Service outline for Sunday, March 31, 2024

Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!

 

PRELUDE                                                  

 

OPENING LITANY                                                              

P.  Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.

C.  Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

P.  The Lord is risen indeed.

C.  Oh, come, let us worship him.

P.  We are illumined by the brightness of His rising.

C.  Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

 

HYMN                          Jesus Christ Is Risen Today                                  #365

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 message

FIRST READING: Acts 10:34-43

³⁴Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, ³⁵but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. ³⁶You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. ³⁷That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: ³⁸how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. ³⁹We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; ⁴⁰but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, ⁴¹not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ⁴²He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. ⁴³All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

SPECIAL MUSIC

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

¹Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, ²through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
 ³For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, ⁴and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, ⁵and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ⁶Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. ⁷Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. ⁸Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. ⁹For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. ¹¹Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.

Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL:  John 20:1-18                                                                              

The Holy Gospel according to Saint John the 20th chapter.  Glory to you O Lord.

¹Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. ²So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” ³Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. ⁴The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. ⁶Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, ⁷and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. ⁸Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; ⁹for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰Then the disciples returned to their homes.

 ¹¹But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; ¹²and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. ¹³They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” ¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” ¹⁸Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her

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

 SERMON

 

HYMN                        Now All the Vault of Heaven Reounds                   #367

 

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 THE PEOPLE

PEACE 

OFFERING

CHANCEL CHOIR                                                                                                                                    

COMMUION 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           I Know That My Redeemer Lives!                           #619

 

POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER

BLESSING

 

HYMN                                           Christ Is Risen! Alleluia!                               #382

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE                                    Sortie on “St. Kevin”                   A. Sullivain/ arr. L. Smith

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Service outline Thursday, March 28, 2024

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Thursday, March 28, 2024

10:30 AM and 7:00 PM

PRELUDE                 Adagio for Strings                      Samuel Barber

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Friends in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord's call to struggle against sin, death, and the devil—all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism.

Within the community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the peace of reconciliation. On this night let us confess our sin against God and our

neighbor, and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with God and with one another.

All kneel or sit and keep silence for reflection and self-examination.

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.

The presiding minister addresses the assembly.

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                   Now We Join in Celebration                           #462

 

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. 

 

PRAYER OF THE DAY                                                                                            

CHIldren’s Sermon

FIRST READING: Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14

¹The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ²This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. ³Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. ⁴If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it.

            [⁵Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. ⁶You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. ⁷They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. ⁸They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ⁹Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. ¹⁰You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.]        ¹¹This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the LORD. ¹²For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. ¹³The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. ¹⁴This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual  ordinance. The Word of the Lord.  Thanks Be to God.

 

PSALM: Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

¹I love the LORD, who has ^| heard my voice, and listened to my ^| supplication,

²for the LORD has given ^| ear to me whenev- ^| er I called.

¹²How shall I re- ^| pay the LORD for all the good things God has ^| done for me?

¹³I will lift the cup ^| of salvation  and call on the name ^| of the LORD. 

¹⁴I will fulfill my vows ^| to the LORD in the presence of ^| all God's people.

¹⁵Precious in your ^| sight, O LORD, is the death ^| of your servants.

¹⁶O LORD, truly I ^| am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your handmaid;

            you have freed me ^| from my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer you the sacrifice ^| of thanksgiving and call upon the name ^| of the LORD.

¹⁸I will fulfill my vows ^| to the LORD in the presence of ^| all God's people,

¹⁹in the courts of ^| the LORD's house, in the midst of you, ^| O Jerusalem. 

 

SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

²³For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, ²⁴and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." ²⁵In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new  covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

The Word of the Lord.  Thanks Be to God.

  

GOSPEL: John 13:1-17, 31b-35

The Holy Gospel according to Saint John the 13th chapter.  Glory to you O Lord.

 ¹Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. ²The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of  Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper ³Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, ⁴got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. ⁵Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. ⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" ⁷Jesus answered, "You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand." ⁸Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no share with me." ⁹Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" ¹⁰Jesus said to him, "One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you." ¹¹For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, "Not all of you are clean." ¹²After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right, for that is what I am. ¹⁴So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶Very truly, I tell you,  servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. ¹⁷If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. ^31b"Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. ³²If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. ³³Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' ³⁴I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. ³⁵By this everyone will know that you are my  disciples, if you have love for one another."

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

SERMON

HYMN               Just As I Am                                   #592

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

PEACE

OFFERING

SPECIAL MUSIC                      

GREAT Thanksgiving

PROPER PREFACE

SANCTUS

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

 

 Stripping of the Altar

            (Psalm 22 is read during the Stripping of the Altar)

 

Worship ends in Silence

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Worship Leaders:

Rev. Timothy Muse

Rev. Diana Thompson

Gina Falconer, Cantor

Pat Nelson (10:30) Diana Cullen (7:00), Lector

Dominic Falconer, Debbie Rhome, Usher

, Acolytes

Gayle Fiegenschuh, Communion Minister

Kathy Sloan, Organist

Gina Falconer, Choir Director

 

                 Visitors, Guests, and Members!  Thank you for worshipping with us

      this day.  May your worship be filled with peace and joy! 

      If you desire membership in St. Paul's Church, please contact

   the church office at 330-823-2285.  Please come to the Lord's table if you believe that the Lord Jesus is present in the bread and wine.  Pre-communicate children will receive a pastoral blessing. 

 

We gather tomorrow evening at

7:00 p.m. for Good Friday worship

                                                 CELEBRATE EASTER WITH US

        

8:00 A.M. Breakfast - Fellowship

                                          9:30 A.M. Festival Easter Worship with Holy Communion        

 

Service Ouline for Sunday, March 24, 2024

                                 Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!

PRELUDE                  Ride On, Ride On, in Majesty               M. Biery/D. Schack     

  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

 

BLESSING OF PALMS

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

We praise you, O God, for redeeming the world through our Savior Jesus Christ. Today he entered the holy city in triumph and was proclaimed messiah and king by those who spread garments and branches along his way. Bless these branches and those who carry them. Grant us grace to follow our Lord in the way of the cross, so that, joined to his death and resurrection, we enter into life with you; through the same Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

 

PROCESSION

Let us go forth in peace,

in the name of Christ. Amen.

 

HYMN                    All Glory Laud and Honor                                #344

 

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 message

FIRST READING: Isaiah 50:4-9a

⁴The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher,

that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.

Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.

⁵The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward.

⁶I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;

I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.

⁷The Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced;

therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;

⁸he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together.

Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. ⁹It is the Lord GOD who helps me; who will declare me guilty?

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

SPECIAL MUSIC

SECOND READING: Philippians 2:5-11

⁵Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, ⁶who, though he was in the form of God,

did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, ⁷but emptied himself, taking

the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form,

⁸he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.

⁹Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,

¹⁰so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

¹¹and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

 

Gospel: John 12:12-16

The Holy Gospel according to Saint John the 12th chapter.  Glory to you O Lord.

¹²[Five days before the Passover] the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.¹³So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,
 “Hosanna!
 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—
  the King of Israel!”
¹⁴Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:
 ¹⁵“Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion.
 Look, your king is coming,
  sitting on a donkey’s colt!”
¹⁶His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him.

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

SERMON

HYMN                                    The Palms                                                                          

O’er all the way green palms and blossoms gay

are strewn this day in festal preparation,
Where Jesus comes to wipe our tears away
E’en now the throng to welcome Him Prepare

Refrain
Join all and sing. His name declare,

Let every voice resound with joyous acclamation,

Hosanna! Praise ye the Lord

Bless Him who cometh to bring salvation

His word goes forth, and peoples by its might,

Once more regain freedom from degradation,

Humanity doth give to each his right

While those in darkness are restored to light.

 

Refrain
Sing and rejoice, O blest Jerusalem,

Of all thy sons sing the emancipation,

Through boundless love the Christ of Bethlehem

Brings faith and hope to thee forevermore.

 

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 THE PEOPLE

PEACE

OFFERING

SPECIAL MUSIC                                                         

PRAYER

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                   Beneath the Cross of Jesus                                    #338

POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER

BLESSING

HYMN                                 Ride on Ride On in Majesty

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE                          March to Calvary                   Charles Gounod

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