I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son our Lod, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.


response reading 43. Psalm 99.
The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble;
he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.
Great is the LORD in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.
Let them praise your great and awesome name-- he is holy.
The King is mighty, he loves justice-- you have established equity;
in Jacob you have done what is just and right.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool;
he is holy.
Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name;
they called on the LORD and he answered them.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
O LORD our God, you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain,
for the LORD our God is holy.


hymnal 425 - Have Thine own way, Lord
1 Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Th'ine own way! Thou art the Potter; I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after Thy will, while I am waiting, yielded and still.
2 Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Search me and try me, Master, today!
Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now, as inThy presence humbly I bow.
3 Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Wounded and weary, help me, I pray;
Power all power surely is Thine! Touch me and heal me, Savior divine.
4 Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Hold over my being absolute sway!
Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see Christ only, alawys, living in me!


hymnal 633
Take these gifts, take these gifts, O our God:
All we have, all we have comes from you.
With our voices raised in thanks, Lord, we give to you. Amen.

Luke 19:12-27
12 He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.
13 So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.'Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.'
14 "But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'
15 "He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
16 "The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'
17 " 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'
18 "The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'
19 "His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.'
20 "Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth.
21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'
22 "His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
23 Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'
24 "Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'
25 " 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!'
26 "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me."


hymnal 635
Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil;
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever.  Amen.