St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, February 5, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service Wold
Confession and Forgiveness
In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one
God,
who makes all things new,
whose mercy endures forever.
Amen.
Trusting in God’s mercy,
let us confess our sin.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Holy One, source of our renewal,
we confess that we are wrapped up in sin,
and cannot free ourselves.
We have not practiced your righteousness.
Our hearts have turned away from you.
For the sake of the world you so love,
forgive us,
that we may be reconciled to one another
for the glory of your holy name.
Amen.
Thus says our God:
“The former things have come to pass
and new things I now declare.”
God’s mercy makes us new.
We are forgiven in the name of ☩ Christ
our Savior.
Amen.
HYMN Gather
Us In #532
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 SERMON
1Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice
like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob
their sins. 2Yet day
after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation
that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God. 3“Why do we fast, but you
do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your
own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. 4Look, you fast only to
quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do
today will not make your voice heard on high. 5Is such the fast that I
choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and
to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to
the Lord? 6Is not this the fast
that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? 7Is it not to share your
bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you
see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? 8Then your light shall
break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your
vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. 9aThen you shall call, and
the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. 9bIf you remove the yoke
from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, 10if you offer your food
to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall
rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. 11The Lord will guide you continually,
and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you
shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never
fail. 12Your ancient ruins shall
be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall
be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.
PSALM 112:1-9 [10]
1Hallelujah! Happy are they who | fear the Lord and have great delight in | God’s commandments!
2Their descendants will be mighty | in the land; the generation of the upright | will be blessed.
3Wealth and riches will
be | in their house, and their righteousness will | last forever.
4Light shines in the
darkness | for the upright; the righteous are merciful and full | of compassion.
5It is good for them to
be generous in lending and to manage their affairs with justice.
6For they will never be
shaken; the righteous will be kept in everlasting remembrance.
7They will not be afraid
of any | evil rumors; their heart is steadfast, trusting | in the Lord.
8Their heart is
established and | will not shrink, until they see
their desire upon their enemies.
9They have given freely to the poor, and their righteousness stands | fast forever; they will hold up their | head with honor.
10The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and | pine away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
SECOND READING 1CORINTHIANS 2:1-12 [13-16]
1When I came
to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to
you in lofty words or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except
Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in
much trembling. 4My speech
and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a
demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5so that your faith might
rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. 6Yet among the mature we
do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this
age, who are doomed to perish. 7But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden,
which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8None of the rulers of
this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory. 9But, as it
is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart
conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him”—10these things God has
revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the
depths of God. 11For what
human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within?
So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received not
the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may
understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. [13And we speak of these
things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit,
interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual. 14Those who are
unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness
to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually
discerned. 15Those who
are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one
else’s scrutiny. 16“For who has
known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of
Christ.]
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
[Jesus
said:] 13“You are the
salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be
restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled
under foot.
14“You are the light of
the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15No one after lighting a
lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light
to all in the house. 16In the same
way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works
and give glory to your Father in heaven. 17“Do not think that I have come to abolish
the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18For truly I tell you,
until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter,
will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 19Therefore, whoever
breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the
same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and
teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you, unless
your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never
enter the kingdom of heaven.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
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
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 Let Us Break Bread Together #471
Post communion proclamation
prayer
BLESSING
HYMN We Are Called #720
Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord
We are called to be light for the kingdom
To live in the freedom of the city of God
Refrain
We are called to act with justice
We are called to love tenderly
We are called to serve one another
To walk humbly with God
Come, open your heart
Show your mercy to all those in fear
We are called to be hope for the hopeless
So all hatred and blindness will be no more
Sing, sing a new song
Sing of that great day when all will be one
God will reign and we'll walk with each other
As sisters and brothers united in love (united in love)
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Christ Be Our Light Lasky
Liturgy and hymns
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