Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE Prelude on “Slane” Paul Manz
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
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.
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 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty #413
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.
HYMN
OF PRAISE
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Children's message
First Reading: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
1 Does not
wisdom call and understanding raise her voice? 2 On the heights, beside
the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3 beside the gates in
front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out: 4 “To you, O people,
I call, and my cry is to all who live. 22 “The Lord created
me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago. 23 Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth. 24 When there were no
depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains had
been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, 26 when he had not yet made
earth and fields or the world’s first bits of soil. 27 When he established the
heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28 when he made firm the
skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, 29 when he assigned to the
sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he
marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 then I was beside him, like a master
worker, and I was daily his delight, playing before him always, 31 playing in his inhabited
world and delighting in the human race.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm 8
1 O | Lord our Lord, how
majestic is your name in | all the earth!—
2 you whose glory is
chanted above the heavens out of the mouths of
infants and children; you
have set up a fortress against your
enemies, to silence the
foe | and avenger.
3 When I consider your
heavens, the work | of your fingers,
the moon and the stars you have
set | in their courses,
4 what are mere mortals
that you should be mindful of them,
human beings that you
should | care for them?
5 Yet you have made them
little less | than divine; with glory and honor you crown
them.
6 You have made them
rule over the works | of your hands; you have put all
things
under their feet:
7 all | flocks and cattle,
even the wild beasts | of the field,
8 the birds of the air,
the fish | of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths | of
the sea.
9 O | Lord our Lord, how
majestic is your name in | all the earth!
Second Reading: Romans 5:1-5
1 Therefore,
since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have
obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of
sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our
afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces
character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us
to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit that has been given to us. Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL: John 16:12-15
The Holy Gospel according to Saint John the 16th
chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
[Jesus
said,] 12 “I still
have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own
but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that
are to come. 14 He will
glorify me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has
is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it
to you.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Come, Join the Dance of the Trinity #412
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, 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 You Satisfy the Hungry Heart #484
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Congregations Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “Come, Holy Spirit, Our Souls Inspire” John Leavitt
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