Friday, October 20, 2023

Service ouline for Sunday, October 22, 2023

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Sunday, October 22, 2023

9:30 AM

 

PRELUDE                      O God Thou Faithful God                      J.S Bach

 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                  O God of Every Nation                      #713 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: Isaiah 45:1-7

1Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their robes, to open doors before him—and the gates shall not be closed: 2I will go before you and level the mountains, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, 3I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. 4For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me. 5I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides me there is no god. I arm you, though you do not know me, 6so that they may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is no one besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the Lord do all these things. The Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.

 

Psalm: Psalm 96:1-9 [10-13]

1Sing to the Lord| a new song; sing to the Lord| all the earth.                         

2Sing to the Lord, bless the name | of the Lord; proclaim God’s salvation from | day to         day.
3Declare God’s glory among the nations and God’s wonders among all peoples.
4For great is the Lord and greatly | to be praised, more to be feared | than all gods. 
5As for all the gods of the nations, they | are but idols; but you, O Lord, have | made the    heavens.
6Majesty and magnificence are | in your presence; power and splendor are in   your | sanctuary.
7Ascribe to the Lord, you families | of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord honor and power.
8Ascribe to the Lord the honor due the | holy name; bring offerings and enter the      courts | of the Lord
9Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; tremble before the Lord| all the earth.
10Tell it out among the nations: “The | Lord is king! The one who made the world so firm      that it             cannot be moved will judge the peoples with equity.”
11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the | earth be glad; let the sea thunder and all that is in it; let the field be joyful and all that | is therein.
12Then shall all the trees of the wood shout for joy at your coming, O Lord, for you come      to | judge the earth.
13You will judge the | world with righteousness and the peoples | with your truth. 

 

Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,  To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly 3remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake. 6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, 7so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. 9For the people of those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is coming.

The Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION




Gospel: Matthew 22:15-22

The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the 22nd chapter.  Glory to you O Lord

15Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap [Jesus] in what he said. 16So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. 17Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” 18But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20Then he said to them, “Whose head is this, and whose title?” 21They answered, “The emperor’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

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

 

SERMON

HYMN               Lift Every Voice and Sing                  #841 1,3

 


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                Rock of Ages, Cleft to Me                              #623


PRAYER, BLESSING

HYMN             God of Grace, God of Glory                   #705


DISMISSAL 

POSTLUDE               Praise to thy Name                        H. Decoe

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