St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, October 22, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE O
God Thou Faithful God J.S
Bach
Blessed be God, the one
who forms us, ☩ Jesus who bears the cross,
the Spirit who makes our
joy complete.
Amen.
Let us bow before God in humility, confessing our sin.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Steadfast and faithful God,
you have revealed the ways of justice, yet we fail to follow you.
We are overwhelmed by the
world’s violence and suffering. We are afraid to risk what we have for the sake
of others. For the harm we have caused, known and unknown, forgive us. For the
unjust demands we place on others and your creation, forgive us. For the ways
we turn away from you and our neighbor, forgive us. Lead us back to you and set
us on the right path; in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Amen.
Beloved in Christ, God’s justice stretches beyond all understanding. God’s compassion is beyond compare. In Jesus, God is always making a new way for us. In ☩ Christ, you are already and always forgiven.
Amen.
HYMN O God of Every Nation #713 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 45:1-7
1Thus says
the Lord to his
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before
him and strip kings of their robes, to open doors before him—and the gates
shall not be closed: 2I will go
before you and level the mountains, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron, 3I will give you the treasures of darkness and
riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by
your name. 4For the sake
of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname
you, though you do not know me. 5I am the Lord,
and there is no other; besides me there is no god. I arm you, though you do not
know me, 6so that they may know,
from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is no one besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is
no other. 7I form light
and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the Lord do all these things. The Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Psalm 96:1-9 [10-13]
1Sing to the Lord| a new song; sing to
the Lord, | all the earth.
2Sing to the Lord, bless the name | of the Lord; proclaim God’s salvation
from | day to day.
3Declare God’s glory among
the nations and God’s wonders among all peoples.
4For great is the Lord and greatly | to be praised, more
to be feared | than all gods.
5As for all the gods of
the nations, they | are but idols; but you, O Lord,
have | made the heavens.
6Majesty and magnificence
are | in your presence; power and splendor are in your | sanctuary.
7Ascribe to the Lord, you families | of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord honor
and power.
8Ascribe to the Lord the honor due the | holy name; bring
offerings and enter the courts | of the Lord.
9Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;
tremble before the Lord, | all the earth.
10Tell it out among the
nations: “The | Lord is king! The one who made the world
so firm that it cannot be moved will judge the
peoples with equity.”
11Let the heavens rejoice,
and let the | earth be glad; let the sea thunder and all that is in it; let the field be joyful and all that | is therein.
12Then shall all the trees
of the wood shout for joy at your coming, O Lord, for you come to | judge the earth.
13You will judge the | world with righteousness
and the peoples | with your truth.
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
1Paul,
Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of
the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and
peace. 2We always give thanks to
God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly 3remembering before our
God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by
God, that he has chosen you, 5because our message of the gospel came to you
not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full
conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for
your sake. 6And you
became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you
received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, 7so that you became an
example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8For the word of the Lord
has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place
your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about
it. 9For the people of those
regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you
turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10and to wait for his Son
from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath
that is coming.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Matthew 22:15-22
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the
22nd chapter. Glory to you O Lord
15Then the
Pharisees went and plotted to entrap [Jesus] in what he said. 16So they sent their
disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you
are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show
deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. 17Tell us, then, what you
think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” 18But Jesus, aware of their
malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin used for
the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20Then he said to them,
“Whose head is this, and whose title?” 21They answered, “The emperor’s.” Then he
said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s,
and to God the things that are God’s.” 22When they heard this, they were amazed;
and they left him and went away.
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Lift Every Voice and Sing #841 1,3
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
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 Rock of Ages, Cleft to
Me #623
PRAYER, BLESSING
HYMN God of Grace, God of Glory #705
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Praise to thy Name H. Decoe
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