St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, January 14, 2024
9:30 AM
PRELUDE All Glory Be to God on High Friedeich Reuter
Confession and Forgiveness
Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, creator of darkness and light,
word of truth,
wind sweeping over the waters.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
Silence is kept for reflection.
God, our rock and refuge,
we pour out our hearts before you.
We have known you but have not always loved you.
We have wounded one another
and sinned against you.
We have not always recognized the Holy Spirit
dwelling in each of us.
Remember your covenant.
Renew your creation.
Restore us,
that we might proclaim your good news to all.
Amen.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. God has spoken:
The time of grace is now. In Jesus, the reign of God has come near.
By the authority of Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. You
are God’s beloved.
Amen.
HYMN He Comes to Us as One Unknown #737
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 Rise, Shine, You
People #665
v.1
PRAYER OF THE DAY, CHIldren’s Sermon
First Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]
1Now the boy Samuel was
ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was
rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2At that time Eli, whose
eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his
room; 3the lamp of
God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of
the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4Then
the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” 5and ran to Eli, and
said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down
again.” So he went and lay down. 6The Lord called again, “Samuel!”
Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he
said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” 7Now Samuel did not yet
know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been
revealed to him. 8The Lord called
Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I
am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling
the boy. 9Therefore
Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say,
‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay
down in his place. 10Now
the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” [11Then
the Lord said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in Israel
that will make both ears of anyone who hears of it tingle. 12On that day I will
fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning
to end. 13For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the
iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not
restrain them. 14Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house
shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering forever.” 15Samuel lay there until
morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. Samuel was
afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 16But Eli called Samuel
and said, “Samuel, my son.” He said, “Here I am.” 17Eli said, “What was it
that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also,
if you hide anything from me of all that he told you.” 18So Samuel told him everything
and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what
seems good to him.” 19As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and let none of his
words fall to the ground. 20And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba
knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.] The Word
of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
1Lord, you have | searched me out;
O Lord, you | have known me.
2You know my sitting down
and my | rising up; you discern my
thoughts | from afar.
3You trace my journeys
and my | resting-places
and are acquainted with | all my ways.
4Indeed, there is not a
word | on my lips, but you, O Lord,
know it | altogether.
5You encompass me,
behind | and
before, and lay your | hand
upon me.
6Such knowledge is too
wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot
attain to it.
13For you yourself created
my | inmost parts; you
knit me together in
my | mother’s womb.
14I will thank you because
I am marvelously made; your works are
wonderful, and I | know it
well.
15My body was not hidden
from you, while I was being made in secret and woven
in the depths | of the earth.
16Your eyes beheld my
limbs, yet unfinished in the womb; all of them
were written | in your book; my
days were fashioned before
they | came to be.
17How deep I find
your | thoughts,
O God! How great is the | sum of them!
18If I were to count them,
they would be more in number | than the sand;
to count them all, my life span
would need to | be
like yours.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
12“All things are lawful for me,” but not
all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be
dominated by anything. 13“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach
for food,” and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is meant not
for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14And God raised the Lord
and will also raise us by his power. 15Do you not know that your bodies are
members of Christ? Should I therefore take the members of Christ and make them
members of a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that whoever is united to a
prostitute becomes one body with her? For it is said, “The two shall be one
flesh.” 17But anyone
united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 18Shun fornication! Every
sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against
the body itself. 19Or do you
not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you
have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you were bought with
a price; therefore glorify God in your body. The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: John 1:43-51
The
Holy Gospel according to Saint John, the 1st chapter. Glory to you, O Lord.
43The next day Jesus
decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44Now Philip was from
Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael
and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the
prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” 46Nathanael said to him,
“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and
see.” 47When Jesus
saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in
whom there is no deceit!” 48Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know
me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called
you.” 49Nathanael
replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 50Jesus answered, “Do you
believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see
greater things than these.” 51And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you
will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the
Son of Man.
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 Here
I Am Lord #574
PRAYER, BLESSING
HYMN Jesus
Calls Us; o’er the Tumult #310
POSTLUDE Toccata Johann Pachebel
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