SERVICE OF PRAYER AND PREACHING

Pages 260 - 267

Opening Hymn
"Jesus Sinners Doth Recieve"

Hymn 609
​Stanzas 1-5
Opening Versicles
(Page 260)
Old Testament Canticle
(All sing entire canticle)
(Page 261 - 262)
The Old Testament Reading
Ezekiel 33:7-20
          7 “So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.9 But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
        10 “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’ 11 Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
          12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness[a] when he sins. 13 Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die. 14 Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, 15 if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
            17 “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is their own way that is not just. 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it. 19 And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this. 20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”
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This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn
"Jesus Loves Me"

Hymn 588
The Epistle Reading
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
          1 I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers 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, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
          6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and 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 nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
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This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Choir Anthem
​"Lord, It Belongs Not to My Care"

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The Holy Gospel
Luke 6:27-38
(Please join in reading the words of Jesus in bold print.)
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The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the sixth chapter.
​Glory to You, O Lord. (Sponken)
          1 There were some present at that very time who told [Jesus] about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
          6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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This is the Gospel of the Lord.
​Praise to You, O Christ. (Spoken)
Responsory for Lent
(Page 263)
Catechism
"Apostles' Creed"
(Page 264)
Children's Message
Hymn
"May God Bestow on Us His Grace"

Hymn 824
Sermon
"Does God Grade with a Curve"

(Luke 13:1-9)
Offering
Prayer
(Page 265 - 266)
Collect of the Day
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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; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Collect for the Word
​Morning Prayer
(Page 265)
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I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You.  For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things.  Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me.  Amen
Hymn
"Jesus, Lead Thou On"

Hymn 718
Stanza 4
Blessing
(Page 267)
Closing Hymn
"Hail, O Source of Every Blessing"

Hymn 409
+   To God Alone be Glory   +

Serving Christ and His People Today

Worship Leader:
Organist/Cantor:
Elders:
Worship Reader:
Children's Message:
Altar Guild:
Rev. John Carrier
Daryl Witte
John Hupp, Matthew Lundgren, Jerry Roy
Martha Kurtz
​​​Lucie Witte
​Carol Vietzke

Serving Among Us Wednesday, March 27

Elders:
Worship Reader:
Altar Guild:
John Hupp, Adam Kurtz, Matthew Lundgren
Matthew Lundgren
​​​​Carol Vietzke

Serving Among Us Sunday, March 31

Elders:
Worship Reader:
Children's Message:
Altar Guild:
John Hupp, Matthew Lundgren, Jerry Roy
Elizabeth Parrish
Elizabeth Parrish​
Carol Vietzke
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