St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
313 4th St, Manistee, MI 49660-2901
website: stpaulsmanistee.com
facebook.com/SPLCManistee
Telephone: 231-299-1022
February 19, 2022
Festival of the Transfiguration of our LORD
Welcome to our visitors.
May the Lord bless you through His Word together with us today.
Prayer Before Worship - Lord, I want to see Your glory. Oops!! Sorry. Thanks for showing me the reason You deserve my praise - You lived & died and rose for me.
Hymn 95
Common Service, front of hymnal page 158
Prayer: Lord God,/ before the suffering & death of Your one & only Son,/ You revealed His glory on the holy mountain. Grant that we who bear His cross on earth/ may behold by faith the light of His heavenly glory/ & so be changed into His likeness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives & reigns with You & the Holy Spirit,/ one God, now & forever. (Sing) Amen.
Epistle: 2 Peter 1: 16-21
Peter recounts the transfiguration glory of Jesus which he witnessed. Now Jesus reveals His glory to us through the Scriptures.
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” 18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. 19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Verse: Alleluia! A voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him.” Alleluia. Sing: Alleluia……pg 18 front of hymnal
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9
Jesus is transfigured as He prepares to go to Jerusalem to die. Moses & Elijah attest His glory. The Father approves.
1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. 4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. 9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
Apostles’ Creed, front of hymnal, page 19
Hymn 96
Sermon Text: O T Lesson: Exodus 24:12, 15-18
Moses went up to the glory of God on Mt Sinai to receive the tables of the Law. He later appeared to witness Jesus’ transfiguration.
12 The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” 15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Theme: The Lord allows us to come into His presence
To hear His commands
To see His glory
Prayer: LORD Jesus, thank You for letting us come into Your presence to see Your glory.
(Sing) Create in me..... pg 20
Thankoffering
The members of St Paul's have joined together to do the Lord’s work in this area & around the world. Visitors need not feel obligated to participate in this offering which supports our church’s ministry.
Prayer of the church, front of hymnal, page 124
Special Prayers
Lord’s Prayer, page 20
Hymn 97
Continue page 25, front of hymnal
Hymn 369
All our guests are welcome to worship Jesus the Savior with us again Kindly sign our guest register. Graciously receive the greetings & introductions of our church family.