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Good Friday Worship Service, 04/02/21

Welcome & Announcements SONG O Sacred Head, Now Wounded        ELW 351 1  O sacred head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, now scornfully surrounded with thorns, thine only crown; O sacred head, what glory, what bliss till now was thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call thee mine. 2  How pale thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn; how does thy face now languish,  which once was bright as morn! Thy grief and bitter passion  were all for sinners' gain; mine, mine was the transgression, but thine the deadly pain. 3  What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend, for this thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end? Oh, make me thin...

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Maundy Thursday – 04/01/2021

GATHERING The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God.  Welcome to Worship ** Please stand as you are able.  CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS (ELW p. 258) Friends in Christ, in this Lenten season we have heard our Lord’s call to struggle against sin, death, and the devil—all that keeps us from loving God and each other. This is the struggle to which we were called at baptism.  Within the community of the church, God never wearies of forgiving sin and giving the peace of reconciliation. On this night let us confess our sin against God and our neighbor, and enter the celebration of the great Three Days reconciled with God and with one another. All kneel or sit and keep silence for reflection and self-examination. Most merciful God, we...

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Worship Order for Palm Sunday, 03/28/21

Welcome to Worship Processional Gospel: Mark 11:1-11 Jesus enters Jerusalem 1When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, [Jesus] sent two of his disciples 2and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. 3If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’ ” 4They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. As they were untying it, 5some of the bystanders said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to take it. 7Then they brought the colt to Jesus and thr...

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