St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, August 14, 2022
9:30 AM
PRELUDE If
God, My Lord, Be For Me -Ashdown
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 #812
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 SERMON
Special music
FIRST READING: Jeremiah 23:23-29
23Am I a God near by, says the Lord, and not a God far
off? 24Who can hide
in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven
and earth? says the Lord. 25I have heard what the
prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, “I have dreamed, I
have dreamed!” 26How long?
Will the hearts of the prophets ever turn back—those who prophesy lies, and who
prophesy the deceit of their own heart? 27They plan to make my
people forget my name by their dreams that they tell one another, just as their
ancestors forgot my name for Baal. 28Let the prophet who has a dream tell the
dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw
in common with wheat? says the Lord. 29Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that
breaks a rock in pieces?
PSALM: Psalm 82
1God stands to charge the divine council
assembled, giving judgment in the midst | of the gods:
2“How
long will you | judge unjustly, and show favor | to
the wicked?
3Save
the weak | and the orphan; defend the humble and needy;
4rescue
the weak | and the poor; deliver them from the
power | of the wicked.
5They
do not know, neither do they understand; they wander about in darkness; all the
foundations of the | earth
are shaken.
6Now
I say to you, | ‘You are gods, and all of you
children of | the Most High;
7nevertheless,
you shall | die like mortals, and fall like | any
prince.’ ”
8Arise,
O God, and | rule the earth, for you shall take all
nations | for your own.
SECOND READING: Hebrews 11:29-12:2
29By faith the
people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the
Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. 30By faith the walls of
Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days. 31By faith Rahab the
prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had
received the spies in peace.
32And what more should I
say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of
David and Samuel and the prophets—33who through faith conquered kingdoms,
administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched raging fire,
escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in
war, put foreign armies to flight. 35Women received their dead by
resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to
obtain a better resurrection. 36Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even
chains and imprisonment. 37They were stoned to death, they were sawn in
two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and
goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented—38of whom the world was not worthy. They
wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
39Yet all these, though
they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40since God had provided
something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL: Luke 12:49-56
[Jesus said:] 49“I came to bring fire to
the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50I have a baptism with
which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! 51Do you think that I have
come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! 52From now on five in one
household will be divided, three against two and two against three; 53they will be divided:
father against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
54He also said to the
crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is
going to rain’; and so it happens. 55And when you see the south wind blowing,
you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. 56You hypocrites! You know
how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how
to interpret the present time?”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN #783
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
Special music
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 Blessed Assurance #638
Post communion proclamation
prayer
BLESSING
HYMN Congregation’s Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Rise, O Children of Salvation Bliss
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