Service outline for Sunday, November 29, 2020

                         Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!

                                                Sunday, November 29 , 2020

                                                            Advent 1

PRELUDE                                                                                                                              

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

 Blessed be God, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit,

whose forgiveness is sure

and whose steadfast love endures forever.

Amen.

 Together let us honestly and humbly confess

that we have not lived as God desires.

 Silence is kept for reflection.

 

Loving and forgiving God,

we confess that we are held captive by sin.

In spite of our best efforts, we have gone astray. We have not welcomed the stranger;

we have not loved our neighbor;

we have not been Christ to one another.

Restore us, O God.

Wake us up and turn us from our sin.

Renew us each day in the light of Christ. Amen.

People of God, hear this glad news:

by God’s endless grace

your sins are forgiven, and you are free—

free from all that holds you back

and free to live in the peaceable realm of God.

May you be strengthened in God’s love,

☩ comforted by Christ’s peace,

and accompanied with the power of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

HYMN                                                                                                           #242 

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                                                                     #240 V. 1

 

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Children's message

FIRST READING: Isaiah 64:1-9

¹O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,

          so that the mountains would quake at your presence—

²as when fire kindles brushwood

          and the fire causes water to boil—

          to make your name known to your adversaries,

          so that the nations might tremble at your presence!

³When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect,

          you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

⁴From ages past no one has heard,

          no ear has perceived,

          no eye has seen any God besides you,

          who works for those who wait for him.

⁵You meet those who gladly do right,

          those who remember you in your ways.

          But you were angry, and we sinned;

          because you hid yourself we transgressed.

⁶We have all become like one who is unclean,

          and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.

          We all fade like a leaf,

          and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

⁷There is no one who calls on your name,

          or attempts to take hold of you;

          for you have hidden your face from us,

          and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

⁸Yet, O LORD, you are our Father;

          we are the clay, and you are our potter;

          we are all the work of your hand.

⁹Do not be exceedingly angry, O LORD,

          and do not remember iniquity forever.

          Now consider, we are all your people.

 

PSALM: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19

¹Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph ^| like a flock;

          shine forth, you that are enthroned up- ^| on the cherubim.

²In the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, ^| and Manasseh,

          stir up your strength and ^| come to help us.

³Restore ^| us, O God;

          let your face shine upon us, and we ^| shall be saved.

⁴O LORD ^| God of hosts,

          how long will your anger fume when your ^| people pray? 

⁵You have fed them with the ^| bread of tears;

          you have given them bowls of ^| tears to drink.

⁶You have made us the derision ^| of our neighbors,

          and our enemies laugh ^| us to scorn.

⁷Restore us, O ^| God of hosts;

          let your face shine upon us, and we ^| shall be saved.

¹⁷Let your hand be upon the one at ^| your right hand,

          the one you have made so strong ^| for yourself. 

¹⁸And so will we never turn a- ^| way from you;

          give us life, that we may call up- ^| on your name.

¹⁹Restore us, O LORD ^| God of hosts;

          let your face shine upon us, and we ^| shall be saved. 

 

SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9

 ³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind—⁶just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you—⁷so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

  

GOSPEL: Mark 13:24-37

 [Jesus said:] ^24"In those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, ²⁵and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory. ²⁷Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

 ²⁸From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. ³⁰Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. ³¹Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

 ³²But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³³Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. ³⁴It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. ³⁵Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, ³⁶or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. ³⁷And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake."

 Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON

HYMN                                                                                                                       #435

 

       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

BLESSING

HYMN                                                                                                 #260 

 

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE                    O Jesus, King Most Wonderful                                   Leavitt

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Service outline for Thanksgiving Eve

Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!

Thanksgiving Eve

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

 

 

PRELUDE                We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer                 arr. Johnson

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, in whose image we are made, who claims us and calls us beloved.

Amen.

 Silence is kept for reflection.

Holy One,

we confess that we are not awake for you.

We are not faithful in using your gifts.

We forget the least of our siblings.

We do not see your beautiful image in one another.

We are infected by sin that divides your beloved community. 

Open our hearts to your coming,

open our eyes to see you in our neighbor,

open our hands to serve your creation. Amen.

Beloved, we are God's children, and Jesus, our Beloved, opens the door to us. 

Through + Jesus you are forgiven, by Jesus you are welcome,

in Jesus you are called to rejoice! Let us live in the promises prepared   

for us from the foundation of the world.

Amen.

HYMN                                                                                                                 #693 

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: Deuteronomy 8:7-18

⁷For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, ⁸a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, ⁹a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper. ¹⁰You shall eat your fill and bless the LORD your God for the good land that he has given you. ¹¹Take care that you do not forget the LORD your God, by failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am commanding you today. ¹²When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them, ¹³and when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, ¹⁴then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, ¹⁵who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock, ¹⁶and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good. ¹⁷Do not say to yourself, "My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth." ¹⁸But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.

 

pSALM: Psalm 65

 ¹You are to be praised, O ^| God, in Zion;

          to you shall vows ^| be fulfilled.

²To you, the one ^| who answers prayer,

          to you all ^| flesh shall come.

³Our sins are strong- ^| er than we are,

          but you blot out ^| our transgressions.

⁴Happy are they whom you choose

and draw to your ^| courts to dwell there!

          They will be satisfied by the beauty of your house,

          by the holiness ^| of your temple.  

⁵Awesome things will you show us in your righteousness,

O God of ^| our salvation,

          O hope of all the ends of the earth and of the oceans ^| far away.

⁶You make firm the mountains ^| by your power;

          you are girded a- ^| bout with might.

⁷You still the roaring ^| of the seas,

          the roaring of their waves, and the clamor ^| of the peoples.

⁸Those who dwell at the ends of the earth

will tremble at your ^| marvelous signs;

          you make the dawn and the dusk to ^| sing for joy.

⁹You visit the earth and water it abundantly;

you make it very plenteous; the river of God is ^| full of water.

          You prepare the grain, for so you provide ^| for the earth.

¹⁰You drench the furrows and smooth ^| out the ridges;

          with heavy rain you soften the ground and ^| bless its increase.

¹¹You crown the year ^| with your goodness,

          and your paths over- ^| flow with plenty.

¹²May the fields of the wilderness be ^| rich for grazing,

          and the hills be ^| clothed with joy.

¹³May the meadows cover themselves with flocks,

and the valleys cloak them- ^| selves with grain;

          let them shout for ^| joy and sing.  

 

SECOND READING: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

⁶The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. ⁷Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. ⁹As it is written, "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever." ¹⁰He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. ¹¹You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us; ¹²for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God. ¹³Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others, ¹⁴while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God that he has given you. ¹⁵Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

 

GOSPEL: Luke 17:11-19 

¹¹On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. ¹²As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, ¹³they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" ¹⁴When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. ¹⁵Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. ¹⁶He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? ¹⁸Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" ¹⁹Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."

 Praise to you, O Christ.

 SERMON

HYMN                                                                                                                                                 #694

 

    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 

BLESSING 

HYMN                                                                                                              #879 

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE                               Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!                                  Childs

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Service for Sunday, November 22, 2020

Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!

 PRELUDE                                           Above All                                        arr. Shackley

 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

 Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, in whose image we are made, who claims us and calls us beloved.

Amen. 

Silence is kept for reflection.

Holy One,

we confess that we are not awake for you.

We are not faithful in using your gifts.

We forget the least of our siblings.

We do not see your beautiful image in one another.

We are infected by sin that divides your beloved community. 

Open our hearts to your coming,

open our eyes to see you in our neighbor,

open our hands to serve your creation. Amen.

 

Beloved, we are God's children, and Jesus, our Beloved, opens the door to us. 

Through + Jesus you are forgiven, by Jesus you are welcome,

in Jesus you are called to rejoice! Let us live in the promises prepared   

for us from the foundation of the world.

Amen.

 HYMN                                                                                                             #842 v. 1,5

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: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

 ¹¹Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. ¹²As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. ¹³I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land. ¹⁴I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD. ¹⁶I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice. ²⁰Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. ²¹Because you pushed with flank and shoulder, and butted at all the weak animals with your horns until you scattered them far and wide, ²²I will save my flock, and they shall no longer be ravaged; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. ²³I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. ²⁴And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken.

 

PSALM: Psalm 95:1-7a

¹Come, let us sing ^| to the LORD;

          let us shout for joy to the rock of ^| our salvation.

²Let us come before God's presence ^| with thanksgiving

          and raise a loud shout to the ^| LORD with psalms.

³For you, LORD, ^| are a great God,

          and a great ruler a- ^| bove all gods.

⁴In your hand are the caverns ^| of the earth;

          the heights of the hills are ^| also yours.  

⁵The sea is yours, ^| for you made it,

          and your hands have molded ^| the dry land.

⁶Come, let us worship ^| and bow down,

          let us kneel before the ^| LORD our maker.

^7aFor the LORD ^| is our God,

          and we are the people of God's pasture

          and the sheep ^| of God's hand.  

 SECOND READING: Ephesians 1:15-23

 ¹⁵I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason ¹⁶I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. ¹⁷I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, ¹⁸so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, ¹⁹and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. ²⁰God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. ²²And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, ²³which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

GOSPEL: Matthew 25:31-46

[Jesus said to the disciples:] ³¹"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³²All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, ³³and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. ³⁴Then the king will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; ³⁵for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.' ³⁷Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? ³⁸And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? ³⁹And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?' ⁴⁰And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.' ⁴¹Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; ⁴²for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' ⁴⁴Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?' ⁴⁵Then he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' ⁴⁶And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

 Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON

 HYMN                                                                                                                                      #430 v. 1,2

   

                                                                                                                                                                             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

BLESSING

HYMN                                                                                                           #434 v. 1,3,5

 

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE                     O Jesus, King Most Wonderful                                   Leavitt

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