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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