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Prelude
Drama
The Journey Begins ... a responsive liturgy
L  Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but
will have the light of life.”
C Come, let us turn to the Lord, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.
L  “I will lead the blind by a road they do not know.
I will turn the darkness before them into light.”
C You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand
are pleasures forevermore.
L  “My sheep hear my voice.
I know them, and they follow me.”
C He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
L  “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
 I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.”
C Oh, send out your light and your truth; let them lead me.
In the path of your judgments,
 O Lord, we wait for you.
~*Hymn of Praise           # 350   Open My Eyes That I May See
Invocation Lord’s prayer     Turn to us again, O God of our salvation, that the light of your face
may shine on us.
May your justice shine like the sun; and may the poor be lifted up.
Turn to the Lord ... Abide With Me
 
Turn to the Lord; repentant, seek his face,
For God abounds in steadfast love and grace.
They shall not perish who in Christ believe,
But everlasting life they shall receive.
Responsory Psalm ... Psalm 51:1-13
L  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant
 mercy blot out my transgressions.
C Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
L  For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
C Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight,
L  so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.
C Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.
L  You desire truth in the inward being.
Therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
C Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
L  Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones which you have crushed rejoice.
C Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
L  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
C Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
L  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.
C Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
Offering Deuteronomy 15: 10Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
11Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, “Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.”
Prayer              Be pleased, O God, to accept this offering of our money as a symbol of our love
and devotion to you.
Give to those who spend it grace to use it wisely for the extension of you
authority in this place and throughout the world.
AMEN
 
~*Prayer Hymn    ................. Take Up Your Cross ... O dass ich tausend Zungen
 
Take up your cross and walk, believing,
This Lenten road our Savior trod,
His help and steadfast love receiving,
The blessings of the Son of God
Freely and graciously bestowed
On all who walk this Lenten road.
Take up your cross, your burden bearing.
This road you need not walk alone.
Christ is beside, the burden sharing;
His yoke is light, his mercy known.
Your Savior eases ev’ry load
Of those who walk this Lenten road.
Take up your cross and follow Jesus;
This is the way your Savior leads,
Where from our sin and guilt he frees us;
His blood for sinners intercedes,
Opens the way to heav’n’s abode
For all who walk this Lenten road.
Prayer
Even in the darkness of this Lenten season, Lord Jesus Christ, shine on us with the brilliant light of
your all-knowing presence.
Show us where we have sinned, in thought, word or deed, and move us
by your Holy Spirit to true repentance.
Remove from us all self-righteous arrogance, or ignorance of the seriousness of our sin, that we may
 come before you honestly, confessing our trespasses and seeking forgiveness for the sake of your holy, innocent suffering and death on our behalf.
Lead us then in the way you would have us go.
Show us what we must endure for the sake of your
name, and give us the faith and humility to accept your holy will.
Move us to deal in love with all our sisters and brothers in the faith, and to reach out our hands in
welcoming acceptance of all who join us in our faith in you.
Make your church an instrument of your
saving, loving, caring will.
Regard with compassion all who call upon you in any kind of adversity,
and move us to join them in prayer and to deal with them in action, that they may find comfort and help.
Everywhere in the world, grant to those in positions of authority the wisdom to act as your representatives, agents of peace and justice for all.
And when the time of our Lenten journey is completed, continue to lead us into the joys of the
resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.
~*Hymn of Praise                                # 369      I Can Hear My Savior Calling  
Gospel ... Acts 9:1-20
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high
 priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged
 to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and
heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” 5 He asked, “Who are you, Lord?”
The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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