Welcome to worship at
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE In Heavenly Love Abiding James Pethel
CONFESSION AND FORGIVNESS
Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God,
the God of manna, the God of miracles, the God
of mercy.
Amen.
Drawn to Christ and seeking God’s abundance, let us confess our sin.
Silence is kept for reflection.
God, our provider,
help us.
It is hard to believe there is enough to share.
We question your ways when they differ from the
ways
of the world in which we live.
We turn to our own understanding
rather than trusting in you.
We take offense at your teachings and your ways.
Turn us again to you.
Where else can we turn?
Share with us the words of eternal life
and feed us for life in the world.
Amen.
Beloved people of God:
in Jesus, the manna from heaven, you are fed and
nourished.
By Jesus, the worker of miracles, there is
always more than enough.
Through Jesus,+ the bread of life, you are
shown God’s mercy:
you are forgiven and loved into abundant life.
Amen.
HYMN Gather Us In #532
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 message
First Reading: Deuteronomy 5:12-15
12Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy,
as the Lord your God
commanded you. 13Six days you shall labor and do all your
work. 14But the seventh day is a sabbath to
the Lord your God; you
shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female
slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident
alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you. 15Remember that you were a slave in the land of
Egypt, and the Lord your
God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm;
therefore the Lord your
God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm: Psalm 81:1-10
1Sing with joy to | God our strength
and raise a loud shout to the | God of Jacob.
2Raise a song and | sound the timbrel,
the merry harp, | and
the lyre.
3Blow the ram’s horn at | the new moon,
and at the full moon, the day | of our feast;
4for this is a statute for Israel,
a law of the | God
of Jacob.
5God laid it as a solemn charge upon
Joseph, going out over the | land
of Egypt,
where I heard a voice I | did
not know:
6“I eased your shoulder | from the burden;
your hands were set free from the gravedigger’s basket.
7You called on me in trouble, and I
de- | livered you; I answered you from the
secret place of thunder and tested you at
the waters of Meribah.
8Hear, O my people, and I will admonish
you:
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9There shall be no strange | god among you;
you shall not worship a | foreign
god.
10I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the | land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and | I will fill it.
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
5We do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim
Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. 6For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has
shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.
7But we have this treasure in clay jars, so
that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does
not come from us. 8We are afflicted in every way, but not
crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10always carrying in the body the death of Jesus,
so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. 11For while we live, we are always being given up
to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our
mortal flesh. 12So death is at work in us, but life in
you.
Word of the Lord. Thanks
be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Mark 2:23—3:6
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark the 2nd chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
23One sabbath [Jesus] was going
through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to
pluck heads of grain. 24The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are
they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” 25And he said to them, “Have you never read what
David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? 26He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was
high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any
but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.” 27Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for
humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; 28so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
3:1Again he entered the synagogue, and a man
was there who had a withered hand. 2They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that
they might accuse him. 3And he said to the man
who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” 4Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the
sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of
heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and
his hand was restored. 6The Pharisees went out
and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN O Day of Rest and Gladness #521
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 THE PEOPLE
PEACE
OFFERING
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 There Is a Balm in Gilead #614
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Congregations Choice
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE Presto G. F. Handel
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