St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, July 2, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus Theodore Beck
Confession and Forgiveness
In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
Most merciful God,
we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot
free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what
we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our
whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your
Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that
we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy
name.
Amen.
In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
HYMN
As We Gather at Your Table #522
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: Jeremiah 28:5-9
5The prophet
Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all
the people who were standing in the house of the Lord; 6and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May
the Lord do so; may
the Lord fulfill the
words that you have prophesied, and bring back to this place from Babylon the
vessels of the house of the Lord,
and all the exiles. 7But listen
now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the
people. 8The prophets
who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and
pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. 9As for the prophet who
prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be
known that the Lord has
truly sent the prophet.”
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18
1Your love,
O Lord, forever | will I sing; from
age to age my mouth will pro- | claim your faithfulness.
2For I am persuaded that
your steadfast love is established forever; you have set your faithfulness firmly | in the heavens.
3“I have made a covenant
with my | chosen one; I have sworn an oath to Da- | vid my servant:
4‘I will establish
your | line forever, and preserve your throne for
all | generations.’ ”
15Happy are the people who
know the | festal shout! They walk, O Lord,
in the light | of your presence.
16They rejoice daily | in your name; they
are jubilant | in your righteousness.
17For you are the
glory | of their strength, and by your favor our might | is exalted.
18Truly, our shield
belongs | to the Lord; our
king to the Holy | One of Israel.
Second Reading: Romans 6:12-23
12Do not let
sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their
passions. 13No longer
present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present
yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and
present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin will have no
dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. 15What then? Should we sin
because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16Do you not know that if
you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one
whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which
leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that you, having once been
slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to
which you were entrusted, 18and that you, having been set free from sin,
have become slaves of righteousness. 19I am speaking in human terms because of
your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves
to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as
slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
20When you were slaves of
sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21So what advantage did you
then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things
is death. 22But now that
you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is
sanctification. The end is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is
death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the
10th chapter. Glory to you O Lord
[Jesus said
to the twelve:] 40“Whoever welcomes
you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41Whoever welcomes a
prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever
welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the
reward of the righteous; 42and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to
one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of
these will lose their reward.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Lord, Speak to Us, That We May Speak #676
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
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 Beautiful for Spacious
Skies #888
PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Congregations Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE
God of the Nations Matthew McConnell
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