Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
1024 W. 8th Street Waterloo, Iowa 50702
EASTER LILIES
If you would like to help us decorate the sanctuary for Easter by furnishing an Easter Lily – please use the form below and place your order no later than Wednesday, April 9th. Cost will be $15.00. I will be placing the order on Thursday, April 10th.
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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A letter from President Harrison concerning immigration.
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Daily Bible Reading: On Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, we will begin a new podcast entitled “In God’s Time”. This is a cooperative effort to reach the Cedar Valley and the world beyond with the Good News of God’s Word. This podcast is designed to take a chronological approach to the reading of the Bible. Each day, we will bring you a new edition with special guests taking turns reading from God’s Word chronologically, which means that we will take the Bible and read it from the first events to the very last as it happened. The first episode comes out on March 5th, so visit https://ingodstime.podbean.com/ to listen to the podcasts every day. You can also access the podcast from various other podcasting sites by visiting https://www.ilcv.org/the-in-gods-time-podcast
Lenten Service IV
April 2, 2025
LENTEN IV
April 2, 2025
SERVICE OF VESPERS
Organ Prelude
Opening Hymn: “I Walk in Danger All the Way” LSB 716
*”O Lord, open my lips . . .”: LSB 229
PSALMODY
Psalm 116
I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
For you have delivered my soul from death.
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
I believed, even when I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted”;
I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”
What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD, I will pay my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
O LORD, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the house of the LORD, in the midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
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: 1 Kings 19:1-18 Pew Bible Page 559
Gospel: Mark 15:1-20 Pew Bible Page 1582
Lent Responsory: LSB 230
Office Hymn: “O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken” v 10-12 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: Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
People: Your mercies are new every morning; and though we deserve only punishment, You receive us as Your children and provide for all our needs of body and soul. Grant that we may heartily acknowledge Your merciful goodness, give thanks for all Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience; 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
PARTICIPATING:
Worship Leader/Preacher Pastor Justin D. Kane
Organist 11:00 am Mr. Ignatius Hasselbrook 6:30 pm Mrs. Kolleen Hosford
Worship Elder 11:00 am Mr. Gene Brown 6:30 pm Mr. Al Hosford
