Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE “Be Thou My Vision” Eleanor Whitsett
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 Take My Life, that I May Be #685
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: Amos 8:4-7
4 Hear this,
you who trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land,
5 saying, “When will the
new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath,
so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the
shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances, 6 buying the poor for
silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and selling the sweepings of the
wheat.” 7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of
Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. The Word of the Lord. Thanks
be to God
Psalm: Psalm 113
1 Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants | of the Lord; praise the name | of the Lord.
2 Let the name of
the | Lord be blessed, from this time forth
forevermore.
3 From the rising of the
sun to its | going down let the name of the | Lord be praised.
4 The Lord is high above all nations;
God’s glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the | Lord our God, who sits
enthroned on high,
6 but stoops | to behold the
heavens | and the earth?
7 The Lord takes up the weak out | of the dust and
lifts up the poor | from the ashes,
8 enthroning them | with the rulers,
with the rulers | of the people.
9 The Lord makes the woman of a | childless house
to be a joyful mother of children. | Hallelujah!
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-7
1 First of
all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings
be made for everyone, 2 for kings
and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable
life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This is right and acceptable before God our
Savior, 4 who desires
everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God;
there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself
human, 6 who gave himself a
ransom for all —this was attested at the right time.7 For this I was appointed
a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), a teacher of
the gentiles in faith and truth.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Holy
Gospel according to Saint Luke the 16th chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
1 Then Jesus
said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges
were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2 So he summoned him and
said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your
management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ 3 Then the manager said to
himself, ‘What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from
me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to
do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their
homes.’ 5 So,
summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, ‘How much do you
owe my master?’ 6 He answered,
‘A hundred jugs of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down
quickly, and make it fifty.’ 7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you
owe?’ He replied, ‘A hundred containers of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your
bill and make it eighty.’ 8 And his master commended the dishonest manager
because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in
dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. 9 And I tell you, make
friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone
they may welcome you into the eternal homes. 10 “Whoever is faithful in
a very little is faithful also in much, and whoever is dishonest in a very
little is dishonest also in much. 11 If, then, you have not been faithful with the
dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12 And if you have not been
faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your
own? 13 No slave can
serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or
be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN All Depends on Our Possessing #589
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 We Are Called #720
1.Come! live in the light!
Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord! We are called to be light for the
kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God!
We are called to act with justice. We are called
to love tenderly.
We are called to serve one another, to walk humbly with God.
2. Come! Open your heart!
Show your mercy to all those in fear!
We are called to be hope for the hopeless,
so all hatred and blindness will be no more!
3. Sing! Sing a new song!
Sing of that great day when all will be one! God will reign
and we'll walk with
each other as sisters and brothers united in love!
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Rise Up, O Saints of God #669
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “O God Beyond all Praising” David Cherwein
