Service outline for Sunday, November 27, 2022

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Sunday, November 27, 2022

9:30 AM

PRELUDE      Now the Heavens Start to Whisper                                   Biery

Confession and Forgiveness

In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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

 Most merciful God,

we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.

Amen.

 In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

HYMN        Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding                #246

 

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   Light On Candle           #240 Vs 1

 

PRAYER OF THE DAY

CHILDREN’S SERMON 

First Reading Isaiah 2:1-5

¹The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

 ²In days to come
  the mountain of the Lord’s house
 shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
  and shall be raised above the hills;
 all the nations shall stream to it.
  ³Many peoples shall come and say,
 “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
  to the house of the God of Jacob;
 that he may teach us his ways
  and that we may walk in his paths.”
 For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,
  and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
 ⁴He shall judge between the nations,
  and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
 they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
  and their spears into pruning hooks;
 nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
  neither shall they learn war any more.
 ⁵O house of Jacob,
  come, let us walk
  in the light of the Lord!

 

Psalm 122

 ¹I was glad when they ^| said to me, “Let us go to the house ^| of the Lord.”
 ²Now our ^| feet are standing within your gates, ^| O Jerusalem.
 ³Jerusalem is built ^| as a city that is at unity ^| with itself;
 ⁴to which the tribes go up, the tribes ^| of the Lord, the assembly of Israel, to             praise the  name ^| of the Lord. 

 ⁵For there are the ^| thrones of judgment, the thrones of the ^| house of David.
 ⁶Pray for the peace ^| of Jerusalem: “May they pros- ^| per who love you.
 ⁷Peace be with- ^| in your walls and quietness with- ^| in your towers.
 ⁸For the sake of my kindred ^| and companions, I pray for ^| your prosperity.
 ⁹Because of the house of the ^| Lord our God, I will seek to ^| do you good.” R

 Second Reading Romans 13:11-14

¹¹Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; ¹²the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; ¹³let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

 

 

  Gospel Matthew 24:36-44

[Jesus said to the disciples,] ³⁶“About that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³⁷For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, ³⁹and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. ⁴¹Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. ⁴²Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. ⁴³But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”

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

 

SERMON

HYMN             Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers                   #244

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                Christ, Be Our Light                                 #715

 Post communion proclamation

 prayer

bLESSING

HYMN                                            The King Shall Come                                         #260

 

DISMISSAL

 

POSTLUDE                                Sleepers, Awake!                                     Krebs

                                                (piano/organ duet)

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Service outline for Sunday, November 20, 2022

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Sunday, November 20, 2022

9:30 AM

PRELUDE        Crown Him with Many Crowns        arr. Elvey

Confession and Forgiveness

In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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

Most merciful God,

we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.

Amen.

In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

  

HYMN           Crown Him with Many Crowns                #855

 

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: Jeremiah 23:1-6

¹Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.  ²Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the LORD.  ³Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.  ⁴I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the LORD.

             ⁵The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.  ⁶In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: "The LORD is our righteousness."

 PSALM: Psalm 46

¹God is our ref- ^| uge and strength, a very present ^| help in trouble.

²Therefore we will not fear, though the ^| earth be moved, and though the mountains shake in the depths ^| of the sea;

³though its waters ^| rage and foam, and though the mountains tremble ^| with its tumult.

⁴There is a river whose streams make glad the cit- ^| y of God, the holy habitation of ^| the Most High.

⁵God is in the midst of the city; it shall ^| not be shaken; God shall help it at the ^| break of day.

⁶The nations rage, and the ^| kingdoms shake; God speaks, and the earth ^| melts away.  

⁷The LORD of ^| hosts is with us; the God of Jacob ^| is our stronghold.

⁸Come now, regard the works ^| of the LORD, what desolations God has brought up- ^| on the earth;

⁹behold the one who makes war to cease in ^| all the world; who breaks the bow, and shatters the spear,

            and burns the ^| shields with fire.

¹⁰"Be still, then, and know that ^| I am God; I will be exalted among the nations;

            I will be exalted ^| in the earth."

¹¹The LORD of ^| hosts is with us; the God of Jacob ^| is our stronghold.  

 SECOND READING: Colossians 1:11-20

¹¹May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully ¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

            ¹⁵He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; ¹⁶for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. ¹⁷He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. ¹⁹For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

  

GOSPEL: Luke 23:33-43

³³When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. ³⁴Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots to divide his clothing. ³⁵And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" ³⁶The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, ³⁷and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" ³⁸There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."

            ³⁹One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" ⁴⁰But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." ⁴²Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." ⁴³He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

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

SERMON

HYMN        O Christ, what can it Mean for Us        #431

 

                                                                     

  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      Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us            #789

 Post communion proclamation

 prayer

 BLESSING

 HYMN            Jesus Shall Reign               #434

  

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE                           O Worship the King                           arr. Hegarty

                                                (piano/organ duet)

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Service Outline for Sunday, November 13, 2022

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Sunday, November 13, 2022

9:30 AM 

PRELUDE                            When Morning Gilds the Skies                              A. Page

Confession and Forgiveness

In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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

Most merciful God,

we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.

Amen.

In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

HYMN        O God, Our Help in Ages Past                #632

 

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: Malachi 4:1-2a

 ¹See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. ^2aBut for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings.

 PSALM: Psalm 98

¹Sing a new song to the LORD, who has done ^| marvelous things, whose right hand and holy arm have ^| won the victory.

²O LORD, you have made ^| known your victory, you have revealed your righteousness in the sight ^| of the nations.

³You remember your steadfast love and faithfulness to the ^| house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the victory ^| of our God.

⁴Shout with joy to the LORD, ^| all you lands; lift up your voice, re- ^| joice, and sing.  

⁵Sing to the LORD ^| with the harp, with the harp and the ^| voice of song.

⁶With trumpets and the sound ^| of the horn shout with joy before the ^| king, the LORD.

⁷Let the sea roar, and ^| all that fills it, the world and those who ^| dwell therein.

⁸Let the rivers ^| clap their hands, and let the hills ring out with joy before the LORD,

            who comes to ^| judge the earth.

⁹The LORD will judge the ^| world with righteousness and the peo- ^| ples with equity.  

 

SECOND READING: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

⁶Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. ⁷For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, ⁸and we did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. ⁹This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate. ¹⁰For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. ¹¹For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. ¹²Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. ¹³Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.  

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

 

 

 

 

GOSPEL: Luke 21:5-19

 ⁵When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, [Jesus] said, ⁶"As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down."

            ⁷They asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?" ⁸And he said, "Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is near!' Do not go after them.

            ⁹"When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately." ¹⁰Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; ¹¹there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven.

            ¹²"But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. ¹³This will give you an opportunity to testify. ¹⁴So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance; ¹⁵for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict. ¹⁶You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷You will be hated by all because of my name. ¹⁸But not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹By your endurance you will gain your souls."

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

 

SERMON

HYMN         Canticle of Turning         #723 v. 1,3,4

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 of Intercession, PEACE

SPECIAL MUSIC         Beautiful Savior             Chancel Choir

 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          When Peace Like a River                #785

 Post communion proclamation

 prayer

 BLESSING

 HYMN            Soon and Very Soon                     #439

 

DISMISSAL

POSTLUDE                           I Sing the Mighty Power of God                            A. Page

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