33[Jesus said:] “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
34When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.
35And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’
39And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
41They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
44And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”
45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
46And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
L This is the Gospel of the Lord.
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Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
Apostles’ Creed (p.192)
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Hymn:
Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness LSB 563
Sermon
Stand
Offertory (p.192)
Offering
Prayer of the Church
The Lord’s Prayer
Concluding Collect
Benediction (p.202)
Sit
Announcements
Hymn:
Fight the Good Fight LSB 664
Acknowledgments
Divine Service, Setting Three from Lutheran Service Book. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2026 Concordia Publishing House.
Prayers – For the home-bound: Charlotte Scepaniak, Ken Maas, Betty Meints, Lloyd Jerde, Maralyn Hoops, Muriel Pigors, Larry & Sandra Grieben, and Doris Vilhauer.
For those sick, injured, or recovering: Nathaniel Wendt, Michael Wendt, Phyllis Yeske, Kevin Fehn, Tom Hanson, Annikki Marttila, Keith Underberg, Doris Larson, Russ Brandt, Kathie Lassanske, Betty Meints, Sheila Christofferson, William Cutler, Keith Jensen, Rachelle Moorman, Rick Grieben, Pastor Jacob Smith, Dan Wolf, Joyce Hermansen, and Tami Schopp.
For expectant mothers Sydney Hammrich and Alexandra Rausch.
For the children we sponsor through Mission Haiti: Michelet Voltaire, Michel Djoury, and Orgea Djouna.
For Pastor Andreasen & family, and all our LCMS missionaries.
St. John’s
Ushers: Ray & Cyndy Larson
Next Week: Dean & Lorie Ringgenberg
Last Week: Attendance – 26; Offering – $845
Our Savior
Altar Guild: Amy Johnson & Family
Acolytes: Caleb Siebert & Aurian Tschappat
Greeters: LWML Members
Last Week: Attendance – 103
Offering – General Fund $1,936; Sunday School $5; Total $1,941
Schedule for the Week
Sunday St. John’s Service of the Word – 8:00 am
St. John’s Bible Study – 9:15 am
Our Savior Sunday School – 9:30 am
Our Savior Divine Service – 10:45 am
Our Savior Elders – 12:30 pm
Monday Mat Ladies – 1:00 pm
OS LWML – 3:45 pm
Tuesday Coffee & Confessions – 6:30 am
Christian Foundations Class – 6:00 pm
Wednesday Catechism Class – 5:00 pm
Prayer Service – 6:00 pm
Bible Study – 6:30 pm
Our Savior Council – 7:30 pm
Saturday LWML Fall Zone Gathering at St. Paul’s – 9:00 am-Noon
Next Sunday St. John’s Divine Service – 8:00 am
Our Savior Sunday School – 9:30 am
Our Savior Bible Study – 9:45 am
Our Savior Divine Service – 10:45 am
Our Savior Nursery Circle – 12:00 pm
RGI Supper at Our Savior – 5:00 pm
Announcements
Today Is LWML Sunday – This year’s theme continues a four-year cycle focusing on the LWML Mission Statement — As Lutheran Women in Mission, we joyfully proclaim Christ, support missions, and equip women to honor God by serving others. For Lutheran Women in Mission Sunday 2026, we focus on Supporting Missions.
Christ Jesus our Lord asks us to be wise stewards of His good gifts. St. Paul, while proclaiming the Gospel, was also concerned for those who suffered. There were so many mission efforts taking place. As believers today, we also are eager to follow the example of Christ and aid those in need. The Spirit of God places that eagerness to serve upon our hearts. We can’t be everywhere to aid the missions, firsthand, that are set before us. The Lord does allow us to support those efforts that go forth in His name. May the Lord grant to us supportive hearts.
LWML PLEDGE
In fervent gratitude for the Savior’s dying love and His blood-bought gift of redemption, we dedicate ourselves to Him with all that we are and have; and in obedience to His call for workers in the harvest fields, we pledge Him our willing service wherever and whenever He has need of us. We consecrate to our Savior our hands to work for Him, our feet to go on His errands, our voice to sing His praises, our lips to proclaim His redeeming love, our silver and our gold to extend His Kingdom, our will to do His will, and every power of our life to the great task of bringing the lost and the erring into eternal fellowship with Him. Amen.
LWML Aberdeen Zone Fall Gathering – Saturday, October 10, 2026
at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 214 7
th Ave SW, Aberdeen
Hosted by Trinity Mansfield LWML
Registration: 9:00 am, with coffee & goodies
Opening Devotion: 9:30 am
Meeting: Election of officers & standing rules changes
Guest Speaker: Laura Bierman, from Option 1 Women’s Health Center
Closing Devotion
Finishing by Noon
Gifts from the Heart – Items for Option 1 Women’s Health Center: baby/toddler books, feeding supplies, diapers (newborn to size 6, larger sizes preferred), and Walmart gift cards for larger items as needed (such as strollers, car seats, high-chairs)
Our Savior LWML “Bakeless Bake Sale” ends today. There is a container in the narthex for monetary donations. Thank you to everyone for your generosity in helping with our mission fundraiser.
Saturday Bible Study – October 17
th, 9:30-11:30 am at Our Savior. The topic will be “For All the Saints”: A biblical and Lutheran view of saints.
Our Savior Quarterly Voters Meeting will be pushed back a few weeks to Sunday, October 25
th at 9:30 am.
Lutheran Witness – The October issue of LW is available in the narthex. The theme is “Faith Alone”. Featured articles include ‘Not Guilty – Because of Jesus’, and ‘Lutheranism Has It All’.
Our Savior Lost and Found – Everyone please check the coat rack in the fellowship hall and the shelf above it. There are several jackets and other items there. If it’s not yours, did you ever bring a visitor to church who may be missing a jacket? If they are not claimed soon, they will be donated to the Orphan Grain Train.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry – The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 21:43 – “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.” The Pharisees were not bearing fruit. Though they were faithful to the letter of the Law in keeping the Sabbath, tithing and all the rest, they neglected the heart of God’s will. The grace of God belongs at the center. Our giving and all our other good works flow forth from receiving God’s grace and living in that grace on a daily basis.
Building Healthy Families – From the newborn infant to the hospice patient in his final hours and for all stages of life in between, physical touch from another person is vitally important. Infants who aren’t touched, even though they receive nourishment, will die from Failure to Thrive Syndrome. God designed humans of all ages to need human touch. Safe physical contact releases oxytocin, which lowers stress hormones and builds social bonds. Safe touch can lower blood pressure, decrease anxiety, and reduce pain. In a world increasingly shaped by digital interaction and isolation, physical touch has become a rare form of connection. How long has it been since you have held another person’s hand or given or received a hug? If you have to think about it for too long, it’s been too long!
Lutheran Family Service www.LutheranFamilyService.org
Email:
info@lutheranfamilyservice.org or call 605-271-1081
Main Street Living – 10:00 AM- This Is the Life –
“The Fathering Kind” – A single father who is down and out is trying to raise a son on his own. 10:30 AM- Rev. Jeremy Yeadon, pastor at St. John and Zion Lutheran Churches in Groton and Andover, SD, presents the message
“God’s Vineyard” based on Matthew 21:33-46. Watch Main Street Living on Sunday mornings on KDLT NBC TV. Past shows are archived at
www.mainstreetliving.com.
The Lutheran Hour – Jesus offers His abundant life to people plagued by pain and problems. Guest Speaker Rev. Germán Novelli Oliveros delivers the message
“Embrace Life” based on John 10:10-11. Listen to The Lutheran Hour on Sunday mornings at 9:00 on KAWZ 88.1 FM, or on Sirius-XM Family Talk 131 at 9:00 am. Sermons are also archived on the website
www.lutheranhour.org.
REVELATION BIBLE STUDY… The Word of the Lord Endures Forever is a daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Will Weedon. Pastor Weedon will begin a study this week on the Book of Revelation. You can listen on-demand at
thewordendures.org, the LPR mobile app, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn and a podcast provider.
