Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE “Healer of Every Ill” Keith Kolander
CONFESSION AND FORGIVNESS
Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God,
who forgives all our sin, whose mercy endures
forever.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin and come to God for healing.
Silence is kept for reflection.
Gracious God,
have mercy on us.
We confess that we have honored you with our
lips,
but have harmed our neighbors with our tongues.
The cravings at war within us
cause conflicts and disputes.
In our desire to be first
we make distinctions among ourselves.
We place the needs of the poor and the suffering
last.
In your great mercy, forgive us our sins.
Draw near to us with grace in time of need,
and turn us to follow in the way of Jesus
Christ,
our Savior and Lord.
Amen.
God promises to forgive our iniquity
and to remember our sin no more.
By grace you have been saved.
In the name of ☩ Jesus Christ,
the source of eternal healing,
your sins are forgiven.
Amen.
HYMN Oh, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing #886
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
message
First Reading: Isaiah 35:4-7a
4Say to
those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He
will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.”
5Then the eyes of the
blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; 6then the lame shall leap
like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall
break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; 7athe burning sand shall
become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water.
Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm: Psalm 146
1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, | O my soul!
2I will praise the Lord as long | as I live; I will
sing praises to my God while
I | have my being.
3Put not your | trust in rulers, in
mortals in whom there | is no help.
4When they breathe their
last, they return to earth,
and in that day | their thoughts
perish.
5Happy are they who have
the God of Jacob | for their help,
whose hope is in the | Lord their God;
6who made heaven and
earth, the seas, and all that | is in them;
who keeps promises forever;
7who gives justice to
those who are oppressed, and food to | those who hunger.
The Lord sets the | captive free.
8The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
the Lord lifts up those
who | are bowed down; the Lord | loves the
righteous.
9The Lord cares | for the stranger;
the Lord sustains the
orphan and widow, but frus trates the
way | of the wicked.
10The Lord shall | reign forever,
your God, O Zion, throughout all
generations. | Hallelujah!
Second Reading: James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17
1My brothers
and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? 2For if a person with gold
rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in
dirty clothes also comes in, 3and if you take
notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat here,
please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my
feet,” 4have you
not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil
thoughts? 5Listen,
my beloved brothers and sisters. Has
not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the
kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6But you have dishonored
the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into
court? 7Is it not
they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? 8You do well if you really
fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor
as yourself.” 9But if you
show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as
transgressors. 10For whoever
keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of
it. [11For the one who said, “You
shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” Now if you do
not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the
law. 12So speak
and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. 13For judgment will be
without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.]
14What good is it, my
brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can
faith save you? 15If a
brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16and one of you says to
them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply
their bodily needs, what is the good of that? 17So faith by itself, if it
has no works, is dead.
Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark the 7th
chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
24[Jesus] set
out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want
anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice,25but a woman whose little
daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and
bowed down at his feet. 26Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician
origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27He said to her, “Let the
children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw
it to the dogs.” 28But she
answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s
crumbs.” 29Then he
said to her, “For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your
daughter.” 30So she went
home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31Then he returned from the
region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the
region of the Decapolis. 32They brought to him a deaf man who had an
impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33He took him aside in
private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat
and touched his tongue. 34Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to
him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35And immediately his ears
were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36Then Jesus ordered them
to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they
proclaimed it. 37They were
astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has done everything well; he even makes
the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
HYMN We
Come to You for Healing, Lord #617
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 Healer of Every Ill #612
POST
COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds #620 v. 1,2,5,6
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “Light Dawns on a Weary World” David Cherwein
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