Third Sunday after the Epiphany January 22, 2017
Lutheran Book of Worship – Setting 1
Please stand as you are able when indicated by *
Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
- Brief Order for Confession & Forgiveness 56
- HYMN: Rise, Shine, You People! #393
- Apostolic Greeting & Kyrie (“In peace let us pray to the Lord…”) 57-58
- Hymn of Praise (“This is the feast…”) 60-61
| * Prayer of the Day
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p. 62 |
| First Reading
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(bulletin insert – scroll down) |
| Psalm | (bulletin insert – scroll down) |
| Second Reading | (bulletin insert – scroll down) |
| * Gospel Acclamation
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p. 62 |
| * Holy Gospel
Children’s Message
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(bulletin insert – scroll down) |
| Sermon | “Leave Your Nets” |
- HYMN: Leave Your Nets (bulletin insert)
- Apostles’ Creed 65
- Prayers of the Church
*The Peace p. 65-66
Offering & Offertory (“Let the Vineyards…”) p. 66
- Great Thanksgiving & Sanctus 68-69
- Words of Institution & Lord’s Prayer 69, 71
(“Lamb of God”) & Distribution of Communion p. 72
*Post-Communion Blessing
- Post-Communion Canticle (“Thank the Lord…”) 72
Benediction & Amen p. 74
- HYMN: My Faith Looks Up to Thee #479
- Dismissal
Postlude
The altar flowers today are given to the Glory of God by Marsha and
Richard Maxey in loving memory of Richard’s parents, Ruth and Robert Maxey, and in honor of Marsha’s parents, Muriel and Roger Rackliff.
Grace: a gift from God, a place for you.
Congregational Announcements
Welcome to our Visitors! Grace Lutheran Church welcomes you as you join us in worship this morning. Please fill out a visitor card, available from an usher, and place it in the offering plate today. We are happy that you are here and desire to get to know you better. If you have questions or are interested in hearing about membership, please see Pastor Ryman or contact him using the information on the front of this bulletin.
Holy Communion All are welcome to receive the Lord’s Body and Blood who are baptized and believe that Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, is truly present in, with, and under the forms of bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation. We encourage young children be brought forward for a blessing.
__________________________________________________________ Pastor’s Classes Following worship today Pastor Ryman will be teaching an adult Sunday School class in the chapel on the scriptural foundation of the Lutheran liturgy. Come find out why we worship as we do. Everyone is invited to fellowship with coffee and doughnuts, before class, in the kitchen area.
Disciples in Service today, January 22
Ushers: Richard Maxey, Ashley Hurst Organist: Steve Holland
Lay Reader: Susan Ryman Acolyte: William Roberts
Communion Assistants: Greta Roberts, Steve Frucht
Disciples in Service next Sunday, January 29
Ushers: Rob Maxey, Sam George Organist: Steve Holland
Lay Reader: Rob Maxey Acolyte: Ruby Hurst
Communion Assistants: Nicole Hurst, Rusty Bates
Christ-Centered
Mission-Driven
Traditionally Grounded
Congregationally Focused
Grace Lutheran Church
Meeting at Hayworth-Miller Chapel
108 E Kinderton Way
Advance, NC
P.O. Box # 1735 Clemmons, NC
Rev. Mark Ryman, Pastor
336-684-5634 [email protected]
Bulletin Insert
Prayer of the Day
Almighty and eternal God, graciously look down on our weakness. Reach out to us with your majestic right hand, and satisfy us with His glory. We ask through the same Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
First Reading: Isaiah 9:1-4
1But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined. 3You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. 4For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
Psalm 27:1-9 [10-14]
1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then | shall I fear?* the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I | be afraid?
2When evildoers came upon me to eat | up my flesh,* it was they, my foes and my adversaries, who stum- | bled and fell.
3Though an army should en- | camp against me,* yet my heart shall not | be afraid;
4And though war should rise | up against me,* yet will I put my | trust in him.
5One thing have I asked of the Lord; one | thing I seek;* that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days | of my life;
6To behold the fair beauty | of the Lord* and to seek him | in his temple.
7For in the day of trouble he shall keep me safe | in his shelter;* he shall hide me in the secrecy of his dwelling and set me high up- | on a rock.
8Even now he lifts | up my head* above my enemies | round about me.
9Therefore I will offer in his dwelling an oblation with sounds | of great gladness;* I will sing and make music | to the Lord.
[10Hearken to my voice, O Lord, | when I call;* have mercy on me and | answer me. 11You speak in my heart and say, | “Seek my face.”* Your face, Lord, | will I seek.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
10I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 11For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. [1]What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” 13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16(I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. 18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Gospel: Matthew 4:12-25
12Now when {Jesus} heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — 16the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.” 17From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 18While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. 23And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them. 25And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.