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Welcome to trinity . Sharing In God’s love . Fifth Sunday in lent. March 17 th 2013. Service with Communion. The Service – Sing the Feast ( ChatawaySetting ). Quiet time for prayer. Opening sentence. M: Do not cling to events of the past
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Welcome to trinity Sharing In God’s love
Fifth Sunday in lent March 17th 2013
Service with Communion The Service – Sing the Feast (ChatawaySetting)
Opening sentence M: Do not cling to events of the past C: or dwell on what happened long ago. M: Watch for the new thing I am going to do. C: It is happening already - you can see it now! (Isa 43:18 TEV)
PREPARATION M: In the name of the Father and of the Son † and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen
hymn We Sing Come to Calvary’s holy mountain, LHS 71 CAL293 James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Come to Calvary’s holy mountain 1. Come to Calvary’s holy mountain, Sinners, ruined by the fall; Here a pure and healing fountain Flows to you, to me, to all, In a full perpetual tide, Opened when our Saviour died.
Come to Calvary’s holy mountain 2. Come in poverty and meanness, Come defiled, without, within, From infection and uncleanness, From the leprosy of sin, Wash your robes and make them white; You shall walk with God in light.
Come to Calvary’s holy mountain 3. Come in sorrow and contrition, Wounded, impotent, and blind; Here the guilty free remission, Here the troubled peace may find: Health this fountain will restore; He that drinks shall thirst no more.
Come to Calvary’s holy mountain • He that drinks shall live for ever; ‘It’s a soul-renewing flood: God is faithful; God will never Break His covenant of blood, Signed when our Redeemer died, Sealed when He was glorified. †
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION M: Friends in Christ: let us confess our sins to God our Father and ask him in the name of our Lord Jesus to forgive us.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION C: We confess that we are born in bondage to sin And cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, By what we have done And by what we have failed to do.»
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION We have not loved you with our whole heart, And we have not loved our neighbor as ourselves. We deserve your eternal punishment. »
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, Have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION M: I ask each of you in the presence of God who searches the heart: Do you confess that you have sinned, and do you repent of your sins? C: I do.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION M: Do you intend with the help of the Holy Spirit to live as in God’s presence, and to strive daily to lead a holy life, even as Christ has made you holy? C: I do.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION M: Do you believe that Jesus Christ has redeemed you from all your sins, and do you desire forgiveness in his name? C: I do.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION M: As a called and ordained servant of the word, I announce the grace of God to all of you. On behalf of my Lord Jesus Christ, and by his command, I forgive the sins of all of you who repent and believe, in the name of the Father and of the Son † and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen
♫ Lord Have Mercy C: ♫ Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
♫ HYMN OF ADORATION: GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST C: ♫ Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God's people on earth. Lord God, heavenly king, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
♫ Glory to God : 2 Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.
♫ Glory to God : 3 For you alone are the holy one, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the most high, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
GREETING M: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY M: Let us pray that we remain united with Christ. C: Jesus our Saviour, thank you for coming to give us life through your suffering and death.
PRAYER OF THE DAY Keep us following you wherever you lead us, because we know that you have promised to take us home to God. For you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
FIRST READING Isaiah 43:16-21 CEV God promises a new deliverance for his people R: The first reading for the fifth Sunday in Lent is written in chapter 43 of Isaiah, beginning at verse 16.
Isaiah 43:16-21 16I am the one who cut a path through the mighty ocean. 17I sent an army to chase you with chariots and horses; now they lie dead, unable to move. They are like an oil lamp with the flame snuffed out.
Isaiah 43:16-21 The LORD said: 18Forget what happened long ago! Don't think about the past. 19I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it?
Isaiah 43:16-21 I have put roads in deserts, streams in thirsty lands. 20Every wild animal honours me, even jackals and owls. I provide water in deserts, streams in thirsty lands for my chosen people. 21I made them my own nation, so they would praise me. This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 126CEV R: The Psalm is Psalm 126 R: 1It seemed like a dream when the LORD brought us back to the city of Zion.
Psalm 126CEV C: 2We celebrated with laughter and joyful songs. In foreign nations it was said, "The LORD has worked miracles for his people." R: 3And so we celebrated because the LORD had indeed worked miracles for us.
Psalm 126CEV C:4Our LORD, we ask you to bless our people again, and let us be like streams in the Southern Desert. R: 5We cried as we went out to plant our seeds. Now let us celebrate as we bring in the crops.
Psalm 126CEV C: 6We cried on the way to plant our seeds, but we will celebrate and shout as we bring in the crops. C: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever. Amen.
SECOND READING Philippians 3:4b-14 CEV Already righteous but not yet perfect R: The second reading is written in chapter 3 of Philippians, beginning at verse 4.
Philippians 3:4b-14 Others may brag about themselves, but I have more reason to brag than anyone else. 5I was circumcised when I was eight days old, and I am from the nation of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Hebrew.
Philippians 3:4b-14 As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses. 6And I was so eager that I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.
Philippians 3:4b-14 7But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless. 8Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ 9and to know that I belong to him.
Philippians 3:4b-14 I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ. 10All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did, 11so that somehow I also may be raised to life.
Philippians 3:4b-14 12I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize. 13My friends, I don't feel that I have already arrived.
Philippians 3:4b-14 But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. 14I run toward the goal, so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize that God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done. This is the Word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL John 12:1-8 CEV Mary anoints Jesus at Bethany M: The holy gospel is written in chapter 12 of the Gospel according to St John, beginning at verse one. C: Glory to you O Lord.
John 12:1-8 M: Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death. 2A meal had been prepared for Jesus. Martha was doing the serving, and Lazarus himself was there.
John 12:1-8 3Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume and poured it on Jesus' feet. She wiped them with her hair, and the sweet smell of the perfume filled the house.
John 12:1-8 4A disciple named Judas Iscariot was there. He was the one who was going to betray Jesus, and he asked, 5"Why wasn't this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?" 6Judas did not really care about the poor. He asked this because he carried the moneybag and sometimes would steal from it.