CALVARY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH DIVINE SERVICE FOR THE 1ST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 27, 2020 PRELUDE Carol of the Manger arr. Dale Wood T CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION T Stand INVOCATION P In the Name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. EXHORTATION & OPENING SENTENCES P Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus to grant us forgiveness. Our help is in the name of the Lord, C who made heaven and earth. P I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, C and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Kneel CONFESSION OF SINS P Almighty God, our maker and redeemer, we poor sinners confess unto You that we are by nature sinful and unclean and that we have sinned against You by thought, word, and deed. Wherefore we flee for refuge to Your infinite mercy, seeking and imploring Your grace for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. C O most merciful God, who has given Your only-begotten Son to die for us, have mercy upon us and for His sake grant us remission of all our sins; and by Your Holy Spirit increase in us true knowledge of You and of Your will and true obedience to Your Word, to the end that by Your grace we may come to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. DECLARATION OF GRACE P Almighty God, our heavenly Father, has had mercy upon us and has given His only Son to die for us and for His sake forgives us all our sins. To those who believe on His name He gives power to become the children of God and has promised them His Holy Spirit. He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. Grant this, Lord, unto us all. C Amen. Stand 1 DIVINE SERVICE, SETTING THREE MUSIC T SERVICE OF THE WORD T INTROITGloria Patri Psalm Psalm Tone 93:1, A 3–4; antiphon: vv. 5, 2 (sung as indicated) Psalm 117:1–2 P ORD Your decrees are very | trustworthy; * 1holinessPraise the befits LORD your, all | house,nations! O* L , for- | evermore. C Your throne is established | from of old;Extol * you him, are all from | peoples! ever- | lasting. P The LORD reigns; he is robed in | majesty;2For *great the L isORD his issteadfast robed; he| love has toward put on us,strength* | as his belt. C Yes, the world is es- | tablished; * it shalland nev- the |faithfulness er be moved. of the LORD endures forever. | P The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the Praisefloods the have LORD lifted! | up their voice; * the floods lift up their | roaring. C Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves | of the sea, * the LORD on high is | mighty! Glory be to the Father and | to the Son * and to the Holy | Spirit; as it was in the be- | ginning, * isPsalm now, and Tone will B be forever. | Amen. Psalm 117:1–2 P Your decrees are very | trustworthy; * holiness befits your house, O LORD, for- | evermore. C Your throne Kyrieis established | from of old; * you are from ever- | lasting. KYRIE 1Praise the LORD, all | nations!* Extol him, all | peoples! 2For great is his steadfast | love toward us,* and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. | Praise the LORD! Psalm Tone C Psalm 117:1–2 Gloria in Excelsis GLORIA IN EXCELSIS 1Praise the LORD, all | nations!* Extol him, all | peoples! 2For great is his steadfast | love toward us,* and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. | Praise the LORD! Psalm Tone D Psalm 117:1–2 1Praise the LORD, all | nations!* Extol him, all | peoples! 2For great is his steadfast | love toward us,* and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. | Praise the LORD! (Continues on following page.) 2 Gloria in Excelsis SALUTATION & COLLECT OF THE DAY P The Lord be with you. C And with thy spirit. P Let us pray. O God, our Maker and Redeemer, You wonderfully created us and in the incarnation of Your Son yet more wondrously restored our human nature. Grant that we may ever be alive in Him who made Himself to be like us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. Sit 3 Salutation and Collect of the Day OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 11:1–5 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes Salutationsee, or decide and disputes Collect by ofwhat the his Day ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. A This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Psalm Tone A Psalm 117:1–2 GRADUALP Almighty God, You know we live in the midst of so many Psalm dangers 45:2a, 1bthat in our frailty we cannot stand upright. (sung Grant as indicated) strength and protection to support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. P You are the most handsome of the | sons1Praise of men; the L *ORD grace, all is| nations!poured* up- | on your lips. C I address my verses | to the king; * my tongueExtol him, is alllike | peoples! the pen of a | ready scribe. 2 For great is his steadfast | love toward us,* and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. | EPISTLE READINGPraise the LORD! Galatians 4:1–7 P I meanAlmighty that theGod, heir, You as know long weas helive is in a thechild, midst is no of different so many from dangers a slave, that though in our frailtyhe is the we ownercannot of stand everything, upright. but Grant he strength Alleluiais underand (Upper guardians protection Line) and to managers support us until in all the dangers date set and by carryhis father. us through In the allsame temptations; way we also, through when Je wesus were Christ, children, Your Son, were our Lord, who enslavedlives to andthe elementaryreigns with principlesYou and the of Holythe world. Spirit, Butone when God, nowthe fullness and forever. of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeemPsalm those Tone who B were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And Psalm 117:1–2 because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. A This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. 1Praise the LORD, all | nations!* Extol him, all | peoples! Stand 2 Alleluia (Lower Line) For great is his steadfast | love toward us,* Alleluia (Upper Line) and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. | ALLELUIA & VERSE Praise the LORD! P Alleluia. The LORD reigns; he is robed in | majesty; * the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Alle- | luia. Psalm Tone C Psalm 117:1–2 HolyHOLY Gospel GOSPEL READING Luke 2:22–40 P The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke,1Praise the second the LORD chapter:, all | nations!* Alleluia (Lower Line) Extol him, all | peoples! 2For great is his steadfast | love toward us,* and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. | Praise the LORD ! When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, [Mary and Joseph] brought [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, Psalm Tone D Psalm 117:1–2 or two young pigeons.” Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the HolyHoly Gospel Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his 1Praise the LORD, all | nations!* Extol him, all | peoples!4 2For great is his steadfast | love toward us,* and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. | Praise the LORD! Salutation and Collect of the Day P Almighty God, You know we live in the midst of so many dangers that in our frailty we cannot stand upright. Grant strength and protection to support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.