CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins.

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1 S T. ANDREW S Lutheran Church 1416 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC Third Sunday in Lent March 24, :30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) is the red worship book found in your pew racks. Service music, indicated with a page number, can be found in the front portion of the book. Hymns, indicated by number, are found in the back portion of the book. Congregational responses are printed in bold type. b GATHERING b PRELUDE: Abide With Me C.H.H. Parry CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS All may make the sign of the cross, the sign marked at baptism, as the presiding minister begins. Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, who gathers us in the wilderness to redeem us, anoint us, and make us new. Amen. In these forty days, let us rend our hearts, confess our sin, and receive God s promise of mercy. We kneel. Silence is kept for reflection. Restoring and reconciling God, We have wandered far from your home; again and again, we lose our way. We turn inward, afraid of the world around us. We forget that you have saved your people before and promise to do so again. Do not remember the deeds of our past, but turn our faces toward the future, where your forgiveness is sure, your welcome is clear, and your love overflows. Amen. After the Pastor offers the absolution we stand for the hymn, facing the processional cross as we begin.

2 GATHERING SONG: In the Cross of Christ I Glory ELW Hymn 324 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. KYRIE PRAYER OF THE DAY The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. 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 it, and bring your saving love to fruition in our lives, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. We sit

3 b WORD b CHILDREN S SERMON (11:00 a.m.) FIRST READING: ISAIAH 55:1-9 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. 3 Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. 4 See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. 5 See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. 6Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; 7 let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

4 PSALM 63: The following refrain is sung first by the cantor, then by the congregation each time thereafter. O God, you are my God whom I seek; O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines, my soul thirst like the earth, parched, lifeless, without water. REFRAIN Thus have I gazed towards you in your holy place to see your power and your glory. Your kindness is a greater good than life itself; my lips will glorify you. REFRAIN Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands I will call upon your name. As with a banquet shall my soul be satisfied; with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you. REFRAIN For you have been my help, you have been my help; in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. My soul clings fast to you; your right hand holds me firm; in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. REFRAIN SECOND READING: 1 CORINTHIANS 10: I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness. 6Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. 7 Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play. 8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. 10 And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. 13 No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

5 We stand. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: The following refrain will be sung first by the cantor/choir and then by the congregation, and by all after the verse. Cantor/choir: Reform your lives, and bear fruit in God s sight, bear fruit in God s sight. REFRAIN The Holy Gospel according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. GOSPEL: LUKE 13:1-9 1At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 [Jesus] asked them, Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. 4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did. 6 Then he told this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7 So he said to the gardener, See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil? 8 He replied, Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down. We sit. SERMON We stand and sing. HYMN OF THE DAY: There s a Wideness in God s Mercy ELW Hymn 588 APOSTLES CREED: Please turn to the back inside cover of your hymnal.

6 PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Each intercession will end with Lord in your mercy, to which we respond: Hear our prayer. b MEAL b PEACE The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you. We greet one another with a gesture of peace using these or similar words: Peace be with you. We sit. OFFERTORY ANTHEM: In the Shadow of Your Wings John Leavitt Gracious God, be merciful. O my God, be merciful. My soul is crying out to you. My only refuge, Lord, is you, God most high. In the shadow of your wings, neath the shadow of your wings. My soul finds rest from my deep distress. My heart hides there till this darkness passes by. I cry to God on high whose purpose is fulfilled for me. He reaches down to save and reproaches him who threatens me. Gracious God, be merciful. O my God, be merciful. My soul finds love and truth in you. No other place of safety, Lord, but you. In the shadow of your wings I hide, O my God, most high. We stand and sing as the gifts are presented. OFFERTORY SONG

7 OFFERTORY PRAYER THE GREAT THANKSGIVING ELW page 129 8:30 a.m. Spoken 11:00 a.m. Sung THE LORD S PRAYER 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. We sit. HOLY COMMUNION All are welcome to commune. Communion will be received at the altar rail by intinction; we receive the consecrated bread and dip it into the chalice. Those unable to partake of wine or wheaten bread are assured that the Church affirms our Lord s presence in, with, and under each element alone; however, gluten free wafers and grape juice are available. Please let the Pastor or Lay Assistant know of your need. COMMUNION HYMNS: O Living Bread from Heaven ELW Hymn 542 Let Us Break Bread Together ELW Hymn 471 We stand. POST-COMMUNION BLESSING AND PRAYER

8 b SENDING b BENEDICTION SENDING SONG: On My Heart Imprint Your Image ELW Hymn 811 Go in Peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God. In observance of the solemnity of Lent, there will be no postlude. Please welcome Frances Webb as our organist this morning. Frances is the Dean of the Greater Columbia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and is very active in the musical community in the Columbia area. We are grateful to Frances for her music this morning! COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS: Prayer of the Day and other liturgical from Sundays & Seasons, copyright 2006, Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission. Kyrie setting by David Haas, copyright 2003 by GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission, OneLicense #A Time of fulfillment by James J. Chepponis, copyright 1994, GIA Publications, Inc. Psalmody arranged by Michael Joncas, copyright 1970, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC. All Rights Reserved Copyright 1988 GIA Publications, Inc.. Used by permission Onelicense # In the Shadow of Your Wings basd on Psalm 57, adapt. Phil Speary, copyright 1989 by Phil Speary, admin GIA Publications. Used by permission Onelicense # Seed that in earth is dying Text by Svein Ellingsen, tr. Hedwig T. Durnbaugh,, Music by Harald Herresthal. Translation copyright Hedwig T. Durnbaugh; music copyright Norsk Musikforlag, admin. Augsburg/Fortress. Used by permission Onelicense # Broad River Road, Columbia, South Carolina, Tel: (803) Website: officemgr@salutheran.com Pastor: The Rev. John P. Trump Deacon: Sandra Holland Director of Music Ministries: Jenny Walrath Choir Director: Nicholas Todd Shumate Office Manager: Lina Gann