Service Outline for Sunday, August 21, 2022

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Sunday, August 21, 2022

9:30 AM

PRELUDE                     Here I Am, Lord                                         arr. Hayes         

 

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                           Praise to The Lord, The Almighty                #858 v. 1,3,4

 

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

PRAYER OF THE DAY

CHILDREN’S SERMON 

FIRST READING: Isaiah 58:9b-14

 ^9bIf you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,
 ¹⁰if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
 then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.
 ¹¹The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places,
  and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water,
  whose waters never fail.
 ¹²Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
 you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in.
 ¹³If you refrain from trampling the sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy   

      day; if you call the sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
 if you honor it, not going your own ways,

          serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs;
 ¹⁴then you shall take delight in the Lord,

          and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;
 I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,
  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

 PSALM: Psalm 103:1-8

¹Bless the Lord, ^| O my soul, and all that is within me, bless God’s ^| holy name.
 ²Bless the Lord, ^| O my soul, and forget not ^| all God’s benefits—
 ³who forgives ^| all your sins and heals all ^| your diseases;
 ⁴who redeems your life ^| from the grave and crowns you with steadfast ^| love and mercy; 
 ⁵who satisfies your desires ^| with good things so that your youth is renewed ^| like an eagle’s.
 ⁶O Lord, you provide ^| vindication and justice for all who ^| are oppressed.
 ⁷You made known your ^| ways to Moses and your works to the children of Israel.
   ⁸Lord, you are full of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and abounding in           steadfast     

     love.

 SECOND READING: Hebrews 12:18-29

¹⁸You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, ¹⁹and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. ²⁰(For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.” ²¹Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”) ²²But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, ²³and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
²⁵See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! ²⁶At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.” ²⁷This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. ²⁸Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; ²⁹for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

 

 GOSPEL: Luke 13:10-17

¹⁰Now [Jesus] was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. ¹¹And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. ¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” ¹³When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. ¹⁴But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” ¹⁵But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? ¹⁶And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?” ¹⁷When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.

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

SERMON

HYMN                      O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come                                 #610

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             There is a Balm in Gilead                                     #614

 

 Post communion proclamation

 prayer

BLESSING

HYMN                                          Congregation’s Choice

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE             I Sing The Mighty Power of God        arr. Limbaugh

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