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 What a Friend we Have in Jesus #742
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: Zechariah 9:9-12
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter
Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Psalm: Psalm 145:8-14
8 The Lord is gracious and full | of compassion,
slow to anger and abounding in | steadfast love.
9 Lord, you are | good
to all,
and your compassion is over | all your works. R
10 All your works shall praise | you, O Lord,
and your faithful | ones shall bless
you.
11 They shall tell of the glory | of your kingdom
and speak | of
your power,
12 that all people may know | of your power
and the glorious splendor | of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; your dominion endures
through- | out
all ages.
You, Lord, are faithful
in all your words, and loving in | all your works.
14 The Lord upholds all | those who fall
and lifts up those who | are bowed down. R
Second Reading: Romans
7:15-25a
15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not
do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do
not want, I agree that the law is good. 17 But in fact it is no
longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that the good
does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good
lies close at hand, but not the ability. 19 For I do not do the good
I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. 20 Now if I do what I do
not want, it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.
21 So I find it to be a law that, when I want to do what is good,
evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inmost
self, 23 but I see in my members another law at war with
the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my
members. 24 Wretched person that I am! Who will rescue me
from this body of death? 25a Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
[Jesus spoke to the crowd saying:] 16 “To what will I compare
this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to
one another,
17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
18 “For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has
a demon’; 19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax
collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is
vindicated by her deeds.”
25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have
hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to
infants; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been
handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and
no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to
reveal him.
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I
am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and
my burden is light.”
SERMON
HYMN Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling #608
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 O Beautiful for Spacious Skies #888
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Congregation’s Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “”
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