Third Sunday in Lent March 3/4, 2018 6:00 PM & 8:45 AM Holy Communion First Lutheran Church, Kearney, NE 0
ANNOUNCEMENTS and WELCOME PRELUDE Meditation on Wondrous Love D. Paxton Please stand CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen P: God of heaven and earth, you come in close and make us yours. Equip us by your Spirit to confess our sin, embrace your forgiveness, and seek the way you set before us in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen P: With honesty of heart, let us confess our sin. Silence for reflection and self-examination P: Merciful God, C: forgive us. Our will is handcuffed to sin, and we cannot break free. We have spoken when we should have kept quiet. We were silent when we should have said something. We acted when we knew better. We were still when we know we should have moved. For the wrong we have done, for the good we have failed to do, have mercy on us, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen P: People of God, look to the Son, given to heal you and set you free because God loved the world so much. Take hold of life eternal life! C: Amen 1
GATHERING HYMN Built on a Rock ELW #652 Text: Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872; tr. Carl Dovinf 1867-1937, adapt Music: Ludvig M. Lindeman, 1812-1887. Text 1958 Service Book and hymnal adim, Augsburg Fortress 2
GREETING P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. KYRIE 1995 Augsburg Fortress. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of OneLicense#A-705218 PRAYER OF THE DAY L: Let us pray, Holy God, through your Son you have called us to live faithfully and act courageously. Keep us steadfast in your covenant of grace, and teach us the wisdom that comes only through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen 3
WORD A Reading from Jeremiah L: 27 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals. 28 And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD. 29 In those days they shall no longer say: "The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge." 30 But all shall die for their own sins; the teeth of everyone who eats sour grapes shall be set on edge. 31 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the LORD," for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31:27-34) L: Word of God. Word of Life. C: Thanks be to God. ANTHEM 8:45 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Eric Nelson Chancel Choir 4
Please stand for the Gospel Acclamation 1995 Augsburg Fortress. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of OneLicense#A-705218 P: A Reading from St. John C: Glory to you, O Lord P 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for 5
your house will consume me." 18 The Jews then said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20 The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?" 21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. (John 2:13-22) P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you O Christ. CHILDREN S MESSAGE & NOISY OFFERING Offering will be going to Habitat for Humanity SERMON Vision Pastor Michelle Carlson 6
Please stand SERMON SONG Be Thou My Vision ELW #793 Text: Irish, 8th cent; vers. Eleanor H. Hull, 1860-1935, alt; tr. Mary E. Byrne, 1880-1931. Music: Irish traditional. Music Public Domain Text and 7
APOSTLES CREED L: Let us profess our faith with the Apostles Creed: C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION P: Renewed in the promises of baptism, let us pray for the church, the world, and all who are in need. (At the conclusion of each prayer) L: Lord, in your mercy, C: hear our prayer. P: Trusting in your covenant of mercy, O God, we lift our prayers to you, through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior. C: Amen. 8
EXCHANGE OF PEACE P: The peace of Christ be with you always. C: And also with you. We greet one another in the name of the Lord using words such as, Peace be with you. Please be seated MEAL OFFERING A Lenten Song C. Demarest 9
Please stand Communion Assistants please come forward at this time. OFFERTORY RESPONSE Let the Vineyards 1995 Augsburg Fortress. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of OneLicense#A-705218 OFFERTORY PRAYER L: Merciful God, Receive the sacrifice of our praise and thanksgiving and the offering of our lives, that following in the way of the cross, we may know the joy of the resurrection; through Christ our Lord. C: Amen. 10
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Lift up your hearts. C: We lift them to the Lord. P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C: It is right to give our thanks and praise. SANCTUS 11
WORDS OF INSTITUTION P: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. THE LORD S PRAYER P: Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray: C: 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 12
INVITATION TO COMMUNION P: Return to God with all your heart. Receive bread for the journey, drink for the desert. (Please let the Communion Assistant know if you want grape juice or a gluten-free wafer.) Please be seated Lamb of God COMMUNION MUSIC 6:00 Were You There Spiritual, arr. R. Hughes 13
8:45 Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed ELW #337 Text: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, alt. Music: Hugh Wilson, 1764-1824 Text and Music Public Domain Please stand TABLE GRACE P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. C: Amen SENDING OF COMMUNION L: Gracious God, loving all your family with a mother s tender care: As you sent the angel to feed Elijah with heavenly bread, assist those who set forth to share your word and sacrament with those who are sick, homebound, and imprisoned. In your love and care, nourish and strengthen those who will receive this sacrament, and give us all the comfort of your abiding presence through the body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. C: Amen 14
BLESSING P: May God who has called us forth from the dust of the earth, and claimed us as children of the light, strengthen you on your journey into life renewed. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord s face shine upon you with grace and mercy. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. C: Amen 15
SENDING HYMN God of Grace and God of Glory ELW #705 Text: Harry E. Fosdick, 1878-1969. Music: John Hughes, 1873-1932 Text and Music Public Domain DISMISSAL L: Marked with the cross of Christ, go forth to love and serve the Lord. C: Thanks be to God POSTLUDE Carillon G. Young 16
First Lutheran Church ~ 3315 G Avenue ~ Kearney, NE 68847 308-237-5544 ~ office@firstlutherankearney.org Rev. Dr. Michelle Carlson, Preaching Pastor Rev. Dr. Rick Carlson, Presiding Pastor 6:00 Amanda Lewis, Assisting Minister 8:45 Dave Brandt Assisting Minister 11:00 Dana Ernst, Assisting Minister From Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2017 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #23295. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 17