Welcome to worship at
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE Abide With Me ar. D.L. McKenzie
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
Blessed
be the holy Trinity, + one God,
whose
voice is upon the waters,
whose
mercy is poured out upon all people,
whose
goodness cascades over all creation.
Amen.
Let
us confess our sin, trusting in the abundant grace of God.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Holy God,
you
search us and know us.
You
are acquainted with all our ways.
We
confess that our hearts are burdened by sin—
our
own sins and the broken systems that bind us.
We
turn inward, failing to follow
your
outward way of love.
We
distrust those who are not like us.
We
exploit the earth and its resources
and
fail to consider generations to come.
Forgive
us, gracious God,
for
all we have done and left undone.
Even
before the words are on our tongues,
you
know them;
receive
them in your divine mercy.
Amen.
How vast is God's grace!
Through
the power and promise of + Christ Jesus,
our
sins are washed away
and
we are claimed as God's own beloved.
Indeed,
we are forgiven.
In
the wake of God's forgiveness,
we
are called to be the beloved community
living
out Christ's justice
and
the Spirit's reconciling peace.
Amen.
HYMN Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death #452 v. 1,3,5
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 #391 v. 1
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Children's message
FIRST READING: Acts 8:26-40
26Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up
and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to
Gaza." (This is a wilderness road.) 27So he got up and went.
Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of
the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to
worship 28and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was
reading the prophet Isaiah. 29Then the Spirit said to Philip,
"Go over to this chariot and join it." 30So Philip ran up
to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, "Do you
understand what you are reading?" 31He replied, "How can
I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit
beside him. 32Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading
was this:
"Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,
and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not
open his mouth.
33In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken
away from the earth."
34The eunuch asked Philip, "About whom, may I ask
you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?" 35Then
Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him
the good news about Jesus.
36As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?" 38He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
PSALM: Psalm 22:25-31
25From you comes my praise in the | great
assembly; I will perform my vows in the sight of
those who | fear
the LORD.
26The poor shall eat | and be satisfied, Let
those who seek the LORD give praise!
May your hearts |
live forever!
27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn |
to the LORD; all the families of nations
shall bow |
before God.
28For dominion belongs | to the LORD, who
rules o- | ver the nations. R
29Indeed, all who sleep in the earth shall bow |
down in worship; all who go down to the dust, though they be dead, shall kneel
be- | fore the LORD.
30Their descendants shall | serve the LORD, whom
they shall proclaim to genera- | tions to come.
31They shall proclaim God's deliverance to a people |
yet unborn, saying to them, "The | LORD has acted!" R
SECOND
READING: 1 John 4:7-21
7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from
God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does
not love does not know God, for God is love. 9God's love was
revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we
might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we loved God but
that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Beloved,
since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. 12No
one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is
perfected in us.
13By this we know that we abide in him and he in us,
because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And we have seen and do
testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. 15God
abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in
God. 16So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and those who
abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. 17Love has been
perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment,
because as he is, so are we in this world. 18There is no fear in
love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and
whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. 19We love because
he first loved us. 20Those who say, "I love God," and hate
their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or
sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. 21The
commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their
brothers and sisters also.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL: John 15:1-8
[Jesus said:] 1"I
am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2He removes every
branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to
make it bear more fruit. 3You have already been cleansed by the word
that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as
the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither
can you unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine, you are the
branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart
from me you can do nothing. 6Whoever does not abide in me is thrown
away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the
fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you,
ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8My Father
is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."
The
Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Alleluia!
Jesus Is risen! #377
v. 1,3,5
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 AND 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
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION
POST COMMUNION PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Let All Things Now Living #881
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Now the Green Blade Rises Sedio
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