The Service for the Lord’s Day
March 1, 2020 + The First Sunday in Lent
March 8, 2020 + The Second Sunday in Lent
March 15, 2020 + The Third Sunday in Lent
March 22, 2020 + The Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 29, 2020 + The Fifth Sunday in Lent
April 5, 2020 + Palm/Passion Sunday
Liturgical Colors:
3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29 -Purple
4/5 - Red
GATHERING
3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29 (On 4/5 the service begins differently; see below)
Gathering Music:
Welcome & Announcements
*Entrance Song: “Kum Ba Yah” 338/472
*Call to Worship
The time is fulfilled.
The Kingdom of God has come near.
Repent, and believe the good news. Mark 1:15
It is time for the Lord to act. Psalm 119:126
Let us worship God,
let us pray.
*Opening Prayer
God of grace:
unto whom all hearts are open,
from whom no secrets are hidden,
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit
that we may perfectly love you
and worthily magnify your holy name.
Amen.
*Prayer of the Day
3/1
Almighty God:
your Son fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are but did not sin.
Give us grace to direct our lives
in obedience to your Spirit,
that as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ our Redeemer,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
3/8
Almighty God,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
Give us faith to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to bear our cross,
and be changed into his likeness,
from glory to glory:
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
3/15
Eternal God:
Your kingdom has broken into our troubled world
through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son.
Help us to hear your Word and obey,
that we may become instruments of your saving love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
3/22
Gracious God:
in order that the children of earth
might discern good from evil
you sent your Son to be the light of the world.
As Christ shines upon us,
may we learn what pleases you,
and live in all truth and goodness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
3/29
Almighty God, our Redeemer:
in our weakness we have failed
to be your messengers of forgiveness and hope.
Renew us by your Holy Spirit,
that we may follow your commands
and proclaim your reign of love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
*Filling the Baptismal Font
The celebrant fills the font with water and says:
Do you not know that all of us
who have been baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?
Therefore we have been buried with him
by baptism into death,
so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:3, 4
Remember your baptism, and be thankful!
*Hymn:
3/1 “Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days” 81/166
3/8 “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” 80/insert
3/15 “How Firm a Foundation” 361/463
3/22 “Hope of the World” 360/734
3/29 “Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me” 366/703
Prayer for Wholeness
3/1
God of abundance:
you lead us into the desert.
Let our desire for always more
be satisfied by your Word alone.
Let our drive for more power
be released in our obedience to you.
Let our schemes for fame and approval
dissolve in our desire only to follow you.
In this season
turn our hearts away from what we may gain and acquire.
For our true worth is found in what we lose
so that, empty of distractions and obstructions,
your love may pour through us
in Jesus Christ.
3/8
God of silence:
in this season we confront ourselves.
We exist in a network of lies
of our own invention
separating us from you,
from others, and from our true selves.
We cower in fear,
paralyzed by suspicion and dark fantasies.
We lash out in anger
with violent words and actions.
We hide in shame,
stoking hatreds over imagined assaults.
Let us turn our hearts to you
ever open to your saving love
revealed in Jesus.
Let your love, peace, and joy
overflow in our hearts.
May we be agents of your Truth.
3/15
Great God of power:
We admit to our anger
boiling in our bellies
in righteous indignation
pouring out in violence
of word and act.
We express it in unchained desire
that consumes and wastes
nature and people.
We deny it
so it festers in our hearts
paralyzing us in silent rage.
We repress it in a self-righteous resentment
and condemning perfectionism.
We want to make a better world
by our own strength and will…
which only makes the world worse,
a wasteland of dashed hopes
and broken dreams.
And we languish in the smoking ruin
of a world we destroyed in order to save.
O God, our Creator,
have mercy on us.
3/22
God of goodness and love:
We admit to our shame
twisting our hearts
in neediness and grief,
craving attention and affection
in which it is all about us.
We repress it by glomming on to others
to make them need us.
We deny it by dedicating ourselves
to success and distracting achievement.
We express it in a deluded individualism
aglow with our own specialness and independence.
Addicted to approval
we forget who we are,
becoming what we think will sell.
And our own emptiness
threatens to consume us.
We corrupt love into a commodity,
and lose our own souls.
O God, our Creator,
have mercy on us.
3/29
God of light:
We admit that we are in darkness
and trapped in fear.
We cower in an anxiety
causing us to placate and protect
against the unknown.
We express our fear by hoarding
and building unassailable walls of knowledge.
We repress it in schemes of insurance
and selling ourselves in loyalty to protectors.
We deny it by filling our time
with distracting new and better experiences.
Finally “safe” we dissolve in loneliness,
behind and within a thick and complex net,
choked and strangled
by what we can’t release.
We whimper in an impenetrable darkness
of our own making.
O God, our Creator,
have mercy on us.
(The service continues with the Kyrie, below.)
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4/5
The people gather in the narthex with palm branches.
*Opening Prayer
We praise you, O God,
for your redemption of the world through Jesus Christ.
Today he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph
and was proclaimed Messiah and king
by those who spread garments and branches along his way.
Let these branches be signs of his victory,
and grant that we who carry them
may follow him in the way of the cross,
that, dying and rising with him,
we may enter into your kingdom;
through Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
now and forever. Amen.
*Proclamation of the Entry Into Jerusalem
The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,
‘Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—
the King of Israel!’
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:
‘Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion.
Look, your king is coming,
sitting on a donkey’s colt!’
His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify. It was also because they heard that he had performed this sign that the crowd went to meet him. The Pharisees then said to one another, ‘You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!’
John 12:12-19
*Procession with Palms: “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” 88/196
The people process into the Sanctuary.
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
Blessed is the Kingdom,
of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
both now and forever,
and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Opening Prayer
God of grace:
unto whom all hearts are open,
from whom no secrets are hid,
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit
that we may perfectly love you
and worthily magnify your holy name.
Prayer of the Day
Everlasting God:
in your tender love for the human race
you sent your Son to take our nature,
and to suffer death upon the cross.
In your mercy enable us to share
in his obedience to your will
and in the glorious victory of his resurrection;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
Filling the Baptismal Font
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?
Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death,
so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
so we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:3, 4
Remember your baptism, and be thankful!
*Hymn: “This Is the Day the Lord Has Made” 230/681
Prayer for Wholeness
Talk is cheap.
It is easy to placate you with promises, O God,
We agree to go,
But then we stay.
We promise to do as you say,
Then we do as we please.
We welcome you on Sunday,
And we abandon you by Friday.
We expect a reward for our fine, faithful words,
While we hope you don’t see our sorry, selfish actions.
Yet your arms reach out to embrace us, even on the cross,
Ready to receive us when we finally do turn to you.
When you send us into the world with good news:
Help us to trust in you and to obey.
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Kyrie: “Lord, Have Mercy” ——/579
Invocation of the Trinity
O Holy God:
by your Word and Spirit
you brought all things out of nothing into being,
declaring all you created to be very good.
You made man and woman in your image and likeness
and adorned them with all the gifts of grace.
In the fulness of time you poured out yourself in love
becoming human in Jesus Christ,
that whoever places their trust in him
shall not perish but live eternally with you.
You reveal to us your Wisdom and understanding in him.
In him you change our ways of thinking and acting,
enabling us to offer to you due worship, thanksgiving, and praise.
Forgive the ways we separate ourselves from you and from others,
sanctify our souls and bodies,
and grant that we may worship and serve you and all your creatures
in holiness all the days of our lives.
Amen.
*Gloria: “Glory Be to the Father”
TF *Procession of the Word
A child processes into the Sanctuary carrying a Bible, as the people sing the Gloria.
*The Peace
Christ is in the midst of us.
He is and ever shall be.
May the grace and peace of Christ our God be with all of you.
And also with you.
The people exchange words and signs of God’s peace.
LW Time with Young Disciples
THE WORD
TF (Our young disciples continue worship and learning downstairs.)
Sung Prayer for Understanding
“Lord, Let My Heart Be Good Soil” (See attached pdf file)
Hebrew Scriptures
3/1 Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
3/8 Genesis 12:1-4a
3/15 Exodus 17:1-7
3/22 1 Samuel 16:1-13
3/29 Ezekiel 37:1-14
4/5 Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm
3/1
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
While I kept silence, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’,
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.
You are a hiding-place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.
Many are the torments of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Psalm 32
3/8
I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
He who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and for evermore.
Psalm 121
3/15
O come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice!
Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
when your ancestors tested me,
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they do not regard my ways.’
Therefore in my anger I swore,
‘They shall not enter my rest.’
Psalm 95
3/22
“My Shepherd Will Supply My Need” 172/803
Psalm 23
3/29
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is great power to redeem.
It is he who will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities.
Psalm 130
4/5
TF “Open to Me the Gates of Righteousness” 232
LW
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever!
Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
The Lord is God,
and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God, I will extol you.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures for ever.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Epistle
3/1 Romans 5:12-19
3/8 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
3/15 Romans 5:1-11
3/22 Ephesians 5:8-14
3/29 Romans 8:6-11
4/5 Philippians 5:2-11
Gospel
3/1 Matthew 4:1-11
3/8 John 3:1-17
3/15 John 4:5-42
3/22 John 9:1-41
3/29 John 11:1-45
4/5 Matthew 31:1-11
Gospel Talk
*Affirmation of Faith
3/1 The Apostles’ Creed (Traditional) p. 14/p. 35
3/8, 4/5
In life and in death we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
We trust in Jesus Christ,
fully human, fully God.
We trust in God,
whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
We trust in Jesus Christ,
fully human, fully God.
We trust in God,
whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
We trust in God the Holy Spirit
everywhere the giver and renewer of life.
everywhere the giver and renewer of life.
With believers in every time and place,
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
3/15
In life and in death we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
We trust in Jesus Christ,
fully human, fully God.
Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching good news to the poor
and release to the captives,
teaching by word and deed
and blessing the children,
healing the sick
and binding up the brokenhearted,
eating with outcasts,
forgiving sinners,
and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition,
Jesus was crucified,
suffering the depths of human pain
and giving his life for the sins of the world.
God raised this Jesus from the dead,
vindicating his sinless life,
breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.
With believers in every time and place,
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
fully human, fully God.
Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching good news to the poor
and release to the captives,
teaching by word and deed
and blessing the children,
healing the sick
and binding up the brokenhearted,
eating with outcasts,
forgiving sinners,
and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition,
Jesus was crucified,
suffering the depths of human pain
and giving his life for the sins of the world.
God raised this Jesus from the dead,
vindicating his sinless life,
breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.
With believers in every time and place,
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
3/22
In life and in death we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
We trust in God,
whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
In sovereign love God created the world good
and makes everyone equally in God’s image,
male and female, of every race and people,
to live as one community.
whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
In sovereign love God created the world good
and makes everyone equally in God’s image,
male and female, of every race and people,
to live as one community.
But we rebel against God;
we hide from our Creator.
Ignoring God’s commandments.
we violate the image of God in others and ourselves,
accept lies as truth,
exploit neighbor and nature,
and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care.
We deserve God’s condemnation.
Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.
In everlasting love,
Ignoring God’s commandments.
we violate the image of God in others and ourselves,
accept lies as truth,
exploit neighbor and nature,
and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care.
We deserve God’s condemnation.
Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.
In everlasting love,
the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people
to bless all families of the earth.
Hearing their cry,
God delivered the children of Israel
God delivered the children of Israel
from the house of bondage.
Loving us still,
God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant.
Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child,
like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home,
God is faithful still.
With believers in every time and place,
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
3/29
In life and in death we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
We trust in God the Holy Spirit
everywhere the giver and renewer of life.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
We trust in God the Holy Spirit
everywhere the giver and renewer of life.
The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith,
sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor,
sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor,
and binds us together with all believers
in the one body of Christ, the Church.
The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles
rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture,
engages us through the Word proclaimed,
claims us in the waters of baptism,
feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation,
and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church.
in the one body of Christ, the Church.
The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles
rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture,
engages us through the Word proclaimed,
claims us in the waters of baptism,
feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation,
and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church.
In a broken and fearful world the Spirit gives us courage
to pray without ceasing,
to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior,
to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior,
to unmask idolatries in Church and culture,
to hear the voices of peoples long silenced,
and to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace.
to hear the voices of peoples long silenced,
and to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace.
In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit,
we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks
and to live holy and joyful lives,
even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth,
even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth,
praying, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
With believers in every time and place,
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Prayers of God’s Creation and People
Invitation
O Great Healer:
let your Spirit swing
around us and through us,
over us, under us, and among us,
with healing in her wings,
making us whole
and restoring us to our created goodness.
Intercessions
In the Name of the Lord Jesus,
who is the Presence of the Creator in the creation,
we also pray for all this magnificent garden you have placed in our care.
For the great oceans,
for deserts, wetlands, forests, and glaciers,
for mountains and flatlands;
For the vast and glowing atmosphere,
for plants, birds, insects, and animals,
especially those being driven to extinction…
or abused in industry or by our cruelty or carelessness.…
O Deep Mystery:
Bless all of us here today,
as we offer our worship and praise to you,
and for all those baptized into your Name of every time and place
who have sought to trust and follow you.
We pray especially for disciples chosen for leadership in your church….
And as we gather we also lift up our whole community, especially:
those who serve in government or the courts….
all first responders…
travelers…
workers…
the aged and infirm…
the grieving and abandoned…
the sick and the addicted…
the poor and the oppressed…
the unemployed and the incarcerated…
the undocumented, migrants, and refugees…
indigenous peoples…
victims of war and terrorism…
victims of natural disasters…
victims of domestic abuse and human trafficking….
and all who remember and care for the needy among us….
As you commanded, O Lord,
we pray for our enemies and those who wish us harm.
We gather as well with all those who have died in the hope of resurrection,
and are now at rest….
Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
In the communion of all the saints,
we commend ourselves, one another,
and our whole life to you, O Christ our God,
and to you we render glory
now and forever.
Amen.
THANKSGIVING
Minute for Mission, One Great Hour of Sharing
Offering
The Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof,
the world and all that dwell therein. Psalm 24:1
Offertory Music: “”
TF The bread and wine for communion are carried to the Table as the congregation sings:
*Doxology: “O What Shall I Render?” (verse 1) 557/insert
We will be celebrating the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper every Sunday in both churches.
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
This is the meal of paradise!
The foretaste of the blessings coming to us,
a sign of abundance and generosity,
forgiveness and deliverance. PfR
This is the Lord’s table.
Our Savior invites those who trust in him
to share in the feast
which he has prepared.
Opening 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.
Communion Preface
We need not hide ourselves from you,
before whose justice no one can stand.
Your mercy was proclaimed by the apostles and the prophets,
and shown forth to us in Jesus Christ.
You give your law to guide us,
and you promise new life for all,
that we may live to serve you among our neighbors
in all we do and say. BCW
Sanctus
And so we join our voices
with those of all your people
in every time and place,
in the angels’ song of praise to you:
Holy, holy, holy Lord
God of power and might.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he, O blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest,
Hosanna in the highest! “St. Anne Sanctus”
Eucharistic Prayer
We give you thanks, O God,
through your beloved Servant, Jesus Christ,
through your beloved Servant, Jesus Christ,
whom you have sent in these last times
as savior and redeemer,
and messenger of your will.
He is your Word,
inseparable from you,
through whom you made all things
and in whom you take delight.
as savior and redeemer,
and messenger of your will.
He is your Word,
inseparable from you,
through whom you made all things
and in whom you take delight.
You sent him from heaven into the Virgin’s womb,
where he was conceived, and took flesh.
Born of the Virgin by the power of the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin by the power of the Holy Spirit,
he was revealed as your Son.
In fulfillment of your will
he stretched out his hands in suffering
to release from suffering those who place their trust in you,
he stretched out his hands in suffering
to release from suffering those who place their trust in you,
and so won for you a holy people.
He freely accepted the death to which he was handed over,
in order to destroy death
and to shatter the chains of the evil one;
to trample underfoot the powers of hell
and to shatter the chains of the evil one;
to trample underfoot the powers of hell
and to lead the righteous into light;
to fix the boundaries of death
and to manifest the resurrection.
and to manifest the resurrection.
And so he took bread, gave thanks to you,
and said: “Take, and eat;
this is my body, broken for you.”
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
this is my body, broken for you.”
In the same way he took the cup, saying:
“This is my blood, shed for you.
When you do this, do it for the remembrance of me.”
When you do this, do it for the remembrance of me.”
Remembering therefore his death and resurrection,
we set before you this bread and cup,
thankful that you have counted us worthy
to stand in your presence
thankful that you have counted us worthy
to stand in your presence
and serve you as your priestly people.
We ask you to send your Holy Spirit
upon the offering of the holy church.
Gather into one all who share these holy mysteries,
upon the offering of the holy church.
Gather into one all who share these holy mysteries,
filling them with the Holy Spirit
and confirming their faith in the truth,
that together we may praise you and give you glory,
and confirming their faith in the truth,
that together we may praise you and give you glory,
through your Servant, Jesus Christ.
Through him all glory and honor are yours, almighty Father,
with the Holy Spirit in the holy church,
now and forever.
Amen. Hippolytus of Rome
O God,
like chicks fed by a mother bird,
so our mouths are open to receive you.
And so we are bold to pray in the words Jesus taught us,
saying: Our Father….
Agnus Dei: “Holy Lamb of God” ——/602
The Breaking of Bread 1 Corinthians 10:16
The bread we break:
is it not a communion in the body of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?
The minister breaks the bread.
The cup we bless:
is it not a communion in the blood of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?
The minister fills the cup.
The Holy Communion of the People of God
With hearts trusting in an awesome God,
come to the Table.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Receive the Body of Christ:
taste the fountain of immortality.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
The people gather in the center aisle to share in Christ’s body and blood by intinction:
taking a piece of bread, dipping it into the cup, and eating it.
TF Those who wish to pray with the pastor before or after communion
may meet with him at the font.
May the Body and Blood of Christ our God bring you to everlasting life.
Communion Music: “Just as I Am” 370/442
Closing Prayer
Gracious God,
we give you thanks
that in Jesus Christ,
who is your Word,
you have emptied yourself,
becoming flesh to dwell among us
full of grace and truth.
He brings good news to the poor,
proclaims release to the captives,
gives sight to the blind,
liberates the oppressed,
makes the lame walk,
welcomes sinners,
and even raises the dead.
In giving his life for the life of the world
he sets us free from sin and death.
And he gives us your Holy Spirit
by whom he is present with us even now,
gathering us into one beloved community.
and sending us into the world
with the good news of your love.
Amen.
*Hymn:
3/1 “Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love” 367/203
3/8 “Be Thou My Vision” 339/450
3/15 “Blessed Assurance” 341/839
3/22 “Christ of the Upward Way” 344/insert
3/29 “Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive” 347/444
4/5 “Lamb of God” ——/518
SENDING
*Charge
3/1
God spoke all these words, saying, I am the Lord your God.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an idol....
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God.
Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet... anything that belongs to your neighbor. From Exodus 20:1-17
3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will receive mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted
for righteousness' sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you
when people revile you and persecute you
and utter all kinds of evil against you
falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward is great in heaven,
for in the same way
they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:3-12
*Benediction
And now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:13
*Choral Benediction: “Jesus, Remember Me” (3x) 599/227
*Dismissal
Go in peace
to love and serve the Lord.
Amen.
*Postlude:
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