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GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH(Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod)

Little Rock, ArkansasMarch 16, 2014

THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENTEvening Prayer

PRAYER UPON ENTERING THE CHURCH

Gracious God and Lord, You teach me to number and order my days. In so doing You

remind me that You govern the day, its light and its darkness, even as You grant me provision for myday to day life. Grant me to use the time that You have given me for my well-being and enjoyment, as

well as to Your glory and the good of my neighbor. Bless me in this time as I hear Your Word read,sung and preached, so that I may grow in my faith and joyfully receive Your gifts of forgiveness of

sins and everlasting life, timeless eternity in Your presence. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen

WELCOME

Welcome! It is good for you to be here this evening for this time of Evening Prayer as we

gather around Gods Word to be strengthened in our faith through the forgiveness of sins and therebyresolve, by the Holy Spirits power, to live as Gods people in our day to day lives.

Lent is a season in our Church year, a time of prayerful reflection upon the Passion of ourLord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We are given to remember with thanksgiving, the suffering and deathof Jesus for the sins of the world as we also prepare to celebrate His resurrection on Easter Sunday.We are also given to know that this Gospel is the power unto salvation. It is also a time of reflectionand growth in the faith and in the life of faith. Remembering our Baptisms we seek to live as Godschildren. From ancient times the season of Lent has been kept as a time of special devotion, self-

denial, and humble repentance born of a faithful heart that dwells confidently on Gods Word anddraws from it life and hope.

Restrooms are located on the lower level of this building or across the bridge on this floorlevel before entering the fellowship hall. If you have any questions please ask one of our ushers.

EVENING PRAYER

This evenings Service is led by the Central Arkansas Kantorei. Participants in this groupare under the direction of Mr. Nathan Beethe, Director of Parish Music here at Grace. The men of this

choir are from Lutheran congregations in Central Arkansas. Parts of the liturgy marked Pare for thePastor. Those parts marked Care for the Congregants. There are those sections which are reservedfor the choir, or introduced by them, and they are noted in the various Service Notesthat may precede

each of those sections.


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Pre-Service Music Jesu, meine Freude [BWV 1105] - Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude Triptych on "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" - Johann Gottfried Walther

Ringing of the Church Bell

Service of Light

Stand

Versicles

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Phos Hilaron Gladsome Light Dcn. Sergius Trubachov

Choir: Gladsome Light of the holy glory of the Immortal Father,

Heavenly, Holy, Blessed: O Jesus Christ!

Now that we have come to the setting of the sun and behold the light of evening,We praise God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

For meet it is at all times to worship You with voices of praise,O Son of God and Giver of Life; Therefore all the world glorifies You!

Thanksgiving for Light

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Psalm Psalm 121:18 (antiphon: vs. 8, setting by Phillip Magness)

Service Note: The choir will sing the antiphon first, then the congregation will repeat it. The

choir will chant the text of the Psalm, with the congregation joining for each

antiphon.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORDis your keeper; the LORDis your shade on your right hand.

The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORDwill keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

The LORDwill keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth andforevermore.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen


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Office Hymn: God Loved the World So That He Gave LSB 571

5 If you are sick, if death is near,

This truth your troubled heart can cheer:Christ Jesus saves your soul from death;That is the firmest ground of faith.

Please rise

D 6 Glory to God the Father, Son,And Holy Spirit, Three in One!

To You, O blessd Trinity,Be praise now and eternally!

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That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and beguaranteed to all his offspringnot only to the adherent of the law but also to the one whoshares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, I have made you thefather of many nationsin the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to

the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

P O Lord, have mercy on us.

C Thanks be to God.

Anthem God So Loved the World - Donald Petering

Stand

Holy Gospel John 3:117

P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the third chapter.

C Glory to You, O Lord.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This mancame to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come fromGod, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him. Jesus answered him,Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time

into his mothers womb and be born? Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless oneis born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the

flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you,You must be born again. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but youdo not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of theSpirit.

Nicodemus said to him, How can these things be? Jesus answered him, Are you theteacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, wespeak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our

testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if Itell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from

heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must theSon of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

[Jesus said:] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believesin him should not perish but have eternal life.For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the worldmight be saved through him.

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to You, O Christ.


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Prayer

Litany

Service Note:The congregation's response begins just as the leader's petition ends so that theword "Lord" is sung simultaneously by leader and congregation.

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 theLord:

C Lord, have mercy.P For Matthew, our Synodical president, for Roger, our District president, for all pastors in

Christ, for all servants of the Church, and for all the people, let us pray to the Lord:

C Lord, have mercy.P For Barack, our president, for all public servants, for the government and those who

protect us, that they may be upheld and strengthened in every good deed, let us pray tothe Lord:

C Lord, have mercy.P For those who work to bring peace, justice, health, and protection in this and every place,

let us pray to the Lord:

C Lord, have mercy.P For those who bring offerings, those who do good works in this congregation, those who

toil, those who sing, and all the people here present who await from the Lord great and

abundant mercy, let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.P For favorable weather, for an abundance of the fruits of the earth, and for peaceful times,

let us pray to the Lord:

C Lord, have mercy.P For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and need, let us pray to the Lord:

C Lord, have mercy.

P For . . . [additional bids for prayer may be inserted here] . . . let us pray to the Lord:C Lord, have mercy.

The prayers then continue:

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Silence for individual prayer may follow.

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Collect For Peace

P O God, from whom come all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works, give tous, Your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set toobey Your commandments and also that we, being defended from the fear of ourenemies, may live in peace and quietness; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, wholives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Lord's PrayerP Taught by our Lord and trusting in His promises, we are bold 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

Benedicamus [Psalm 103:1]

Benediction

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Closing Hymn: Christ, Mighty Savior LSB 881Service Note:The Choir will sing the first two stanzas, with the congregation joining on Stanza 3.

1982 The United Methodist Publishing House; admin. The Copyright Company, Nashville, TN. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no.

100011479. 1984 Washington National Cathedral. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011479.

Postlude Christ, Mighty Savior - Stephen P. Johnson

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Acknowledgments

Evening Prayer from Lutheran Service Book. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The HolyBible, 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 Publishing House.


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RECEPTION

Following the service, please join us for a reception in Parker Hall

hosted by women of Grace Congregation.

THOSE WHO SERVE

Pastor: Rev. James C. Walter

Director of Parish Music: Nathan Beethe

Acolyte: Maxwell Baker

Choir: Central Arkansas Kantorei

Participants are men from Lutheran Churches in Central ArkansasUshers: Shaun Baker, John Ketcher, Robert Nichols, Robert Wilimzig

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