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Christ Church

The Divine Serviceof the Lord Jesus Christ

Fifth Sunday After EpiphanyFebruary 6, 2011

Salutation

The Lord be with you! 2 TimothyAnd also with you!

Welcome & Announcements

Preparation for Worship (silently pray the following collect to prepare for worship)

O Lord, keep Your family the Church continually in the true faith that, relying on the hope o

Your heavenly grace, we may ever be defended by Your mighty power; through Jesus ChriYour Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forev

Amen.

I. The Lord Gathers Us for Worship

nvocation & Entrance

We are gathered in the name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Amen! Matthew 18.20; 2

I rejoiced when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord!Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! Psalm 122

Our help is in the name of the Lord,the Maker of heaven and earth! Psalm 1

Hymn of Procession (on following page)

Note: The congregation says all bold words and sings all printed songs.

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II. The Lord Cleanses Us from Sin

Brothers and sisters in Christ, the Scriptures teach us that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselvand the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sinand to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John

Kyrie Eleison ~ Lord Have Mercy Psalm 51.1; 123.3; Matthew 17.15; 20.3

Confession of Sin

Come, let us worship and bow down. PsalmLet us kneel before the Lord our Maker!

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, bywhat we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our wholehearts, and we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry, and we humblyrepent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we maydelight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name.

Absolution ~ Pronouncement of Pardon

By virtue of the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, you are fully and freely forgiven of alyour sins. Believe this and know that you are at peace with God!

Thanks be to God!

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III. The Lord Raises Us Up to Heaven and Seats Us With Christ

Sursum Corda ~ Lift Up Your Hearts Ephesians 2.6; Colossian

Lift up your hearts!We lift them up to the Lord!

Prayer of Ascent to Heaven Traditionally called the Preface(to the Sanct

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God!It is good and right to do so!

It is very good and right that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to you, O Holy Lord,Father Almighty. By the star you led magi to bow to your Son, a revelation of your plan to guide allnations and peoples to worship you. In the mystery of the Word made flesh, you have caused light toshine in our hearts, to give us the knowledge of your glory in the face of your Son Jesus Christ our LoTherefore, with the angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we magnify yourglorious name, evermore praising you and singing:

Sanctus ~Holy

O Lord, open our lips,and our mouths will declare your praise! Psalm 5

Hymn of Ascent (on following page)

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Prayer of Illumination

Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read andyour Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today, through Jesus Christ our Lor

Amen.

Scripture Lesson Romans 1.1-17 (text printed on back p

This is the Word of the Lord.Thanks be to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!

Psalm Psalm 103.1

3 As a father shows compassion to his children,so the LORD shows compassion to those whofear him.

4 For he knows our frame;he remembers that we are dust.

5 As for man, his days are like grass;he flourishes like a flower of the field;

6 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,and its place knows it no more.

7 But the steadfast love of the LORD is fromeverlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,

and his righteousness to children's children,

18 to those who keep his covenant andremember to do his commandments.

19 The LORD has established his throne in theheavens,

and his kingdom rules over all.20 Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mightones who do his word, obeying the voice of hisword!

21 Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministwho do his will!

22 Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of

dominion.Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Alleluia ~ Praise the Lord Psalms 146

Gospel Lesson (and primary sermon text) Matthew 9.3510.20 (text printed on back p

This is the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ!Praise be to you, O Christ!

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Profession of Faith Nicene C

Christian, in whom do you trust?I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things

visible and invisible.And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father

before all worlds:God of God,Light of Light,very God of very God;begotten, not made,

being of one substance with the Father,by Whom all things were made;Who, for us men and for our salvation,

came down from heaven,and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary,and was made man,and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;He suffered and was buried;and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures,and ascended into heaven,and sits on the right hand of the Father;

and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead;Whose kingdom shall have no end.And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life,

Who proceeds from the Father and the Son,Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified,Who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.And I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen!

Gloria Patri ~ Glory to the Father

Pre-sermon Prayer

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, Lord JesusChrist, our Rock, and our Kinsman Redeemer. Psalm 1

Amen.

Sermon Pastor Jeremy Se

Post-sermon Blessing

May the peace of God, which passes all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.Amen. Philippian

Offertory Hymn (on following page)

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Offertory Response & Prayer

What gifts have you brought for your Lord?We give only what the Lord has first given to us. We offer ourselves in Christ throughconfession, praise, and thanksgiving; we give our prayers and alms for the sake of the world;and we participate in the Lords Supper as a memorial of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen!

Blessed are you, O Lord God our Father, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the powand the glory and the victory and the majesty; indeed all that is in the heavens and the earth is yours.Yours is the kingdom, O Lord Jesus Christ, and you are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honocome from you, and you reign over all, and in your hand is power and might, and it lies in your hand make great and to strengthen all. Now therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious nam

for all things come from you and of your own gifts we have given to you. 1 Chronicles 29.1Amen!

Kingdom Prayer

God, our Father in heaven, look with mercy on us, your needy children on earth, and grant us grace thyour holy Name be hallowed by us and all the world through the pure and true teaching of your Wordand the fervent love shown in our lives. Graciously turn from us all false doctrine and evil livingwhereby your holy Name is borne by us in an empty and profane way. Lord in your mercy,

hear our prayer!May your kingdom come to us and expand. Bring all transgressors, and those who are blinded andbound in the devils kingdom, to know Jesus Christ, your Son, by faith, that the number of Christiansmay be increased. Lord in your mercy,

hear our prayer!Strengthen us by your Spirit according to your will, both in life and in death, in the midst of both gooand evil things, that our own wills may be crucified daily and sacrificed to your good and gracious wiInto your merciful hands we commend our family and friends, indeed, all who are in need, praying fothem at all times that your will be done. Lord, in your mercy,

hear our prayer!Grant us our daily bread, preserve us from greed and selfish cares, and help us to trust in you to provfor all our needs. Lord, in your mercy,

hear our prayer!Forgive us our sins as we also forgive those who sin against us so that our hearts may be at peace andmay rejoice in good conscience before you, and that no sin may ever frighten or alarm us. Lord, in you

mercy,hear our prayer!Lead us not into temptation, O Lord, but help us by your Spirit to subdue our flesh, to turn from theworld and its ways, and to overcome the devil with all his crafty schemes. Lord, in your mercy,

hear our prayer!And lastly, O heavenly Father, deliver us from the evil one, from all evil of both body and soul, now aforever. Lord, in your mercy,

hear our prayer!We trust, O Lord, in your great mercy to hear and answer us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Now, O God, hear the very words Jesus taught us to pray: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 ourdebts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6

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IV. The LORD Feeds Us Holy Food at His Royal Table

Trinitarian Blessing 2 Corinthians 1

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be withyou all.

Holy things for holy people!The gifts of God for the people of God!

Pax Domini ~ The Peace of the Lord John 2

The peace of the Lord be with you always.And with your spirit.

Eucharistic Prayer ~ Prayer of Thanksgiving

We thank you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for making us fearfully and wonderfully in your image.When we followed the way of the evil one in the Garden of Eden, you did not leave us to perish in oursins, but instead you rescued us from sin and death. In the fullness of time you provided a new andliving way through the flesh and blood of Jesus, our great high priest over the house of God. And nowwe can draw near in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled by Jesus blood and our bodieswashed with pure water. We thank you, Father, that when we celebrate this memorial meal, youremember the holy life of your Son lived for us, his death offered for us, his resurrection that gives life

us, and his ascension in glory at your right hand, where, as our Great High Priest, he intercedes for usUnited in Christ's priesthood, we celebrate this meal of the covenant, offering ourselves to you as livinsacrifices, holy and acceptable to you in Christ. In your mercy, remember your covenant by pouring oyour Holy Spirit upon us, that the bread we break and the cup we bless may be for us a communion inthe body and blood of Christ, that we may become one in him.

Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, and in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory ayours, Almighty Father, forever and ever. Amen.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psalm

Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed for us.Therefore, let us keep the feast! 1 Corinthian

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Agnus Dei ~Lamb of God John

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May the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen and preserve you steadfast in true faithunto life everlasting. Amen!

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, 1 Chronicles 16.34; Psalm 106.1; 107.1; 118.1; 118.29; 1for his love endures forever!

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V. The LORD Sends Us Back Into the World

Post-Communion Prayer Adapted from the post-Communion prayer in Martin Bucers reformed Strasbourg Lit

Let us continue in prayer together:Almighty and gracious heavenly Father, we give You praise and thanks that through Your holyGospel and Sacrament, You have again offered and presented to us Your most precious treasurethe true Bread of Heaven and Food of eternal life, Our Lord Jesus Christ. And we heartily ask Yto grant that we may receive Him and partake of Him in true faith, now and forever, and be sonourished by His Flesh and Blood that we may be set free from all evil, and increase daily in algoodness, to Your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!

Great Commission Matthew 28.1

Jesus declares, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and disciple all the natiby baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, by teaching them to observe athat I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Amen!Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered!

Let those who hate Him flee before Him! Psalm

Nunc Dimittis ~ Now Dismiss [Your Servant] Luke 2.29-Song of Sim

Benediction ~ Blessing Numbers 6.2The Lord bless you and keep you;

the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace;

in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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NOTES

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Romans 1.1-171

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,2

which he promisedbeforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

3concerning his Son, who was descended from David

according to the flesh4

and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by hisresurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

5through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring

about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,6

including you who are called to belonJesus Christ,

7To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God

our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faithproclaimed in all the world.

9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that witho

ceasing I mention you10

always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in comto you.

11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you-

12that is, that we may

mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.13

I want you to know, brothers, that I have often

intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as weas among the rest of the Gentiles.

14I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to

foolish.15

So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, fois the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

17For in it the

righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."

Matthew 9.3510.2035

And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel othe kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.

36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for the

because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.37

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvis plentiful, but the laborers are few;

38therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into h

harvest." 10:1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them oand to heal every disease and every affliction.

2The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is cal

Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;3

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomasand Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas

Iscariot, who betrayed him.5

These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles andenter no town of the Samaritans,

6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7And proclaim as you go,

saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'8

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Youreceived without paying; give without pay.

9Acquire no gold nor silver nor copper for your belts,

10no bag for your

journey, nor two tunics nor sandals nor a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.11

And whatever town or village yoenter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart.

12As you enter the house, greet it.

13And if the ho

is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.14

And if anyone will notreceive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

15Truly, I

to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.16

"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues,18

and you will be dragged

before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.

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When they deliver you ovedo not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in thathour.

20For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

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