Friday, November 6, 2020

Service outline for Sunday, November 8, 2020.

 Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!

       PRELUDE                                    When He Cometh                                            Root/arr. Bitgood

      CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

   Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, in whose image we are made, who claims us and calls us beloved.

     Amen.

      Silence is kept for reflection.

      Holy One,

     we confess that we are not awake for you. We are not faithful in using your gifts. We forget the least of  our siblings. We do not see your beautiful image in one another. We are infected by sin that divides your beloved community.  Open our hearts to your coming, open our eyes to see you in our neighbor, open our hands to serve your creation. Amen.

     Beloved, we are God's children, and Jesus, our Beloved, opens the door to us.  Through + Jesus you are  forgiven, by Jesus you are welcome, in Jesus you are called to rejoice! Let us live in the promises prepared  or us from the foundation of the world.

   Amen.

 HYMN                                                                                                                         #632 v. 1,4,6


 GREETING

The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

And also with you.

kyrie


Hymn of Praise


PRAYER OF THE DAY


Children's message

  

FIRST READING: Amos 5:18-24

 18Alas for you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light; 19as if someone fled from a lion, and was met by a bear; or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall, and was bitten by a snake. 20Is not the day of the LORD darkness, not light, and gloom with no brightness in it? 21I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. 22Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon. 23Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. 24But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

  

PSALM: Psalm 70

 1Be pleased, O God, to de- | liver me;

          O LORD, make | haste to help me.

2Let those who seek my life be put to shame | and confounded;

          let those who take pleasure in my misfortune

          draw back and | be disgraced.  

3Let those who say to me "Aha!" and gloat | over me

          turn back because | of their shame.

4Let all who seek you rejoice and be | glad in you;

          let those who love your salvation say forever, "Great | is the LORD!"

5But as for me, I am poor and needy; come to me quick- | ly, O God.

          You are my helper and my deliverer; O LORD, | do not tarry.  

 

 SECOND READING: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

 13We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. 15For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. 16For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. 18Therefore encourage one another with these words.

 

GOSPEL: Matthew 25:1-13

 [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. 6But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. 8The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9But the wise replied, 'No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.' 10And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut. 11Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' 12But he replied, 'Truly I tell you, I do not know you.' 13Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour."

 Praise to you, O Christ.

 SERMON

HYMN                                                                                                                            #638 v. 1,3

 

APOSTLES CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

 

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

 

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.   Amen

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

 PEACE

 OFFERING

 COMMUNION PRAYER

 LORD'S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen

 

DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNION

 

BLESSING

 

HYMN                                                                                                                          #441 v. 1,2,4



 DISMISSAL

 POSTLUDE                                                  Autumn                                      Vivaldi/arr. Ridout

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