Worship Order – Service of Holy Communion ~ 10:30am
April 6, 2025 ~ 5th Sunday in Lent
Prelude
Announcements
The Service of Light
L Jesus Christ is the Light of the world,
C the light no darkness can overcome.
L Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening,
C and the day is almost over.
L Let your light scatter the darkness,
C and illumine your Church.
Hymn of Light Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies, LBW 265
The Thanksgiving
Opening Hymn My Faith Looks Up to Thee, 479, v. 1-2
Prayer of the Day
God of new life, you have drawn us through the waters of baptism and into your everlasting reign. Through Christ’s life within us, guide us daily through death to sin and brokenness and into new life in grace and love; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Psalm 141 (Humble Thyself)
Psalm Prayer
Children’s Sermon
Scripture Lesson Philippians 3:[4b-7] 8-14
[4b… (T)hough I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 7But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.] 8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith — 10that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Gospel Luke 20:9-20
The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the 20th Chapter.
9{Jesus} began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. 10When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” 17But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? 18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” 19The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. 20So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
The Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
Hymn of the Day My Faith Looks Up to Thee, 479, v. 3-4
L: In many and various ways, God spoke to His people of old by the prophets.
C: But now in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son.
Confession
L: I confess to God Almighty, before the whole company of heaven, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned in thought, word, and deed by my fault, by my own fault, by my own most grievous fault; wherefore I pray God Almighty to have mercy on me, forgive me all my sins, and bring me to everlasting life. Amen
C: The almighty and merciful Lord grant you pardon, forgiveness, and remission of all your sins. Amen
C: I confess to God Almighty, before the whole company of heaven, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned in thought, word, and deed by my fault, by my own fault, by my own most grievous fault; wherefore I pray God Almighty to have mercy on me, forgive me all my sins, and bring me to everlasting life. Amen
L: The almighty and merciful Lord grant you pardon, forgiveness, and remission of all your sins. Amen
Prayers of God’s People
Offering
Offertory
Come and hear, all who fear God,
What He has done for us.
God has heard us and has given heed to our prayer.
Blessed be God,
Blessed be God forever, forever.