This Sunday at St. Peter’s
September 18, 2011
Proper 20
10AM Christian Education – children and adults
11AM Holy Euchartist Rite II – St. Peter’s
Readings:
Psalm 145:1-8
Philippians 1:21-30
“He said to one of them in reply, ‘My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you?’” (Mt 20:13-14)
"The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard"
"Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them, `You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, `Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, `Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, `You also go into the vineyard.’ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, `Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, `These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied to one of them, `Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last."" (Matthew 20:1-16)
Serving:
Preaching : LeighAnna Feeser
Celebrating : The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks
Lector : Ruth TenHoven
LEM : Cookie Davis
Acolyte: Gerald Schnakenberg
Gospel Bearer: Cheyenne Carter
Greeters: Susan Linne von Berg, David Beck
Elements: Terri Harrison, Ben Hicks
Flowers: Cindy Fields
Organist : Brad Volland