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If you are receiving Holy Communion in the parking lot today, please note that the Communion kit contains both the wafer and juice.
Communion Instructions
Prelude
Invocation
Confession and Forgiveness
P: Let us examine our hearts in the light of the 10 Commandments.
C: You shall have no other gods.
You shall not misuse God’s name.
Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
Honor your father and mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, spouse, or possessions.
P: 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 forgave 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 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Hymn: I Know That My Redeemer Lives!
Greeting
P: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
C: And also with you.
Easter Litany
A Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
C Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
A Through our Baptism, we share in his new life.
C Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
A Death has no more dominion over us.
C Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Prayer of the Day
P O God ,
C Form the minds of your faithful people into a single will. Make us love what you command and desire what you promise, that, amid all the changes of this world, our hearts may be fixed where true joy is found; through your Son, Jesus. Amen.
Milestone Ministry - Graduation (9:30 only)
Children’s Sunday School Dismissal (at 9:30 am inside worship only)
Reading: Acts 17:16-31
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and also in the market-place every day with those who happened to be there. Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, ‘What does this babbler want to say?’ Others said, ‘He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.’ (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) So they took him and brought him to the Areopagus and asked him, ‘May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? It sounds rather strange to us, so we would like to know what it means.’ Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there would spend their time in nothing but telling or hearing something new.
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, ‘Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, “To an unknown god.” What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. For “In him we live and move and have our being”; as even some of your own poets have said, “For we too are his offspring.”
Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.’
P Word of God, word of life.
C Thanks be to God!
Sermon
Connection Card
Thank you for worshiping with us! Please take a moment to connect with the ministries of St. Mark’s.
Choose one or more of the Next Steps that will help you connect your faith to your daily life this week.
Hymn: Built On A Rock
Nicene Creed
A Let us profess our faith in the words of the Nicene Creed.
C 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,
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate of the virgin Mary
and was made 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 again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his 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 worshiped 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.
Prayers of Intercession
A: Lord in Your Mercy,
C: Hear our prayer.
Peace
P: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C: And also with you.
Offering
Please consider partnering with us in doing Christ’s ministry through your financial gift.
Thanks to your generosity, St. Mark’s is sharing the love of Christ and bringing hope to people in need.
Offertory Hymn
Offertory Prayer
Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love, through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Great Thanksgiving
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.
Words of Institution
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.
Communion Distribution
All baptized Christians who have been instructed in the sacrament and believe Christ is truly present for the forgiveness of sins are invited to commune. Parents are encouraged to bless young children by making the sign of the cross on their forehead and saying words such as, “You are a precious child of God, and He loves you very much.”
Prayer
Almighty God, you gave your Son both as a sacrifice for sin and a model of the godly life. Enable us to receive him always with thanksgiving, and to conform our lives to his; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Blessing
Hymn: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Dismissal
P: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Thanks for worshiping with us today!
Please remain in your parking place until you are dismissed.