March 26, 2025 — Lenten Service

PRELUDE
“Nearer My God to Thee” (arr. Mark Albrecht)
Jodi Edstrom and Tim Graf

WELCOME

OPENING LITURGY
“Procession of Light”
Cantor: Jesus Christ is the light of the world
ALL: the light no darkness can overcome.
Cantor: Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening,
ALL: and the day is almost over.
Cantor: Let your light scatter the darkness
ALL: and illumine your church.
Music: Timothy Graf © 2014.

“Joyous Light of Glory”
ALL: Joyous light of glory, shine among your people;
Show us the loving face of God on high.

ALL: Jesus Christ our Savior
Cantor: Jesus Christ our Savior
ALL: bring us here together as setting sun gives way to evening light.

ALL: Joyous light of glory, shine among your people;
Show us the loving face of God on high.

ALL: We sing to God,
Cantor: We sing to God,

ALL: Father, Son, and Spirit, worthy of praise forever and ever.

ALL: Joyous light of glory, shine among your people;
Show us the loving face of God on high.

ALL: O Son of God, the universe proclaims your glory.

ALL: Show us the loving face of God on high.
Music: Timothy Graf © 2014.

SCRIPTURE READING
Jeremiah 17:5-8

Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

FAITH STORY
Pastor Natalia Terfa

OFFERING/OFFERING MUSIC
“Flute Sonata BWV 1034- Andante”
Jodi Edstrom and Tim Graf

LUTHER’S EVENING PRAYER
We give thanks to you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have graciously protected us today. We ask you to forgive us all our sins, where we have done wrong, and graciously to protect us tonight. Into your hands we commend ourselves: our bodies, our souls, and all that is ours. Let your holy angels be with us, so that the wicked foe may have no power over us.
Amen.

BLESSING
“A Gaelic Blessing”

BENEDICTION

CLOSING
“A Gaelic Blessing” (Continued)

The Musicians for Today’s Worship

Tim Graf (Director of Worship & Music)
Jodi Edstrom

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