# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S407
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PROPOSED AGENDA

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ASH WEDNESDAY

1. The ministers enter and go to their places as a hymn is sung

Stand

2. The Divine Serice begins with the Introu of the Das

2. The pastor addresses the congregation:

P Dear brothers and sisters of our Lord Jesus Christ, on this day the Church
begins a holy season of penitential reflection. Our attention is especially directed to
the holy sufferings and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

From ancient times the season of Lent has been kept as a time of special devotion,
self-denial, and humble repentance born of a faithful heart that dwells confidently
upon his Word and draws from it life and hope.

Let us pray that our dear Father in heaven, for the sake of his beloved Son, and in
the power of his Holy Spirit, might richly bless this Lententide for us that we may
come to Easter with glad hearts and keep the feast in sincerity and truth.
Silence for reflection

Kneel/ Stand

4. The pastor continues:

P O God, the Father, in heaven,

@ have mercy

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to give abundant blessing to all works of mercy:
and to have mercy on us all:

We implore sou to hear us. good Lord

P To turn our hearts to you:
to turn the hearts of our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers; and graciously to
hear our prayers:

We implore you to hear us, good Lord

P Lord Jesus Christ. Son of God.

we implore sou to hear us

P Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,

@ hase meres

P Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,

@ have meres

P Christ, the Lamb of God. who takes away the sin of the world,
@ grant us your peace

P O Christ,

@ hear us

PO Lord,

@ have meres

PO Christ,

@ hase meres

@ Lord, have mercy. Amen

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P Of God, the Son, Redeemer of the world.
have mercy

P Be gracious to us.

Spare us. good Lord

P Be gracious to us.

Help us. good Lord.

P By the mystery of your holy incarnation;
by your holy nativity;
by your baptism, fasting, and temptation:
by your agony and bloody sweat:
by your cross and Passion:
by your precious death and burial:
by your glorious resurrection and ascension;
and by the coming of the Holy Spirit. the Comforter:

@ Help us. good Lord

P In all time of our tribulation:
in all time of our prosperity;
in the hour of death: and in the day of judgment:

@ Help us. goud Lord
P We poor sinners implore you
@ whear us. O Lord

P To prosper the preaching of your Word:
to bless our prayer and meditation:
to strengthen and preserve us in the true faith;
to give heart to our sorrow and strength to our repentance:

@ Weimplore sou to hear us. good Lord

P To draw all to yourself;
to bless those who are instructed in the faith:
to watch over and console the poor, the sick, the distressed, the lonely. the
forsaken, the abandoned, and all who stand in need of our prayers:

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» The Lord be with you. OR P_ The Lord be with you.

@ And with sour spirt @ And also with you

P Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, because you hate nothing you have made and
forgive the sins of all who are penitent, create in us new and contrite hearts that we,
worthily repenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain from
you, the God of alt mercy. perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ,
your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever.

G@ Amen

Sit

S. The senice continues with the Old Testament Reading

Ay

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