Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE To
God the Holy Spirit, Let Us Pray Wold
CONFESSION
AND FORGIVENESS
All
may make the sign of the cross, the sign that is marked at baptism, as the
presiding minister begins.
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 Crown Him with Many Crowns #855 v. 1,2
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.
Children's message
FIRST READING: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
15In those days Peter stood up among the believers
(together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said, 16"Friends,
the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold
concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus—17for
he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry." 21So
one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus
went in and out among us, 22beginning from the baptism of John until
the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us
to his resurrection." 23So they proposed two, Joseph called
Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. 24Then they
prayed and said, "Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which one of
these two you have chosen 25to take the place in this ministry and
apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." 26And
they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to the
eleven apostles.
PSALM: Psalm 1
1Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel |
of the wicked, nor lingered in the way of sinners,
nor sat in the seats |
of the scornful!
2Their delight is in the law | of the LORD, and they
meditate on God's teaching | day and night.
3They are like trees planted by streams of water,
bearing fruit in due season,
with leaves that |
do not wither; everything they | do shall prosper.
4It is not so | with the wicked; they are
like chaff which the wind | blows away.
5Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when |
judgment comes, nor the sinner in the council | of the righteous.
6For the LORD knows the way | of the
righteous, but the way of the wicked shall | be destroyed.
SECOND
READING: 1 John 5:9-13
9If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is
greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son. 10Those
who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do
not believe in God have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that
God has given concerning his Son. 11And this is the testimony: God
gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12Whoever has the
Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 3I
write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that
you may know that you have eternal life.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL: John 17:6-19
[Jesus prayed:] 6"I
have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were
yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7Now
they know that everything you have given me is from you; 8for the
words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and
know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9I
am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on
behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. 10All mine
are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11And
now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to
you.
"Holy Father, protect
them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are
one. 12While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you
have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one
destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13But
now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may
have my joy made complete in themselves. 14I have given them your
word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world,
just as I do not belong to the world. 15I am not asking you to take
them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. 16They
do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 17Sanctify
them in the truth; your word is truth. 18As you have sent me into
the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19And for their sakes
I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth."
The
Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN I Come with Joy #482 v. 1-3
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
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 Crown Him with Many Crowns #855 v. 3-5
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Fanfare on “St. Kevin” Sullivan/Smith
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