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Pastor: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!y Congregation: Amen! Matthew 28:19

Oh give thanks to Yahweh; call upon His Name! Ruth 2:4

y Make known His deeds among the peoples!

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;y Tell of all His wondrous works!

Glory in His holy Name;y Let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice!

Seek Yahweh and His strength;y Seek His face evermore! Psalm 145:15-16

“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long.” Psalm 32:1–3

Beloved, our Lord has invited us to draw near to Him with an honest heart. He has graciously promised to receive all those who come to Him with heavy burdens of guilt and shame. Therefore I exhort all who are here today to accompany me with a pure heart and a humble voice, unto the throne of heavenly grace.

y I confess to Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and before all the company of heaven, that I have sinned, in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, my own fault, my own most grievous fault; wherefore, I pray Almighty God to have mercy upon me, to forgive all my sins, and to make clean my heart. For I pray in the Father’s love, pleading the shed blood of Christ His Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

“For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality was turned into the drought of summer. I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” Psalm 32:4–5

Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for your sins and to be raised for your justification; and for His sake forgives you all your sins. This I declare in the name and authority of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. y Amen

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Lift up your hearts!

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Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God!

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P A S T O R S P E A K SIt is truly proper, right, wholesome, and beneficial that we should at all times, and in all places, give praise unto Thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God. Therefore, with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore worshipping Thee!

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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

y Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths:

I am the Lord your God. y Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal:

I am the Lord your God.y “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right

up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.

And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard.

y You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner:

I am the Lord your God.y “You shall not steal;

You shall not deal falsely; y You shall not lie to one another.

You shall not swear by my name falsely, y And so profane the name of your God:

I am the Lord.y “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him.

I am the Lord.y “You shall do no injustice in court.

You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

y You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor:

I am the Lord.y “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly

with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people,

y But you shall love your neighbor as yourself:

I am the Lord.

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1 JOHN 4:7–12

English Standard Version (ESV)

Beloved, let us love one another, for love

is from God, and whoever loves has been

born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone

who does not love does not know God,

because God is love. 9 In this the love of

God was made manifest among us, that

God sent his only Son into the world, so

that we might live through him. 10 In this

is love, not that we have loved God but

that he loved us and sent his Son to be

the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if

God so loved us, we also ought to love one

another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we

love one another, God abides in us and his

love is perfected in us.

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“Give to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. O, worship the

LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.” Psalm 96:8–9

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y 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9–13

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Congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord has prepared His table for all who love and trust in Him for their salvation. All those who have repented of their sins, have been baptized and are in good standing in the Church of Jesus Christ are welcome at this table. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.

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“Then Aaron lifted his hand toward the people, blessed them, and came down from offering the purification offering, the

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