Service outline Thursday, March 28, 2024

                                                     St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Alliance, Ohio

Thursday, March 28, 2024

10:30 AM and 7:00 PM

PRELUDE                 Adagio for Strings                      Samuel Barber

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Friends in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord's call to struggle against sin, death, and the devil—all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism.

Within the community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the peace of reconciliation. On this night let us confess our sin against God and our

neighbor, and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with God and with one another.

All kneel or sit and keep silence for reflection and self-examination.

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.

The presiding minister addresses the assembly.

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                   Now We Join in Celebration                           #462

 

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. 

 

PRAYER OF THE DAY                                                                                            

CHIldren’s Sermon

FIRST READING: Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14

¹The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ²This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. ³Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. ⁴If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it.

            [⁵Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. ⁶You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. ⁷They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. ⁸They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ⁹Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. ¹⁰You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.]        ¹¹This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the LORD. ¹²For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. ¹³The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. ¹⁴This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual  ordinance. The Word of the Lord.  Thanks Be to God.

 

PSALM: Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

¹I love the LORD, who has ^| heard my voice, and listened to my ^| supplication,

²for the LORD has given ^| ear to me whenev- ^| er I called.

¹²How shall I re- ^| pay the LORD for all the good things God has ^| done for me?

¹³I will lift the cup ^| of salvation  and call on the name ^| of the LORD. 

¹⁴I will fulfill my vows ^| to the LORD in the presence of ^| all God's people.

¹⁵Precious in your ^| sight, O LORD, is the death ^| of your servants.

¹⁶O LORD, truly I ^| am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your handmaid;

            you have freed me ^| from my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer you the sacrifice ^| of thanksgiving and call upon the name ^| of the LORD.

¹⁸I will fulfill my vows ^| to the LORD in the presence of ^| all God's people,

¹⁹in the courts of ^| the LORD's house, in the midst of you, ^| O Jerusalem. 

 

SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

²³For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, ²⁴and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." ²⁵In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new  covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." ²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

The Word of the Lord.  Thanks Be to God.

  

GOSPEL: John 13:1-17, 31b-35

The Holy Gospel according to Saint John the 13th chapter.  Glory to you O Lord.

 ¹Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. ²The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of  Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper ³Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, ⁴got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. ⁵Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. ⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" ⁷Jesus answered, "You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand." ⁸Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no share with me." ⁹Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" ¹⁰Jesus said to him, "One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you." ¹¹For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, "Not all of you are clean." ¹²After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right, for that is what I am. ¹⁴So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶Very truly, I tell you,  servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. ¹⁷If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. ^31b"Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. ³²If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. ³³Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' ³⁴I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. ³⁵By this everyone will know that you are my  disciples, if you have love for one another."

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

SERMON

HYMN               Just As I Am                                   #592

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

PEACE

OFFERING

SPECIAL MUSIC                      

GREAT Thanksgiving

PROPER PREFACE

SANCTUS

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

 

 Stripping of the Altar

            (Psalm 22 is read during the Stripping of the Altar)

 

Worship ends in Silence

All music and liturgy used under permission of One-License #A-701659. 

Worship Leaders:

Rev. Timothy Muse

Rev. Diana Thompson

Gina Falconer, Cantor

Pat Nelson (10:30) Diana Cullen (7:00), Lector

Dominic Falconer, Debbie Rhome, Usher

, Acolytes

Gayle Fiegenschuh, Communion Minister

Kathy Sloan, Organist

Gina Falconer, Choir Director

 

                 Visitors, Guests, and Members!  Thank you for worshipping with us

      this day.  May your worship be filled with peace and joy! 

      If you desire membership in St. Paul's Church, please contact

   the church office at 330-823-2285.  Please come to the Lord's table if you believe that the Lord Jesus is present in the bread and wine.  Pre-communicate children will receive a pastoral blessing. 

 

We gather tomorrow evening at

7:00 p.m. for Good Friday worship

                                                 CELEBRATE EASTER WITH US

        

8:00 A.M. Breakfast - Fellowship

                                          9:30 A.M. Festival Easter Worship with Holy Communion