Prayer of the Day Almighty God our Father, your generous goodness comes to us new every day. By the work of your Spirit lead us to acknowledge your goodness, give thanks for your benefits, and serve you in willing obedience, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Gospel Acclamation Alleluia. God is able to provide you with every blessing | in abundance,* so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in ev- | ‘ry good work. Alleluia. (2 Cor. 9:8)

Announcements

It is with a heavy heart to announce that Ethel Daniels (Bethany) passed away at the United Pioneer Home in Luck this last Tuesday. Future announcements will be shared.

Our hearts also go out to Marcy Basten and McKenzie & Brandon Dahl (Sawyer & Silas) (all members of Pilgrim) as Marcy's son and McKenzie's brother Jake Irgens passed away last week. The Celebration of Jake's Life will take place with a memorial service at Pilgrim on Saturday Nov. 30, 10am followed with fellowship at the 300 Club (bowling alley).

This Week at Bethany & Pilgrim

Thursday (Today)-THANKSGIVING DAY (USA)

Offices closed

Friday November 29

Bethany office opened

Saturday November 30

*Pilgrim: No 9am Christmas decorating--rather please help decorate at 1pm today!

Memorial Service of Jake Irgens at Pilgrim 10am, followed with fellowship at the 300 Club.

Sunday December 1 --FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (blue)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We begin Year C (Luke's Gospel)!

8:30 Worship at Pilgrim

9:30 Coffee Fellowship at both churches

10:30 Worship at Bethany

Joel 2:21-27

21 Do not fear, O soil;
be glad and rejoice,
for the Lord has done great things!
22 Do not fear, you animals of the field,
for the pastures of the wilderness are green;
the tree bears its fruit,
the fig tree and vine give their full yield.

23 O children of Zion, be glad
and rejoice in the Lord your God;
for he has given the early rain for your vindication,
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
the early and the later rain, as before.
24 The threshing floors shall be full of grain,
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

25 I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
my great army, which I sent against you.

26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people shall never again be put to shame.
27 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,
and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other.
And my people shall never again be put to shame.

The Word of the LORD. Thanks be to God!

Matthew 6:25-33

[Jesus said,] 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

The Word of the LORD. Thanks be to God!

Remember to go to our website's worship video page to find all recorded services/programs: https://www.bplutheran.com/worship/streamedarchived-videos

NOTE: YouTube has changed format--our worship will continue to be streamed live and archived on our church website/our YouTube channel, however, video thumbnails are only available once the video is recorded. So, if the link below does not bring you directly to the stream, go to our website (see link above).

Bethany & Pilgrim Lutheran Parish is part of the global church family with Christ as its head. We love because we are loved.

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Phone: 320-438-5206