Service outline for Sunday, February 27, 2022

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

PRELUDE     Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies          Berry

 * 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, who sends the word with angels, who is made flesh among all peoples, and who breathes peace on all the earth. Amen.

 In Christ, we are bold to name our sin and cry out for peace.

 Silence is kept for reflection.

 Holy God,

we confess our sin before you.

We replace compassion with competition.

We seek what is mighty while ignoring the meek.

We are quick to anger but slow to forgive.

We have not put on love in harmony with you.

Wrap us in the grace of your powerful Word.

Swaddle our hearts with your peace,

that all we do, in word or deed,

may reflect your love born among us.

Amen.

I bring you good news of great joy for all people: God has come among us in the child born of Mary, Christ the Lord. + In Christ your sins are forgiven and you are clothed in peace.

Amen.

HYMN       How Good, Lord, to be Here!              #315 v. 1,2,5

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        Rise, Shine, You People!     #665 v.1       

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Children's message

FIRST READING: Exodus 34:29-35

 ²⁹Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. ³⁰When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. ³¹But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. ³²Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. ³³When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; ³⁴but whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, ³⁵the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

PSALM: Psalm 99

 ¹The LORD is king; let the ^| people tremble. The LORD is enthroned upon the cherubim; let ^| the earth shake.

²The LORD, ^| great in Zion, is high a- ^| bove all peoples.

³Let them confess God's name, which is ^| great and awesome; God is the ^| Holy One.

⁴O mighty king, lover of justice, you have es- ^| tablished equity; you have executed justice and righteous- ^| ness in Jacob.

⁵Proclaim the greatness of the LORD and fall down be- ^| fore God's footstool; God is the ^| Holy One.

⁶Moses and Aaron among your priests, and Samuel among those who call upon your ^| name, O LORD,  they called upon you, and you ^| answered them,

⁷you spoke to them out of the pil- ^| lar of cloud; they kept your testimonies and the decree ^| that you gave them.

⁸O LORD our God, you answered ^| them indeed; you were a God who forgave them, yet punished them for their ^| evil deeds.

⁹Proclaim the greatness of the LORD and worship upon God's ^| holy hill; for the LORD our God is the ^| Holy One. 

 

SECOND READING: 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

 ¹²Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, ¹³not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. ¹⁴But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. ¹⁵Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; ¹⁶but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. ¹⁷Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

            ^4:1Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. ²We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God's word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL: Luke 9:28-36 [37-43a]

 ²⁸Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. ²⁹And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. ³⁰Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. ³¹They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. ³²Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. ³³Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"—not knowing what he said. ³⁴While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. ³⁵Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen listen to him!" ³⁶When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

            [³⁷On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. ³⁸Just then a man from the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. ³⁹Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. ⁴⁰I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." ⁴¹Jesus answered, "You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." ⁴²While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. ⁴³And all were astounded at the greatness of God.]

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

 

SERMON

HYMN         Jesus on the Mountain Peak             #317 v. 1,4

 

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

HYMN            Beautiful Savior                              #838

 

POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION

POST COMMUNION PRAYER

BLESSING

HYMN       We Are Marching in the Light                  #866 v. 1,3,4

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE      Festive Praise       Blake

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Service outline for Sunday, February 20, 2022

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

PRELUDE     We Praise Thee         Weber

* 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, who sends the word with angels, who is made flesh among all peoples, and who breathes peace on all the earth.  Amen.

 In Christ, we are bold to name our sin and cry out for peace.

 Silence is kept for reflection.

 Holy God,

we confess our sin before you.

We replace compassion with competition.

We seek what is mighty while ignoring the meek.

We are quick to anger but slow to forgive.

We have not put on love in harmony with you.

Wrap us in the grace of your powerful Word.

Swaddle our hearts with your peace,

that all we do, in word or deed,

may reflect your love born among us.

Amen.

I bring you good news of great joy for all people: God has come among us in the child born of Mary, Christ the Lord. + In Christ your sins are forgiven and you are clothed in peace.

Amen.

HYMN        Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us       #707 v. 1,4

 

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     Rise, Shine, You People!      #665 v.1       

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Children's message

FIRST READING: Genesis 45:3-11, 15

 ³Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence.   ⁴Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. ⁶For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. ⁷God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. ⁸So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ⁹Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. ¹⁰You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. ¹¹I will provide for you there—since there are five more years of famine to come—so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.' "   ¹⁵And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.

 

PSALM: Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40

 ¹Do not be provoked by ^| evildoers; do not be jealous of those ^| who do wrong.

²For they shall soon wither ^| like the grass, and like the green grass ^| fade away.

³Put your trust in the LORD ^| and do good; dwell in the land and ^| find safe pasture.

⁴Take delight ^| in the LORD, who shall give you your ^| heart's desire. 

⁵Commit your way to the LORD; put your trust in the LORD, and see what ^| God will do.

⁶The LORD will make your vindication as clear ^| as the light and the justice of your case like the ^| noonday sun.

⁷Be still before the LORD and wait ^| patiently. Do not be provoked by the one who prospers, the one who succeeds in ^| evil schemes.

⁸Refrain from anger, leave ^| rage alone; do not be provoked; it leads on- ^| ly to evil.  

⁹For evildoers shall ^| be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD shall pos- ^| sess the land.

¹⁰In a little while the wicked shall ^| be no more; even if you search out their place, they will ^| not be there.

¹¹But the lowly shall pos- ^| sess the land; they will delight in abun- ^| dance of peace.

³⁹But the deliverance of the righteous comes from ^| you, O LORD; you are their stronghold in ^| time of trouble.

⁴⁰You, O LORD, will help them and ^| rescue them; you will rescue them from the wicked and deliver them, because in you ^| they seek refuge.  

 

SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

 ³⁵But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" ³⁶Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. ³⁷And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. ³⁸But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.

            ⁴²So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. ⁴³It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. ⁴⁴It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴5Thus it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. ⁴⁷The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. ⁴⁸As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. ⁴⁹Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.   ⁵⁰What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL: Luke 6:27-38

 [Jesus said:] ²⁷"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. ³⁰Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. ³¹Do to others as you would have them do to you.

            ³²"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. ³⁵But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. ³⁶Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

            ³⁷"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; ³⁸give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back."

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

 

SERMON

HYMN     Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive            #605

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

HYMN        Rock of Ages, Cleft For Me          #623

POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION

POST COMMUNION PRAYER

BLESSING

HYMN        Praise and Thanks and Adoration         #783

 

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE         Three Kings of Orient          Linker

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Service outline for Sunday, February 13, 2022

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

PRELUDE         Blest Are They              Keesecker

   * 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, who sends the word with angels, who is made flesh among all peoples, and who breathes peace on all the earth.  Amen.

 In Christ, we are bold to name our sin and cry out for peace.

 Silence is kept for reflection.

 Holy God,

we confess our sin before you.

We replace compassion with competition.

We seek what is mighty while ignoring the meek.

We are quick to anger but slow to forgive.

We have not put on love in harmony with you.

Wrap us in the grace of your powerful Word.

Swaddle our hearts with your peace,

that all we do, in word or deed,

may reflect your love born among us.

Amen.

I bring you good news of great joy for all people: God has come among us in the child born of Mary, Christ the Lord. + In Christ your sins are forgiven and you are clothed in peace.

Amen.

 HYMN      Jesus, the Very Thought of You              #754

 

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            Rise, Shine, You People!                   #665 v.1       

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Children's message

FIRST READING: Jeremiah 17:5-10

 ⁵Thus says the LORD: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength,

whose hearts turn away from the LORD.

⁶They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes.

They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

 ⁷Blessed are those who trust in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. ⁸They shall be like a tree planted by water,

sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green;

in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

 ⁹The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse—who can understand it?

¹⁰I the LORD test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.

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 Corinthians 15:12-20

¹²Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; ¹⁴and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. ¹⁵We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ—whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. ¹⁶For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. ¹⁷If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. ¹⁸Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. ¹⁹If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. ²⁰But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.

 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL: Luke 6:17-26

 ¹⁷[Jesus] came down with [the twelve] and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. ¹⁸They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. ¹⁹And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. ²⁰Then he looked up at his disciples and said:    "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ²²"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. ²³Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. ²⁴"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. ²⁵"Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.  ²⁶"Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets."

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON

HYMN     Let Justice Flow Like Streams                              #717

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

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

HYMN            Blest Are They                               #728

Blest are they, the poor in spirit

Theirs is the kingdom of God

Blest are they, full of sorrow

They shall be consoled

 

Refrain

Rejoice and be glad

Blessed are you; holy are you

Rejoice and be glad

Yours is the Kingdom of God

 

Blest are they, the lowly ones

They shall inherit the earth

Blest are they, who hunger and thirst

They shall have their fill refrain

 

 

Blest are they who show mercy

Mercy shall be theirs

Blest are they, the pure of heart

They shall see God refrain

 

Blest are they who seek peace

They are the children of God

Blest are they who suffer in faith

The glory of God is theirs   refrain

 

Blest are you who suffer hate

All because of me

Rejoice and be glad, yours is the kingdom

Shine for all to see   refrain

 

POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION

POST COMMUNION PRAYER

BLESSING

HYMN          Canticle of the Turning              #723 v. 1,4

  

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE      Alleluia, Song of Sweetness           Haas/Hayes

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