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Night Prayer Livestream Worship ———————————— Wednesday October 21, 2020 8:00 pm
Bienvenidos/Welcome Everyone is welcome here. This means you.
Damos la bienvenida a personas de todos los ámbitos de la vida y en todos los lugares en el
viaje de la fe y la vida a First English Lutheran Church (iglesia luterana “primera inglés”).
Si usted es un cristiano de toda la vida, un antiguo, algo diferente, o un buscador y un
interrogador que busca más a la vida y un lugar para explorar, le damos la bienvenida.
Te invitamos a participar en esta liturgia y en la comunidad de la iglesia. Su presencia es un
regalo. // We welcome people from all walks of life and in all places in the journey of faith
and life to First English Lutheran Church (FELC). Whether you’re a lifelong Christian, a
former something else or a seeker and questioner looking for more to life and a place to
explore, we’re glad to welcome you. We invite you to participate in this liturgy and the
church community. Your presence is a gift.
Use the Welcome Visitors information form is online here: http://www.felcaustin.org/
forms/visitors
FELC welcomes, affirms, and celebrates God’s love for people of all sexual orientations
and all gender identities and expressions. We openly encourage all people to participate
fully in the life of the church and society. Since 1989, FELC has participated in the
Reconciling in Christ ministry of public, open welcome. (www.reconcilingworks.org)
To learn more about our mission, history, each other, and our outreach, please click here:
https://www.felcaustin.org/information/aboutfelc/felc-history
At First English, we strive to use language for God, Christ, and humanity that is inclusive and
diverse. Our use of masculine, feminine, and non-gender names and metaphors for God, both
biblical and contemporary, helps us to know God more fully. Languages that include persons of
all gender identities and sexualities, ethnicities, and color, helps us better reflect God’s
inclusive love for all.
Portions of the liturgy and music are from Sundays and Seasons.com © 2020 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted
by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #32815. Except as noted, biblical texts from New Revised
Standard Version Bible © 1989 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United
States of America. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE, License #A-700000. All rights reserved.
Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License #A-700000. All rights reserved.☩Opening
Night Prayer (also referred to as Prayer at the Close of the Day or Compline) is a service
marked by simplicity and a lack of ostentation. Its spirit of serenity is reinforced by modesty of
ceremony and simplicity of musical offerings. Night Prayer is the final service of the day in the
Christian tradition of canonical hours. The English word compline is derived from the Latin
word completorium, as in the completion of the working day.
Welcome
Gathering Music
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3Dialogue
Almighty God grant us a quiet night and peace at the last.
Amen.
It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, O Most High;
to herald your love in the morning,
your truth at the close of the day.
Confession and Forgiveness
Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.
Silence is kept for self-examination.
The leader begins the confession.
Holy and gracious God,
I confess that I have sinned against you this day.
Some of my sin I know—
the thoughts and words and deeds
of which I am ashamed—
but some is known only to you.
In the name of Jesus Christ I ask forgiveness.
Deliver and restore me,
that I may rest in peace.
By the mercy of God
we are united with Jesus Christ,
in whom we are forgiven.
We rest now in the peace of Christ
and rise in the morning to serve.
4☩Psalmody
Verses in bold are read by all.
Psalm 4
1
Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause;
you set me free when I was in distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
2
“You mortals, how long will you dishonor my glory;
how long will you love illusions and seek after lies?”
3
Know that the Lord does wonders for the faithful;
the Lord will hear me when I call.
4
Tremble, then, and do not sin;
speak to your heart in silence upon your bed.
5
Offer the appointed sacrifices,
and put your trust in the Lord.
6
Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Let the light of your face shine upon us, O Lord.
7
You have put gladness in my heart,
more than when grain and wine abound.
8
In peace, I will lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me rest secure.
5☩Word
Readings
Romans 8:38-39
I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor
things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be
able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Poem
Kosmos by Walt Whitman
Who includes diversity and is Nature,
Who is the amplitude of the earth, and the coarseness and sexuality of the earth,
and the great charity of the earth and the equilibrium also,
Who has not look’d forth from the windows the eyes for nothing,
or whose brain held audience with messengers for nothing,
Who contains believers and disbelievers, who is the most majestic lover,
Who holds duly his or her triune proportion of realism, spiritualism,
and of the æsthetic or intellectual,
Who having consider’d the body finds all its organs and parts good,
Who, out of the theory of the earth and of his or her body understands
by subtle analogies all other theories,
The theory of a city, a poem, and of the large politics of these States;
Who believes not only in our globe with its sun and moon,
but in other globes with their suns and moons,
Who, constructing the house of himself or herself, not for a day but for all time,
sees races, eras, dates, generations,
The past, the future, dwelling there, like space, inseparable together.
6Response
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.
Into your hands I commend my spirit.
You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.
Into your hands I commend my spirit.
Glory to the Father, ☩ to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Into your hands, I commend my spirit.
Gospel Canticle: Song of Simeon
Spoken in unison
Now, Lord, you let your servant go in peace;
Your word has been fulfilled.
My own eyes have seen the salvation
Which you have prepared in the sight of every people:
A light to reveal you to the nations
And the glory of your people Israel
The Nunc Dimittis also known as the Song of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the Gospel of
Luke 2: 29-32. Its Latin name comes from the opening words of the Vulgate translation of the
passage, meaning "Now you dismiss". Since the 4th century it has been used in services of
evening worship, such as Compline.
7☩Prayers
Invitations to pray for various concerns and joys are spoken, followed by silent prayer.
Each prayer concludes:
Receive our prayers, O God.
Your mercy is great.
The prayers conclude:
Eternal God, the hours both of day and night are yours,
and to you the darkness is no threat.
Be present, we pray, with those who labor in these hours of night,
especially those who watch and work on behalf of others.
Grant them diligence in their watching, faithfulness in their service,
courage in danger, and competence in emergencies.
Help them to meet the needs of others with confidence and compassion;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Lord’s Prayer
God, remember us in your love, and teach us to pray:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, Padre nuestro que estás en el cielo,
your kingdom come, santificado sea tu nombre.
your will be done, Venga tu reino.
on earth as in heaven. Hágase tu voluntad
Give us today our daily bread. en la tierra como en el cielo.
Forgive us our sins Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día.
as we forgive those Perdona nuestras ofensas
who sin against us. como también nosotros
Save us from the time of trial perdonamos a los que nos ofenden.
and deliver us from evil. No nos dejes caer en tentación
For the kingdom, the power, y líbranos del mal.
and the glory are yours, Porque tuyo es el reino,
now and forever. Amen. tuyo es el poder
y tuya es la gloria,
ahora y siempre. Amén
8Blessing
Let us bless the Lord
Thanks be to God.
Almighty and merciful God, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit,
bless, preserve, and keep us, this night and forevermore. Amen.
Sending Music
In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
9Online Connection @ FELC
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Night Prayer, Thursday Mixology & Theology, Sunday morning worship, and more
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Prayer for the Power of the Spirit
God of all power and love, we give thanks for your unfailing presence and the hope you
provide in times of uncertainty and loss. Send your Holy Spirit to enkindle in us your holy
fire. Revive us to live as Christ’s body in the world: a people who pray, worship, learn, break
bread, share life, heal neighbors, bear good news, seek justice, rest and grow in the Spirit.
Wherever and however we gather, unite us in common prayer and send us in common
mission, that we and the whole creation might be restored and renewed, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Luther’s Bedtime Prayer
“I give thanks to you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have
graciously protected me today. I ask you to forgive me all my sins, where I have done
wrong, and graciously to protect me tonight. Into your hands I commend myself: my body,
my soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel be with me, so that the wicked foe may
have no power over me. Amen.”
This prayer, written by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther, can be found in his Small Catechism.
10Serving Tonight
Michael Coffey
Staff Congregation Council
Pastor President Allen Jensen
Michael Coffey pastor@felcaustin.org Vice President Merrily Porter
512-487-0956 Secretary Jill Essbaum Peng
Director of Music & Office Administrator Treasurer Erin McCracken
Bryan Rust office@felcaustin.org Financial Secretary Penny Baker
512-704-2906 Pastor Michael Coffey
Members-at-Large Lee Baker
Director of Child Development Center (CDC) Heidi Goebel
LaQuetha Ford lford@firstenglishcdc.org Michele Hockett
512.478.5424 Cooper
Bookkeeper Wendell Horton
Mary Lou Turnbull payable@felcaustin.org Katherine Houston
Custodians Greg Meier
Teresa del Aguila, Jesus del Aguila, Marilynn Olson
Sonia Espinoza Teresa Ringness
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and the office and church building
are closed to in-person visitors.
The child development center is open
weekdays only to students and staff.
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