hymnal 9
1 Heaven is full of Your glory, great God of ours; You who fill all the earth,
You whom alone we adore, who with Your light and life, with Your great wisdom and power
Graciously care for us, our Guardian strong and sure! Father and Son and the Spirit
salvation's God, our King, accept, Lord, in grace, this worship Your people bring. 
2 Great God of mercy, whose love still over flows today, God of salvation abundant,
so full of grace, Grant peace to all who repent in true spirit, we pray;
Hold not the guilt of our sins before Your holy face! Life, praise and glory forever,
salvation's God, our King, accept, Lord, in grace, this worship Your people bring. 
3 Firmly establish the spirit of the faint in heart, help the ungifted, give
wisdom to the weak in mind. Let us embrace Your will, make our lives true every part,
Let them be lived by Your Word, where new courage we find! Life, power, and wisdom forever,
salvation's God, our King, accept, Lord, in grace, this worship Your people bring. 
4 With you our hearts rejoice far pasdt every joy we know, Your Word our strength and hope,
hope which like a fountain pours. Help us defeat every hardship and mockery every woe.
Letting our lives to eternity be join'd to Yours! Lord God, our boast and rejoicing,
salvation's God, our King, accept, Lord, in grace, this worship Your people bring. amen.

response reading 127. Lent (4)
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind;
from his dwelling place hw watches all who live on earth
He who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
No king is saved by the size of his army; no warraior escapes by his great strength.
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.

Hymnal 1
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. amen.

hymnal 433
1 Nearer, still nearer, close to Thy heart, draw me, my Savior, so precious Thou art;
Fold me, O fold me close to Thy breast; Shelter me safe in that "Haven of Rest"
Shelter me safe in that "Haven of Rest"
2 Nearer, still nearer, nothing I bring, naught as an offering to Jesus my King;
Only my sinful, now contrite heart; grant me the cleansing Thy blood doth impart,
Grant me the cleasning Thy blood doth impart.
3 Nearer, still nearer, Lord, to be Thine. Sin with its follies I gladly resign;
All of its pleasures, pomp and its pride, give me but Jesus, my Lord crucified,
Give me but Jesus, my Lord crucified.
4 Nearer, still nearer, while life shall last, till safe in glory my anchor is cast;
Thro' endless ages, ever to be nearer, my Savior, still nearer to Thee,
Nearer, my Savior, still nearer to Thee.
Amen.

Mark 12:1-12
1 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 
2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 
4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. 
5 And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 
6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 
7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 
8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. 
9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. 
10 Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
11 this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
12 And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.


hymnal 150
1 On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suff'ring and shame;
And I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it someday for a crown.
2 Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world, Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above To bear it to dark Calvary.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it someday for a crown
3 In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, A wondrous beauty I see,
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died, To pardon and sanctify me.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it someday for a crown
4 To the old rugged cross I will ever be true; Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He'll call me someday to my home far away, Where His glory forever I'll share.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it someday for a crown'