November 26, 2023 The Last Sunday After Pentecost: Christ the King

<p><strong>Entrance Hymn #450 <em>All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #435 <em>At the Name of Jesus&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>Canon of Praise (Pachelbel, arr. Hopson)&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Communion Hymn #467 <em>Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #494 <em>Crown Him With Many Crowns&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>&nbsp;THE COLLECT OF THE DAY&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <em>Amen.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>FIRST READING <em>Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>A Reading from the Prophet Ezekiel.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land. I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD. I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I wi