Service outline for Sunday, June 19, 2022

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

 

PRELUDE      Blessed Assurance                      R. Hobby

 

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 steadfast love endures forever.

Amen.

 Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

 Silence is kept for reflection.

Merciful God,

we confess that we have not followed your path

but have chosen our own way.

Instead of putting others before ourselves,

we long to take the best seats at the table.

When met by those in need,

we have too often passed by on the other side.

Set us again on the path of life.

Save us from ourselves

and free us to love our neighbors.

Amen.

Hear the good news!

God does not deal with us according to our sins

but delights in granting pardon and mercy.

In the name of + Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven.

You are free to love as God loves.

Amen. 

 

HYMN    Oh for a Thousand Tongues to Sing            #886        

 

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                                    

 

 

 prayer of the day

 children’s message

 FIRST READING: Isaiah 65:1-9

 ¹I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me.

I said, "Here I am, here I am,"to a nation that did not call on my name. ²I held out my hands all day long

to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices; ³a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and offering incense on bricks; ⁴who sit inside tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat swine's flesh, with broth of abominable things in their vessels;

⁵who say, "Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you."These are a smoke in my nostrils,

a fire that burns all day long. ⁶See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their laps ⁷their iniquities and their ancestors' iniquities together, says the LORD; because they offered incense on the mountains and reviled me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their actions. ⁸Thus says the LORD: As the wine is found in the cluster,     and they say, "Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,"so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all. ⁹I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah inheritors of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall settle there.

 

PSALM: Psalm 22:19-28

¹⁹But you, O LORD, be not ^| far away; O my help, hasten ^| to my aid.

²⁰Deliver me ^| from the sword, my life from the power ^| of the dog.

²¹Save me from the ^| lion's mouth! From the horns of wild bulls you have ^| rescued me.

²²I will declare your name ^| to my people; in the midst of the assembly ^| I will praise you.  

²³You who fear the LORD, give praise! All you of Jacob's ^| line, give glory. Stand in awe of the LORD, all you off- ^| spring of Israel.

²⁴For the LORD does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty; neither is the LORD's face hid- ^| den from them; but when they cry out, ^| the LORD hears them.

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. 

 

SECOND READING: Galatians 3:23-29

 ²³Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. ²⁴Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, ²⁶for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. ²⁷As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise.

 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

GOSPEL: Luke 8:26-39

 ²⁶Then [Jesus and his disciples] arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. ²⁷As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. ²⁸When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me"— ²⁹for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) ³⁰Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. ³¹They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.

            ³²Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. ³³Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

            ³⁴When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. ³⁵Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. ³⁶Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. ³⁷Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. ³⁸The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, ³⁹Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you. So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.

 

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

 

SERMON 

HYMN       God of Grace God of Glory               #705

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 Intercession

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       Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee            #836

 Post communion proclamation

prayer

BLESSING

HYMN                                                         Congregation’s Choice                                                     

DISMISSAL 

POSTLUDE        In Christ There is No East or West                    T. Shaw

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