The Destruction of a Grudge - Pentecost 13, August 30th, 2020 Connecting Christ...Creating Community - Carbon Valley Lutheran
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The Destruction of a Grudge
Pentecost 13, August 30th, 2020
Connecting Christ...Creating Community
www.carbonchurch.com
720.833.8873 (text or call)
Pastor: Tim Spiegelberg (pastor@carbonchurch.com)
Music/Youth Coordinator: Arik McGathey, (music@carbonchurch.com)
Welcome!
We are so glad to have you with us. Everything you need to enjoy today’s worship can
be found both in this Service Folder as well as on our screen. If this is your first time
here, we would certainly appreciate a record of your visit. The best way to do this is by
filling out the Connection Card you can find in your service folder. Thanks!
COVID Changes
• High Risk? - We want you safe so we'll keep serving you digitally and offer personalized communion
on the 1st Sunday of each month.
• Low Risk? - We want to keep you healthy therefore we'll be taking precautions led by the CDC and
State guidelines. Details below.
• Outdoor - Where better than to enjoy worship outside, under an awning in a COVID safe environment.
Lots of room for spacing.
• Coffee - We won't serve coffee ourselves but you can get a free cup of regular brew from our
neighbors at Ziggi's.
• Surfaces - Sanitized surfaces prior to arrival & set up done by volunteers with gloves on.
• Distancing - Social distance seating. 6 feet apart & separated into family units.
• Contact - Physical contact discouraged. We know its hard but just for a little while.
• Singing - No singing for now but hear some great music from our worship team.
• Sanitized - Hand sanitizing stations.
• Offering - No offering plates passed but available in the back.
• Prayers - Prayer requests to be dropped in plates in back.
• Masks - Masks are now required due to state regulations.
• Service Folders - Individual service folders, prepared more than 72 hours in advance waiting on your
seats.
• Carbon Kids – No Carbon kids for now.
• Bathrooms - No onsite bathroom facilities.
1Worship – August 30th, 2020
Opening Announcements & Welcome
• Liturgist Pastor Tim Spiegelberg
• Preacher Pastor Dan Johnston
Please Stand
Invocation & Confession
Pastor: We make our beginning in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Pastor: As we join our voices in praise to God, let us do so as
believers throughout scripture have done. Let us approach God
with a clean conscience. We know that throughout this week, we
have not always acted as God would want us to, so in order to
walk to the Lord with clean hands and a pure heart let us join in
the words of Psalm 51.
All: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing
love. For I confess to you my transgressions and my sin
is always before me. Against you have I sinned and done
what is evil in your sight. Surely, I was sinful from birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Wash
away all my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
All: (take a few moments of silence for personal repentance)
Pastor: Here’s the good news you are fully and completely forgiven
because of Jesus sacrifice for your sins. Guilt and shame are no
more because of Christ. Rest in God’s Grace. Go in Peace. You
are a child of God.
2Prayer of the Day
Pastor: Lord often times we feel as though life is ambiguous. Decisions
don’t come easily; truth is hard to see and the culture in which
we live is in constant conflict. Give us strength to live in the
ambiguousness of this world. Show us your truth that we are
loved and forgiven and help us share those same truths with our
families, friends and community. We pray this in the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Be Seated
Children’s Lesson
Gather your kids for the Children’s lesson. This message from Pastor Dan
is aimed at the youngest among us. It presents a singular Gospel message
and often includes an object lesson. Lastly a fruit snack or snack at the end
is always appreciated by the little ones.
God’s Word
First Lesson: Esther 5:9-14; 7:1-10
H
aman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw
Mordecai at the king’s gate and observed that he neither rose nor
showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against
Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home.
Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, 11 Haman boasted to them
about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had
honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and
officials. 12 “And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person Queen
3Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she
has invited me along with the king tomorrow. 13 But all this gives me no
satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.”
14
His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up,
reaching to a height of fifty cubits, and ask the king in the morning to have
Mordecai impaled on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy
yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.
So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet, 2 and as they
were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen
Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request?
Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.”
3
Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your
Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And
spare my people—this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold
to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as
male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress
would justify disturbing the king.”
5
King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who
has dared to do such a thing?”
6
Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”
Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. 7 The king got up in
a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman,
realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg
Queen Esther for his life.
8
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,
Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining.
The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me
in the house?”
As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s
face. 9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole
reaching to a height of fifty cubits stands by Haman’s house. He had it set
4up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”
The king said, “Impale him on it!” 10 So they impaled Haman on the
pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.
Please Stand: For centuries Christians around the world have traditionally
stood during the reading of the Gospel out of reverence to Christ. It is said
that wars would stop, soldiers would lay down their weapons & shields, &
kings would remove their crowns as they listened to the Words of Jesus.
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 18:21-35
T
hen Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I
forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven
times?”
22
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
23
“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle
accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed
him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not
able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and
all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26
“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he
begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity
on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28
“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to
choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
29
“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with
me, and I will pay it back.’
30
“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into
prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what
had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master
everything that had happened.
532
“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I
canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t
you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger
his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should
pay back all he owed.
35
“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive
your brother or sister from your heart.”
Sermon
Pastoral Address: ”The Destruction of a Grudge“, Esther 5 & 7,
Pastor Dan Johnston
Personal Sermon Notes
Nicene Creed
6Pastor: In a world that has difficulty believing in the one true God,
but is so ready to believe that our universe happened by some
unknown accident or by a random series of events, what do you
believe?
All: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker
of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
Pastor: In a society that often teaches that Jesus was just a great
Human teacher, a wise prophet or just one way to God, what do
you believe?
All: We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of
God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God,
Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not
made, of one being with the Father. Through him all
things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came
down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and
the virgin Mary, and became fully human.
Pastor: While many put their trust in things or people that they make
into their gods, what do you believe that Jesus did that proves
He has conquered death and is true God just as He said?
All: For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He
suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose
again in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended
into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the
Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living
and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
Pastor: Those who refuse to trust the Lord are without hope. What
do you believe that gives you hope now and for eternity?
All: We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son
7who in unity with the Father and the Son is
worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the
forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of
the world to come. Amen.
Thanksgiving
Offering: The members of Carbon Valley Lutheran Church have joined
together to do the Lord's work in this community and around the world.
Many of our members give online, however you may also send your
offerings to Carbon Valley Lutheran, 10277 Dogwood Street, Firestone,
CO, 80504.
Please Stand
Prayer of the Church
Pastor: Prayer of the church and Intercessory Prayers.
Silence for personal prayers and petitions
All: Our Father, who 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against
us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
8evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the
glory forever and ever. Amen.
Parting Blessing
Pastor: May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God
and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Parting Song: “Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive” Worship Team (Outdoor
Only)
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9Happening @ CVL
Thank You: You could have chosen to be anywhere this morning and you
chose to spend it here, so thank you. To our guests and visitors this
morning we pray your time with us has been enjoyable. If you have any
questions, feel free to speak with any of our members or Pastor Tim after
the service.
Confirmation Sunday – Confirmation Sunday this year will be September
13th. Covid delayed this a little but we have some wonderful young men
who are ready to profess their faith. They will answer some questions,
read a personal essay and make their confession. Additionally, we will
have a card box for them if you’d like to encourage them with a card or
gift.
10Online Bible Class – Looking
for a way to dig deeper into
God’s Word and connect with
fellow believers? We have a
weekly Zoom Bible Study,
Wednesday nights at 7pm. Questions are all based off of the weekend’s
sermon. Zoom meeting ID and link are sent out every Monday. We’d love
to have you join us.
Building Project – Stop by and check out the progress on the building. All
of the exterior is being stripped and foundation work will start next.
CVL on Air - We are pleased to announce CVL's
outdoor worship is now be broadcast to our parking
lot during worship. Tune to 101.5 FM to hear us
live.
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