HYMN 285 The Ten Commandments Are the Law The Sounds of Lent (all sing bold lines as we confess our sins) “Consider carefully how you listen” (Jesus, in Luke 8:18). 1. The Ten Commandments are the law Evening Prayer for February 14, 2018 — Ash Wednesday Which Israel heard in holy awe. In smoke and fire from Sinai The voice of God shook the sky. (from the balcony — part of David’s prayer in Psalm 51) M: Have mercy, Lord! Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my 2. (pastor only) “I am your Lord and God alone! tongue will sing of your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my No other god but me enthrone! mouth will declare your praise. 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I Put your whole confidence in me; would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 The Give me your heart totally.” sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, (all) Have mercy, Lord! you will not despise. 3. “In what you speak bring me no shame; CHORAL ANTHEM Lord of the Broken Do not misuse my holy name, Lord of the broken, Jesus, I thank you But call on me in troubled days; For knowing my weakness and feeling my pain. Give me your thanks, prayers, and praise.” You weep with my heartaches, you gather my sorrows; Have mercy, Lord! From the fragments you make a mosaic of grace. 4. “Respect the Sabbath of the Lord! Refrain: My heart is not hidden from you. Do not despise my holy Word, You know me better than I even do. But hold it sacred, precious, true, Into my weakness your strong voice has spoken. And hear that truth preached to you.” You bring beauty from chaos; you’re the Lord of the broken. Have mercy, Lord!

Lord of the nightfall, Sovereign, I thank you 5. “Give to your parents honor due, For being the light even when I can’t see. Be dutiful and loving, too, You’ve already conquered the powers of darkness, And help them when their pow’rs are few; You illumine the truth through my frailty and need. So shall it go well with you.” Refrain Have mercy, Lord!

Lord of redemption, Savior, I thank you 6. “You shall not murder, hurt, nor hate; That nothing I do can diminish your love. Your anger dare not dominate. In spite of my failures, Be kind and patient; help, defend, You’re building your kingdom. And treat your foe as your friend.” You’re restoring your image, Have mercy, Lord! Your glory in us. Refrain 2 7. “Be faithful to your marriage vow; M: Father, fill our ears with the sounds of Lent and change us in these days No lust or impure thoughts allow, before Easter. Create in us new and contrite hearts, that we may obtain But keep your body free from sin of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission of all our sins and With self-control, discipline.” renewal in godliness and hope; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives Have mercy, Lord! and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. C: Amen. (spoken) 8. “You shall not steal or take away What others worked for night and day, But open wide a gen’rous hand HYMN 98:1–4 Jesus, I Will Ponder Now And help the poor in the land.” 1. Jesus, I will ponder now On your holy passion; Have mercy, Lord! With your Spirit me endow For such meditation. Grant that I in love and faith May the image cherish 9. “Bear no false witness nor defame Of your suff’ring, pain, and death That I may not perish. Your neighbor and destroy his name, But view him in the kindest way; 2. Make me see your great distress, Anguish, and affliction, Speak truth in all that you say.” Bonds and stripes and wretchedness And your crucifixion; Have mercy, Lord! Make me see how scourge and rod, Spear and nails did wound you, How for them you died, O God, Who with thorns had crowned you. 10. “You shall not crave your neighbor’s house Nor covet money, goods, or spouse. 3. Yet, O Lord, not thus alone Make me see your passion, Pray God he would your neighbor bless But its cause to me make known And its termination. As you yourself wish success.” Ah! I also and my sin Wrought your deep affliction; Have mercy, Lord! This indeed the cause has been Of your crucifixion.

11. God gave these laws to show therein, 4. If my sins give me alarm And my conscience grieve me, O child of man, your life of sin, Let your cross my fear disarm; Peace of conscience give me. And help you rightly to perceive Help me see forgiveness won By your holy passion. How unto God you should live. If for me he slays his Son, God must have compassion! Have mercy, Lord!

MARK 14:1–11 12. Our works cannot salvation gain; They merit only endless pain. M: Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two Forgive us, Lord! To Christ we fly, days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were Our mediator on high. looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. Have mercy, Lord! C: “But not during the Feast,” they said, “or the people may riot.” M: While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man silence is kept for penitent meditation known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the

3 4 perfume on his head. Some of those present were saying indignantly to 2018 LENT THEME HYMN How Deep the Father’s Love for Us one another, all sing verses 2–4 C: “Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than A soloist: a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” 1. The shekels clink, the rooster crows: M: And they rebuked her harshly. Does Judas hear? Or Peter? J: “Leave her alone,” Volcanic crowds demand his death M: said Jesus. As angels gasp in wonder. J: “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The The splash of Pilate’s water bowl, poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time The wailing of the women — you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. The sounds of Lent arrest my soul She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. I And amplify the questions: tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” M: Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

M: (*) All we like sheep have gone astray, and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. By his wounds we are healed.

HYMN 98:5–6 Jesus, I Will Ponder Now 5. Grant that I your passion view With repentant grieving. Let me not bring shame to you By unholy living. How could I refuse to shun Ev’ry sinful pleasure Since for me God’s only Son Suffered without measure?

6. Graciously my faith renew; Help me bear my crosses, Learning humbleness from you, Peace mid pain and losses. May I give you love for love! Hear me, O my Savior, That I may in heav’n above Sing your praise forever.

SERMON on Job 42:6 Hear the Thunder Roll “Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes.”

5 6 sins and bring us to your eternal Easter. Especially when your Father’s just anger, his thunder booms and shakes us, comfort us with the sound of the stone being rolled away from your empty tomb, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.

C: (* — melody on page 61 of the hymnal) In peace, Lord, you let your servant now depart according to your word. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared for every people, A light to lighten the Gentiles, And the glory of your people Israel.

M: (*) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: (*) Amen.

Go in peace. OFFERING AND SIGNING OF FRIENDSHIP REGISTER + + + INTERCESSIONS AND THE LORD’S PRAYER C: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Acknowledgments: “Lord of the Broken,” with words by Janice Kaye and music by Arthur James, is copyright © 2017 Lorenz Publishing Company. All rights reserved. your kingdom come, • “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us,” sung in part by Joe Gumm, is by Stuart Townend your will be done on earth as in heaven. and is copyright © Thankyou Music. Reprinted via OneLicense.net #A715-790. Give us today our daily bread. • The lesson from Mark 14 is from the New International Version, 1984 and is reprinted Forgive us our sins, by permission of Biblica. Job 42:6 is from the Christian Standard Bible, copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, Thanks to all who helped with this evening’s supper and service, including but deliver us from evil. our choir; Joe Gumm, our soloist; and our organist, Joyce Lendt. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours Next Wednesday evening Pastor Witte will preach in Mankato, and now and forever. Amen. Pastor Keith Siverly of St. Mark Lutheran in Mankato will conduct our service and preach from Matthew 26 on “The Crowing of the Rooster.” M: We are nothing but dust and ashes, O Lord, and that is why we praise Our theme for our next five Wednesday services: The Sounds of Lent. you and thank you so tonight. We praise you, for you raise the poor from the dust and lift the needy from the ash heap. We praise you, for you came to bestow a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and School gladness instead of mourning. Continue to comfort all who mourn their 604 Main Street, Nicollet, MN 56074 • 507-232-3938 • Daniel Witte, pastor [email protected] • www.trinitynicollet.org • www.wels.net 7