St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, February 12, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE Healer of Our Every Ill Ashdown
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.
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.
“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 Oh
God, My Faithful God #806
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
FIRST READING DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20
[Moses said to the people:] 15See, I have set before
you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16If you obey the
commandments of the Lord your
God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his
commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous,
and the Lord your God
will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. 17But if your heart turns
away and you do not hear, but are led astray to bow down to other gods and
serve them, 18I declare to
you today that you shall perish; you shall not live long in the land that you
are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19I call heaven and earth
to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death,
blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may
live, 20loving
the Lord your God,
obeying him, and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of
days, so that you may live in the land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.
PSALM 119:1-8 1Happy are they
whose | way is blameless, who follow the teaching | of the Lord!
2Happy are they who observe | your decrees and
seek you with | all their hearts,
3who never do | any wrong, but
always walk | in your ways.
4You laid down | your commandments,
that we should | fully keep them.
5Oh, that my ways were
made | so direct that I might | keep your statutes!
6Then I should not
be | put to shame, when I regard all | your commandments.
7I will thank you
with | a true heart, when I have learned your | righteous
judgments.
8I will | keep your
statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
SECOND READING 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-9
1Brothers and
sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of
the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you
were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, 3for you are still of the
flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not
of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? 4For when one says, “I
belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human? 5What then is Apollos?
What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned
to each. 6I planted,
Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7So neither the one who
plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the
growth. 8The one who
plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive
wages according to the labor of each. 9For we are God’s servants, working
together; you are God’s field, God’s building.
GOSPEL
ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL Matthew 5:21-37
[Jesus said to the disciples:] 21“You have heard that it
was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever
murders shall be liable to judgment.’ 22But I say to you that if you are angry
with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a
brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, ‘You fool,’
you will be liable to the hell of fire. 23So when you are offering
your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has
something against you, 24leave your gift there before the altar and go;
first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your
gift. 25Come to
terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court with him, or
your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and
you will be thrown into prison. 26Truly I tell you, you will never get out until
you have paid the last penny. 27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not
commit adultery.’ 28But I say to
you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery
with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out
and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for
your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand
causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose
one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell. 31“It was also said,
‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I say to you that
anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to
commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 33“Again, you have heard
that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but
carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.’ 34But I say to you, Do not
swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35or by the earth, for it
is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36And do not swear by your
head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37Let your word be ‘Yes,
Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil The Gospel of the Lord. Praise
to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN God, When Human Bonds
Are Broken #603
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
Post communion proclamation
prayer
BLESSING
HYMN Praise the Lord, Rise Up Rejoicing #544
DISMISSAL
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