St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, November 26, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE Majesty J.
Carter
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 All Hail the Power of
Jesus’ Name #634
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
PRAYER OF THE DAY, CHIldren’s Sermon
11Thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep,
and will seek them out. 12As shepherds seek out
their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my
sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered
on a day of clouds and thick darkness. 13I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries,
and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains
of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land. 14I will feed them with good pasture, and the
mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in
good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of
Israel. 15I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep,
and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God. 16I will seek the lost, and
I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will
strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed
them with justice. 20Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: I myself will judge
between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21Because you pushed with flank and shoulder, and
butted at all the weak animals with your horns until you scattered them far and
wide, 22I will save my flock, and they shall no
longer be ravaged; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant
David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24And I, the Lord,
will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I,
the Lord, have spoken. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Psalm 95:1-7a
1Come, let us sing | to
the Lord; let us shout for
joy to the rock of | our salvation.
2Let us come before God’s presence | with thanksgiving and raise a loud
shout
to the | Lord with psalms.
3For you, Lord, | are
a great God, and a great ruler a- | bove all gods.
4In your hand are the caverns | of the earth; the heights of the
hills are | also
yours.
5The sea is yours, | for you made it, and your hands have
molded | the dry land.
6Come, let us worship | and bow down, let us kneel before
the | Lord our
maker.
7aFor the Lord| is our God, and we are the people of
God’s pasture and the
sheep | of God’s hand.
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23
15I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the
saints, and for this reason 16I do not cease to give
thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come
to know him, 18so that, with the eyes of your heart
enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are
the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 19and what is the immeasurable greatness of his
power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. 20God put this power to work in Christ when he
raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly
places, 21far above all rule and authority and power
and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also
in the age to come. 22And he has put all things under his feet
and has made him the head over all things for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills
all in all. Thanks
be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel Matthew 25:31-46 The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the 25th chapter. Glory to you, O Lord.
[Jesus said
to the disciples:] 31“When the Son
of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the
throne of his glory. 32All the
nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from
another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will put the sheep
at his right hand and the goats at the left. 34Then the king will say to
those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you
gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a
stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick
and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37Then the righteous will
answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or
thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38And when was it that we
saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39And when was it that we
saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ 40And the king will answer them,
‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are
members of my family you did it to me.’ 41Then he will say to those
at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry and you gave me no food,
I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you
did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison
and you did not visit me.’ 44Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it
that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison,
and did not take care of you?’ 45Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you,
just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to
me.’ 46And these
will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Jesus Shall Reign #434
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 The King of Love My
Shepherd Is #502
PRAYER, BLESSING
HYMN Crown Him with Many Crowns #855 v. 1,3,5
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Lead On, Oh King Eternal A. Jordan
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