Grace Lutheran Church

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Tenebrae Vespers

Friday, April 10, 2020 6:30 p.m.

423 E Fesler Street Santa Maria CA 93454

(805) 925-3818

https://gracelutheransm.org/

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Service note: For the congregation, this service will be focused on observation rather than active participation.

Stand Opening Versicles

Sit Psalmody Psalm 51

+ The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ +

LSB 450 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded st. 1-2

© 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100010272. Public domain

Reading John 19:1-11 A candle is extinguished. LSB 450 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded st. 3-4

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Reading John 19:12-16

A candle is extinguished.

3 What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered Was all for sinners’ gain; Mine, mine was the transgression, But Thine the deadly pain. Lo, here I fall, my Savior! ’Tis I deserve Thy place; Look on me with Thy favor, And grant to me Thy grace.

4 My Shepherd, now receive me; My Guardian, own me Thine. Great blessings Thou didst give me, O Source of gifts divine. Thy lips have often fed me With words of truth and love; Thy Spirit oft hath led me To heav’nly joys above.

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LSB 450 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded st. 5-6

© 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100010272. Stand Reading John 19:16-42

A candle is extinguished.

LSB 450 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded st. 7, acapella LSB 878 Abide with Me st. 1-3, acapella

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5 What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? O make me Thine forever! And should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never, Outlive my love for Thee.

6 My Savior, be Thou near me When death is at my door; Then let Thy presence cheer me, Forsake me nevermore! When soul and body languish, O leave me not alone, But take away mine anguish By virtue of Thine own!

7 Be Thou my consolation, My shield, when I must die; Remind me of Thy passion When my last hour draws nigh. Mine eyes shall then behold Thee, Upon Thy cross shall dwell, My heart by faith enfold Thee. Who dieth thus dies well.

© 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100010272.

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Sermon “Bury: Abide with Me” Rev. Jake Parsons LSB 878 Abide with Me st. 4-6, acapella

4 Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me.

5 I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless;

Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness. Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still if Thou abide with me!

6 Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies. Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

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Stand Song of Habakkuk Kneel/Stand Prayers

The 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.

The final candle is extinguished. Acknowledgments

Good Friday, Tenebrae Vespers from Lutheran Service Book Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Ver-

sion®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2018 Concordia Publishing House.