Lent 2024, March 6 — 6:30 PM Service

PRELUDE
Tim Graf

WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS

EVENING HYMN
“Joyous Light of Heavenly Glory” ELW # 561

LITANY
In a season when answers don’t come easily,
when questions and doubts, concerns and fears abound,
we gather with each other to hear a word of promise.
God, our creator and sustainer,
delights in our curiosity,
calls forth our questions,
and embraces our doubts, no matter what.

(beat of silence)

In a world with enough for all,
we remember that many lack enough to eat,
live paycheck to paycheck, or long for meaningful work.
Why, O Lord?

As you call your people and this planet to peace and wholeness,
we see communities in conflict and the countless costs of war.
Why, O Lord?

We share the same world, the same streets, the same air,
but we appear to be more divided than ever.
Why, O Lord?

With our questions, with our fears,
God answers with a better way,
a way of love and harmony,
a way of Jesus.
Surrounded by this community of friends,
we follow the way of Jesus into God’s promises
of wholeness and hope that are unfolding before us,
one step at a time.
Amen.

MESSAGE

OFFERING

OFFERING OF MUSIC
“Your Love is Moving” (Audrey Assad, Christy Nockels)
Kate Neiss, Tim Graf

THE LORD’S PRAYER

BLESSING
“A Gaelic Blessing”

The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and peace at the last.
Amen.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, O most high, to herald your love in the morning, your truth at the close of the day.
Amen.

“A Gaelic Blessing” (reprise)

POSTLUDE
Tim Graf