Bulletin
Sunday, February 21, 2021, 11:00 am
The Second Sunday of Lent
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† Call to Worship & Procession
Prelude
Minister: Arise now and ascend to the heavenly City in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit!
Congregation: Amen!
†Processional Hymn - The Sacrifices of God Are a Broken Spirit (p. 414) (MP3, PDF)
Minister: The grace and peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
People: And also with you!
Minister: We are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.
Congregation: Today if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.
Sin Offering: Confession The congregation is invited to kneel.
Unison: Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore those who are penitent according to your promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O merciful Father, for his sake, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
(silent confession)
Minister: Therefore, I declare that your sins are forgiven in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Congregation: Thanks be to God. Our sins are forgiven in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Minister: We do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, stand in His presence, knowing your acceptance in the Savior. O Lord, open thou our lips.
Congregation: And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
†Ascension Hymn - Franklin Angus Dei (p. PH15) (MP3, PDF)
†Collect for the Second Sunday of Len
Unison: O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Consecration: Scripture & Teaching
The Lesson - Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Reader: The Word of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God.
The Psalm - Psalm 22: All Earth to Him (p. PH1) (MP3, PDF)
The Epistle - Romans 4:13-25
Reader: The Word of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God.
The Psalm - Psalm 22: All Earth to Him (p. PH1) (MP3, PDF)
The Gospel - Mark 8:31-38
Reader: The Gospel of Christ!
Congregation: Praise be to You, O Christ!
†The Creed (Nicene)
Unison:We 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; begotten, not made; being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made: who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man: and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father: and He shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And we believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spake by the Prophets: and we believe in one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church: We acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: and we look for the Resurrection of the dead: and the Life of the world to come. Amen.
†Gloria Patri, (p. 436) (MP3, PDF)
Sung, lifting holy hands, Psalm 63:4.
Prayer for Illumination
Sermon
Prayers of the People - Selected Men to Lead
Leader: Lord in your mercy….
Congregation: Hear our prayers.
†The Lord’s Prayer (sung, p. 411) (MP3, PDF).
Sung, lifting up holy hands, I Tim. 2:8.
†Tribute Offering
The Peace Offering: Eucharist
The Sursum Corda
Minister: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up unto the Lord.
Minister: Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
People: It is good and right so to do.
Minister: It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times . . . Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying,
People: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen.
The Sign of Peace - The peace of Christ to you.
The Bread and the Wine
All baptized Christians are welcome to the Table. Gluten free bread is available.
Eucharist Hymns
Lift High the Cross (p. PH29) (MP3, PDF)
In Christ Alone (p. PH11) (MP3, PDF)
Tis Not that I Did Choose Thee (p. PH31) (MP3, PDF)
Like a River Glorious (p. PH32) (MP3, PDF)
†The Commission and Benediction
Minister: Go in peace and love to serve the Lord who is the Light of all Nations.
Congregation: Thanks be to God!
† Hymn - Behold the Glories of the Lamb (p. 296) (MP3, PDF)