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Pastor’s Quote of the Week

“ What is your status. Saint or Sinner?”

-Anonymous

Welcome!

Welcome to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in

Cedar Crest, New Mexico!

We are so happy to have you here with us at worship. Our worship service includes God’s Holy Word and Sacrament each Sunday. We preach Christ as our crucified and risen Savior. With angels and archangels and all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify God’s Holy name and thank Him for His gifts, especially Christ’s work on the cross that we might be saved and receive Eternal life

2^nd Sunday after Epiphany              January 18^th 2026

Divine Worship 2

Welcome to the Lord’s House. The Sanctuary is a place of worship. Please take this time to spiritually prepare yourself for worship.

Please be seated for the announcements.

We encourage you to bring flowers to adorn the altar as commemorations of important holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries

Stand

Hymn of Invocation  “As with Gladness Men of Old”   LSB 397- All vs

The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

P   In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C   Amen.

P   If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

C   But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Kneel/Sit

Silence for reflection on God’s Word and for self-examination.

P   Let us then confess our sins to God our Father.

C   Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. 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. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. 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   Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C   Amen.

Stand

Service of the Word

Introit                                                                                    Psalm 19:1–4a, b; antiphon: v. 14

P   Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight,
    O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
C   The heavens declare the glory of God,
    and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
P   Day to day pours out speech,
    and night to night reveals knowledge.
C   There is no speech, nor are there words,
    whose voice is not heard.
P Their measuring line goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
    In them he has set a tent for the sun.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son. . .
C      Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight,
    O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Kyrie                                                                                                                         LSB 168

P    In peace let us pray to the Lord.

 P    For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord.

 P    For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord.

 P    For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord.

 P    Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.

Gloria in Excelsis                                                                                                      LSB 154

Salutation and Collect of the Day

P   The Lord be with you.

C   And also with you.

P   Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, who governs all things in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the prayers of Your people and grant us Your peace through all our days; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C   Amen.

Sit

Old Testament Reading                                                                                    Isaiah 49:1–7

1Listen to me, O coastlands,
    and give attention, you peoples from afar.
The Lord called me from the womb,
    from the body of my mother he named my name.
2He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
    in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
    in his quiver he hid me away.
3And he said to me, “You are my servant,
    Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4But I said, “I have labored in vain;
    I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
    and my recompense with my God.”
5And now the Lord says,
    he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
    and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
    and my God has become my strength—
6he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
I will make you as a light for the nations,
    that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
7Thus says the Lord,
    the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
    the servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise;
    princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

 R  This is the Word of the Lord.

C   Thanks be to God.

Psalms 40

P    1I waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and heard my cry.
C  2He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
    out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
    making my steps secure.
P    3He put a new song in my mouth,
    a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
    and put their trust in the Lord.

C    4Blessèd is the man who makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who go astray after a lie!
P    5You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
    yet they are more than can be told.

C    6Sacrifice and offering you have not desired,
    but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.
P    7Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
    in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
C    8I desire to do your will, O my God;
    your law is within my heart.”

P    9I have told the glad news of deliverance
    in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
    as you know, O Lord.
C    10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.

P    11As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
    your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
    ever preserve me!

Epistle                                                                                                      1 Corinthians 1:1–9

    1Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,

    2To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

    3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    4I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—6even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—7so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

R This is the Word of the Lord.

C   Thanks be to God.

Stand

Alleluia and Verse                                                                                                    LSB 173

Holy Gospel                                                                                                     John 1:29–42a

P   The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the first chapter.

      29The next day [John] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”

    35The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42He brought him to Jesus.

 P  This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Sit

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise LSB 394- vs 1-3

Sermon  “Called to be Saints”  Pastor Mike Feuer

Stand

Nicene Creed

C   I believe in one God,

     the Father Almighty,

     maker of heaven and earth

          and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,

     the only-begotten Son of God,

     begotten of His Father before all worlds,

     God of God, Light of Light,

     very God of very God,