Welcome to worship at
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!
PRELUDE “Whatsoever Things are Lovely” Carl Simone
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
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.
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 My Lord of Light #832
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 This
Joyful Eastertide #391
v.1
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Children's message
First Reading: Acts 16:9-15
9 During the night Paul had a vision:
there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to
Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen the vision, we
immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had
called us to proclaim the good news to them. 11 We therefore
set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day
to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading
city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city
for some days. 13 On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate
by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down
and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14 A certain
woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the
city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to
listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. 15 When she and her
household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be
faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Psalm 67
1 May God be merciful to | us
and bless us;
may the light of God’s face | shine upon us.
2 Let your way be known | upon earth,
your saving health among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise | you, O God;
let all the | peoples praise you.
4 Let the nations be glad and | sing for
joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations on
earth.
5 Let the peoples | praise you, O God;
let all the | peoples praise you.
6 The earth has brought | forth its
increase;
God, our own | God, has blessed us.
7 May God | give us blessing,
and may all the ends of the earth | stand in awe.
Second Reading:
Revelation 21:10, 22—22:5
10 And in the spirit [one of the
angels] carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy
city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.
22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God
the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun
or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the
Lamb. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of
the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 Its gates will
never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. 26 People
will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But
nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or
falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.22: 1 Then
the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing
from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of
the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with
its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of
the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 Nothing accursed
will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in
it, and his servants will worship him; 4 they will see his
face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And there will
be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be
their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Word of the
Lord. Thanks be to God
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
GOSPEL: John 14:23-29
The Holy
Gospel according to Saint John the 14th chapter. Glory to you O Lord.
23 Jesus answered [Judas (not Iscariot)], “Those
who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come
to them and make our home with them. 24 Whoever does not love
me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from
the Father who sent me.
25 “I have said these things to you while I am still with
you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have
said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled,
and do not let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I
am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that
I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29 And
now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur you may
believe.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON
HYMN Come Down, O Love Devine #804
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 Shall We Gather at the River #423
POST
COMMUNION PROCLAMATION AND PRAYER
BLESSING
HYMN Thine the Amen #826
DISMISSAL
POSTLUDE “Christ Whose Glory Fills the Sky” R. Koury
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