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Fourth Sunday in Lent

March 15, 2026
8:30am 

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Choral Preludes "Lord, When Your Glory I Shall See" Carl Schalk

"Not unto Us" (Psalm 115) Donald Busarow
Laudamus Choir (Concordia Seminary, St. Louis)

 

Weekly Church News

 

Welcome Pastor Tim Klinkenberg

 

Ringing of the Bell

 

Opening Hymn “Christ, the Life of All the Living”
verses 1, 6 and 7
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 420.

Christ, the life of all the living,
Christ, the death of death, our foe,
Who, Thyself for me once giving
To the darkest depths of woe:
Through Thy suff’rings, death, and merit
I eternal life inherit.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.

Thou hast suffered great affliction
And hast borne it patiently,
Even death by crucifixion,
Fully to atone for me;
Thou didst choose to be tormented
That my doom should be prevented.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.

Then, for all that wrought my pardon,
For Thy sorrows deep and sore,
For Thine anguish in the Garden,
I will thank Thee evermore,
Thank Thee for Thy groaning, sighing,
For Thy bleeding and Thy dying,
For that last triumphant cry,
And shall praise Thee, Lord, on high.

 

Invocation
Liturgist: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19b)
People: Amen.
Liturgist: Our help is in the name of the Lord,
People: who made heaven and earth.
Liturgist: If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
People: But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared.

 
Confession and Absolution

Liturgist: Since we are gathered to hear God’s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
People: Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen.
Liturgist: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a fellow servant of Christ, I announce to you that your sins are forgiven in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.

 

Kyrie J. S. Bach
Laudamus Choir

O wir armen Sünder! Uns’re Missetat
Darin wir empfangen und geboren sind
Hat gebracht uns alle in solche grosse Not;
Dass wir unter worfen sind dem ew’gen Tod.

Kyrie eleison.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.

Oh, we poor sinners! Our transgression,
In which we were conceived and born,
Has brought us all into such great distress
That we are subject to eternal death.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

 
Old Testament Reading  Isaiah 42:18-21NIV

¹⁸ “Hear, you deaf;
    look, you blind, and see!
¹⁹ Who is blind but my servant,
    and deaf like the messenger I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant with me,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?
²⁰ You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
    your ears are open, but you do not listen.”
²¹ It pleased the Lord
    for the sake of his righteousness
    to make his law great and glorious.

Lector: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

  
Epistle Reading Ephesians 5:8-14 NIV

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light ⁹ (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) ¹⁰ and find out what pleases the Lord. ¹¹ Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. ¹² It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. ¹³ But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. ¹⁴ This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,
    rise from the dead,
    and Christ will shine on you.”

Lector: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

 

Choral Psalm “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need” (Psalm 23) arr. Virgil Thomson
Laudamus Choir

My Shepherd will supply my need. Jehovah is His name.
In pastures fresh He makes me feed beside the living stream.
He brings my wand’ring spirit back when I forsake His ways.
He leads me for His mercy’s sake in paths of truth and grace.

When I walk through the shades of death Thy presence is my stay.
One word of Thy supporting breath drives all my fears away.
Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, doth still my table spread.
My cup with blessings overflows, Thine oil anoints my head.

The sure provisions of my God attend me all my days.
O may Thy house be my abode and all my work be praise.
There would I find a settled rest, while others go and come.
No more a stranger or a guest but like a child at home.

 

Holy Gospel John 9:1–7, 13–17, 34–39 NIV

9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

³ “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴ As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

⁶ After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. ⁷ “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

¹³ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. ¹⁴ Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. ¹⁵ Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”

¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”

But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided.

¹⁷ Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”

The man replied, “He is a prophet.”

³⁴ To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

³⁶ “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”

³⁷ Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”

³⁸ Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

³⁹ Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

Lector: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

 

Hymn of the Day “Amazing Grace”
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 744.

Amazing grace—how sweet the sound—
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now I see!

The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

Choir:

Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come;
His grace has brought me safe thus far,
His grace will lead me home.

All sing:

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail
And mortal life shall cease,
Amazing grace shall then prevail
In heaven’s joy and peace.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

 

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Message Pastor Chris Singer

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Nicene Creed

I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth
and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of His Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.

And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures
and ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,
whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord and giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

 

Prayers of the Church
Each petition concludes with:
Liturgist: Lord, in your mercy,
People: Hear our prayer.

 

Gathering of Our Tithes and Offerings 

 

Music at the Offering "Beautiful Savior" arr. F. Melius Christiansen and Kurt J. Wycisk
Laudamus Choir

Fair are the meadows, Fairer the woodlands,
Robed in flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer ; He makes our sorr’wing spirit sing.

Beautiful Savior, Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of man,
Glory and honor, Praise, adoration Now and forevermore be Thine.

  
Communion Prayer 
Pastor: Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and out of perfect love sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. We thank You for all the work of Your hands and for all the words You have spoken and kept, as You come to us still now with Your healing grace through Christ’s body and blood given and shed for us.
People: Amen.

 
 
The Lord's Prayer
Pastor: Lord, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:
People: 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

 

Words of Institution

 

Pax Domini
Pastor: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
People: Amen.

 

Agnus Dei arr. Joshua Fields
Laudamus Choir

Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, grant us peace.

 

Music During Communion

“Come to Calvary’s Holy Mountain”
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 435.

Come to Calv’ry’s holy mountain,
Sinners, ruined by the fall;
Here a pure and healing fountain
Flows for you, for me, for all,
In a full, perpetual tide,
Opened when our Savior died.

Come in poverty and meanness,
Come defiled, without, within;
From infection and uncleanness,
From the leprosy of sin,
Wash your robes and make them white;
Ye shall walk with God in light.

Come in sorrow and contrition,
Wounded, impotent, and blind;
Here the guilty, free remission,
Here the troubled, peace may find.
Health this fountain will restore;
They that drink shall thirst no more.

They that drink shall live forever;
’Tis a soul-renewing flood.
God is faithful; God will never
Break His covenant of blood,
Signed when our Redeemer died,
Sealed when He was glorified.

 
"Miserere" Antonio Lotti
Laudamus Choir

Miserere mei Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam,
Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum deleini quitatem meam.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great love,
And according to Your abundant mercies forgive my sins.

 

Dismissal

 

Closing Hymn “On My Heart Imprint Your Image”
If you wish to follow the music, refer to hymnal 422.

On my heart imprint Your image,
Blessèd Jesus, King of grace,
That life’s riches, cares, and pleasures
Never may Your work erase;
Let the clear inscription be:
Jesus, crucified for me,
Is my life, my hope’s foundation,
And my glory and salvation!

 

Choral Benediction
Laudamus Choir

The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face to shine upon you
And be gracious unto you.
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you
And give you peace, both now and forevermore.
Amen.

 

 

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Worship Service Participants

Preacher: Pastor Chris Singer
Liturgist: Caleb Martin
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Timothy M. Klinkenberg
Organ: Alex Guebert
Choir: Laudamus Choir from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Choir Director: Dr. Samuel Eatherton
Audio/Visual: Rick Beville, Hector Cerda, and Mark Todd

 

10:30am Worship Service Participants

Preacher: Vicar Micah Raebel
Liturgist: Rev. Dr. Timothy M. Klinkenberg
Organ: Alex Guebert
Choir: St. John’s Second Grade Choir
Choir Director: Audrey Mink
Piano: Dr. Rachel Ehring
Audio/Visual: Hector Cerda and Mark Todd

Thanks for joining us today!

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March 15, 2026

Prayers of the Church
March 15, 2026

Great Physician, enlighten and open our eyes by Your Gospel.

Hide us in Your shelter in the day of trouble.
Provide a home in Your Church for those cast out by this world,
and unite them with us in the pure confession of Your name. Lord, in Your mercy,

O Lord, those who wait for Your salvation have the promise
that You will not forsake them.

Lead those who wander in darkness through rough places,
that they would find the way of righteousness and not be put to shame. Lord, in Your mercy,

Almighty God, You have promised that what we suffer does not condemn us,
but instead displays Your glory.

Sustain the afflicted in body or soul, especially Scarlett Cruz, Suzanne Lewis, Bryce Martin, Buster Monasmith, Krystn Shrieve Monroe, Brenda Range, those on our printed prayer lists, and those we name silently in our hearts… that they would take heart, trust You for healing and find You even in the midst of their trials. Lord, in Your mercy,

Heavenly Father, You would not have us grieve as those who have no hope,
but, rather, You call us to live in the confidence that all who die in faith are with You
in everlasting life and eternal peace.

Comfort the bereaved, especially…
the family and friends of Gloria Aarhus,
the family and friends of Steve Burton, brother of Julie Wobrock,
the family and friends of Delaney Kilbane, daughter of Megan,
the Lazar family,
the family and friends of Kimberly Reinika, cousin of Heather Gillette,
the family and friends of Dave Weilmuenster,
and the family and friends of our soldiers lost in Middle East…

Give the grieving courage to walk by faith, until that day, when all who belong to You
will be reunited around the throne of the Lamb. Lord, in Your mercy,

Almighty Father, uphold in mercy all authorities.

For those in governing authority and our civil servants – President Trump, Governor Newsom, and Mayor Slater, that they would uphold order and justice for a peaceful life.

For parents, grandparents, and caregivers – that homes would be strengthened
and families would be kept firm in Christian faith.
For our active and reserve military, and for our fire, police, and first responders –
that they would be protected and preserved,
and that they would carry out their duties with honor and integrity. Lord, in Your mercy,

Lord God, You promise in Your Word to lead the blind by ways they have not known,
to turn darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.

By Your Spirit, wake us up to cast away the works of darkness
and to live as children of light, which consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth, and to find out what pleases the Lord. Lord, in Your mercy,

All these things, heavenly Father, we pray in the name of Jesus Christ,
trusting in Your promises.

Teach our hearts to be content with Your will,
and to trust that You will answer with what is best for us and at the right time for our need.

To You alone we give all glory, honor, and worship,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

WALKER HALL  |  In-Person and Online

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Fourth Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 15, 2026
10:30am

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Welcome Pastor Chris Singer

Invocation

Worship Set
“God So Loved”
“Create In Me”
Confession and Absolution
“Crown Him”

Scripture Readings

Message Pastor Chris Singer

Apostles’ Creed

Prayers of the Church

Gathering of the Offering

Holy Communion
Communion Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Words of Institution
“Mighty To Save”
“Goodness of God”
“You Shelter Me”
Dismissal

Benediction

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Worship Service Participants

Preacher: Pastor Chris Singer
Director of Contemporary Worship: Stephan Nosrat

Thanks for joining us today!

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  ONLINE GIVING

PRAYER REQUEST

CONNECTION CARD

 

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March 15, 2026

Prayers of the Church
March 15, 2026

Great Physician, enlighten and open our eyes by Your Gospel.

Hide us in Your shelter in the day of trouble.
Provide a home in Your Church for those cast out by this world,
and unite them with us in the pure confession of Your name. Lord, in Your mercy,

O Lord, those who wait for Your salvation have the promise
that You will not forsake them.

Lead those who wander in darkness through rough places,
that they would find the way of righteousness and not be put to shame. Lord, in Your mercy,

Almighty God, You have promised that what we suffer does not condemn us,
but instead displays Your glory.

Sustain the afflicted in body or soul, especially Scarlett Cruz, Suzanne Lewis, Bryce Martin, Buster Monasmith, Krystn Shrieve Monroe, Brenda Range, those on our printed prayer lists, and those we name silently in our hearts… that they would take heart, trust You for healing and find You even in the midst of their trials. Lord, in Your mercy,

Heavenly Father, You would not have us grieve as those who have no hope,
but, rather, You call us to live in the confidence that all who die in faith are with You
in everlasting life and eternal peace.

Comfort the bereaved, especially…
the family and friends of Gloria Aarhus,
the family and friends of Steve Burton, brother of Julie Wobrock,
the family and friends of Delaney Kilbane, daughter of Megan,
the Lazar family,
the family and friends of Kimberly Reinika, cousin of Heather Gillette,
the family and friends of Dave Weilmuenster,
and the family and friends of our soldiers lost in Middle East…

Give the grieving courage to walk by faith, until that day, when all who belong to You
will be reunited around the throne of the Lamb. Lord, in Your mercy,

Almighty Father, uphold in mercy all authorities.

For those in governing authority and our civil servants – President Trump, Governor Newsom, and Mayor Slater, that they would uphold order and justice for a peaceful life.

For parents, grandparents, and caregivers – that homes would be strengthened
and families would be kept firm in Christian faith.
For our active and reserve military, and for our fire, police, and first responders –
that they would be protected and preserved,
and that they would carry out their duties with honor and integrity. Lord, in Your mercy,

Lord God, You promise in Your Word to lead the blind by ways they have not known,
to turn darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.

By Your Spirit, wake us up to cast away the works of darkness
and to live as children of light, which consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth, and to find out what pleases the Lord. Lord, in Your mercy,

All these things, heavenly Father, we pray in the name of Jesus Christ,
trusting in Your promises.

Teach our hearts to be content with Your will,
and to trust that You will answer with what is best for us and at the right time for our need.

To You alone we give all glory, honor, and worship,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.