Reformation Vespers - October 29, 2015

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Order of Service

• Prelude
• Choir: Lift Thine Eyes, from "Elijah" F. Mendelssohn
• Confession
• Versicles (led by choir)
• Psalmody: ELH 251 & 252, A Mighty Fortress
• Lesson: 1 Peter 5:8-11
• Responsory, Choir: "Heut' Triumphieret Gottes Sohn" J.S. Bach
• ELH 358: vv. 2,3 Though Satan Rage...
• Lesson: Romans 8:31-39
• Choir: "Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heileger Geist" J.S. Bach
  (follow text and tune at ELH 10)
• Lesson: Psalm 50:14, 15
• ELH 255: v. 1
• Choir: O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts A.O. Gibbs
• ELH 255: v. 4
• Choir: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" J.S. Bach
  (follow text and tune at ELH 255)
• Lesson: 1 John 1:1-4
• Choir: "In Dir ist Freude" J.S. Bach
  (follow text and tune at ELH 149)
• Lesson and Homily
• Canticle: Te Deum Laudamus, ELH 45
• Kyrie
• Lord's Prayer
• Hymn, ELH 584 Grant Peace We Pray
• Collect
• Benedicamus and Benediction (led by choir)
• Hymn, ELH 426:6, 8 O, How Blest it is to Know
• Postlude