Matthew 22:15-22 | You have heard it said, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and give to God the things that are God’s.” All well and good when the “Caesar’s” of our time are well-intentioned rulers! But how do we approach this phrase when leaders, and powers, and authorities lead without any concern for their people? Or, when leaders perpetuate a system of injustice and destruction? Join us this weekend as we wrap up our stewardship series and as we are summoned to give ourselves, fully, to God as Christ’s ambassadors within the world.
Sunday, October 22, 2023, Twenty-first Sunday of Pentecost Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: Amazing Grace. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2006 The Lorenz Publishing corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: God of the Fertile Fields. Text: Georgia Harkness, 1891-1974, alt. Music: Felice de Giardini, 1716-1796. Text and Music: © 1955, ren. 1983 The Hymn Society, admin. Hope Publishing Company. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Give Thanks. Text and Music: Henry Smith. Text and Music: © 1978 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music. Covered under One License subscription. Offering Song: Spirit Of God, Descend Upon My Heart. Text and Music: Frederick Atkinson, Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2006 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Song: 10,000 Reasons. Text and Music: Matt Redman. Text and Music: © 2011 Columbia Music Company. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: For the Fruit of All Creation. Text: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000. Music: Welsh traditional; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958. Text: © 1970 Hope Publishing Company. Music: © Oxford University Press. Covered under One License subscription.