Service outline for Sunday, February 20, 2022

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

PRELUDE     We Praise Thee         Weber

* CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

All may make the sign of the cross, the sign that is marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins.

 Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, who sends the word with angels, who is made flesh among all peoples, and who breathes peace on all the earth.  Amen.

 In Christ, we are bold to name our sin and cry out for peace.

 Silence is kept for reflection.

 Holy God,

we confess our sin before you.

We replace compassion with competition.

We seek what is mighty while ignoring the meek.

We are quick to anger but slow to forgive.

We have not put on love in harmony with you.

Wrap us in the grace of your powerful Word.

Swaddle our hearts with your peace,

that all we do, in word or deed,

may reflect your love born among us.

Amen.

I bring you good news of great joy for all people: God has come among us in the child born of Mary, Christ the Lord. + In Christ your sins are forgiven and you are clothed in peace.

Amen.

HYMN        Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us       #707 v. 1,4

 

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     Rise, Shine, You People!      #665 v.1       

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Children's message

FIRST READING: Genesis 45:3-11, 15

 ³Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence.   ⁴Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. ⁶For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. ⁷God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. ⁸So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ⁹Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. ¹⁰You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. ¹¹I will provide for you there—since there are five more years of famine to come—so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.' "   ¹⁵And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.

 

PSALM: Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40

 ¹Do not be provoked by ^| evildoers; do not be jealous of those ^| who do wrong.

²For they shall soon wither ^| like the grass, and like the green grass ^| fade away.

³Put your trust in the LORD ^| and do good; dwell in the land and ^| find safe pasture.

⁴Take delight ^| in the LORD, who shall give you your ^| heart's desire. 

⁵Commit your way to the LORD; put your trust in the LORD, and see what ^| God will do.

⁶The LORD will make your vindication as clear ^| as the light and the justice of your case like the ^| noonday sun.

⁷Be still before the LORD and wait ^| patiently. Do not be provoked by the one who prospers, the one who succeeds in ^| evil schemes.

⁸Refrain from anger, leave ^| rage alone; do not be provoked; it leads on- ^| ly to evil.  

⁹For evildoers shall ^| be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD shall pos- ^| sess the land.

¹⁰In a little while the wicked shall ^| be no more; even if you search out their place, they will ^| not be there.

¹¹But the lowly shall pos- ^| sess the land; they will delight in abun- ^| dance of peace.

³⁹But the deliverance of the righteous comes from ^| you, O LORD; you are their stronghold in ^| time of trouble.

⁴⁰You, O LORD, will help them and ^| rescue them; you will rescue them from the wicked and deliver them, because in you ^| they seek refuge.  

 

SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

 ³⁵But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" ³⁶Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. ³⁷And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. ³⁸But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.

            ⁴²So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. ⁴³It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. ⁴⁴It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴5Thus it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. ⁴⁷The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. ⁴⁹Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.   ⁵⁰What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL: Luke 6:27-38

 [Jesus said:] ²⁷"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. ³⁰Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. ³¹Do to others as you would have them do to you.

            ³²"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. ³⁵But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. ³⁶Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

            ³⁷"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; ³⁸give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back."

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

 

SERMON

HYMN     Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive            #605

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        Rock of Ages, Cleft For Me          #623

POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION

POST COMMUNION PRAYER

BLESSING

HYMN        Praise and Thanks and Adoration         #783

 

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE         Three Kings of Orient          Linker

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