Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE “Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense” William Leupold
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 I Know that My Redeemer Lives #619
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: Job 19:23-27a
23 “O that
my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book! 24 O that with an iron
pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock forever! 25 For I know that my
vindicator lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth; 26 and after my skin has
been destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, 27a whom I shall see on my
side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.”
The Word of
the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm: 17:1-9
1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; give heed | to my cry;
listen to my prayer, which does not come from | lying lips.
2 Let my vindication
come forth | from your presence;
let your eyes be | fixed on justice.
3 Examine my heart,
visit | me by night, melt me down; you will find no impurity in me.
4 I have not regarded
what | others do;
at the word of your lips I have avoided the ways | of the
violent.
5 My footsteps hold fast
to your | well-worn path; and my feet | do not slip.
6 I call upon you, O
God, for you will | answer me; incline your ear to me
and | hear my words.
7 Show me your
marvelous | lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand
from those who | rise against them.
8 Keep me as the
apple | of your eye; hide me under the shadow | of your wings,
9 from the wicked | who assault me,
from my deadly enemies | who surround me.
Second Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
1 As to the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg
you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed,
either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that
the day of the Lord is already here. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for that day
will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed,
the one destined for destruction. 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every
so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of
God, declaring himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that I told you these
things when I was still with you? 13 But we must always give thanks to God for you,
brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first
fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in
the truth. 14 For this
purpose he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of
our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and
hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth
or by our letter. 16 Now may our
Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace
gave us eternal comfort and good hope, 17 comfort your hearts and strengthen them
in every good work and word.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Luke 20:27-38
The Holy
Gospel according to Saint Luke the 20th chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
27 Some
Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to [Jesus] 28 and asked him a
question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a
wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for
his brother. 29 Now there
were seven brothers; the first married a woman and died childless; 30 then the second 31 and the third married
her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. 32 Finally the woman also
died. 33 In the
resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had
married her.” 34 Jesus said
to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are
considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36 Indeed, they cannot die
anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children
of the resurrection. 37 And the fact
that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush,
where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob. 38 Now he is
God not of the dead but of the living, for to him all of them are alive.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Oh Happy Day, When We Shall Stand #441
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, 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 What Wondrous Love Is This #666
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Soon and Very Soon #439
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken arr. Gordon Young
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