St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, June 25, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE O Love, How Deep, How Broad Collinsworth
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
Let the Whole Creation Cry #876
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
7O Lord, you have enticed me, and I was
enticed; you have overpowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a
laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. 8For whenever I speak, I
must cry out, I must shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of
the Lord has become for
me a reproach and derision all day long. 9If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any
more in his name,” then within me there is something like a burning fire shut
up in my bones; I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. 10For I hear many
whispering: “Terror is all around! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” All my
close friends are watching for me to stumble. “Perhaps he can be enticed, and
we can prevail against him, and take our revenge on him.” 11But the Lord is with me like a dread
warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they will not prevail. They
will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will
never be forgotten.
12O Lord of hosts, you test the
righteous, you see the heart and the mind; let me see your retribution upon
them, for to you I have committed my cause. 13Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord!
For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Psalm 69:7-10 [11-15] 16-18
7Surely, for your sake I have suffered reproach,
and shame has covered my face.
8I have become a stranger
to | my own kindred, an alien to my | mother’s children.
9Zeal for your house has
eat- | en me up; the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
10I humbled myself with
fasting, but that was turned to | my reproach.
11I put on | sackcloth also, and
became a byword among them.
12Those who sit at the gate
murmur against me, and the drunkards make | songs about me.
13But as for me, this is my
prayer to you, at the time you have | set, O Lord: “In your great mercy, O God, answer me with your un- | failing help.
14Save me from the mire; do
not | let me sink; let me be rescued from those who hate me and out
of | the deep waters.
15Let not the torrent of
waters wash over me, neither let the deep swallow me up; do not let the pit
shut its | mouth upon me.
16Answer me, O Lord, for your | love is kind; in
your great compassion, | turn to me.
17Hide not your face | from your servant;
be swift and answer me, for I am | in distress.
18Draw near to me | and redeem me;
because of my enemies deliver me.
Second Reading: Romans 6:1b-11
1bShould we
continue in sin in order that grace may abound? 2By no means! How can we
who died to sin go on living in it? 3Do you not know that all of us who have been
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we have been
buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from
the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5For if we have been
united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a
resurrection like his. 6We know that our old self was crucified with him
so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved
to sin. 7For whoever
has died is freed from sin. 8But if we have died with Christ, we believe that
we will also live with him. 9We know that Christ, being raised from the dead,
will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10The death he died, he
died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11So you also must consider
yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Matthew 10:24-39
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the
10th chapter. Glory to you O Lord
[Jesus said to the twelve:] 24“A disciple is not above
the teacher, nor a slave above the master; 25it is enough for the
disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have
called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those
of his household! 26“So have no
fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing
secret that will not become known. 27What I say to you in the dark, tell in the
light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. 28Do not fear those who
kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both
soul and body in hell. 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not
one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30And even the hairs of
your head are all counted. 31So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many
sparrows. 32“Everyone
therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my
Father in heaven; 33but whoever
denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. 34“Do not think that I have
come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to set a
man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and one’s foes will be members of one’s
own household. 37Whoever loves
father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or
daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and whoever does not take
up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Those who find their life
will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
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
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 Will You Come and Follow
Me #798
PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Congregations Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Now Let Us All Praise the Lord Pachebel
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