First Sunday in Lent
February 21, 2010
Prelude I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ J.S. Bach
Organ
Welcome
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Gathering
(Please stand)
Brief Order for Confession & Forgiveness
P We gather in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
P God of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may confess our sin, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C Amen.
(Please kneel)
Confession
P Most merciful God,
C we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
Absolution
P In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the ς Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
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(Please
stand)
Entrance
Hymn The
Glory of These Forty Days Hymn 320
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
Music on page 138
P In
peace, let us pray to the Lord.
C
Lord, have mercy.
P For the peace from above, and for
our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
C
Lord, have mercy.
P For the peace of the whole world,
for the well-being of the church of God, and for the unity
of all, let us pray to the Lord.
C
Lord, have mercy.
P For this holy house, and for all
who offer here their worship and praise, let us pray to the
Lord.
C
Lord, have mercy.
P Help, save, comfort, and defend
us, gracious Lord.
C
Amen.
Prayer
of the Day
P O Lord God, you led your people
through the wilderness and brought them to the promised
land. Guide us now, so that, following your Son, we may
walk safely through the wilderness of this world toward the
life you alone can give, through Jesus Christ, our Savior
and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C
Amen.
Word
Lesson (Please sit)
Deuteronomy 26:1–11
When you have come into the land
that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to
possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, you shall
take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground,
which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is
giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the
place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for
his name. You shall go to the priest who is in office at
that time, and say to him, “Today I declare to the LORD
your God that I have come into the land that the LORD swore
to our ancestors to give us.” When the priest takes the
basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of
the LORD your God, you shall make this response before the
LORD your God: “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he
went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in
number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and
populous. When the Egyptians treated us harshly and
afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, we cried to the
LORD, the God of our ancestors; the LORD heard our voice
and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. The
LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an
outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and
with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place
and gave us this land, a land
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flowing with milk and honey. So
now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you,
O LORD, have given me.” You shall set it down before the
LORD your God and bow down before the LORD your God. Then
you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside
among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the
LORD your God has given to you and to your house.
P The Word of the Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
Psalmody Psalm
91
You who dwell in the shelter of
the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty—
you will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my stronghold,
my God in whom I put my trust.”
R
Because you have made the LORD your refuge,
and the Most High your habitation,
no evil will befall you, nor shall affliction come near
your dwelling.
For God will give the angels charge over you, to guard you
in all your ways.
Upon their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
R
You will tread upon the lion cub and viper;
you will trample down the lion and the serpent.
I will deliver those who cling to me;
I will uphold them, because they know my name.
They will call me, and I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue and honor
them.
With long life will I satisfy them, and show them my
salvation.
R
Lesson Romans
10:8b-13
“The word is
near you, on your lips and in your heart” (that is, the
word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess
with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For
one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one
confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The scripture
says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same
Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.
For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be
saved.”
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Children’s
Message
Lenten Acclamation (Please
stand)
Gospel
Luke 4:1-13
P The
Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke, the twenty-first
chapter.
C
Glory to you, O Lord.
After
being filled with the Holy Spirit at his baptism, Jesus is
led in the wilderness. Through his responses to the
temptations of the devil he defines what it means to be
called “the Son of God.”
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for
forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at
all during those days, and when they were over, he was
famished. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of
God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” Jesus
answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread
alone.’” Then the devil led him up and showed him in an
instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said
to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this
authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it
to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will
all be yours.” Jesus answered him, “It is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’” Then the
devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle
of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God,
throw yourself down from here, for it is written, ‘He will
command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’ and ‘On
their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not
dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus answered him, “It
is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” When
the devil had finished every test, he departed from him
until an opportune time.
P The
Gospel of the Lord.
C
Praise to you, O Christ.
(Please
sit)
Sermon
Listen to Jesus . . .
To His Stand Against Temptation Pastor Robert Wallace
(Please
stand)
Hymn
of the Day Bless Now, Oh God, the
Journey Hymn 326
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Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of
heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God
from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through
him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he
came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and
became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under
Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the
third day he rose again
in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come
again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his
kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,* who with the
Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has
spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We
acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We
look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the
world to come. Amen.
The
Prayer of the People (Please
kneel)
The prayers
conclude:
P Receive our prayers, holy God, and
give us all we need for this day and the days to come,
through the power of the Holy Spirit, and in the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord.
C
Amen.
Peace
(Please
stand)
P The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
C
And also with you.
(Please feel free to move about and share God’s Peace with
one another!)
Meal
Offering
(Please
sit)
Anthem
(8:30 am)
How Firm a
Foundation American Tune
Family Choir
Anthem
(11:00 am)
Lamb of God Most
Holy Paul
Christiansen
Gallery Choir
Offering
Response (Please stand)
Tune:
Passion
Chorale
C
What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend.
For this thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end?
Oh, make my thine forever, and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to thee.
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Offering Prayer
P Holy God, gracious and merciful,
you bring forth food from the earth and nourish your whole
creation. Turn our hearts toward those who hunger in any
way, that all may know your care; and prepare us now to
feast on the bread of life, Jesus Christ, our Savior and
Lord.
C
Amen.
The
Great Thanksgiving Music on Page 144
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.
Proper
Preface
Sanctus
Music on Page 144
Holy, holy, holy Lord. God of pow’r and might
heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna, Hosanna.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Words
of Thanksgiving
P . . . as we proclaim the mystery
of faith.
C
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come
again.
P . . . Grace our table with your
presence.
C
Come Holy Spirit.
P . . . Send us forth . . . peace
and love.
C
Come Holy Spirit.
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.
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Communion
All baptized Christians are invited to share in the
Eucharist. Those who are not baptized, or wish to receive
only a blessing, are asked to fold their arms over their
chest. Communion will be by intinction (dipping). Please
follow the usher’s direction. If you are not physically
able to come forward to receive communion, please inform
the usher and someone will come to you.
Music
at Distribution (Please
sit)
Agnus
Dei Music on
page 146
Lamb of
God you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world: have mercy
on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world: grant us
peace.
Hymns
522, 319
Post
Communion Blessing and Prayer (Please
stand)
P Compassionate God, you have fed us
with the bread of heaven. Sustain us in our Lenten
pilgrimage: may our fasting be hunger for justice; our
alms, a making of peace; and our prayer, the song of
grateful hearts, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C
Amen.
P
The Lord bless you and
keep you. The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and
mercy. The Lord look upon you with favor and
ς give you
peace.
C
Amen.
Sending
Hymn When
Peace Like a River Hymn 785
Dismissal
P
Go in peace. Serve the
Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
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Today, with the beginning of Lent,
we will use a different musical setting of the liturgy. It
is setting 3 in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship beginning
on page 138.
Music reproduced with permission
by Augsburg Fortress.
Liturgies License # 23349
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