READINGS
Psalter - Psalms 107:1-7
First Lesson - Joshua leads the people of Israel through the Jordan River to the promised land. Joshua 3:7-17
Second Lesson - Paul also uses a masculine analogy to explain his fatherly discipline of the church in Thessalonica. 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
Gospel - Jesus chides the Pharisees for not practicing what they preach. Matthew 23:1-12

CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Receive God's message, not as the word of men, but as what it truly is, the very word of God at work in you who hold the faith.
People: We receive God's message, not as the word of human beings, but as the very word of God at work in us who hold the faith.

INVOCATION
Through the written and spoken words of fallib…