St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, July 16, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE As Rain from the Clouds A.D. Miller
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
For the Fruit of All Creations #679
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.
HYMN OF PRAISE
PRAYER OF THE DAY
CHIldren’s Sermon
10For as the rain and the
snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the
earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to
the eater, 11so shall my
word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it
shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I
sent it. 12For you shall go out in
joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall
burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13Instead of the thorn
shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and
it shall be to the Lord for
a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Psalm 65:[1-8] 9-13
1You are to be praised, O | God, in Zion; to
you shall vows | be fulfilled.
2To you, the one | who answers prayer,
to you all | flesh shall come.
3Our sins are stronger
than we are, but you blot out | our transgressions.
4Happy are they whom you
choose and draw to your | courts to dwell there! They will be
satisfied by the beauty of
your house, by the holiness | of your
temple.
5Awesome things will you
show us in your righteousness, O God of | our salvation, O
hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the oceans | far away.
6You make firm the
mountains | by your power; you are girded about with might.
7You still the
roaring | of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the clamor | of the peoples.
8Those who dwell at the
ends of the earth will tremble at your | marvelous signs;
you make the dawn and the dusk to | sing for joy.
9You visit the earth and water it abundantly; you
make it very plenteous; the river of God
is | full of water.
You prepare the grain, for so
you provide | for the earth.
10You drench the furrows
and smooth | out the ridges; with heavy rain you soften the ground and | bless its increase.
11You crown the year | with your goodness,
and your paths overflow with plenty.
12May the fields of the
wilderness be | rich for grazing, and the hills beclothed with joy.
13May the meadows cover
themselves with flocks, and the valleys cloak themselves with grain; let them
shout for | joy and sing.
Second Reading: Romans 8:1-11
1There is
therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit
of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of
death. 3For God has
done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son
in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the
flesh, 4so that the
just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to
the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5For those who live according to the flesh set
their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the
Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6To set the mind on the
flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7For this reason the mind
that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s
law—indeed it cannot, 8and those who
are in the flesh cannot please God. 9But you are not in the flesh; you are in the
Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the
Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10But if Christ is in you,
though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of
righteousness. 11If the Spirit
of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from
the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that
dwells in you.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the
13th chapter. Glory to you O Lord
1That same day
Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2Such great crowds
gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole
crowd stood on the beach. 3And he told them many things in parables,
saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some
seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5Other seeds fell on rocky
ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since
they had no depth of soil. 6But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and
since they had no root, they withered away. 7Other seeds fell among
thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8Other seeds fell on good
soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty. 9Let anyone
with ears listen!” 18“Hear then
the parable of the sower. 19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and
does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in
the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 20As for what was sown on
rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it
with joy; 21yet such a
person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution
arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 22As for what was sown
among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world
and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. 23But as for what was sown
on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed
bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in
another thirty.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN On What Has Now Been Sown #550
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
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 Just As I Am, Without
One Plea #592
PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Congregations Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Praise the Lord, Rise Up Rejoicing! K. Kosche
Liturgy and hymns
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