St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

313 4th Street, Manistee, MI 49660

Pastor Dennis J. Himm - 810-252-5821

www.StPaulsManistee.com

facebook.com/SPLCManistee

January 14, 2024 Baptism of Jesus Celebrate Jesus’ baptism and your baptism.

May the LORD, who made you his own, bless your worship.

WELCOME

HYMN “Rise Up and Shine” – please stand for last stanza

1 Rise up and shine! Your light has come;

God’s glory breaks like dawn.

For though the earth be cloaked in night

and gloom shrouds ev’ryone,

yet over you the Lord will rise,

with glory gleaming clear,

till nations turn to seek your light

and humbled kings draw near.

2 Fling wide your gates, both day and night;

no more keep watch or guard.

You will be called God’s holy hill,

the city of the Lord.

No sound of strife will plague your land,

nor harm besiege your ways;

“Salvation” will you name your walls,

and all your portals “Praise.”

STAND

3 No more will you implore the sun

to shed by day its light,

nor will you need the changeful moon

to glisten through the night.

Your glory then will be your God,

whose light will never cease.

Rise up and shine! Your light has come

to give you joy and peace.

Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944

SERVICE OF THE WORD - pages 38-44

PRAYER OF THE DAY:

Father in heaven, at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan, you proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit. Keep us who are baptized into Christ faithful in our calling as your children, and make us heirs with him of everlasting life; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

(Sing) Amen.

FIRST LESSON: Isaiah 49:1–6

God the Father was pleased with his Son and his mission

1Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. 2He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver. 3He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.” 4But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due me is in the LORD’s hand, and my reward is with my God.” 5And now the LORD says—he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength—6he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”

PSALM 2 - page 62

Great are the works of the Lord.

SECOND LESSON: Romans 6:1-11

Jesus’ baptism is closely connected to your baptism.

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

VERSE OF THE DAY:

Alleluia. You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased. Alleluia.

(Sing) Alleluia.....page 40

GOSPEL: Mark 1:4-11

The Trinity reveals itself at the baptism of Jesus.

4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, 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 leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” 9At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

HYMN 89 “To Jordan’s River Came Our Lord”

SERMON: Romans 6:1-11

Baptism – A Watery Tomb & Womb

APOSTLES’ CREED - page 41

PRAYERS & LORD’S PRAYER

HYMN 91 “The Star Proclaims the King is Here”

Liturgy continues on pages 43,44

HYMN 737 “God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It”

ANNOUNCEMENTS & REFRESHMENTS

THANKOFFERING BASKET BY DOOR

The members of St Paul's have joined together to do the Lord’s work in this area and around the world. Our guests may but are not expected to participate in this offering which supports our church’s ministry.

Guests, please sign the Guest Book in the entryway.

SERVING YOU TODAY:

• Pastor Dennis J. Himm • Organist Kay Himm