January 10, 2021

10:00 a.m.

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“The Baptism of Our Lord”

January 10, 2021

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” Genesis 1:1: sky, waters, ground; sun, moon, stars; plants, animals, people. Then God

rested. So, welcome to this time for rest and worship.

In the spirit of Christian love and acceptance, we welcome all who

have come to worship our God. May God’s comfort and peace fill each of

us as we worship before him.

If you are a member or a guest, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT to fill

out an attendance sheet located in your bulletin and place it in the

drop box outside the sanctuary on your way out after service.

The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at this congregation today to receive His very body and blood to eat and drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and with one another. Because those who eat and drink our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm, and because Holy Communion is a confession of faith which is confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of this congregation and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and yet desire to receive the sacrament, are asked to speak with Pastor.

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Welcome and Announcements

Please stand

Opening Hymn

LSB 344 On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry

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Confession and Absolution

Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen.

Pastor: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

People: But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination.

Pastor: Let us then confess our sins to God our Father. People: I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and

iniquities with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor, sinful being.

Pastor: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.

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Pastor: For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord.

People:

Pastor: 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.

People:

Pastor: For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord.

People:

Pastor: Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. People:

Kyrie

Service of the Word

Pastor: In peace let us pray to the Lord. People:

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Hymn of Praise

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Salutation and Collect of the Day

Pastor: The Lord be with you. People:

Pastor: Let us pray... Father in heaven, at the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River You proclaimed Him Your beloved Son and anointed Him with the Holy Spirit. Make all who are baptized in His name faithful in their calling as Your children and inheritors with Him of everlasting life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

People:

Please be seated

Word

Old Testament Reading ................................ Genesis 1:1-5 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Pastor: This is the word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

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Epistle Reading ........................................ Romans 6:1-11 1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Pastor: This is the word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

Pastor: Please stand for the singing of the Alleluia.

Alleluia

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Pastor: The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the first chapter. People:

Gospel ………..…………………...…...…….…..... Mark 1:4-11

4 And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. 6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his message: “After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

Pastor: This is the Gospel of our Lord. People:

Please be seated

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Message Hymn

The Message

Please stand

LSB 346 When All the World Was Cursed

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We Confess Our Faith Together

Nicene Creed

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 His 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 at the

right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will 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 worshiped and glorified,

who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian 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.

Prayers of the Church

Pastor: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.

After each portion of the prayers:

Pastor: Lord, in your mercy, People: Hear our prayer.

(The prayers conclude)

Pastor: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

People: Amen.

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Service of the Sacrament

Preface

Pastor: The Lord be with you. People:

Pastor: Lift up your hearts. People:

Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People:

Pastor: It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord; for what had been hidden from before the foundation of the world You have made known to the nations in Your Son. In Him, being found in the substance of our mortal nature, You have manifested the fullness of Your glory. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

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Sanctus

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Pastor: Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross.

Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

People: Amen.

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.

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Pax Domini

Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always. People:

Agnus Dei

Please be seated

The Words of Our Lord

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Distribution Hymns

LSB 610 Lord Jesus, Think on Me

LSB 644 The Church’s One Foundation sts. 1–5

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LSB 650 Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling

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Please stand

Post Communion Canticle

Post Communion Prayer

Pastor: Let us pray … We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

People:

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Benediction

Pastor: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace.

People:

Closing Hymn LSB 590 Baptized into Your Name Most Holy

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Pastor will dismiss each household …

Dropbox available in the Narthex for Offerings and Attendance Sheets …

Reminder to check your mailbox in the Fellowship Hall …

Acknowledgments Divine Service, Setting One from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission. This Is the Feast, Text: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship; Setting: © 1988 Richard W. Hillert Common Alleluia and Verse, Text and Setting: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship Offertory, Text and Setting: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship Preface, Text: © 0000 International Consultation on English Texts; Setting: © 1978 Richard W.

Hillert Sanctus, Text: © 0000 International Consultation on English Texts; Setting: © 1978 Richard W. Hillert Agnus Dei, Text: © 0000 International Consultation on English Texts; Setting: © 1978 Richard W. Hillert Thank the Lord, Text and Setting: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship Unless otherwise indicated, all

scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

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