A family growing together, learning God's Word, serving our neighbor to witness Christ's love.

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1 Trinity Lutheran Church & School 250 South Indiana Avenue Crown Point, Indiana Web Page: trinitycp.org Worship Services Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Monday at 6:30 p.m. Phone Fax A family growing together, learning God's Word, serving our neighbor to witness Christ's love. Serving others through Christ, together! Senior Pastor: Stephen Henderson Associate Pastor: David Kipp Music Director: Karol Ketcher Principal: Christine Miller Business Manager: Susan Magruder Technology Director: Katie Gutierrez Second Weekend in Lent March 17, :00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Services

2 As We Gather: Jesus weeps. His heart is broken. He longs to gather God s children together. Like the prophets of old, He laments over the unbelief He sees in the place where saving faith should be most evident: Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! (Luke 13:34). Both back in the day and in our own day, many people refuse to be gathered to Jesus, even as He willingly and mercifully offers His life for all. This reality breaks Jesus heart, and it should break ours also. Nevertheless, there is good news: the rejection of the multitudes never deters the faithfulness of our Savior. He is relentless in His pursuit of sinners, longing to see them in the place where He gathers us in grace and fills us with forgiveness. That place is right here! Right here and now, Jesus invites you to come to Him. So we gather together as the children of God under the wings of our living and loving Savior! PRELUDE What is the World to Me WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SHARING OF THE PEACE Please be seated. OPENING HYMN What is the World to Me LSB, 730 2

3 Please rise if able. INVOCATION LSB, 203 P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION LSB, 203 P: Our help is in the name of the Lord, C: who made heaven and earth. P: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? C: But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared. P: Since we are gathered to hear God s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner. C: Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen. 3

4 P: Almighty God in His mercy has given Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. KYRIE LSB, 204 C: Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord have mercy. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS LSB, 204 C: To God on high be glory And peace to all the earth; Good-will from God in heaven Proclaimed at Jesus birth! We Praise and bless You, Father; Your holy name, we sing Our thanks for your great glory, Lord God, our heav nly King. To You, O sole-begotten, The Father s Son, we pray; O Lamb of God, our Savior, You take our sins away. Have mercy on us, Jesus; Receive our heart-felt cry, Where You in pow r are seated At God s right hand on high -- For You alone are holy; You only are the Lord. Forever and forever, Be worshiped and adored; You with the Holy Spirit Alone are Lord Most High, In God the Father s glory. Amen! our glad reply. SALUTATION AND COLLECT OF THE DAY LSB, 205 P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Let us pray. O God You see that of ourselves we have no strength. By Your mighty power defend us from all adversities that may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts that may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. Please be seated. 4

5 FIRST READING Jeremiah 26:8-15 And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, You shall die! 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. 10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king s house to the house of the LORD and took their seat in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the LORD. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears. 12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. 13 Now therefore mend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, and the LORD will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you. 14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. 15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears. ESV L: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. ANTHEM God So Loved the World 8:00 Service Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart 10:30 Service SECOND READING Philippians 3:17-4:1 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. 1 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. ESV 5

6 L: This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. THE APPOINTED VERSE FOR LENT 2 Please rise if able. HOLY GOSPEL Luke 13:31-35 P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke the thirteenth chapter. C: Glory to You, O Lord! At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to [Jesus], Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you. 32 And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem. 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! 35 Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ESV P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ. Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. 6

7 I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Please be seated. CHILDREN S SONG I will Make You Fishers of Men We invite the children to come forward as we sing the song. I will make you fishers of men, Fishers of men, fishers of men. I will make you fishers of men, If you follow Me. If you follow Me. If you follow Me. I will make you fishers of men, If you follow Me. CHILDREN S MESSAGE HYMN OF THE DAY O Christ, You Walked the Road LSB, 424 7

8 Text: 1997 GIA Publications, Inc. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no Tune: Public domain SERMON Please rise if able. PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH Prayer Response L: Lord in your mercy, C: Hear our prayer. Please be seated. OFFERING VOLUNTARY O Christ, You Walked the Road Please rise if able. LORD S PRAYER Inside back cover of the hymnal; left column P: Lord, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray THE WORDS OF OUR LORD LSB, 209 P: Our Lord Jesus Christ, in remembrance of Me. 8

9 PAX DOMINI LSB, 209 P: The peace of the Lord be with you always. C: Amen. AGNUS DEI LSB, 210 C: O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God, You take the sin of the world away; O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God, Have mercy on us, Lord, we pray. O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God, You take the sins of the world away; Have mercy on us, Jesus Christ, And grant us peace, O Lord we pray. Please be seated. DISTRIBUTION HYMN Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord LSB, 637 9

10 Text and tune: Public domain When I Behold Jesus Christ LSB,

11 Tune and text: 1970 Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no Text (st. 4): 1998 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no DISMISSAL BLESSING Please rise if able. NUNC DIMITTIS LSB, 211 C: O Lord, now let Your servant Depart in heav n-ly peace, For I have seen the glory of Your redeeming grace: A light to lead the Gentiles Unto Your holy hill, The glory of Your people, Your Chosen Israel. All Glory to the Father, All Glory to the Son, All glory to the Spirit, Forever Three-in-One; For as in the beginning, Is now, shall ever be, God s triune name resounding Through all eternity. POST-COMMUNION COLLECT LSB, 212 P: Let us pray. We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. BENEDICAMUS AND BENEDICTION LSB, 212 P: Let us bless the Lord. C: Thanks be to God. P: The Lord bless you and keep you and give you peace. C: Amen. 11

12 Please be seated. CLOSING HYMN How Firm a foundation You Saints of the Lord LSB, 728 Text and tune: Public domain POSTLUDE How Firm a Foundation You Saints of the Lord Acknowledgments Divine Service, Setting Four from Lutheran Service Book 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder 2006 Concordia 12