This year and for the coming years we are going to use the occasional midweek services as an attempt to better catechize our people. Stemming off of the success of last year’s The Lord’s Prayer in the Lord’s Passion we are using this year to teach the Ten Commandments. A daily devotional is being worked on to complement this theme.
MIDWEEK SERVICE PLAN
“Lent with the Lord’s Commands”
The plan is first designed with Vespers in mind (with added opening and closing hymns because Lutherans like to sing). Hymn numbers are from Lutheran Service Book. Normal propers are expected to be used for Ash Wednesday and Holy Week services. For the Office Hymn, you may also want to capitalize on the catechetical theme and use LSB 581 “These are the Holy Ten Commands” either in its entirety or with selected stanzas fitting for that week’s focus.
Ash Wednesday (March 6)
Use normal propers
Midweek 1 (March 13)
First Commandment
Opening Hymn: 694
Psalm: 81
Office Hymn: 438
OT Lesson: Exodus 32:1-35
Gospel Lesson: John 8:31-59
Closing Hymn: 708
Midweek 2 (March 20)
Second and Third Commandments
Opening Hymn: 902
Psalm: 138
Office Hymn: 615
OT Lesson: 1 Kings 18:20-40
Gospel Lesson: John 5:1-18
Closing Hymn: 890
Midweek 3 (March 27)
Fourth and Fifth Commandments
Opening Hymn: 862
Psalm: 139
Office Hymn: 453
OT Lesson: 2 Samuel 15:1-14
Gospel Lesson: Luke 10:25-37
Closing Hymn: 768
Midweek 4 (April 3)
Sixth and Seventh Commandments
Opening Hymn: 730
Psalm: 45
Office Hymn: 448
OT Lesson: 2 Samuel 11:1-27
Gospel Lesson: Luke 19:1-10
Closing Hymn: 422
Midweek 5 (April 10)
Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Commandments
Opening Hymn: 696
Psalm: 15
Office Hymn: 685
OT Lesson: 1 Kings 21:1-29
Gospel Lesson: Mark 14:53-72
Closing Hymn: 420
Holy Week
Use normal propers