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Mount Calvary Lutheran Church February 28, 2021 The Second Sunday in Lent  **INVOCATION  (Matthew 28:19)    **CONFESSION/ABSOLUTION (1 John 1:8-9)    Pastor: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.   People: But, if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive...

Prayer is our theme for today. That is, as we continue to consider spiritual warfare, recognizing there is a war that happening inside of us and outside of us that we cannot see and so we need spiritual weapons, because we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood. Last week we considered the existence of the...

Devotions for 2nd Week of Lent Read Matthew 26:47-68 What is betrayal?  How is it different from being hurt by someone you know doesn’t like you? Consider Psalm 41:7-10; Psalm 69:6-9; Psalm 55:12-15.  Pray these in full confidence that Christ prayed these. Consider and speak about what Judas saw and heard in His time with...

ANNOUNCEMENTS LENT DEVOTIONS ~ You are encouraged to continue to rejoice in God’s Word through our Lent Devotions (in person handout and found on our website).  We will study this together on Monday at Center Grove, 6:30 p.m. in a Bible Study and pray and sing this together on Wednesday, 7 p.m. in a worship service at Mount Calvary.  Zoom and in...

Read Matthew 26:26-46 After instituting the Sacrament of the New Testament, the Lord’s Supper, our text says that Christ and His disciples sung a hymn.  Speak about the gift of songs and God’s Word put to music.  Read Ephesians 5:18-21.   Every time we receive the Lord’s Supper that Christ instituted on the night He...

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church February 21, 2021 The First Sunday in Lent  **INVOCATION  (Matthew 28:19)    **CONFESSION/ABSOLUTION (1 John 1:8-9)    Pastor: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.   People: But, if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive...

Spiritual warfare is our theme for today and for the next two weeks. That is, that we would know that there is a war that is happening inside of us and outside of us that we cannot see.  We might be able to see the effects, but we cannot see the full battle, or even...

SERVICE FOR ASH WEDNEDAY IMPOSITION OF ASHES OPENING VERSICLES Pastor: Holy God, holy and most gracious Father, People: Have mercy and hear us **PSALM 51 Pastor: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; People: according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Pastor: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, People: and cleanse me from...

Faith alone is our theme for today. A blind man begs Jesus for mercy, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! and after Jesus let him recover his sight, Jesus says, Your faith has made you well. Our Epistle speaks about love, and our faith is always in God’s perfect love for us, a...

**INVOCATION   (Matthew 28:19)                            **CONFESSION/ABSOLUTION (1 John 1:8-9)   Pastor:            If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.   People:          But, if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (silence...