Sunday, February 1, 2015 the Fourth Sunday After EPIPHANY

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“Healing the Sick” (2008) by Ulrich HennSt. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington

The Fourth Sunday after EpiphanySunday, February 1, 2015



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Welcome to Worship at St. Paul’s!!

The community of believers at St. Paul Lutheran Church takes delight in having guests inits worship. Our congregation strives to present a witness to Christ that is faithful to the Word of

Holy Scripture and to the confessional heritage of the Lutheran tradition.

GUESTS: We encourage you to sign a “visitor” card located in the pews and our Guest Booklocated in the hall outside the worship space.

HOLY COMMUNION IS OFFERED by invitation of the Lord himself. All baptized believers whotrust that Christ is presented in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist are invited to come forward

and receive Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Communion is distributed by coming up the centeraisle at the direction of the usher and returning along the side aisle. Those who do not wish toreceive the Sacrament may come forward with their arms crossed and receive a blessing. Those who, for any reason, cannot receive the wine may receive the Sacrament under the form of breadalone. In doing so, a communicant still receives the whole Christ.

TO THE PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN—Relax! God put the wiggle in children; don’t feel

you have to suppress it in God’s house. All are welcome!

Sit toward the front where it is easier for your little ones to see and hear what’s going on in worship. They tire of seeing the backs of others’ heads.

Quietly and kindly explain the parts of the Liturgy and actions of the worship leaders. Share the worship folder with them at eye level.

Sing the hymns, pray and voice the responses. Children learn liturgical behavior by copying you.

If you have to leave worship with your child, feel free to do so, but please come back. Jesus said“Let the children come to me.”

Remember that the way we welcome children in church directly affects the way they respond to theChurch, to God, and to one another. Let them know that they are at home in this house of

worship.

Please let your child use this worship folder to draw and doodle.

The presence of children is a gift to the Church. Please welcome children and give a smile ofencouragement to their families.



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HOLY COMMUNION THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY

Sunday, February 1, 2015 + 9:30 a.m.

BE SILENT, AND COME OUT OF HIM! In Deuteronomy God promises to raise up a prophet like Moses, who will speak for God; in The Psalm.God shows the people the power of God's works. For the church these are ways of pointing to theunique authority people sensed in Jesus' actions and words. We encounter that authority in God'sWord, around which we gather, the Word that trumps any evil spirit that would claim power over us, freeing us to follow Jesus.

+ + + + + + + + + + + +The Liturgy (which means “the work of the people”) involves participation. The texts marked in plain

text are spoken by the worship leaders while the assembly responds with bold text.

ENTRANCE R ITE The GATHERING MUSIC

The WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

The READING OF THE MISSION STATEMENTLet us join together and say our Mission Statement.Come and see, Follow me, The gift of God, Jesus Christ, Has set us free.

The THANKSGIVING FOR BAPTISMThe Thanksgiving for Baptism is celebrated during Time after EpiphanyThe sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of Holy Baptism as the presiding ministerbegins.

In the Name of the Father, and of the +Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen




The presiding minister addresses the assembly.

Joined to Christ in the waters of baptism, we are clothed with God's mercy and forgiveness.Let us give thanks for the gift of baptism.

Water may be poured into the font as the presiding minister gives thanks.

We give you thanks, O God,for in the beginning your Spirit moved over the watersand by your Word you created the world,calling forth life in which you took delight.

Through the waters of the flood you delivered Noah and his family.Through the sea you led your people Israel from slavery into freedom.

At the river your Son was baptized by John and anointed with the Holy Spirit.By water and your Word you claim us as daughters and sons,making us heirs of your promise and servants of all.

We praise you for the gift of water that sustains life,and above all we praise you for the gift of new life in Jesus Christ.Shower us with your Spirit,and renew our lives with your forgiveness, grace, and love.

To you be given honor and praise

through Jesus Christ our Lordin the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

The assembly faces the Cross as it enters the Nave. As a reminder of the gift of baptism, the assemblymay be sprinkled with water.

The GATHERING HYMN Rise, Shine, You People!




The GREETINGThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of theHoly Spirit be with you all.

And also with you.

The HYMN OF PRAISE Glory to God in the Highest




The PRAYER OF THE DAY

Let us pray…the prayer concludes…one God, now and forever. Amen.

The assembly is seated.

LITURGY OF THE W ORD

The FIRST READING Deuteronomy 18:15–20Today's reading is part of a longer discourse in Deuteronomy, an updating of the law for the Israelitecommunity as the people wait to enter the promised land. Here Moses assures the people that Godwill continue to guide them through prophets who will proclaim the divine word.

15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among yourown people; you shall heed such a prophet. 16This is what you requested of theLORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said: "If I hear the




voice of the LORD my God any more, or ever again see this great fire, I will die."17Then the LORD replied to me: "They are right in what they have said. 18I will raiseup for them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will put my wordsin the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything that I command.19 Anyone who does not heed the words that the prophet shall speak in my name, Imyself will hold accountable. 20But any prophet who speaks in the name of othergods, or who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commandedthe prophet to speak — that prophet shall die."

The reading concludes:The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The PSALMODY Psalm 95 After introduction, the choir or cantor will sing the refrain once, then repeated by all. The assemblysings the refrain after each verse.

Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord;let us acclaim the rock of our salvation.Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;Let us joyfully sing psalms to him. Refrain

Come, let us bow down in worship;let us kneel before the Lord who made us.For he is our God,and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides. Refrain

Oh, that today you would hear his voice:“Harden not your hearts as at Meribach, as in the day of Massah in the desert,

where your fathers tempted me;they tested me though they had seen my works.” Refrain




The SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 8:1–13Paul is concerned about how some Corinthian Christians use their freedom in Christ as license toengage in non-Christian behavior that sets a damaging example to other, impressionable, believers.Christians have a responsibility to each other that their behavior does not cause a sister or brother to

sin.Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that "all of us possessknowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 Anyone who claims to knowsomething does not yet have the necessary knowledge; 3but anyone who loves Godis known by him.4Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "no idol in the world

really exists," and that "there is no God but one."

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Indeed, even though there maybe so-called gods in heaven or on earth — as in fact there are many gods and manylords — 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for

whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things andthrough whom we exist.7It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become soaccustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered

to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.8

Food will not bring usclose to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 9Buttake care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block tothe weak. 10For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple ofan idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the pointof eating food sacrificed to idols? 11So by your knowledge those weak believers for

whom Christ died are destroyed. 12But when you thus sin against members of yourfamily, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.13Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may notcause one of them to fall.

The reading concludes:

The Word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.




The assembly stands to welcome the Gospel.

The GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

The HOLY GOSPEL Mark 1:21–28The story has barely begun, and already the battle is joined. Jesus sides with humanity against every force that would bring death and disease. These forces recognize Jesus and know what his powermeans for them. This, however, is only the first fight. The war will go on much longer.

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

The Holy +

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Gospel according to Mark.Glory to you, O Lord.

21They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogueand taught. 22They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as onehaving authority, and not as the scribes. 23 Just then there was in their synagogue aman with an unclean spirit, 24and he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus

of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One ofGod." 25But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" 26 And theunclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.27They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, "What is this? A newteaching — with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obeyhim." 28 At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region ofGalilee.

The reading concludes:The Gospel of the Lord.Praise to you, O Christ.

The SERMON The Rev. Abraham D. AllendeBishop, Northeastern Ohio Synod

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

1 Using the thumb, the people may make three small signs of the cross, one on the forehead, one on the lips, and one on the breast whilesilently using the traditional prayer, “May the Good News of Jesus Christ be in my mind, and on my lips, and in my heart. Amen”




He descended into hell.On the third day he rose again.He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again 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

The PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE As the people gathered in Capernaum to hear Jesus’ words, so too have we cometogether to hear God’s Word. Let us boldly pray for the Church, the world, and allthose in need.

After each petition

Let us pray to the Lord,Lord, hear our prayer.

The prayers conclude

O God, we commend to your care all for whom we pray, in the confidencethat your love for them is greater than anything we can know or imagine.Hear us, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARISTIC MEAL The PEACE

The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you.

The worship leaders and the assembly greet each other in the peace of the risen Christ.

The assembly is seated.

The OFFERING




The assembly stands as the gifts are brought forward .The OFFERTORY Now the Silence




The GREAT THANKGIVING

Preface for Sundays

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all placesgive thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through our Savior JesusChrist; who on this day overcame death and the grave, and by his gloriousresurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so, with all the choirs ofangels, with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:




The EUCHARISTIC PRAYER (Epiphany)Blessed are you, O holy God:

you are the Life and Light of all.By your powerful word you created all things.Through the prophets you called your peopleto be a light to the nations…the prayer continues, concluding…

Through him all glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father, with the Holy Spirit,in your holy Church,

both now and forever. Amen.

The LORD”S PRAYER (1789)Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray as Jesus taught us: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.

The BREAKING OF THE BREADCome to the table of mercy, where the feast of life is spread.Thanks be to God.

The assembly is seated

The DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY SACRAMENT




The MUSIC DURING DISTRIBUTION




After all have returned to their places, the assembly stands.

The POST-COMMUNION BLESSINGThe Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his

grace. Amen.

The POST-COMMUNION PRAYER Let us pray… Everlasting God, we praise youthat you have brought us to the mountaintopand fed us with the life and light of your Son.Send us in his name from this placeto bring light into dark corners,healing where lives are torn,and nourishment to every hungry heart,in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Amen.




LITURGY OF SENDING The BLESSING

Almighty God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and forever.

Amen.

The SENDING HYMN Jesus Shall Reign

The DISMISSALGo in peace. Proclaim the Good News.Thanks be to God.

The SENDING MUSIC

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reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #42251. Scripture texts from the New Revised

Standard Version Bible, Copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in

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WORSHIP LEADERS FOR TODAY

Assisting Minister John Medure

Lector Kent KullCommunion Assistants: Monica Kinsey & Kris Williams

Acolyte: Mason McLaughlinUshers Larry Pottorf, Robert Yeagley, Brad Hooser, Dave Porter,

Rosemary McLaughlin, Jim McLaughlin, Roger Brotherton Altar Guild Jeanne Hunston, Monica Kinsey, Vickie Ramsier & Lisa Ray

WORSHIP LEADERS FOR FEBRUARY 8th

Assisting Minister Dick Swallen

Lector Dick SwallenCommunion Assistants: Brad Hooser & Kathy Kull Acolyte: Avery HooserUshers Larry Pottorf, Robert Yeagley, Brad Hooser, Dave Porter,

Rosemary McLaughlin, Jim McLaughlin, Roger Brotherton Altar Guild Jeanne Hunston, Monica Kinsey, Vickie Ramsier & Lisa Ray



OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN CHRIST REQUEST THAT YOU REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING

IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:

+ For health and healing:Our Household: Linda Becknell, Martha Prowe,Our Community: Karen Lamadanie, Ethan Davis

+ For the unity of the Church throughout the world.

+ For our Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, our Bishop Abraham Allende, the staff of oursynod and congregation, all pastors and lay leaders.

+ For those in Hospice care and caregivers.

+ For the Christian faithful in every country: especially in the Middle East.

+ For the President, Governor, Mayor, and all who hold authority in the nations of the world.

+ For the safety of the men and women in our Armed Forces.

+ For peace and justice in the world.

+ For the hungry, homeless, imprisoned, oppressed, unemployed, and underemployed.

+ For a deeper, more accurate, unsentimental, more just perspective on the world around

us.

PRAYER CONCERNS

If you have concerns for the prayer chain, please contact Rosemary McLaughlin at 330-894-2162 or The Church office at 330-868-4918




Come and see. Follow me.

The gift of God, J esus Christ, has set us free

ST. P AUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 515 E. Line Street • Minerva, Ohio 44657

Office – (330) 868-4918 www.facebook.com/stpaulminerva

Pastor: The Rev. Steven Woyen, STS • Office Secretary: Becky DavisCustodian: Damin Clapper • Director of Music: Paula Patterson

Missionaries to the Republic of South Africa: The Rev. Tessa Moon Leiseth & Jon Leiseth

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