Ecclesiastes 1:2;2: 18-26
New International Version (NIV)

“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”

I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. 20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. 21 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. 22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? 23 All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.

24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? 26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

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Call to Worship
Opening Hymn: Red Hymnal 492 "Son of God, Eternal Savior"
Invocation
Confession
Absolution
Prayer and Praise:: Red Hymnal 382 (1,4) "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less"
First Lesson: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2: 18-26 (sermon text)
Psalm of the Day: Red Hymnal Psalm 34
Refrain Tune: Marty Haugen. Copyright 1983 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL, www.giamusic.com. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Second Lesson: Colossians 3: 1-11
Gospel Lesson: Luke 12: 13-21
Sermon Hymn: Red Hymnal 484 "Brothers, Sisters, Let Us Gladly"
Sermon Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2;2: 18-26
Sermon Theme: Invest in Eternity
The Apostles Creed
Offering
Prayer of the Church
LORD's Prayer
Red Hymnal 485 "We Give Thee but Thine Own"
Final Prayer
Blessing

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