St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, September 10, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE When Human Bonds are Broken M. Archer
Confession and Forgiveness
Blessed be God, the one who forms us, ☩ Jesus
who bears the cross,
the Spirit who makes our joy complete.
Amen.
Let us bow before God in humility, confessing our sin.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Steadfast and faithful God,
you have revealed the ways of justice, yet we fail to follow you. We are overwhelmed by the world’s violence and suffering. We are afraid to risk what we have for the sake of others. For the harm we have caused, known and unknown, forgive us. For the unjust demands we place on others and your creation, forgive us. For the ways we turn away from you and our neighbor, forgive us. Lead us back to you and set us on the right path; in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Amen.
Beloved in Christ, God’s justice stretches beyond all understanding. God’s compassion is beyond compare. In Jesus, God is always making a new way for us. In ☩ Christ, you are already and always forgiven.
Amen.
HYMN
Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven #864
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: Ezekiel 33:7-11
7So
you, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear
a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8If
I say to the wicked, “O wicked ones, you shall surely die,” and you do not
speak to warn the wicked to turn from their ways, the wicked shall die in their
iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand. 9But
if you warn the wicked to turn from their ways, and they do not turn from their
ways, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but you will have saved your
life.
10Now you, mortal, say to the house of Israel,
Thus you have said: “Our transgressions and our sins weigh upon us, and we
waste away because of them; how then can we live?” 11Say
to them, As I live, says the Lord God,
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from
their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you
die, O house of Israel?
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm Psalm 119:33-40
33Teach
me, O Lord, the way | of
your statutes,
and I shall keep it | to
the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall | keep
your teaching;
I shall keep it with | all
my heart.
35Lead me in the path of | your
commandments,
for that is | my desire.
36Incline my heart to | your
decrees
and not to | unjust
gain. R
37Turn my eyes from be- | holding
falsehood;
give me life | in your way.
38Fulfill your promise | to
your servant,
which is for | those
who fear you.
39Turn away the reproach | that
I dread,
because your judg- | ments
are good.
40Behold, I long for | your
commandments;
by your righteousness en- | liven
me. R
Second Reading: Romans
13:8-14
8Owe
no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has
fulfilled the law. 9The commandments, “You
shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall
not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your
neighbor as yourself.” 10Love
does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
11Besides this, you know what time it is, how it
is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now
than when we became believers; 12the
night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness
and put on the armor of light; 13let
us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in
debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14Instead,
put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify
its desires.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the
16th chapter. Glory to you O Lord
21From that
time on, [after Peter confessed that Jesus was the Messiah,] Jesus
began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great
suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and on the third day be raised. 22And Peter took him aside
and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen
to you.” 23But he turned
and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for
you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” 24Then Jesus told his
disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and
take up their cross and follow me. 25For those who want to save their life will
lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. 26For what will it profit
them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they
give in return for their life? 27“For the Son of Man is to come with his angels
in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been
done. 28Truly I tell
you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the
Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
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
Beautiful Savior #838
PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Go, My Children, with My Blessing #543
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Lord of all Nations, Grant Us Grace Sensmeier
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