The Order of Worship

P Pastor C Congregation

() Indicates appropriate times to make the sign of the cross as a reminder of our Baptism. It is not obligatory to do so.

Page numbers refer to service elements found in the front of Evangelical Lutheran Worship (pp. 94-331); large numbers refer to service music and hymns (151-893).

Gathering

Opening Voluntary Bread of Life John Bryant The congregation may stand. Dialogue

P Gentle and patient C God, you are calling.

P Careful and persistent C God, you are calling. P In grieving and in praise C God, you are calling.

P Through dawn and midday C God, you are calling.

P Unexpected and planned C God, you are calling.

P In a still small voice and in power C God, you are calling. P Spontaneous and prepared C God, you are calling.

P Willing or protected C God, you are calling.

P Our God is eager to share with us, wherever we are in our journey. May we be diligent to listen.

C God, you are calling. Entrance Hymn 705 God of Grace and God of Glory CWM RHONDDA Confession and Forgiveness

P In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen.

P God of heaven and earth, you come in close and make us yours. Equip us by your Spirit to confess our sin, embrace your forgiveness, and seek the way you set before us in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

C Amen. P With honesty of heart, let us confess our sin.

P Merciful God, C forgive us. Our will is handcuffed to sin, and we cannot break free. We have

spoken when we should have kept quiet. We were silent when we should have said something. We acted when we knew better. We were still when we know we should have moved. For the wrong we have done, for the good we have failed to do, have mercy on us, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

P People of God, look to the Son, given to heal you and set you free because God loved the world so much. Take hold of life—eternal life!

C Amen.

Greeting P The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy

Spirit be with you all. C And also with you. Prayer of the Day

P Let us pray: O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life. Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen. The congregation may be seated. 2

Word Lesson pew Bible p. 11 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-17 Young readers Adventure Bible p. 18

L Word of God, word of life. C Thanks be to God. The congregation may stand.

Gospel pew Bible p. 820 Mark 8:31-38

Young readers Adventure Bible p. 1176

P The gospel of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. The congregation may be seated. Children ages 4 years through 3rd grade are invited to attend the children’s sermon in room 115. Sermon Pastor Jim Graeser The congregation may stand. Children will return from the children’s sermon. Hymn of the Day Mighty to Save Rueben Morgan & Ben Fielding Leader Everyone needs compassion, love that's never failing; let mercy fall on me. Everyone needs forgiveness, the kindness of a Savior; the Hope of nations.

Chorus: all

Leader

Take me as You find me, all my fears and failures, fill my life again. Give my life to follow everything I believe in, and now I surrender.

Chorus: all, repeat twice

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Bridge: all

Repeat Chorus twice, then Bridge: all Prayers

P … Lord, in Your mercy, C receive our prayer.

Peace We make peace with God and each other before coming to the Lord’s table.

P The peace of the Lord be with you always. C And also with you. The congregation may be seated.

Meal Offering

All “Faithful Ones” offering received during the month of February will support Richardson Area Interfaith Habitat. RAIH has supported Dallas Habitat for Humanity since 1991 in building new homes or restoring existing homes for individual families with job stability and a desire to own their own home. If you wish to offer additional funds for this ministry, please use an envelope which may be found in the Narthex. Checks should be made out to King of Glory with “Faithful Ones” in the memo.

We Are an Offering Dwight Liles

We lift our voices, we lift our hands, we lift our lives up to You, we are an offering. Lord use our voices, Lord use our hands, Lord use our lives they are Yours. All that we have, all that we are, all that we hope to be, we give to You. Oh Lord we seek You in one accord, we lift our hearts up to You. Lord hear our voices, Lord lift our hands, Lord fill our lives they are Yours. Dwight Liles; John Adams

The congregation may stand.

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Response

Prayer P Let us pray: Merciful God,

C receive the sacrifice of our praise and thanksgiving and the offering of our lives, that following in the way of the cross, we may know the joy of the resurrection; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Great Thanksgiving

P The Lord be with you. C And also with you. P Lift up your hearts. C We lift them to the Lord. P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Words of Institution

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Lord’s Prayer C Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

The congregation may be seated. Agnus Dei

Distribution of Communion

At King of Glory we welcome all who believe Jesus Christ is present for and with us in the bread and wine. If you would prefer not to receive wine, simply request white grape juice when served. Gluten-free wafers may also be requested. Children and adults not communing are invited to come forward for a word of blessing. Open hands show you wish to

receive communion; folded hands show you want a blessing. Hymns 803 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross HAMBURG 485 I Am the Bread of Life I AM THE BREAD

The congregation may stand. Blessing

P The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in His grace.

C Amen. Prayer after Communion

P Let us pray: Compassionate God, you have fed us with the bread of heaven. Sustain us in our Lenten pilgrimage: may our fasting be hunger for justice, our alms, a making of peace, and our prayer, the song of grateful hearts; through Christ our Lord.

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Sending Benediction Just as we began, we end worship in the Name of the Triune God.

P May God who has called us forth from the dust of the earth, and claimed us as children of the light, strengthen you on your journey into life renewed. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord’s face shine upon you with grace and mercy. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace.

C Amen. Sending Hymn 831 The God of Abraham Praise YIGDAL stanzas 1-4 Dismissal We are sent into the world, loving one another as Christ first loved us. P Go in peace. Be the light of Christ.

C Thanks be to God. Closing Voluntary God of Grace and God of Glory John Adams, arr.

Opening Dialogue written by Thom Shuman, and posted on Lectionary Liturgies. Portions of the liturgy are reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, © 2006 Augsburg Fortress.

Other liturgical aids are from Sundays and Seasons © 2011 Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted with permission. OneLicense #A-705448. Liturgy text and music: George Akerley. Used by permission.

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SERVING TODAY Pastor Jim Graeser, Pastor Olin Knudsen Bette Campbell, reader

John Adams, bass/arranger Sarah Carmichael, violin Erika Morgan, vocalist John Bryant, percussion Stefan Karlsson, piano Larry Spencer, trumpet

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