The pastor or leader will greet the people

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The pastor or leader will greet the people

• The Lord be with you.
• And also with you.

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All those gathered stand and everyone says the
Lords Prayer

• Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be Your name,
  Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as
  it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.
  Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven
  our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but
  deliver us from the evil one. AMEN.

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The pastor or leader along with all those
gathered, remain standing and say or sing

• Open our lips, O Lord.And our mouths shall
  declare Your praise. (2x)
• O God, make speed to save us.O Lord, make haste
  to help us. (2x)

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The pastor or leader along with all those
gathered, remain standing and say or sing

• Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
  Holy SpiritAs it was in the beginning, is now
  and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
• Let us praise the Lord.The Lords Name be
  praised.

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The Phos Hilaron may be said or sung

• O joyful light, from the pure glory of the
  eternal heavenly Father, O holy, blessed Jesus
  Christ.

6
The Phos Hilaron may be said or sung

• As we come to the setting of the sun and see the
  evening light, we praise God the Father, God the
  Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

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The Phos Hilaron may be said or sung

• Worthy are You at all timesto be praised with
  holy voices,O Son of God, O giver of life,and
  to be glorified in all the world

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All those gathered may be seated.The pastor or
leader says or sings the Opening Psalm appointed
for the day

• Psalm 81-9 (NIV)
• 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in
  all the earth! You have set your glory above the
  heavens.

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All those gathered may be seated.The pastor or
leader says or sings the Opening Psalm appointed
for the day

• Psalm 81-9 (NIV)
• 2 From the lips of children and infants you have
  ordained praise because of your enemies, to
  silence the foe and the avenger.

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All those gathered may be seated.The pastor or
leader says or sings the Opening Psalm appointed
for the day

• Psalm 81-9 (NIV)
• 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your
  fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have
  set in place,

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All those gathered may be seated.The pastor or
leader says or sings the Opening Psalm appointed
for the day

• Psalm 81-9 (NIV)
• 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the
  son of man that you care for him?

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All those gathered may be seated.The pastor or
leader says or sings the Opening Psalm appointed
for the day

• Psalm 81-9 (NIV)
• 5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly
  beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

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All those gathered may be seated.The pastor or
leader says or sings the Opening Psalm appointed
for the day

• Psalm 81-9 (NIV)
• 6 You made him ruler over the works of your
  hands you put everything under his feet

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All those gathered may be seated.The pastor or
leader says or sings the Opening Psalm appointed
for the day

• Psalm 81-9 (NIV)
• 7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the
  field, 8 the birds of the air, and the fish of
  the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9
  O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in
  all the earth!

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After the Opening Psalm, the pastor or leader and
all those gathered say or sing

• Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
  Holy SpiritAs it was in the beginning, is now
  and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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The Old Testament lesson is read

• Isaiah 61-8 (NIV)
• 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the
  Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and
  the train of his robe filled the temple.

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The Old Testament lesson is read

• Isaiah 61-8 (NIV)
• 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings
  With two wings they covered their faces, with two
  they covered their feet, and with two they were
  flying.

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The Old Testament lesson is read

• Isaiah 61-8 (NIV)
• 3 And they were calling to one another "Holy,
  holy, holy is the LORD Almighty the whole earth
  is full of his glory." 4 At the sound of their
  voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the
  temple was filled with smoke.

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The Old Testament lesson is read

• Isaiah 61-8 (NIV)
• 5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a
  man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of
  unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the
  LORD Almighty.

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The Old Testament lesson is read

• Isaiah 61-8 (NIV)
• 6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live
  coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs
  from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth
  and said, "See, this has touched your lips your
  guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."

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The Old Testament lesson is read

• Isaiah 61-8 (NIV)
• 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
  "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And
  I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

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At the end of the reading, the reader says

• This is the word of the Lord.
• Thanks be to God.

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 1 After this I looked, and there before me was a
  door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had
  first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said,
  "Come up here, and I will show you what must take
  place after this."

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before
  me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on
  it. 3 And the one who sat there had the
  appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow,
  resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other
  thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four
  elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns
  of gold on their heads.

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning,
  rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the
  throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the
  seven spirits of God.

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 6 Also before the throne there was what looked
  like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the
  center, around the throne, were four living
  creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in
  front and in back.

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the
  second was like an ox, the third had a face like
  a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 8 Each of the four living creatures had six
  wings and was covered with eyes all around, even
  under his wings. Day and night they never stop
  saying "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God
  Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory,
  honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne
  and who lives for ever and ever,

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him
  who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives
  for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before
  the throne and say

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The Epistle is read

• Revelation 41-11 (NIV)
• 11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive
  glory and honor and power, for you created all
  things, and by your will they were created and
  have their being."

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At the end of the reading, the reader says

• This is the word of the Lord.
• Thanks be to God.

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The pastor or leader then says or sings the
Gradual Psalm appointed for the day

• Psalm 687-10 (NIV)
• 5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD
  amid the sounding of trumpets. 6 Sing praises to
  God, sing praises sing praises to our King, sing
  praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth
  sing to him a psalm of praise.

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The pastor or leader then says or sings the
Gradual Psalm appointed for the day

• Psalm 1361-3 (NIV)
• 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His
  love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God
  of gods. His love endures forever. 3 Give thanks
  to the Lord of lords His love endures forever.

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After the Gradual Psalm, the pastor or leader and
all those gathered say or sing

• Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
  Holy SpiritAs it was in the beginning, is now
  and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

37
The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named
  Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.
  

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we
  know you are a teacher who has come from God. For
  no one could perform the miraculous signs you are
  doing if God were not with him."

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the
  truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless
  he is born again." 4 "How can a man be born when
  he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot
  enter a second time into his mother's womb to be
  born!"

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one
  can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of
  water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to
  flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You
  must be born again.' 8 The wind blows wherever
  it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot
  tell where it comes from or where it is going. So
  it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 9 "How can this be?" Nicodemus asked 10 "You
  are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you
  not understand these things?

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 11 I tell you the truth, we speak of what we
  know, and we testify to what we have seen, but
  still you people do not accept our testimony.

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and
  you do not believe how then will you believe if
  I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever
  gone into heaven except the one who came from
  heaven--the Son of Man.

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The people stand for the Gospel reading

• John 31-15 (NIV)
• 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the
  desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15
  that everyone who believes in him may have
  eternal life

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After the Gospel, the reader says

• This is the gospel of the Lord.
• Praise to You, Lord Christ.

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The Nicene Creed is said by all standing

• I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker
  of heaven and earth, and of all things visible
  and invisible.
• I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son
  of God, begotten of the Father before all ages,
  God from God, Light of

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The Nicene Creed is said by all standing

• Light, true God from true God, begotten, not
  made, of one Being with the Father through Him
  all things were made. For us and for our
  salvation, He came down from heaven, and was
  incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin
  Mary, and

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The Nicene Creed is said by all standing

• was made man. For our sake He was crucified under
  Pontius Pilate He suffered death and was buried.
  On the third day He rose again in accordance with
  the Scriptures He ascended into heaven and is
  seated at the right hand of the Father. He will

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The Nicene Creed is said by all standing

• come again in glory to judge the living and the
  dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
• I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver
  of life, who proceeds from the Father and the
  Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped
  and

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The Nicene Creed is said by all standing

• glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
• I believe in one, holy, universal, and apostolic
  Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the
  forgiveness of sins.

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The Nicene Creed is said by all standing

• I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the
  life of the world to come. AMEN.

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Then the pastor or leader says

• You who truly and earnestly repent of your sins,
  and are reconciled and at peace with your
  neighbors, and intend to lead a new life,
  following the commandments of God, walking in His
  holy ways, and living by trying to do the next
  right thing, prepare to draw

54
Then the pastor or leader says

• near with faith, and take this holy sacrament to
  strengthen and comfort you. But first, let us
  make a humble confession of our sins to Almighty
  God.

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All those gathered remain standing and say this
General Confession

• Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  maker of all things, judge of all people, we
  acknowledge and lament our many sins and the
  wickedness we have committed time after time, by
  thought, word and deed against Your divine

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All those gathered remain standing and say this
General Confession

• majesty. We earnestly repent, and are deeply
  sorry for these our wrongdoings the memory of
  them weighs us down, the burden of them is too
  great for us to bear. Have mercy upon us, have
  mercy upon us, most merciful Father. For Your Son

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All those gathered remain standing and say this
General Confession

• our Lord Jesus Christs sake, forgive us all that
  is past and grant that from this time forward we
  may always serve and please You in newness of
  life, to the honor and glory of Your name
  through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.

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The pastor or leader pronounces this Absolution

• Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in His
  great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to
  all who with sincere repentance and true faith
  turn to Him have mercy upon you pardon and
  deliver you from all your sins confirm and

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The pastor or leader pronounces this Absolution

• strengthen you in all goodness and bring you to
  everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  AMEN.

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Then the pastor or leader says

• Lift up your hearts.We lift them to the Lord.
• Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is
  right to give our thanks and praise.

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Then the pastor or leader says

• It is indeed right, and our duty and our joy,
  that we should at all times and in all places
  give thanks and praise to You, holy Father,
  heavenly King, almighty and eternal God.

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The pastor or leader along with all those
gathered, remain standing and say or sing

• Therefore with angels and archangels and with all
  the company of heaven we proclaim Your great and
  glorious name, for ever praising You and singing

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The pastor or leader along with all those
gathered, remain standing and say or sing

• Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might
• Heaven and earth are filled with Your Glory
• Hosanna, Hosanna, in the Highest
• Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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Then the pastor or leader and all those gathered
join in this prayer

• We do not presume to come to this Your table,
  merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness,
  but in Your abundant and great mercies. We are
  not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs
  under Your table. But You are the

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Then the pastor or leader and all those gathered
join in this prayer

• same Lord, who delights in showing mercy. Grant
  us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh
  of your dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink His
  blood, that we may evermore dwell in Him, and He
  in us. AMEN.

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All those gathered may be seated. Then the pastor
or leader opens the Communion table by saying

• On the night He was betrayed, Jesus took bread,
  and He broke it, saying this is My body which is
  for you. Take and eat in remembrance of Me. In
  the same manner He took the cup,

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All those gathered may be seated. Then the pastor
or leader opens the Communion table by saying

• and during the Last Supper, a Passover
  celebration, the Cup of Sanctification and the
  Cup of had been poured and celebrated.

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All those gathered may be seated. Then the pastor
or leader opens the Communion table by saying

• Jesus takes the third cup, the Cup of Redemption,
  and says this is My blood poured out for you,
  drink this in remembrance of Me. There with

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All those gathered may be seated. Then the pastor
or leader opens the Communion table by saying

• His friends that night, Jesus gave a lasting
  ordinance or remembrance that we call Communion,
  or the Lords Table, or the Lords Supper. He
  said to His friends that from now on when you get
  together and partake of this meal, I want

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All those gathered may be seated. Then the pastor
or leader opens the Communion table by saying

• you to remember Me. And as His friends gathering
  this evening, we partake of the bread and the
  cup, the body and blood of the Lord and we
  remember and give thanks. We remember all that
  Jesus has said and done and promised to

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All those gathered may be seated. Then the pastor
or leader opens the Communion table by saying

• do. We remember His willingness to go to the
  cross on our behalf. We remember how He defeated
  death and rose again, and we remember with awe
  and thanksgiving that He is coming back for us
  soon. So here on this table are the

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All those gathered may be seated. Then the pastor
or leader opens the Communion table by saying

• elements of communion, the bread and the cup, the
  body and blood of the Lord. The Table is open to
  all who believe, and as the Spirit leads as we
  praise and worship God in song please come,
  partake, remember and give thanks.

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A time of worship in song to the Lord begins. All
those gathered who desire to participate in
Communion may proceed to the table and partake of
the elements and then return to their seats.