Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
1024 W. 8th Street Waterloo, Iowa 50702
Weekly Worship Times
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.
Fellowship Time 10:15 a.m.
Bible Study Hour and Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Office Hours
Monday and Friday- 8 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- 8 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., - 1-4 p.m.
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A letter from President Harrison concerning immigration.
A letter from President Harrison about LIRS and LCMS RSOs
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Daily Bible Reading: On Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, we will begin a new podcast entitled “In God’s Time”. This is a cooperative effort to reach the Cedar Valley and the world beyond with the Good News of God’s Word. This podcast is designed to take a chronological approach to the reading of the Bible. Each day, we will bring you a new edition with special guests taking turns reading from God’s Word chronologically, which means that we will take the Bible and read it from the first events to the very last as it happened. The first episode comes out on March 5th, so visit https://ingodstime.podbean.com/ to listen to the podcasts every day. You can also access the podcast from various other podcasting sites by visiting https://www.ilcv.org/the-in-gods-time-podcast
Lenten Service III
March 26, 2025
SERVICE OF VESPERS
Organ Prelude
Opening Hymn: “Jesus, Lead Thou On” LSB 718
*”O Lord, open my lips . . .”: LSB 229
PSALMODY
Psalm 95
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness.
when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.”
Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter my rest.”
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Readings from Holy Scripture:(response after each reading)
Pastor: O Lord, have mercy on us.
People: Thanks be to God.
Old Testament:Exodus 17:1-7 Pew Bible Page 114
Gospel: Mark 14:43-72 Pew Bible Page 1580
Lent Responsory: LSB 230
Office Hymn: “O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken” v 7-9 LSB 439
Sermon
CANTICLE
Magnificat: “My Soul Rejoices” LSB 933
PRAYER
Kyrie ~ Lord, Have Mercy: LSB 233
*Lord’s Prayer: LSB 957
*Collects: LSB 233
*Collect of the Day:
Pastor: O God,
People: whose glory it is always to have mercy, be gracious
to all who have gone astray from Your ways and
bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast
faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable
truth of Your Word; through Jesus Christ, Your Son,
our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
*Additional Collects:
Pastor: . . . one God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
*Benedicamus/Benediction: LSB 234
Closing Hymn: “On My Heart Imprint Your Image” LSB 422
Organ Postlude
PARTICIPATING:
Worship Leader/Preacher Pastor Justin D. Kane
Organist 11:00 am Mr. Cyril Hasselbrook
6:30 pm Mrs. Kolleen Hosford
Worship Elder 11:00 am Mr. Gene Brown
6:30 pm Mr. Mike Carper
