St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alliance, Ohio
Sunday, March 10, 2024
9:30 AM
PRELUDE What Can Wash Away My Sin? Arr. Gail Smith
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 Lift High the Cross #660
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: Numbers 21:4-9
4From Mount
Hor [the Israelites] set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around
the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5The people spoke against
God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable
food.” 6Then
the Lord sent poisonous
serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites
died. 7The people
came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to
the Lord to take away
the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a
poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look
at it and live.” 9So Moses made
a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit
someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.
The Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
1Give thanks to the Lord, for the | Lord is good, for God’s
mercy endures forever.
2Let the redeemed of
the | Lord proclaim that God redeemed them from
the hand | of the foe,
3gathering them in | from the lands;
from the east and from the west, from the north and | from the south.
17Some were fools and took
rebellious paths; through their sins they | were afflicted.
18They loathed all manner
of food and drew near | to death’s door.
19Then in their trouble
they cried | to the Lord and
you delivered them from | their distress.
20You sent forth your | word and healed
them and rescued them | from the grave.
21Let them give thanks to
you, Lord, for your | steadfast love and
your wonderful works | for all people.
22Let them offer sacrifices | of thanksgiving and tell of your deeds with | shouts of joy.
Second Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10
1You were dead
through the trespasses and sins 2in which you once lived, following the course of
this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now
at work among those who are disobedient. 3All of us once lived
among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and
senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. 4But God, who is rich in
mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us 5even when we were dead
through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have
been saved—6and raised us
up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus, 7so that in
the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—9not the result of works,
so that no one may boast. 10For we are what he has made us, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of
life.
The Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: John 3:14-21
The Holy Gospel, according to Saint John, the 3nd chapter. Glory to you, O Lord.
[Jesus
said:] 14“Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must
the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have
eternal life. 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17“Indeed,
God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that
the world might be saved through him. 18Those who believe in him are not
condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they
have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19And this is the
judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness
rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20For all who do evil
hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be
exposed. 21But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may
be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”
The Gospel of the
Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN What Wondrous Love Is This #666
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 Amazing Grace #779
PRAYER, BLESSING
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Near the Cross Robert Powell
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