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.
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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."
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
POSTLUDE Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart! Childs
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