Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE
CONFESSION AND FORGIVNESS
Blessed be the holy Trinity,+ one God,
whose compassion endures forever.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin to God.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Compassionate God,
we confess to you all our sins.
Our burden is heavy, and we cannot free
ourselves.
In your mercy, call us back to you.
Your yoke is easy and your burden is light.
Restore us to dwell in your peace.
In Christ’s name we pray,
Amen.
Jesus says, “Come to me,
all you who are weary
and are carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest.”
In the name of God,
Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit,
your sins are forgiven.
Rest in God’s love.
Amen.
HYMN God Is Here! #526
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
5 The prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet
Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in
the house of the Lord, 6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord fulfill
the words that you have prophesied and bring back to this place from Babylon
the vessels of the house of the Lord and
all the exiles. 7 But listen now to this word that I speak in your
hearing and in the hearing of all the people. 8 The prophets who
preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence
against many countries and great kingdoms. 9 As for the prophet who
prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be
known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”
Psalm: Psalm 89:1-4,
15-18
1 Your love, O Lord, forever | will I sing;
from age to age my mouth will pro- | claim your faithfulness.
2 For I am persuaded that your steadfast love is estab- | lished forever;
you have set your faithfulness firmly | in the heavens.
3 “I have made a covenant with my | chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to Da- | vid my servant:
4 ‘I will establish your | line forever,
and preserve your throne for all | generations.’ ” R
15 Happy are the people who know the | festal shout!
They walk, O Lord, in the
light | of your presence.
16 They rejoice daily | in
your name;
they are jubilant | in
your righteousness.
17 For you are the glory | of their strength,
and by your favor our might | is exalted.
18 Truly, our shield belongs | to the Lord;
our king to the Holy | One
of Israel. R
Second Reading: Romans
6:12-23
12 Do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies, so
that you obey their desires. 13 No longer present your members to sin as
instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have
been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments
of righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since
you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under
grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that, if you present yourselves
to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either
of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God
that you who were slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the form
of teaching to which you were entrusted 18 and that you, having
been set free from sin, have become enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human
terms because of your limitations. For just as you once presented your members
as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, leading to even more lawlessness, so now
present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.
20 When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to
righteousness. 21 So what fruit did you then gain from the things
of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have
been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to
sanctification, and the end is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is
death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Matthew 10:40-42
[Jesus said to the twelve:] 40 “Whoever welcomes you
welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a
prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous
person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the
righteous, 42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to
one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their
reward.”
SERMON
HYMN Lord, Speak to Us, That We May Speak #676
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 Just As I Am, without One Plea #592
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Congregation’s Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE
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