Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE “When the Saints Go Marching In”
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 For All the Saints #422 v. 1,2,6,7
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 25:6-9
6 On this
mountain the Lord of hosts
will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of
rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 7 And he will destroy on
this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is
spread over all nations; 8 he will
swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will
wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take
away from all the earth, for the Lord has
spoken. 9 It will be said on that
day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for
whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm 24
1 The earth is the Lord’s and all | that is in it, the world and those
who | dwell therein.
2 For the Lord has founded it up- | on the seas and
established it upon the rivers.
3 Who may ascend the
mountain | of the Lord, and
who may stand in God’s | holy
place?
4 Those of innocent
hands and puri- | ty of heart, who do not swear on
God’s
being,
nor do they pledge by | what is false.
5 They shall receive
blessing | from the Lord and
righteousness from the God of | their
salvation.
6 Such is the
generation of those who seek | you, O Lord, of those who seek your
face,
O | God of Jacob.
7 Lift up your heads, O
gates; and be lifted up, O everlasting doors, that the King of
glory | may come in.
8 Who is this | King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in
battle!
9 Lift up your heads, O
gates; and be lifted up, O ever lasting doors, that the King of
glory | may come in.
10 Who is this | King of glory?
Truly, the Lord of hosts
is the | King of glory.
Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-6a
1 I saw a
new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed
away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband. 3 And I
heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among
mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself
will be with them; 4 he will
wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and
pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.” 5 And the one who was
seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said,
“Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6a Then he said to me, “It
is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.”
Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL: John 11:32-44
The Holy Gospel according to Saint John the 11h
chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
32 When Mary
came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord,
if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her
weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed
in spirit and deeply moved. 34 He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said
to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus began to weep. 36 So the Jews said, “See
how he loved him!” 37 But some
of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this
man from dying?” 38 Then Jesus,
again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying
against it. 39 Jesus
said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him,
“Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did
I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the
stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard
me. 42 I knew that you always
hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that
they may believe that you sent me.” 43 When he had said this, he cried with a
loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound
with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them,
“Unbind him, and let him go.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN O God, Our Help in Ages Past #632
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 Shall We Gather at the River #423
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN For All the Saints #422 v. 1,3,4,5
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”
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