This Sunday at St. Peter’s
October 15, 2017
19th Sunday in Pentecost, Proper 23
10:00am – Godly Play for Adutls
10:00am – Christian education for children with Becky
11:00am – Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Readings:
The Lectionary Page
Psalm 23 Page 612, BCP
Matthew 22:1-14
"Parable of the Great Banquet"– Brunswick Monogrammist, 1525, Netherlands
Matthew 22:1-14
Once more Jesus spoke to the people in parables, saying: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, `Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.’ But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his slaves, `The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’ Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
"But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said to him, `Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, `Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen."
11am, Servers
Preaching and Celebrating: The Rev. Catherine D. Hicks
Lector: Samantha Pugh
Eucharistic Minister:: Laura Carey
Acolyte:Eunice Key
Greeters:Susan Tilt,Barbara Wisdom
Elements:John Gilliland,Teresa Kirtley
Organist:Brad Volland