASE NOTE the following schedule changes and events over the next few weeks . . .
• Evening Bible Studies will be held on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays for August 27th, September 3rd, 10th, and 17th.
• Handbell rehearsals will be held at 6:30 pm on the Thursdays of those weeks (August 28th, September 4th, 11th, and 18th). Adult Choir rehearsals will follow at 7:30 pm on those Thursdays.
• The beginning of Midweek School will be on September 24th.
PRATT COUNTY FOOD BANK. . . Looking ahead to September, the food item that is being requested for donation is egg noodles. These or other non-perishable food items may be donated in the box for that purpose at the south entrance of the church.
THE BOOK OF NUMBERS SERIES . . . Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. You can listen to a series of interviews with Dr. Reed Lessing, author of the new book “Hope in the Wilderness: Practical Insights from the Book of Numbers,” at issuesetc.org/bookofnumbers.
HEAD USHER: Gary McGuire ALTAR COMMITTEE: Donna Briggeman
ELDERS: Derek Liggett, Shan Hullman, Lee Van Slyke Leigh Ann Hall Jama Hommertzheim
TODAY - 8:00 am - The Lutheran Hour, KGNO (Dodge City, 1370 AM)
8:00 am - The Lutheran Hour, KCVW (Wichita, Hutch., 94.3 FM)
8:25 am - The Lutheran Hour, KMMM (Pratt, 1290 AM)
8:30 am - The Lutheran Hour, KWBW (Hutchinson, 1450 AM)
10:00 am - St. Paul Radio Broadcast, KMMM (Pratt, 1290 AM)
6:00 pm - The Lutheran Hour, KREJ (88.1 FM)
MONDAY - 8:00 - 11:00 am - Secretary’s Office Hours
WEDNESDAY - 8:00 - 11:00 am - Secretary’s Office Hours
6:30 pm - Bible Study
THURSDAY - 6:30 pm - Handbell Practice
7:30 pm - Choir Rehearsal
FRIDAY - 8:00 - 11:00 am - Secretary’s Office Hours
SUNDAY - 9:00 am - Combined Sunday School Breakfast
10:00 am - Worship
THE LUTHERAN HOUR - “Gideon, the Farmer General” (Judges 6:1-8:27). Archives August - Dr. Oswald Hoffman recounts the story of Gideon, an unlikely military leader.
WELCOME TO BREAKFAST next Sunday, August 31st. This will be held during our 9:00 am Sunday School Hour. Everyone is welcome!
STEWARDSHIP THOUGHTS based on Luke 13:26 – “Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’” Proximity to Jesus and the things of faith is not faith itself. Many Pharisees heard His Word but ignored it and refused to believe in it. We want to be not only hearers, but also doers of Jesus' Word. We want not only proximity to Jesus, but true communion with Him. We want to hear Him, follow Him, praise Him and return thanks. (lcms.org/stewardship)
THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER is a daily, verse-by-verse Bible Study hosted by Pastor Will Weedon. Study the Bible with the Church past and present. Go to thewordendures.org to listen in on current studies in the Book of Psalms.
About the Cover: Our crucified and risen Lord has ascended to the right hand of the Father and is “the mediator of a new covenant.” His intercession is perfect because He is the perfect Son of the Father. He intercedes for us on the basis of the blood that He shed once for all on the cross (Hebrews 10:10). Because of Him and Him alone, we have confidence that we stand righteous before God today and forever.
OLD TESTTAMENT READING - Isaiah 66:18-23
EPISTLE - Hebrews 12:4-24
HOLY GOSPEL - Luke 13:22-30
