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SERVICE OF INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
We built a liturgy around the Order for Individual Confession
and Forgiveness, which included a message, hymns and prayers. We
brought
in a guest preacher who
also served as one of four clergy who were available, in separate rooms, to receive/hear
individual confession. This was prompted by a desire to return to the use of
Individual Confession and Forgiveness incorporating it as part of
Lent/Advent
disciplines. We hope that has been educational for why a service was
offered and provided
a time/place for those who wanted to confess. We suggest for others interested
in this idea that you may want to institute
some "regular" time for confession
.LBW=Lutheran Book of Worship
CA=Christian’s Awake Hymn Supplement (G=Gather, BC=Borning Cry, CCLI)
OT=Old Testament NT=New Testament
SERVICE OF INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
Call to Worship
Invocation and Instruction
Quiet Song and Meditation: "I Have Loved You" CA(G)
#334
Prayer
Lessons: Ezekiel 33:10-11
_______Romans 8:31-39
_______Luke 5:27-32
Homily
Hymn: "Be Not Afraid" CA(G) #263
Prayer before Confession:
Lord Jesus, your love knows no limits. You meet us on our life's
journey with healing and forgiveness. Strengthen us so that we may
more faithfully
follow
your Gospel, and so celebrate the feast of your resurrection with integrity and
joy.
Amen
Words of Instruction:
You are invited to be seated. After a time of meditation persons
desiring to make individual confession you are invited to one of
these rooms:
Library; Pastors'
Offices; Vicar's Office. Should you desire to wait in the Sanctuary, ushers
will open the Narthex doors to indicate that a pastor is available
to hear confession. Persons who do not
desire to make individual confession are requested to leave quietly. Should
you want to make confession at a later time, feel free to call a
pastor and make
an appointment.
The Order for Individual Confession and Forgiveness
P: You have come to make confession before God. In Christ
you are free to confess before me, a pastor in His church, the sins
of which
you are aware and the sins
which trouble you.
C: I confess before God that I am guilty of many sins. Especially I confess
before
you that…
P: Do you believe that the word of forgiveness I speak to you comes from God?
C: Yes, I believe.
The pastor lays both hands on the head of the penitent.
P: God is merciful and blesses you. By Command of our Lord Jesus Christ, I, a
called and ordained servant of the Word, forgive you your sins in the name of
the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen |