Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
Blessed
be the holy Trinity, + one God,
who
alone does wonders,
who
lifts up the lowly,
who
fills the hungry with good things.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin, trusting in the tender mercy of our God.
Silence is kept for reflection.
God for whom we wait,
in the presence of one another,
we confess our sin before you.
We fail in believing that your good news is for us.
We falter in our call to tend your creation.
We find our sense of self in material wealth.
We fear those different from ourselves.
We forget that we are your children
and turn away from your love.
Forgive us, Blessed One,
and assure us again of your saving grace.
Amen.
Through
the power of the Holy Spirit,
+
your sins are forgiven.
You
are children of the Most High,
inheritors
of the eternal promise,
and
recipients of divine mercy.
God
strengthens you anew to follow the way of peace.
Amen.
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.
HYMN OF PRAISE Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah v.1,2
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Children's message
FIRST READING: Malachi 3:1-4
1See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the LORD whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. 2But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; 3he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. 4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.
PSALM: Luke 1:68-79
68Blessed are you, Lord, the | God of Israel,
you have come to your people and | set them free.
69You have raised up for us a | mighty
Savior, born of the house of your | servant David.
70Through your holy prophets, you promised of old to
save us | from our enemies, 71from the hands of |
all who hate us,
72to show mercy | to our forebears, and to
remember your | holy covenant.
73This was the oath you swore to our | father
Abraham: 74to set us free from the hands of our |
enemies,
free to worship you |
without fear, 75holy and righteous before you, all the days |
of our life.
76And you, child, shall be called the prophet of |
the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to pre- | pare the
way,
77to give God's people knowledge | of
salvation by the forgiveness | of their sins.
78In the tender compassion | of our God the dawn
from on high shall | break upon us,
79to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shad- |
ow of death, and to guide our feet into the | way of peace.
SECOND
READING: Philippians
1:3-11
3I thank my God every time I remember you, 4constantly
praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, 5because
of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. 6I am
confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it
to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. 7It is right for me to
think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of
you share in God's grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense
and confirmation of the gospel. 8For God is my witness, how I long
for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. 9And this is my
prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full
insight 10to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day
of Christ you may be pure and blameless, 11having produced the
harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and
praise of God.
GOSPEL
ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL: Luke 3:1-6
1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, 2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, 4as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
"The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.'
5Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made
low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough ways made smooth;
6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN On Jordan’s Banks the Baptists Cry #249 v. 1,2,4
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 AND 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
HYMN O Come, O Come, Emmanuel #257
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION
HYMN Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding #246 1,3,4,5
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE On Jordan’s Banks the Baptist’s Cry Cherwien
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