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Rev. M. Connor Underseth

Sunday, March 2, 2025

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Pastor M. Connor Underseth

“The Wise Life?”

Ecclesiastes 2:12-17

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March 2, 2025

9:30a Service

Welcome and Announcements
Introit

GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader: O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

People: O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING

Trinity Hymnal #457 “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above;
praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
mount of God's unchanging love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I'm come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wand'ring from the fold of God:
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be;
let that grace now, like a fetter,
bind my wand'ring heart to thee.
Prone to wander – Lord, I feel it –
prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.

REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW

Leader: Honor your father and your mother.

People: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Leader: You shall not murder.

People: Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

Leader: You shall not commit adultery.

People: Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Leader: You shall not steal.

People: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. Do your work quietly and earn your own living.

Leader: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

People: Having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor.

Leader: You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor's.

People: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your

neighbor as yourself."

SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF GRACE

Song “Change My Heart, O God.”

Change my heart, oh God.

Make it ever true.

Change my heart, oh God.

May I be like You.

You are the potter.

I am the clay.

Mold me and make me.

This is what I pray.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

Trinity Hymnal #671 “Forever Trusting in the Lord”

Forever trusting in the Lord,
take heed to do his will;
so shall you dwell within the land,
and he your needs shall fill.

Delight now in the Lord, and he
will grant your heart's request;
to him commit your way in faith,
and thus you shall be blessed.

And he shall make your righteousness
shine brightly as the light,
and as the burning noonday sun
your judgment shall be bright.

Rest in the Lord with quiet trust,
wait patiently for him;
though wickedness triumphant seem,
let not your faith grow dim.

GOD’S WORD READ Ecclesiastes 2:12-17

GOD’S WORD PREACHED “The Wise Life?”
by Pastor M. Connor Underseth

Prayer Of Application & The Lord’s Prayer

All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

Song. “We Will Feast in the House of Zion”

Chorus:

We will feast in the house of Zion.

We will sing with our hearts restored.

He has done great things, we will say together

We will feast and weep no more.

We will not be burned by the fire;

He is the Lord, our God.

We are not consumed by the flood;

Upheld protected gathered up [Chorus]

In the dark of night. before the dawn,

My soul, be not afraid.

For the promised morning. Oh. how long?

Oh, God of Jacob, be my strength. [Chorus]

Every vow we’ve broken and betrayed,

You are the faithful one.

And from the garden to the grave,

Bind us together, bring shalom. [Chorus]

Trinity Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”

Minister: Christian, what do you believe?

All: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. ‍He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION & WARNING

Minister: The Lord be with you;

People: And also with you.

Minister: Lift up your hearts;

People: We lift them up to the Lord.

Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God;

People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

COMMUNION PRAYER

Approach the Table for the Lord’s Supper

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Song “Good and Gracious King”

I approach the throne of glory;