HOLY TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

2086 PARKVIEW AVE. ABINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 19001

Eucharistic Service for Pentecost Bells Toll

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Brief Order for Confession and Forgiveness

Pastor: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Congregation: Amen.

P: Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid:

Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit that we may perfectly love

You and worthily magnify Your holy name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C: Amen.

P: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins,

God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

P: Most merciful God,

C: we confess that we are in bondage to sin and cannot free ourselves. 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 have not loved our neighbors as

ourselves. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us,

and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways, to the glory of

Your holy name. Amen.

P: Almighty God, in His mercy, has given His Son to die for us and, for His sake, forgives us all our sins.

As a called and ordained minister of the Church of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore declare to you

the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen.

Opening Hymn: O Day Full of Grace LBW 161

Salutation:

P: The Lord be with you.

C: and also with you.

Prayer of the Day

P: Let us pray. O God, on this day You once taught the hearts of Your faithful people…one God, now and

forever.

C: Amen.

First Lesson: Numbers 11: 24-30

Psalm 25: 4-9

Second Lesson: Acts 2: 1-21

Verse: Alleluia. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Your

love. Alleluia.

Pastor: Holy Gospel: John 7: 37 - 39

Sermon

Hymn: O Spirit of Life WOV 680

P: Nicene Creed (We all believe …)

P: Prayer of the Church

The Peace

P: Blessed are You,

C: O Lord our God, ruler of heaven and earth. Day by day You shower us with blessings.

As You have raised us to new life in Christ, give us glad and generous hearts, ready to

praise You and to respond to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Amen

The Great Thanksgiving:

P: The Lord be with you.

C: And also with you.

P: Lift up your hearts,

C: We lift them to the Lord.

P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

C: It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

P: It is indeed right and salutary that we should … we praise Your name and join their unending hymn:

C: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might: Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.

Hosanna. Hosanna. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

Eucharistic Prayer:

P: Holy are You, O Lord God Almighty. You were, You are, and You are to come. You are worthy of

praise for You created all things; and worthy is the Lamb who ransomed a people for You and made us a

kingdom of priests; and worthy is the Holy Spirit who speaks to the Church. Send Your Spirit upon us so that we may receive the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ who

In the night in which He was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it

to His disciples saying: Take and eat; this is My body, given for you.

Do this for the remembrance of me.

Again, after supper, He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: This cup is the new

covenant in My blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.

Do this for the remembrance of me.

We remember His life-giving death and resurrection and await His coming again when He shall judge the

living and the dead, as we lift up these elements of bread and wine and our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.

Send Your Holy Spirit upon this bread and cup. Feed us diring our pilgrimage until the day we enter the

Holy City, new Jerusalem, where with unceasing doxology, we shall praise You with the Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever.

The Lord’s Prayer (with toll)

Our Father …

Invitation to Communion:

P: The gifts of God for the people of God.

C: Thanks be to God.

Agnus Dei:

C: Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world; grant us peace.

The Distribution of Holy Communion

Communion Blessing:

P: May the body of our Lord Jesus Christ and His precious blood, strengthen and preserve you into life

everlasting.

C: Amen

Distribution Hymn: Holy Spirit Truth Divine LBW 257

Post-Communion Prayer

P: Gracious God, our heavenly Father, You have given us a foretaste of the feast to come in the Holy

Supper of Your Son’s body and blood. Keep us firm in the true faith throughout our days of pilgrimage

that, on the day of His coming, we may, together with all Your saints, celebrate the marriage feast of the

Lamb in His kingdom which has no end; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns

with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C: Amen.

The Blessing:

P: Let us bless the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

P: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of

the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

Hymn: Fire of God, Undying Flame

The Dismissal:

P: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Bells Toll

Portions of this service are reprinted from the Lutheran Book of Worship © 1978 by permission of Augsburg/Fortress under LIT.1 License

#SBL1394 and from Lutheran Service Book, © 2006 by permission of Concordia Publishing House under Concordia Liturgies License

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Hymn: O Day Full of Grace LBW 161

5. When we on that final journey go that Christ is for us preparing,

We’ll gather in song, our hearts aglow, all joy of the heavens sharing, And walk in the light of God’s own place, with angels his name adoring.

©Text: Danish folk hymn, c. 1450; tr. Gerald Thorson, b.1921 DEN SIGNEDE DAG Tune: Christoph E. F. Weyse, 1774-1842 Used by permission under CCLI License No. 1009896 or OneLicense.net license A-701140

Hymn of the Day: O Spirit of Life WOV 680

Text: Johann Niedling, 1602-1668; tr. John C. Mattes, 1876-1948 O HEILIGER GEIST Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623, arr. J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 Used by permission under CCLI License No. 1009896 or OneLicense.net license A-701140

Distribution Hymn: Holy Spirit Truth Divine LBW 257

5. Holy Spirit, right divine,

King within my conscience reign; Be my guide, and I shall be Firmly bound, forever free.

Text: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892, alt. SONG 13 Tune: Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625 Used by permission under CCLI License No. 1009896 or OneLicense.net license A-701140

Hymn: Fire of God, Undying Flame

Text: Albert F. Bayly, 1901 – 1984, alt. ©Oxford University Press NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND Tune: Geystliche Gesank Buchleyn, Wittenburg, 1524; Harm. By Mechior Vulpius, c. 1560 – 1616 Used by permission under CCLI License No. 1009896 or OneLicense.net license A-701140