Worship Order – Service of the Word ~ 8:00am
February 9, 2025 ~ 5th Sunday after the Epiphany
Prelude
Announcements
Invocation
P In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit
C Amen
Confession for Epiphany (based on John 3:19 & 1 John 1:8)
P When You, O Lord, were baptized in the Jordan river, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest;
C For the voice of the Father bore witness to You and called You His beloved Son.
P And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, confirmed the truthfulness of His word.
C Christ, our God, You have revealed Yourself and have enlightened the world.
P You have come and revealed Yourself, O unapproachable Light, and this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
C Amen
P If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
P Most merciful God,
C we confess that we are in bondage 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 you, and for his sake God forgives you all your sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ he gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit.
C Amen
Opening Hymn Lord of Light, LBW 405 v.1-2
Apostolic Greeting
Kyrie p. 57 LBW
Hymn of Praise p. 58 LBW
Prayer of the Day
Holy Lord, in your loving kindness you have poured on us grace upon grace. It was by your wisdom that we were created and by your power that we have been called into discipleship in Christ Jesus. Help us to be fishers of people, fully devoted to you, so that all will know your abiding love. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Children’s Sermon
1st Scripture Lesson ~ Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13]
1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” 8And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” [9And he said, “Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ 10Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” 11Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste, 12and the Lord removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.]
The Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation p. 62 LBW
Gospel ~ Luke 5:1-11
The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the 5th Chapter.
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
1On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on {Jesus} to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 9For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” 11And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
The Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
Hymn of the Day Here Am I, Lord (Hamilton – CCLI)
Apostles’ Creed
Prayers of God’s People
Offering Offering of a Thought- “March of the Unqualified”
Offertory The Doxology 564
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, Ye heav’nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost