Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE “If You but Trust in God to Guide You” Paul Manz
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 God Is Here! #526
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: Genesis 2:18-24
18The Lord God
said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as
his partner.” 19So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the
field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he
would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was
its name. 20The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds
of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not
found a helper as his partner. 21So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its
place with flesh. 22And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he
made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23Then the man
said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall
be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.” 24Therefore a
man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become
one flesh.
Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm 8
1O | Lord our Lord, how majestic
is your name in | all the earth!—
2you whose glory is chanted above the heavens out of the mouths
of
infants and children; you have set up a fortress
against your enemies,
to silence the foe | and
avenger.
3When I consider your heavens, the work | of
your fingers,
the moon and the stars you have set | in their
courses,
4what are mere mortals that you should be mindful of them,
human beings that you should | care for them?
5Yet you have made them little less | than
divine; with glory and honor you
crown them.
6You have made them rule over the works | of
your hands;
you have put all things under their feet:
7all | flocks and cattle, even the wild
beasts | of the field,
8the birds of the air, the fish | of the
sea, and whatever passes along the
paths | of the sea.
9O | Lord our
Lord, how majestic is your name in | all the earth! R
Second Reading: Hebrews
1:1-4; 2:5-12
1Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and
various ways by the prophets, 2but in these last days he has
spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he
also created the worlds. 3He is the reflection of God’s glory
and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his
powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right
hand of the Majesty on high, 4having become as much superior to
angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 2:5Now
God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to
angels. 6But someone has testified somewhere, “What are human
beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them? 7You
have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them
with glory and honor,
8subjecting all things under their feet.” Now in subjecting all
things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet
see everything in subjection to them,9but we do see Jesus, who for a
little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor
because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste
death for everyone.
10It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things
exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their
salvation perfect through sufferings. 11For the one who
sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason
Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, 12saying,
“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters,
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.”
Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Gospel: Mark 10:2-16
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark the 10th
chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
2Some Pharisees came, and to
test [Jesus] they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his
wife?” 3He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They
said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce
her.” 5But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of
heart he wrote this commandment for you. 6But from the
beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ 7‘For
this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his
wife, 8and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no
longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined
together, let no one separate.” 10Then in the house the disciples
asked him again about this matter. 11He said to them, “Whoever
divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; 12and
if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
13People were bringing little children to him in order that he might
touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. 14But when
Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children
come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of
God belongs. 15Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the
kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” 16And he
took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
The Gospel
of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
SERMON
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 For the Beauty of the Earth #879
POST COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Now Thank We All Our God #840
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosana!”
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