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ST. MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE Confession of Sin Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we…

 February 21, 2021 Pre-service Music Welcome and Announcements Opening Hymn          Lord, who throughout these forty days              HYMNAL 1982 #142 A PENITENTIAL ORDER             Officiant       Blessed the Lord who forgives all our sins. People His mercy endures for ever. The Officiant says Hear the commandments of God to his people: I am the Lord your…

Celebrant       Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins. People             His mercy endures for ever. Celebrant       Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and…

Hymns before the service: H 490 I want to walk as a child of the light (vv. 1,2) L 103 Steal away (vv. 1,2,4) L 18 Swing low, sweet chariot, (vv. 1,2,4) H 7 Christ, whose glory fills the skies (vv. 1,3) Welcome and Announcements Prelude:  Fairest, Lord Jesus, arr. Martin How (b. 1931) Opening…

The Invitatory and Psalter V: O God, make speed to save us.R: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia O Gracious Light Phos hilaron O gracious light,pure brightness of…

Hymns before the service: L 77 Jesus is all the world to me (vv 1,2,4) L 62 In Christ there is no East or West (vv 1,2,4) L 203 Balm in Gilead (all verses) H 371 Thou whose almighty word (vv. 1,2,4) Welcome and Announcements Prelude:  Lord, I Want to be a Christian, arr. Diane…

(Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865) The Invitatory and Psalter V: O God, make speed to save us.R: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.…