Christ The King Lutheran Church

Ash Wednesday Service

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   Call To Worship, "Blest Are They"   (Adult Choir & Michella Novy-piano)
  Opening Hymn, "When I survey the Wondrous Cross"   (Congregation & Michella Novy-organ) 

Opening Prayers

Rev. Charles Neugebauer

First Lesson, Exodus 20:1-19  (NIV) 

 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

 3 "You shall have no other gods before ^[a] me.

 4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.

 7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

 8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

 12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

 13 "You shall not murder.

 14 "You shall not commit adultery.

 15 "You shall not steal.

 16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

 17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

 18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die."

Footnotes:

1. Exodus 20:3 Or besides

Holy Gospel, Luke 18:9-14  (NIV) 

(The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.)
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Luke 18

 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about^[a] himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

 13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

 14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Footnotes:

1. Luke 18:11 Or to

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Imposition of Ashes  
Choir Anthem      (Adult Choir/Michella Novy-organ/Kitty Kosman-flute) 

Prayers Of The Church

Rev. Charles Neugebauer

  Sermon Hymn, "Christ the Life of All the Living"    (Congregation & Michella Novy-organ) 

Sermon for February 6, 2008  "The Promise of Heaven"

Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Creedal Hymn, "Let There be Light"     (Congregation & Michella Novy-organ)
    Offering Hymn, "Lenten Medley"      (Michella Novy-organ/Kitty Kosman-flute) 

Closing Prayers

Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Closing Hymn,   "The Day Thou Gavest"      (Congregation & Michella Novy-organ/Kitty Kosman-flute)

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