Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
1024 W. 8th Street Waterloo, Iowa 50702
Lenten Service
March 12, 2025
11:00 am Service, 5:30 Dinner, 6:30 Service
LENTEN I
SERVICE OF VESPERS
Organ Prelude
Opening Hymn: “In the Shattered Bliss of Eden” LSB 572
*”O Lord, open my lips . . .”: LSB 229
PSALMODY
Psalm 137
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.
Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us---he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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.
Readings from Holy Scripture: (response after each reading)
Pastor: O Lord, have mercy on us.
People: Thanks be to God.
Old Testament: Genesis 3:22-24 Pew Bible Page 6
Gospel: Mark 14:1-26 Pew Bible Page 1578
Lent Responsory: LSB 230
Office Hymn: “O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken” v 1-3 LSB 439
Sermon
CANTICLE
Magnificat: “My Soul Rejoices” LSB 933
PRAYER
Kyrie ~ Lord, Have Mercy: LSB 233
*Lord’s Prayer: LSB 957
*Collects: LSB 233
*Collect of the Day:
Pastor: O Lord God,
People: You led Your ancient people through the wilderness
and brought them to the promised land. Guide the
people of Your Church that following our Savior we
may walk through the wilderness of this world toward
the glory of the world to come; through Jesus Christ,
Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and
the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
*Additional Collects:
Pastor: . . . one God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
*Benedicamus/Benediction: LSB 234
Closing Hymn: “On My Heart Imprint Your Image” LSB 422
Organ Postlude
Weekly Worship Times
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship Time 10:15 a.m.
Bible Study Hour and Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Office Hours
Monday and Friday- 8 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- 8 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., - 1-4 p.m.
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