Service outline for Sunday, August 7, 2022

 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Alliance, Ohio 

Sunday, August 7, 2022 

9:30 AM

PRELUDE   O Rest in The Lord            -Mendelssohn

 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,

whose steadfast love endures forever.

Amen.

Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Merciful God,

we confess that we have not followed your path

but have chosen our own way.

Instead of putting others before ourselves,

we long to take the best seats at the table.

When met by those in need,

we have too often passed by on the other side.

Set us again on the path of life.

Save us from ourselves

and free us to love our neighbors.

Amen.

Hear the good news!

God does not deal with us according to our sins

but delights in granting pardon and mercy.

In the name of + Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven.

You are free to love as God loves.

Amen.

 

HYMN       Rejoice in God’s Saints          #418 v. 1, 3, 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

PRAYER OF THE DAY

CHILDREN’S SERMON 

FIRST READING: Genesis 15:1-6

¹After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” ²But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.” ⁴But the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.” ⁵He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” ⁶And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.

 

PSALM: Psalm 33:12-22

¹²Happy is the nation whose God ^| is the Lord! Happy the people chosen to ^| be God’s heritage

¹³The Lord looks ^| down from heaven, and sees all ^| humankind.

¹⁴God sits firmly en- ^| throned and watches all who dwell ^| on the earth.

¹⁵God fashions ^| all their hearts and observes ^| all their deeds. 

¹⁶A king is not saved by the size ^| of the army, nor are warriors rescued by ^| their great strength.

¹⁷The horse gives vain ^| hope for victory; despite its great strength it ^| cannot save.

¹⁸Truly, your eye is upon those who fear ^| you, O Lord, upon those who wait for your ^| steadfast love,

¹⁹to deliver their ^| lives from death, and to keep them alive in ^| time of famine. 

²⁰Our innermost being waits for ^| you, O Lord, our helper ^| and our shield.

²¹Surely, our heart rejoic- ^| es in you, for in your holy name we ^| put our trust.

²²Let your lovingkindness, O Lord, ^| be upon us, even as we place our ^| hope in you.

 

SECOND READING: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

¹Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. ²Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. ³By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.
 ⁸By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. ¹¹By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old—and Sarah herself was barren—because he considered him faithful who had promised. ¹²Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, “as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.”
 ¹³All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, ¹⁴for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. ¹⁵If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.

 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

 

  GOSPEL: Luke 12:32-40

[Jesus said:] ³²“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ³³Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. ³⁴For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
 ³⁵“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; ³⁶be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. ³⁷Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. ³⁸If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
 ³⁹“But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁰You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”

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

 SERMON

 HYMN   God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens         #771

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 Intercession

PEACE

OFFERING

Special music       Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring                            -J.S. Bach

                                                        Nancy Stavely, Piano

                                                      Joseph Stavely, Trumpet

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           How Great Thou Art                         #856

 

Post communion proclamation

prayer

BLESSING

HYMN                     Congregation’s Choice

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE         On This Glad Day           -Scarlatti

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