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Our Next Special Service

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​​Friday

October  18th

St. Luke

11:30am

Morning Prayer
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Holy Communion
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BIBLE
STUDY

October 26th
10:30am

SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES
9:15 AM
Morning Prayer

10:30 AM
Holy Communion
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TUESDAYS
9:15 AM
Morning Prayer
( Coffee follows service)
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Rt. Rev. David Hustwick
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October 26th

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of each Month

10:30 to 11:30 AM

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This Week's Collect & Sermon Text

TRINITY XIX

The Text for This Week's Sermon

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity


The Collect

O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 1.

JESUS entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

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The Sermon for This Week

  A man comes to see his doctor and says, "I've got roast beef in one ear, mashed potato in the other ear and gravy all down my front!"

The doctor thought for a minute and then replied, "I don't think you're eating properly."

 

   When we are ill, or someone we love is very sick we all, of course,try to find a good doctor.

 

   We have some people in this Gospel story that are bringing someone they cared about to someone they hoped could help him in his affliction.

 

St. Matthew 9:2 “And behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed.”

 

   Sympathy for the sick and infirm has always been a Christian characteristic over the centuries.

 

  Not only have Christians taken care of family and those of their congregations, but they have also shown compassion for those of the community in general. The first hospital was begun in Rome around 400 A.D. by a Christian woman by the name of Fabiola.

 

   Happily the traditional Christian attitude toward the sick still prevails, but in some cases today “The Great Physician”, (and His healing powers), are left out of the picture.

 

   We Christians today need to lay our sick at the feet of Jesus as those in the Gospel story did.

 

   Jesus alone can heal the soul of a sick person.

 

  We are all sinners, (sick or well of body), and so we all need Christ's healing forgiveness just as the palsy stricken man in today's story did.

 

  Only through Christ's saving grace can we be healed of sin.

 

   Jesus alone can cause the efforts of the health care professionals, the doctors and nurses, to be effective. In fact, His almighty power can heal when all human help has failed.

 

   So how do we lay our sick before Jesus?

 

   We must make frequent and fervent prayer for our sick.

 

  Not just in church together with the rest of the congregation, but in our daily prayers at home as well as with them when we visit them.

 

   Today's Gospel story presents an impressive scene. A helpless person being brought to Jesus for healing, by others that believed that the “Great Physician” Jesus would and could help them.

 

  This needs to inspire each of us as Christians to always do the same.

 

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Vacation Bible School
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We pray for our Armed Forces at each of our Morning and Evening Prayer services.

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  O LORD God of Hosts, stretch forth, we pray thee, thine almighty arm to strengthen and protect the Armed Forces of our country and those of our allies; Support them in the day of battle, and in the time of peace keep them safe from all evil; endue them with courage and loyalty; and grant that in all things they may serve without reproach; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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Memorial Day in Middleville 2022
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Memorial Days

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead; We give thee thanks for all those thy servants who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant to them thy mercy and the light of thy presence, that the good work which thou hast begun in them may be perfected; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen.

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