St Paul’s

Evangelical Lutheran Church

313 4th Street, Manistee, MI 49660

www.StPaulsManistee.com

facebook.com/SPLCManistee

Pastor Dennis Himm (810) 252-5821

November 27, 2024 Thanksgiving

WELCOME

HYMN 613 “Come, You Thankful People”

(please stand for the last verse)

CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 100)

P: A psalm. For giving thanks. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

C: Worship the LORD with gladness;

P: Come before him with joyful songs.

C: Know that the LORD is God.

P: It is he who made us, and we are his;

C: We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

P: Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;

C: Give thanks to him and praise his name.

P: For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

C: His faithfulness continues through all generations.

Hymn 610 “Now Thank We All Our God”

PRAYER

Almighty God, your mercies are new every morning, and you graciously provide for all our needs of body and soul. Grant us your Holy Spirit that we may acknowledge your goodness, give thanks for your benefits, and serve you in willing obedience all our days; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen.

FIRST LESSON: 1 Timothy 2:1-4

1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2for kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we might live a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

P: The Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God!

GOSPEL: Luke 17:11-19

11 On another occasion, as Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 When he entered a certain village, ten men with leprosy met him. Standing at a distance, 13 they called out loudly, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” As they went away they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. 16 He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus responded, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18Was no one found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Get up and go your way. Your faith has saved you.”

P: The Gospel of the Lord.

C: Praise be to you, O Christ!

HYMN 615 “We Thanks You for Your Blessings”

SERMON: Deuteronomy 8:1-10

1 Be conscientious about carrying out the entire body of commands that I am giving you today so that you may thrive and increase and you may go in and possess the land that the Lord promised by oath to give to your fathers. 2 Remember the whole journey on which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you and to test you, in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments. 3So he humbled you and allowed you to be hungry. Then he fed you manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known before, in order to teach you that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4 The clothes you wore did not wear out, and your feet did not swell these forty years. 5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you. 6 Therefore you are to keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by revering him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of gullies filled with water, a land with springs and groundwater that flows out into the valleys and down the mountains, 8a land with wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees for oil, and honey,[a] 9a land where you can eat bread and not be poor, where you will not lack anything, a land whose rocks are iron and from whose mountains you can mine copper. 10 Then you will eat, and you will be filled, and you will praise the Lord your God for the good land that he has given you.

Remember the LORD’S Loving Gifts

1. Look back and praise Him

2. Look forward and serve Him

HYMN 609 “We Praise You, O God”

RESPONSIVE PRAYER (page 128)

LORD’S PRAYER

BLESSING

HYMN 617 “Christ, by Heavenly Host Adored”

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THANKOFFERING BASKET BY DOOR

The members of St Paul's & the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) have joined together to do the Lord’s work here and around the world. Our guests may but are not expected to participate in this offering which supports our church’s ministry. The basket is located next to the water dispenser.

IF YOU ARE VISITING,

PLEASE SIGN OUR GUEST BOOK.

It’s located in the entryway by the stairs going to the basement.

Join us this Sunday!

9 am – Sunday School & Bible Class

10 am – Worship