St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
February 7, 2010
Prelude
Come, Follow Me
the Savior Spake Sigfried Karg-Elert
Welcome
We’re delighted to greet everyone in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, who takes away our sin
and offers grace to all people. If you are a guest, please
fill out the Guest Form. If you’re looking
for a meaningful ministry with which to become involved,
you are encouraged to speak with the Pastor.
Gathering
(Please
stand)
Brief
Order for Confession & Forgiveness
P We
gather in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit.
C
Amen.
P God of all mercy and consolation,
come to the help of your people, turning us from our sin
to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy
Spirit that we may confess our sin,
receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of
Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C
Amen.
(Please
kneel)
Confession
P Most
merciful God,
C
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.
P 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
ς Son, and
of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Please
stand for our Gathering Hymn)
Gathering
Hymn Holy
God We Praise Your Name Hymn 414
P The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all!
C
And, also with you.
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Kyrie Music
page 147
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, Have mercy.
For the peace from above, and for our salvation, let us
pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the
church of God, and for the unity of all,
let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For this holy house, and for all who offer here their
worship and praise, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
Amen.
Hymn of Praise Music page 148
P Glory to God in the highest, and
peace to God’s people on earth.
C
Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we
worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of
the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you
are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you
alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus
Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the
Father. Amen.
Prayer of the Day
P Most holy God, the earth is filled
with your glory, and before you angels and saints stand in
awe. Enlarge our vision to see your power at work in the
world, and by your grace make us heralds of your Son,
Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
(Please
sit)
Children’s
Message
Scripture
Lesson Isaiah
6:1–13
Through a
vision in the temple, the eighth-century prophet Isaiah is
called by God to announce judgment against Israel. Like
other prophets, Isaiah is initially hesitant because of his
awareness of his sin and his shortcomings, but when the
Lord calls, Isaiah responds, “Here am I; send
me!”
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD sitting
on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled
the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had
six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two
they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one
called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD
of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” The pivots
on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called,
and the house filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! I
am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a
people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the
LORD of hosts!” Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding
a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair
of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said:
“Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has
departed and your sin is blotted out.” Then I heard the
voice of the LORD saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will
go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” And he said,
“Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not
comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.’ Make the
mind of this people dull, and stop their ears, and shut
their eyes, so that they may not look with their eyes, and
listen with their ears, and comprehend with their minds,
and turn and be healed.” Then I said, “How long, O LORD?”
And he said: “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant,
and houses without people, and the land is utterly
desolate; until the LORD sends everyone far away, and vast
is the emptiness in the midst of the land. Even if a tenth
part remain in it, it will be burned again, like a
terebinth or an oak whose stump remains standing when it is
felled.” The holy seed is its stump.
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P The Word of the Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
Psalmody Psalm
138
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart;
before the gods I will sing your praise.
I will bow down toward your holy temple and praise your
name, because of your steadfast love and faithfulness;
for you have glorified your name and your word above all
things.
R
When I called, you answered me; you increased my strength
within me.
All the rulers of the earth will praise you, O LORD, when
they have heard the words of your mouth.
They will sing of the ways of the LORD, that great is the
glory of the LORD.
The LORD is high, yet cares for the lowly, perceiving the
haughty from afar.
R
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe;
you stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies;
your right hand shall save me.
You will make good your purpose for me; O LORD, your
steadfast love endures forever;
do not abandon the works of your hands.
R
Lesson
1 Corinthians 15:1–11
Paul
delivers in a nutshell the story of the gospel that was
given to him. In the lineage of the Christian faith, we
have received the good news of God’s love from generations
of believers before us, and we continue to tell this story
to the world.
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good
news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received,
in which also you stand, through which also you are being
saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed
to you — unless you have come to believe in vain. For I
handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had
received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with
the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was
raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he
appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at
one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have
died. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to
me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called
an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by
the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me
has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than
any of them — though it was not I, but the grace of God
that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we
proclaim and so you have come to believe.
P The
Word of the Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
(Please stand)
Gospel
Acclamation
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Gospel Luke
5:1-11
P The Holy
Gospel according to Saint Luke, the fifth chapter.
C
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus’ teaching of God’s word
has begun to draw great crowds. For Simon, James, and John,
Jesus’ teaching inspires hospitality, then obedience, and
then risk. After Jesus’ creative power is revealed, fear
and amazement lead these three fishermen to leave
everything behind in order to become
apostles.
Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of
Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear
the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the
lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing
their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging
to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the
shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the
boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put
out into the deep water and let down your nets for a
catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night
long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let
down the nets.” When they had done this, they caught so
many fish that their nets were beginning to break. So they
signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help
them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they
began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at
Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a
sinful man!” For he and all who were with him were amazed
at the catch of fish that they had taken; and so also were
James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with
Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from
now on you will be catching people.” When they had brought
their boats to shore, they left everything and followed
him.
P The
Gospel of the Lord.
C
Praise to you, O Christ.
(Please
sit)
Sermon
The People of Mission
Pastor Wallace
(Please
stand)
Hymn
of the Day Here I Am, Lord
Hymn 574
The Nicene Creed
We
believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of
heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father, God from God,
Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not
made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things
were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was
incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became
truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius
Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day
he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he
ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the
Father. He will come in glory to judge the living and the
dead, and this kingdom will have no end.
We believe in
the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds
from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the
Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the
prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We
acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We
look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the
world to come. Amen.
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The Prayer of the People
After each prayer petition:
P Lord in your mercy
C Hear
our prayer.
The prayers conclude:
P Receive our prayers, holy God, and
give us all we need for this day and the days to come,
through the power of the Holy Spirit, and in the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord.
C
Amen.
(Please stand)
Peace
P
The peace of the Lord
be with you always.
C
And also with you.
(Please feel free to move about and share God’s Peace with
one another!)
Meal
(Please sit)
Offering
Anthem (8:30
am) In
Christ Called to Baptise Welch Tune
Family Choir
Anthem (11:00
am) Praise
Ye the Lord Randal Thompson
Gallery Choir
(Please stand)
Offering
Response Tune: Old
Hundreth
C
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Offering Prayer
P God of majesty, in your might you
have created all things, and you entrust to our care what
you have made. Receive our offerings, and make them a sign
of our dedication to provide for the needs of all people
and creatures, in the name of the one who sustains all
things by his word, Jesus Christ our Lord.
C
Amen.
The
Great Thanksgiving Music on page 152
P The
Lord be with you.
C
And also with you.
P Lift up your hearts.
C
We lift them to the Lord.
P Let us give thanks to the Lord our
God.
C
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
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Proper Preface
Sanctus
Music on Page 153
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
Lord God of pow’r and might:
Heav’n and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the
highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Words of Institution
In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took
bread and gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to his
disciples, saying: “Take and eat; this is my body, given
for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave
it for all to drink, saying: “This cup is the new covenant
in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the
forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in
heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now
and forever. Amen.
Communion
All baptized Christians are invited to share in the
Eucharist. Those who are not baptized, or wish to receive
only a blessing, are asked to fold their arms over their
chest. Communion will be by intinction (dipping). Please
follow the usher’s direction.
(Please
sit)
Music
at the Communion
Agnus
Dei Music on
page 154
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world: have mercy
on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world: have mercy
on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world: grant us
peace.
Communion
Hymns 471, 618
(Please stand)
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Post
Communion Blessing and Prayer
P Loving
God, in this meal you sustain the weary and heal the
broken. May the gift of your word
made flesh, the body and blood of Christ, inspire our
tongues to praise you and proclaim to the
entire world the Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord.
C
Amen.
P The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and mercy. The Lord
look upon you with favor and
ς give you
peace.
C
Amen.
Sending
Hymn Savior, Again to Your Dear
Name Hymn
534
Dismissal
P Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
Postlude
Music reproduced with permission
by Augsburg Fortress. Liturgies License # 23349
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Matthew’s Lutheran Church * 405 King Street * Charleston,
SC 843.723.1611
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