St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, November 5, 2023
9:30 AM
PRELUDE Come, Ye Disconsolate R. Wilson
Confession and Forgiveness
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 For All the Saints #422 v. 1,2,6,7
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 Revelation 7:9-17
9After this
I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every
nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne
and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. 10They cried out in a loud
voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and
to the Lamb!” 11And all
the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living
creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped
God, 12singing,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and
might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” 13Then one of the elders
addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come
from?” 14I said to
him, “Sir, you are the one that knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who
have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb. 15For this reason they are before the throne of
God, and worship him day and night within his temple, and the one who is seated
on the throne will shelter them. 16They will hunger no more, and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat; 17for the Lamb at the
center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs
of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. The Word of
the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 34:1-10, 22
1I will bless the Lord at all times; the praise of God shall ever be in my mouth.
2I will glory in
the Lord; let the lowly
hear and rejoice.
3Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord; let us exalt God’s name together.
4I sought the Lord, who answered me and delivered me from all my terrors.
5Look upon the Lord and be radiant, and let not your faces be ashamed.
6I called in my affliction, and the Lord heard me and saved me from all my troubles. 7The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear the Lord and delivers them.
8Taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are they who take refuge in God!
9Fear the Lord, you saints of the Lord, for those who fear the Lord lack nothing.
10The lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good.
22O Lord, you redeem the life of your
servants, and those who put their trust in you will not be punished.
Second Reading 1
John 3:1-3
1See what love the Father has given us,
that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason
the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s
children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is
this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he
is. 3And all who have this
hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. The Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel Matthew 5:1-12
The
Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew the 5th
chapter. Glory to you, O Lord.
1When Jesus saw the
crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to
him. 2Then he
began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be
comforted. 5“Blessed are
the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7“Blessed are the merciful, for they will
receive mercy. 8“Blessed are
the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they
will be called children of God. 10“Blessed are those who are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11“Blessed are you when
people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you
falsely on my account. 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in
heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. ”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to
you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN For All Your Saints, O Lord #427
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 Shall We Gather at the
River #423
PRAYER, BLESSING
HYMN For All the Saints #422 v. 3,4,5
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Thou King of Saints R. Wilson
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