Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE “Children of the Heavenly Father” Anne K. Organ
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 Oh, For a thousand Tongues to Sing #886
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: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c
1 Naaman,
commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor
with his master because by him the Lord had
given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from a skin
disease. 2 Now the
Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the land of
Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. 3 She said to her mistress, “If only my lord were
with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his skin disease.” 7 When the king of Israel
read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to give death or
life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his skin disease? Just
look and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.” 8 But when Elisha the man
of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to
the king, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come to me, that he may
learn that there is a prophet in Israel.” 9 So Naaman came with his
horses and chariots and halted at the entrance of Elisha’s house. 10 Elisha sent a messenger
to him, saying, “Go, wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be
restored, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman became angry and went away,
saying, “I thought that for me he would surely come out and stand and call on
the name of the Lord his
God and would wave his hand over the spot and cure the skin disease! 12 Are not Abana and
Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I
not wash in them and be clean?” He turned and went away in a rage. 13 But his servants
approached and said to him, “Father, if the prophet had commanded you to do
something difficult, would you not have done it? How much more, when all he
said to you was, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and
immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of
God; his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy, and he was clean.
15a, b, c Then he returned to the
man of God, he and all his company; he came and stood before him and said, “Now
I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel.”
The Word of
the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm: Psalm 111
1 Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the Lord with | my whole heart,
in the assembly of the upright, in the | congregation.
2 Great are your | works, O Lord, pondered by all who delight in
them.
3 Majesty and
splendor | mark your deeds, and your righteousness endures forever.
4 You cause your
wonders to | be remembered; you are gracious and full | of compassion.
5 You give food to | those who fear you,
remembering forever your covenant.
6 You have shown your
people the power | of your works in giving them the
lands | of the
nations.
7 The works of your hands
are faithfulness and justice; all of your precepts are sure.
8 They stand fast
forever and ever, because they are done in | truth and equity.
9 You sent redemption to
your people and commanded your cove- | nant forever;
holy and awesome | is your name.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who practice this have a good
understanding. God’s praise endures forever.
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 2:8-15
8 Remember
Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my
gospel, 9 for which I
suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the
word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of
the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus,
with eternal glory. 11 The saying
is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will
also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; 13 if we are faithless, he
remains faithful—he cannot deny himself. 14 Remind them of this, and warn them before
the Lord that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but
only ruins those who are listening. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God
as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly
explaining the word of truth.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
The Holy
Gospel according to Saint Luke the 17th chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
11 On the way
to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and
Galilee. 12 As he
entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their
distance, 13 they called
out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he
said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they
were made clean. 15 Then one of
them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud
voice. 16 He
prostrated himself at Jesus’s feet and thanked him. And he was a
Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus
asked, “Were not ten made clean? So where are the other nine? 18 Did none of them return
to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him,
“Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Now Thank We all Our God #840
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 How Great Thou Art #856
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Praise to the Lord, the Almighty #858
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Canticle of Praise on “Azmon” Alice Jordon
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