Maundy Thursday - Online Worship - April 14, 2022
Tonight we celebrate and share, Maundy Thursday, “Loving Hearts, In Christ Alone!”
Tonight we also celebrate and pray God’s blessing on these fellow believers who share their First Communion and come to The Lord’s Table in a new, complete, and blessed way!
Matthew Michael Gensmer
Arabella Brynn Herzberg
Rhett William House
Easton Dean Huettl
Devan Matthew Johnson
Emmalee Ruth Johnson
Kellen James Karelis
Kallie Jo Elizabeth Karelis
Charles Jamie Nelson
Abigail Camille Nelson
Lillian Marie Taverna
Join us in-person or on facebook for Lord of Life LIVE Thursday at 7PM!
Prelude & Words of Greeting
Song of Gathering
“Just As I Am”
Cottrell
vs. 1
Just as I am without one plea
But that thy blood was shed for me
And that thou bidd’st me come to thee
O Lamb of God I come I come
refrain:
I come broken to be mended
I come wounded to be healed
I come desperate to be rescued
I come empty to be filled
I come guilty to be pardoned
By the blood of Christ the Lamb
And I’m welcomed with open arms
Praise God just as I am
Remember the Gift of The Covenant
Exodus 12:1-4,11-14
The Lord said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.
(New Revised Standard Version)
Song to Remember The Covenant
“When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land”
Spiritual
vs. 1
When Israel was in Egypt’s land
Let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go
refrain:
Go down Moses
Way down in Egypt’s land
Tell old Pharaoh
Let my people go
vs. 2
The Lord told Moses what to do
Let my people go
To lead the children of Israel through
Let my people go
vs. 3
The pillar of cloud shall clear the way
Let my people go
A fire by night a shade by day
Let my people go
vs. 4
As Israel stood by the water side
Let my people go
At God’s command it did divide
Let my people go
vs. 5
When they had reached the other shore
Let my people go
They sang the song of triumph o’er
Let my people go
vs. 6
Oh let us all from bondage flee
Let my people go
And let us all in Christ be free
Let my people go
(refrain)
Prayer to Remember The Covenant
Remember the Gift of Communion
1Corinthians 11:23-26
For I received from the Lord what I also handed onto you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
(New Revised Standard Version)
Song to Remember Communion
“We Come to the Hungry Feast”
Makeever
vs 1
We come to the hungry feast
Hungry for a word of peace
To hungry hearts unsatisfied
The love of God is not denied
We come we come
To the hungry feast
vs 3
We come to the hungry feast
Hungry that the hunger cease
And knowing though we eat our fill
The hunger will stay with us still
We come we come
To the hungry feast
Prayer to Remember Communion
Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and he was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.
Song of Promise & Hope
“Wash O God, Our Sons and Daughters”
Duck & White
vs 1
Wash O God our sons and daughters
Where your cleansing waters flow
Number them among your people
Bless as Christ blessed long ago
Weave them garments bright and sparkling
Compass them with love and light
Fill anoint them send your Spirit
Holy dove and heart’s delight
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered, “You do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.” Peter said, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
vs. 2
We who bring them long for nurture
By your milk may we be fed
Let us join your feast partaking
Cup of blessing living bread
God renew us guide our footsteps
Free from sin and all its snares
One with Christ in living dying
By your Spirit children heirs
After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set for you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.”
vs 3
Oh how deep your holy wisdom
Unimagined all your ways
To your name be glory honor
With our lives we worship praise
We your people stand before you
Water-washed and Spirit-born
By your grace our lives we offer
Re-create us God transform
... Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once.”
Song of Promise & Hope
“Wash O God, Our Sons and Daughters”
Duck/White/Lord of Life
vs. 4
Feet to wash and hearts to welcome
Then He fed their hungry souls
What grace to bow before them
Humbled self to make them whole
In that night denied betrayed
Still He fed them everyone
Come Lord Jesus to our table
Be our guest God’s only Son
“Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
(New Revised Standard Version)
vs. 5
On this holy night dear Jesus
Wash and cleanse me Lord I pray
May I keep your new commandment
Loving others now always
When we fail our calling Jesus
Send your Spirit once again
In your Water Word and Table
God again your grace begins
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.
LOVING HEARTS, IN CHRIST ALONE!
Offering is available for our indoor services. Find a Lord of Life with a volunteer bucket to deposit offering in person as you leave worship today. If you find yourself wanting to offer your gifts to Lord of Life, you can do so online using the link below. You can also drop offering at anytime in our secure mailbox at Lord of Life located in the parking lot.
Song Anew in Spirit & Grace
“In Christ Alone”
Getty & Townend
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This cornerstone this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease
My Comforter my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless Babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
‘Til on the cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For ev’ry sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
Prayer to Remember God’s Love
Holy Communion will take place during our service. If you are not worshipping with us in person but would like to receive Communion, we will be offering Drive Through Communion at our building at 16200 Dodd Lane, Lakeville, Minnesota, following our indoor service. Drive Through Communion will be available between 10:15am & 10:30am.
In order to better serve you in this troubling times, the way we receive Communion has changed slightly. You will be offered a self-contained Communion serving. Each capsule has two layers. The first layer is a thin, clear, cellophane layer which reveals the host. Under the second layer you will find the alcohol free juice. Volunteers will be happy to take you waste after you receive Communion.
The Words of Institution with “Take and Eat This Bread” - O’Brien
Take and eat this bread
Take and drink this cup
This is my body and my blood
When you eat this bread
When you drink this cup
You live in me and I in you
In the night in which he was betrayed our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 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.”
Take and eat this bread
Take and drink this cup
This is my body and my blood
When you eat this bread
When you drink this cup
You live in me and I in you
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: “This cup is the new covenant of my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
Take and eat this bread
Take and drink this cup
This is my body and my blood
When you eat this bread
When you drink this cup
You live in me and I in you
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen.
Songs During Holy Communion
“In Remembrance of Me”
Keaggy
vs. 1
This is My body given for you
This is the cup that holds the blood
Of a new covenant
This is forgiveness simple and true
This is the way that I have made for you
refrain:
Before you eat before you drink
Take a long look inside
And tell Me what you see
He said do this in remembrance of Me
Do this in remembrance of Me
vs 2
This is the bread of life broken for you
This is the cup that holds the wine
Of a new covenant
This is the love of Christ poured out anew
This is the Son of God who died for you
(refrain)
bridge:
I will remember
The cross that You bore for me
I will remember
The crown that You wore for me
I will remember
The reason You suffered and died
vs. 3
This is My body given for you
This is the cup that holds the blood
Of a new covenant
This is forgiveness simple and true
This is the way that I have made
For you I am the way
This is the way that I have made for you
“Jesus Remember Me”
Berthier
Jesus remember me
When you come into your Kingdom
Jesus remember me
When you come into your Kingdom
(repeat as led)
The body and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, strengthen you and keep you in God’s grace, this most blessed and holy night, and on into life everlasting.
Amen.
Let us pray:
Almighty God, you gave your Son both as a sacrifice for sin and a model of the godly life. Enable us, to receive him always with thanksgiving, and to conform our hearts, and our lives to his, through Jesus Christ, the Lord of life. Amen.
“Stay Here and Keep Watch”
Berthier
Stay here and keep watch with me
The hour has come
Stay here and keep watch with me
Watch and pray
(repeat as led)
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted you and you delivered them.
To you they cried, and were saved; and in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.
I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplication. I kept my faith, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.
Let us go forward to meet these holy days, each and every day, in the peace and hope and saving grace alone in Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Postlude
Our service tonight ends with us leaving the Sanctuary in silence
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Tonight we celebrate and share, Maundy Thursday, “Loving Hearts, In Christ Alone!”
Tonight we also celebrate and pray God’s blessing on these fellow believers who share their First Communion and come to The Lord’s Table in a new, complete, and blessed way!
Matthew Michael Gensmer
Arabella Brynn Herzberg
Rhett William House
Easton Dean Huettl
Devan Matthew Johnson
Emmalee Ruth Johnson
Kellen James Karelis
Kallie Jo Elizabeth Karelis
Charles Jamie Nelson
Abigail Camille Nelson
Lillian Marie Taverna
Join us as our Holy Week and Easter Worship Schedule continue:
Good Friday, including, “Jesus’ Seven Last Words,” this Friday, April 15, 7 p.m.
Community Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday morning, April 16, time and details finalized soon
Easter Sunday, The Resurrection Of Our Lord, Next Sunday, April 17, 9:30 a.m.
This is an amazing week to invite family and friends and neighbors to join us for our Holy Week services, our Easter Egg Hunt, and our Festive Easter Worship!
Thank you for the many ways you make God and our neighbors first, in Christ alone!
As we continue to share worship in this way, we are seeking more volunteers to assist with greeting, ushering, serving communion, live streaming, AV ministry, set up, clean up, worship leaders, and more! You can access details and ways to sign up on our website and Facebook page! Thank you!
Friends, today as always, all who proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, are welcome to God’s table of grace as we share Holy Communion. Communion will be offered to you following the closing song as you exit the sanctuary, as we share pre-packaged single servings of communion, including a wafer and grape juice. Carefully pull back the first tab to expose the host, the body of Christ, given for you; then pull back the second tab to expose the blood of Christ, shed for you! Please ask for assistance or clarification as you are served!
For those sharing their generosity tonight, we thank you for your faithful giving! Offering is collected in baskets by the ushers as you exit the sanctuary.
For those not able to join us for Sunday worship, you are invited to receive drive-through communion, available Sundays, 10:15-10:30 a.m. at the front curb near the church entrance.
We hope having the service provided for you in this way, will touch you, comfort you, reassure you, and grace you in some way! If you believe others you know would be blessed to receive this bulletin, the sermon notes, or our live stream links, please forward these to them. In this time when we are committed to safety and social distancing, please trust we are equally committed to keeping us socially and spiritually connected! On behalf of the Kingdom of God, thank you for the ways you make God and neighbor first!
From everyone on every level of leadership and service, we continue to pray for you and to give thanks to God for each of you! Please contact Pastor Jamie if he can serve you in any way: jamie.thompson@lordoflifemn.org
We pray The Holy Spirit breathes anew on us to be God’s people and to be God’s Church, as together we make known and we trust anew God’s gifts of hope, peace, justice, clarity, calm, and comfort forever break forth in new ways for you and your loved ones, today, and as we share every gift of God’s light, love and grace!
Acknowledgments for today’s service include:
“When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land” “We Come to the Hungry Feast” “Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daughters” “Jesus, Remember Me” “Stay Here and Keep Watch with Me” © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) and With One Voice Hymnal Supplement, © 1995 Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis & Board of Publication, Lutheran Church In America, Philadelphia; and Evangelical Lutheran Worship, © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, MN. Used with permission. “Prayer of The Day,” “The Lord’s Prayer,” “Post-Communion Blessing, Prayer, & Benediction,” based on the LBW. “Just As I Am” © 2009 CCTB Music CCLI #5635850 “In Christ Alone” © 2002 Thankyou Music CCLI #3350395 “Take and Eat This Bread,” © 1992 GIA Publications, Inc. All texts, New Revised Standard Version. “In Remembrance of Me” © 1996 Sparrow Song CCLI #1849290 All rights reserved. All songs used with permission. CCLI License #1380826 & OneLicense #A-724016.