Pastor Bohlken

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Father, through remembering our Baptisms, hearing Your Word, and receiving the Lord’s Supper, fill us to overflowing with Your love, acceptance, and forgiveness. Send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts and minds through this Service, so that we are renewed and re-energized to go into our community as beacons of confidence, courage, and concern. We ask in Jesus’ precious name, the Same who lives with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Bohlken

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Father, we pray that You would feed us with the Bread of Heaven today and that You would satisfy our deep hunger for a Life that has meaning and significance. We ask in the name of Jesus, the Bread of Life, and the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Bohlken

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Father, patience is hard for us; therefore, we ask that You send Your Holy Spirit to create within us a desire to bear patiently our neighbors’ foibles and faults and to be gracious and forgiving with them. Also, enable us to endure suffering, especially unjust suffering, and, in the midst of such suffering to pray, “Thy will be done!” We ask in the name of Jesus, who is very patient with us and who patiently endured suffering for our sake. Amen!

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Pastor Bohlken

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Father, send Your Holy Spirit to teach us, first of all, that there are storms we cannot survive apart from Jesus. And, secondly, send Your Holy Spirit to impart a faith to us that trusts in Jesus as, not only, the Lord of the storm, but also, trusts Him as the Lord who has redeemed us, purchased and won us from all sin, from the fear of death, and from the deceptions of the devil. We ask in the name of Jesus, the One who pilots us through the ultimate storm because He endured it for us, and the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Bohlken

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Father, in this Ash Wednesday Service, may we see Jesus’ example of gentle service; but, more than that, through Jesus’ words about what His example means and through Paul’s words about how we are led by the Spirit, give us the desire and the power to gently serve others. We ask in the name of Jesus, who is gentle and humble in heart. Amen!

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Pastor Bohlken

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Father, send Your Holy Spirit through the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection that we might experience the glory of real and eternal Life today, tomorrow, and forever. We ask in the name of Jesus, the point and purpose of all of Holy Scripture, and the Same who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Bohlken

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Father, we are weary of this world’s struggles and of our attempts to acquire rest by ourselves. Through the message of Your dear Son’s death for our sins and resurrection for our justification give us new and eternal Life right now, life free of the fear of judgment today, and free from the anxiety of being judged on the Last Day. We ask in the name of Him who died the death we deserved and and was raised to Life that we might be given present and eternal Life, free of any accusation, the Same Christ Jesus who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH O God, on this day You once taught the hearts of Your faithful people by sending them the light of Your Holy Spirit. Grant us in our day by the same Spirit to have a right understanding in all things and evermore to rejoice in His holy consolation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH O King of glory, Lord of hosts, uplifted in triumph far above all heavens, leave us not without consolation but send us the Spirit of truth whom You promised from the Father; for You live and reign with Him and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH O God, the giver of all that is good, by Your holy inspiration grant that we may think those things that are right and by Your merciful guiding accomplish them; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will. Grant that we may love what You have commanded and desire what You promise, that among the many changes of this world our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Almighty God, merciful Father, since You have wakened from death the Shepherd of Your sheep, grant us Your Holy Spirit that when we hear the voice of our Shepherd we may know Him who calls us each by name and follow where He leads; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH O God, through the humiliation of Your Son You raised up the fallen world. Grant to Your faithful people, rescued from the peril of everlasting death, perpetual gladness and eternal joys; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Kent Brown; Elder

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Almighty God, grant that we who have celebrated the Lord’s resurrection may by Your grace confess in our life and conversation that Jesus is Lord and God; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Almighty God the Father, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You have overcome death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by Your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Gracious God, as Moses and the elders long ago beheld God and ate and drank, so in the Lord’s Supper we behold Your mercy, Your forgiveness, and Your making us one in the Body of Christ. Through this Sacrament, help us always to remember Jesus, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Most merciful God, as the people of Jerusalem, with palms in their hands, gathered to greet Your dearly beloved Son when He came into His Holy City, grant that we may ever hail Him as our King and, when He comes again, may go forth to meet Him with trusting and steadfast hearts and follow Him in the way that leads to eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Almighty God, Your kingdom is not like the kingdoms of this world. Instead of force, You reign by grace; instead of corruption, You reign by the truth; instead of favoritism, You reign by serving all. Help us not to fall into the ways of the kingdoms of this world, but to welcome Your gracious reign in our lives; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Almighty God, by Your great goodness mercifully look upon Your people that we may be governed and preserved evermore in body and soul; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Lord God, Your Gospel Word supports us through both good times and bad. Forgive us for the times when our words deny You. Restore us, so that the words we speak bless both You and the people entrusted to our care; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Almighty God, our heavenly Father, Your mercies are new every morning; and though we deserve only punishment, You receive us as Your children and provide for all our needs of body and soul. Grant that we may heartily acknowledge Your merciful goodness, give thanks for all Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Faithful God, through the ancient prophets You call us to return to You with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Let these Lenten days be a time when, remembering how You relentlessly return to us in mercy, we return also to You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH O God, 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!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH Faithful God, Your love for us remains constant, even when we falter and fail. Help us to recognize our betrayals and to return to You by the cross of Jesus, where He paid for our sin with His life, so that our lives may be restored; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Pastor Beck

COLLECT OF THE CHURCH O God, You see that of ourselves we have no strength. By Your mighty power defend us from all adversities that may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts that may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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