St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Thursday, April 6, 2023
10:30 AM and 7:00 PM
PRELUDE What Wondrous Love Is
This (10:30) arr. Curry
Christ,
We Do All Adore Thee (7:00) T. Dubois
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
Friends
in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord's call to struggle
against sin, death, and the devil—all that keeps us from loving God and each
other. This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism.
neighbor,
and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with God and with
one another.
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.
The presiding minister addresses the assembly.
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 Now We Join in Celebration #462
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.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
CHIldren’s Sermon
1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the
land of Egypt: 2This month
shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the
year for you. 3Tell the
whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a
lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. 4If a household is too
small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one;
the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it.
[5Your lamb shall be
without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the
goats. 6You shall keep it until
the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of
Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7They shall take some of the blood and put it on
the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8They shall eat the lamb
that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs. 9Do not eat
any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head,
legs, and inner organs. 10You shall
let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the
morning you shall burn.] 11This is how you shall
eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your
hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the LORD. 12For I will pass through
the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will
execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses
where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall
destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14This day shall be a day
of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD;
throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance. The Word of the Lord. Thanks Be to God.
PSALM: Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19
1I love the LORD, who has | heard my voice, and
listened to my |
supplication,
2for the LORD has given | ear to me whenev- | er I called.
12How shall I re- | pay the LORD for all
the good things God has | done for
me?
13I will lift the cup | of salvation and call on the name | of the LORD.
14I will fulfill my vows | to the LORD in the
presence of | all God's
people.
15Precious in your | sight, O LORD, is the
death | of your servants.
16O LORD, truly I | am your servant; I am
your servant, the child of your handmaid;
you
have freed me | from my
bonds.
17I will offer you the sacrifice | of thanksgiving and
call upon the name | of the LORD.
18I will fulfill my vows | to the LORD in the
presence of | all God's
people,
19in the courts of | the LORD's house, in
the midst of you, | O Jerusalem.
SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
23For I received from the Lord what I also
handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a
loaf of bread, 24and when he
had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me." 25In the same way he took the cup also, after
supper, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance
of me." 26For as often
as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he
comes.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks Be to God.
GOSPEL: John 13:1-17, 31b-35
The Holy Gospel according to Saint John the 13th
chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
1Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" 7Jesus answered, "You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand." 8Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no share with me." 9Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" 10Jesus said to him, "One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you." 11For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, "Not all of you are clean." 12After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right, for that is what I am. 14So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. 16Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. 17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. 31b"Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. 33Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' 34I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. 35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Just As I Am #592
PRAYERS OF
INTERCESSION
PEACE
OFFERING
SPECIAL MUSIC How Beautiful Chancel Choir
GREAT Thanksgiving
PROPER PREFACE
SANCTUS
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
Stripping of the Altar
(Psalm 22 is read during the Stripping of the Altar)
Worship ends in Silence
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