opening hymn 807 when morning gilds the skies

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OPENING HYMN

807 When Morning Gilds the Skies

1 When morning gilds the skies,

My heart, awaking, cries,

“May Jesus Christ be praised!”

When evening shadows fall,

This rings my curfew call:


2 When mirth for music longs,

This is my song of songs:


God’s holy house of prayer

Hath none that can compare

With “Jesus Christ be praised!”

3 No lovelier antiphon

In all high heav’n is known

Than “Jesus Christ be praised!”

There to the_eternal Word

The_eternal psalm is heard:


4 Ye nations of mankind,

In this your concord find:


Let all the earth around

Ring joyous with the sound:


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5 Sing, suns and stars of space,

Sing, ye that see His face,

Sing, “Jesus Christ be praised!”

God’s whole creation o’er,

Both now and evermore

Shall Jesus Christ be praised!

L O Lord, open my lips,

C and my mouth will declare Your praise.

L Make haste, O God, to deliver me;

C make haste to help me, O Lord.

C Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Praise to You, O Christ, Lamb of our salvation.

PSALMODY

L Blessed by God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

C O come, let us worship Him.

VENITE

C O come, let us sing to the Lord,

let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving,

let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise.

For the Lord is a great God

and a great king above all gods.

The deep places of the earth are in His hand;

the strength of the hills is His also.

The sea is His, for He made it,

and His hand formed the dry land.

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O come, let us worship and bow down,

let us kneel before the Lord, our maker.

For He is our God,

and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His

hand.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

L Blessed by God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

C O come, let us worship Him.

COLLECT

READINGS from HOLY SCRIPTURE

Old Testament Proverbs 9:1-10

L O Lord, have mercy on us.

C Thanks be to God.

Gradual

Fear the Lord, | you his saints,*

for those who fear him lack | nothing!

Many are the afflictions of the | righteous,*

but the Lord delivers him out | of them all.

Epistle Ephesians 5:6-21


C Thanks be to God.

Alleluia

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Gospel John 6:51-69


C Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORY

L Forever, O Lord, Your Word is firmly set in the heavens.

C Lord, I love the habitation of Your house and the place where

Your glory dwells.

L Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it.


Your glory dwells.

L Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.


Your glory dwells.

HYMN OF THE DAY

696 O God, My Faithful God

1 O God, my faithful God,

True fountain ever flowing,

Without whom nothing is,

All perfect gifts bestowing:

Give me a healthy frame,

And may I have within

A conscience free from blame,

A soul unstained by sin.

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2 Grant me the strength to do

With ready heart and willing

Whatever You command,

My calling here fulfilling;

That I do what I should

While trusting You to bless

The outcome for my good,

For You must give success.

3 Keep me from saying words

That later need recalling;

Guard me lest idle speech

May from my lips be falling;

But when within my place

I must and ought to speak,

Then to my words give grace

Lest I offend the weak.

4 Lord, let me win my foes

With kindly words and actions,

And let me find good friends

For counsel and correction.

Help me, as You have taught,

To love both great and small

And by Your Spirit’s might

To live in peace with all.

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5 Let me depart this life

Confiding in my Savior;

By grace receive my soul

That it may live forever;

And let my body have

A quiet resting place

Within a Christian grave;

And let it sleep in peace.

6 And on that final day

When all the dead are waking,

Stretch out Your mighty hand,

My deathly slumber breaking.

Then let me hear Your voice,

Redeem this earthly frame,

And bid me to rejoice

With those who love Your name.

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SERMON

HYMN OF RESPONSE Create in Me # 956

TE DEUM ‘We Praise You and Acknowledge You’ # 941

1. We praise You and acknowledge You, O God, to be the Lord,

The Father everlasting, by all the earth adored.

To You all angel powers cry aloud, the heavens sing,

The cherubim and seraphim their praises to You bring:

“O holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth;

Your majesty and glory fill the heavens and the earth!”

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2. The band of the apostles in glory sing Your praise;

The fellowship of prophets their deathless voices raise.

The martyrs of Your kingdom, a great and noble throng,

Sing with the holy Church throughout all the world this song:

“O all-majestic Father, Your true and only Son,

And Holy Spirit, Comforter – forever Three in One!”

3. You, Christ, are King of glory, the everlasting Son,

Yet You, with boundless love, sought to rescue ev’ryone:

You laid aside Your glory, were born of virgin’s womb,

Were crucified for us and were placed into a tomb;

Then by Your resurrection You won for us reprieve-

You opened heaven’s kingdom to all who would believe.

4. You sit in splendid glory, enthroned at God’s right hand,

Upholding earth and heaven by forces You command.

We know that You will come as our Judge that final day,

So help Your servants You have redeemed by blood, we pray;

May we with saints be numbered where praises never end,

In glory everlasting, Amen, O Lord, amen!

PRAYER

OFFERING

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION - DS IV page 203

P Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer

and praise, and receive the body and blood or our Lord Jesus

Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our

unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we

have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free

ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us

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take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father,

seeking His grace for the sake of Christ and saying: God, be

merciful to me, a sinner.

C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and

lead us to everlasting life. Amen.

P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and

for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained

servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all

your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the

Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

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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 Him thanks and

praise.

P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times

and in all places give thanks to You, O Lord, holy Father,

almighty and everlasting God, for the countless blessings You so

freely bestow on us and all creation. Above all, we give thanks

for Your boundless love shown to us when You sent Your only-

begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into our flesh and laid on Him our

sin, giving Him into death that we might not die eternally.

Because He is now risen from the dead and lives and reigns to

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all eternity, all who believe in Him will overcome sin and death

and will rise again to new life. Therefore with angels and

archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and

magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:

SANCTUS

C Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth adored;

Heav’n and earth with full acclaim shout the glory of Your

name.

Sing hosanna in the highest, sing hosanna to the Lord;

Truly blest is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

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.

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THE WORDS OF OUR LORD

P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took

bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to

the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is

given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when

He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all

of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is

shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you

drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

PAX DOMINI

P The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C Amen.

AGNUS DEI

C 1 O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,

You take the sin of the world away;

O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,

Have mercy on us, Lord, we pray.

2 O Jesus Christ, true Lamb of God,

You take the sin of the world away;

Have mercy on us, Jesus Christ,

And grant us peace, O Lord, we pray.

DISTRIBUTION

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629 What Is This Bread

1. What is this bread?

Christ’s body risen from the dead;

This bread we break,

This life we take,

Was crushed to pay for our release.

O tast and see –the Lord is peace.

2. What is this wine?

The blood of Jesus shed for mine;

The cup of grace

Brings His embrace

Of life and love until I sing!

O taste and see—the Lord is King.

3. So who am I,

That I should live and He should die

Under the rod?

My God, my God,

Why have You not forsaken me?

O taste and see—the Lord is free.

4. Yet is God here?

Oh, yes! By Word and promise clear,

In mouth and soul

He makes us whole—

Christ, truly present in this meal.

O tast and see—the Lord is real.

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5. Is this for me?

I am forgiven and set free!

I do believe

That I receive

His very body and His blood.

O taste and see—the Lord is good.

712 Seek Ye First

1. Seek you first the kingdom of God,

And His righteousness.

And all these things shall be added unto you!

Allelu, alleluia!

2. Ask and it shall be given unto you,

Seek and ye shall find,

Knock and the door shall be opened unto you,

Allelu, alleluia!

3. Man does not live by bread alone,

But be ev’ry word

That proceeds from the mouth of the Lord,

Allelu, alleluia!

NUNC DIMITTIS

C 1 O Lord, now let Your servant Depart in heav’nly peace,

For I have seen the glory Of Your redeeming grace:

A light to lead the Gentiles Unto Your holy hill,

The glory of Your people, Your chosen Israel.

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2 All glory to the Father, All glory to the Son,

All glory to the Spirit, Forever Three in One;

For as in the beginning, Is now, shall ever be,

God's triune name resounding Through all eternity.

POST COMMUNION COLLECT

BENEDICAMUS

A Let us bless the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

BENEDICTION

P The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace.

C Amen.

HYMN

895 Now Thank We All Our God

1 Now thank we all our God

With hearts and hands and voices,

Who wondrous things has done,

In whom His world rejoices;

Who from our mothers’ arms

Has blest us on our way

With countless gifts of love

And still is ours today.

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2 Oh, may this bounteous God

Through all our life be near us,

With ever joyful hearts

And blessèd peace to cheer us

And keep us in His grace

And guide us when perplexed

And free us from all ills

In this world and the next!

3 All praise and thanks to God

The Father now be given,

The Son, and Him who reigns

With them in highest heaven,

The one eternal God,

Whom earth and heav’n adore;

For thus it was, is now,

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