Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Service Outline for Sunday, March 3, 2024

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Sunday, March 3, 2024

9:30 AM

PRELUDE                       These Are the Holy Ten Commandments                   J.S Bach

Confession and Forgiveness

All may make the sign of the cross, the sign that is marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins.

Blessed be the holy Trinity,  one God,

who writes the law on our hearts,

who draws all people together through Jesus.

Amen.

Held in God’s mercy, let us confess our sin

in the presence of God and of one another.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Holy God,

we confess that we are caught in snares of sin

and cannot break free.

We hoard resources while our neighbors

are hungry and cold.

We speak in ways that silence others.

We are silent when we should speak up.

We keep score in our hearts.

We let hurts grow into hatred.

For all these things and for sins only you know,

forgive us, Lord.

Amen.

Here is a flood of grace:

Out of love for the whole world,

God draws near to us,

breaks every snare of sin,

washes away our wrongs,

and restores the promise of life through  Jesus Christ.

Amen.

HYMN          When I Survey the Wondrous Cross                        #803


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


 
PRAYER OF THE DAY, CHIldren’s Sermon

First Reading: Exodus 20:1-17

1God spoke all these words:  2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me.4You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. 8Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 13You shall not murder. 14You shall not commit adultery. 15You shall not steal. 16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

The Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God. 


Psalm: Psalm 19

1The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims its | maker’s

handiwork.
2One day tells its tale | to another, and one night imparts knowledge | to

another.                                                                                       

3Although they have no | words or language, and their voices | are not heard,
4their sound has gone out into all lands, and their message to the ends | of the

world, where God has pitched a tent | for the sun.
5It comes forth like a bridegroom out | of his chamber;
  it rejoices like a champion to | run its course.
6It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens and runs about to the end

of | it again; nothing is hidden from its | burning heat. 

7The teaching of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul;
  the testimony of the Lord is sure and gives wisdom to | the simple.
8The statutes of the Lord are just and rejoice the heart;
  the commandment of the Lord is clear and gives light | to the eyes.
9The fear of the Lord is clean and endures forever;
  the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous | altogether.
10More to be desired are they than gold, more than | much fine gold,
  sweeter far than honey, than honey | in the comb. 
11By them also is your servant enlightened,
  and in keeping them there is | great reward.
12Who can detect one’s | own offenses? Cleanse me from my | secret faults.
13Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not get

dominion | over me; then shall I be whole and sound, and innocent of a | great

offense.                                                                                                                 

14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable | in

your sight, O Lord, my strength and | my redeemer. 

   

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

18The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written,
 “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
  and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. 22For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, 23but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

The Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.

 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION


Gospel: John 2:13-22

The Holy Gospel, according to Saint John, the 2nd chapter.  Glory to you, O Lord. 

3The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” 17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

The Gospel of the Lord.  Praise to you, O Christ. 

SERMON

HYMN                       Canticle of the Turning                              #723



 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

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


HYMN               How Great Thou Art                                      #856

 


PRAYER, BLESSING

HYMN                 God of Grace and God of Glory                           #705

 


DISMISSAL 

POSTLUDE                     To God Be the Glory                    Robert Powell

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