Season of Lent RELUDE WELOME & ANNOUNEMENTS God is good all the time All the time, God is good. lease stand as you are able. BRIEF ORDER OF ONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: leanse the thoughts of our hearts by inspiration of you Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name, though Jesus hrist our Lord. Amen. 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. Silence for reflection and self-examination. lease kneel or be seated. 2
Most merciful God, 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 hrist, 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. Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus hrist, does not desire the death of sinners, but rather that they may turn from wickedness and live. Therefore we implore him to grant us true repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do on this day, that they rest of our life may be pure and holy, and that at last we may come to his eternal joy, through Jesus hrist our Lord. Amen. lease stand as you are able. GATHERING SONG lease see insert GREETING The grace of our Lord Jesus hrist, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. RAYER OF THE DAY lease see insert 3
lease be seated. SENOIR HOIR lease see insert. FIRST READING lease see insert. SALM lease see insert. SEOND READING lease see insert. GOSEL ALAMATION We are turning, Lord, to hear you; you are merciful and kind; slow to anger, rich in blessing, and with love to us inclined. GOSEL lease see insert lease be seated. (10:45) HILDREN S SERMON SERMON lease stand as you are able. 4
HYMN OF THE DAY lease see insert. AOSTLES REED I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus hrist, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under ontius ilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell.* On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic hurch, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. RAYERS OF INTERESSION lease see insert. 5
EAE The presiding minister and the assembly greet each other in the peace of the risen hrist. The peace of hrist be with you always. And also with you. The people may greet one another with a sign of hrist s peace, and may say, eace be with you, or similar words. OFFERING lease be seated. OFFERTORY 6
OFFERTORY RAYER A Let us pray. Blessed are you, O Lord our God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts. With them we offer ourselves to your service and dedicate our lives to the care and redemption of all that you have made, for the sake of him who gave himself for us, Jesus hrist our Lord. Amen. DIALOGUE The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. 7
REFAE It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, holy Father, through hrist our Lord. You bid your people cleanse their hearts and prepare with joy for the paschal feast. Renew our zeal in faith and life, and bring us to the fullness of grace that belongs to the children of God. And so, with the hurch on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn: 8
THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE We give you thanks, Father, through Jesus hrist, your beloved Son, whom you sent in this end of the ages to save and redeem us and to proclaim to us your will. He is your Word, inseparable from you. Through him you created all things, and in him you take delight. He is your Word, sent from heaven to a virgin's womb. He there took on our nature and our lot and was shown forth as your Son, born of the Holy Spirit and of the virgin Mary. It is he, our Lord Jesus, who fulfilled all your will and won for you a holy people; he stretched out his hands in suffering in order to free from suffering those who trust you. It is he who, handed over to a death he freely accepted, in order to destroy death, to break the bonds of the evil one, to crush hell underfoot, to give light to the righteous, to establish his covenant, and to show forth the resurrection, taking bread and giving thanks to you, said: Take and eat; this is my body, broken for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. In the same way he took the cup, gave thanks and gave it for all to drink, saying: This is my blood poured out for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. 9
Remembering, then, his death and resurrection, we lift this bread and cup before you, giving you thanks that you have made us worthy to stand before you and to serve you as your priestly people. And we ask you: Send your Spirit upon these gifts of your hurch; gather into one all who share this bread and wine; fill us with your Holy Spirit to establish our faith in truth, that we may praise and glorify you through your Son Jesus hrist. Through him all glory and honor are yours, Almighty Father, with the Holy Spirit, in your holy hurch both now and forever. Amen. LORD'S RAYER Lord, remember us in your kingdom, and teach us to pray: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. 10
INVITATION TO OMMUNION Jesus invites you to the table of life. ome to the banquet for all is now ready. As the ministers give the bread and wine, they say these words to each communicant: The body of hrist, given for you. The blood of hrist, shed for you. The communicant may say: Amen OMMUNION SONG OMMUNION HYMNS lease see insert. lease stand as you are able. 11
The body and blood of our Lord Jesus hrist strengthen you and keep you in his grace. Amen. SONG AFTER OMMUNION 12
RAYER AFTER OMMUNION A Let us pray. Almighty God, you provide us the true bread from heaven, your Son, Jesus hrist our Lord. Grant that we who have received the Sacrament of his body and blood may abide in him and he in us, that we may be filled with the power of his endless life, now and forever. Amen. BLESSING Almighty God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, bless you now and foever. Amen. SENDING SONG lease see insert. EXTINGUISING THE ANDLES DISMISSAL A Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. OSTLUDE From Sundays and Seasons.com. opyright 2015 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #22316. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of hristian Education of the National ouncil of the hurches of hrist in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 13