1. The Greenock Lutheran Parish welcomes you Worship Leader: Pastor Ken Pfitzner

2. MIDWEEK LENTEN DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ‘Praying and Living the Lord’s Prayer’

3. OPENING SENTENCES P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen. P:The Lord is near to those who call on him; C:O come, let us worship him. The Lord’s Prayer

4. P: He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth: C:And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. The Lord’s Prayer

5. Go to dark Gethsemane [LH 73 revised] [LH 73 revised]

6. Go to dark Gethsemane, if you feel the tempter's power; your Redeemer's conflict see, watch with him one bitter hour: turn not from his griefs away, learn from Jesus Christ to pray. 1 of 4

7. Follow to the judgment-hall, see the Lord of life accused; O the wormwood and the gall, O the pains of Christ abused! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; learn from him to bear the cross. 2 of 4

8. Calvary's mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at his feet, see that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete: 'It is finished', hear the cry; learn from Jesus Christ to die. 3 of 4

9. Early hurry to the tomb, where they laid his lifeless clay; all is solitude and gloom; who has taken him away? Christ has risen! He meets our eyes; Saviour, teach us so to rise. James Montgomery 1771-1854, alt. 4 of 4

11. Luke 22: 24 - 38 Jesus’ words after the Last Supper

12. RESPONSE (Silent Meditation) P:The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together C: against the Lord and his Anointed.

13. RESPONSE P: Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain C: against the Lord and his Anointed?

14. PSALM 32:1-5 P :Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. C: Blessed are those whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.

15. PSALM 32:1-5 P :When I kept silent, my boneswasted away through my groaning all day long. C: For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.

16. PSALM 32:1-5 P :Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. C: I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”— and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Glory to the Father AND THE Son and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

17. Luke 22: 39 - 46 Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane

18. RESPONSE (Silent Meditation) P:On the Mount of Olives, Jesus prayed to his Father: 'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me'. C:The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

19. RESPONSE P:'Stay awake and pray that you may not come into temptation.' C:The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

20. Stay here and keep watch with me [LHS 902] [LHS 902]

21. Stay here and keep watch with me. The hour has come. Stay here and keep watch with me. Watch and pray. [repeat] 1 of 1

22. MESSAGE Luke 11:2c “Father,... Your kingdom come”

24. ... is

25. Jesus has set me free from sin, death, and the power of the devil – not with silver or gold, but with his holy and precious blood and his innocent suffering and death. All this he has done so that I can belong to him, and he can rule over me as my king,... that I may live under him in his kingdom, and serve him...

26. “Father, your kingdom come”

33. The Servant King [ATE 261] [ATE 261] Your freewill Offering to support Parish Projects will be collected during this Hymn

34. From heaven you came, helpless babe, entered our world, your glory veiled; not to be served but to serve, and give your life that we might live. This is our God, the Servant King, he calls us now to follow him to bring our lives as a daily offering of worship to the Servant King. 1 of 4

35. There in the garden of tears my heavy load he chose to bear. His heart with sorrow was torn, ‘Yet not my will, but yours,’ he said. This is our God, the Servant King, he calls us now to follow him to bring our lives as a daily offering of worship to the Servant King. 2 of 4

36. Come, see his hands and his feet, the scars that speak of sacrifice, hands that flung stars into space to cruel nails surrendered. This is our God, the Servant King, he calls us now to follow him to bring our lives as a daily offering of worship to the Servant King. 3 of 4

37. So let us learn how to serve, and in our lives enthrone him; each other’s needs to prefer, for it is Christ we’re serving. This is our God, the Servant King, he calls us now to follow him to bring our lives as a daily offering of worship to the Servant King. Graham Kendrick (1950- ) © 1983 Kingway’s Thankyou Music (CCLI Licence # 225140) 4 of 4

38. P: Lord, have mercy. C: Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. P: Listen to our prayer, Lord, C: and hear our cry for help.

40. THE LORD’S PRAYER All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

41. The day you gave us, Lord is ended [LH549, revised] [LH549, revised]

42. The day you gave us, Lord, is ended, the sun is sinking in the west; to you our morning hymns ascended, your praise shall sanctify our rest. We thank you that your church, unsleeping while earth rolls onward into light, through all the world her watch is keeping and rests not now by day or night. 1 of 3

43. As to each continent and island the dawn proclaims another day, the voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the sound of praise away. The sun that bids us rest is waking your church beneath the western sky; fresh voices hour by hour are making your wondrous doings heard on high. 2 of 3

44. So be it, Lord; your throne shall never, like earth’s proud empires, pass away; your kingdom stands, and grows forever, until there dawns that glorious day. John Ellerton (1826-1893) alt. 3 of 3

45. P: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. C: Amen.

46. You may stand for silent prayer as the bell is rung