Praise Team Monthly 2023 | Ascension Lutheran Pittsburgh

April 2 (Palm Sunday)

Opening Hymn: All Glory, Laud, and Honor LSB 442
Hymn of the Day: Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus LSB 685 v. 1-3
Offering / Meditation: All the Way My Savior Leads Me LEAD SHEET
Offertory: Create in Me a Clean Heart LSB p. 192
Communion Songs:
- Here is Bread, Here is Wine LEAD SHEET
- O Lord We Praise Thee LSB 617
Post-Communion Canticle: On My Heart Imprint Your Image LSB 422
Closing Song: O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus LEAD SHEET

April 6 (Maundy Thursday)

Prelude: LSB 597 instrumental (tune not familiar)
Opening Hymn: Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying LSB 597
Hymn of the Day: One House Abides Unending HYMN SHEET
Offering / Meditation: Jesus You Alone v.1-2 LEAD SHEET
Offertory: Create in Me a Clean Heart LSB p. 192
Sanctus LSB p. 178
Agnus Dei LSB p.180
Communion Songs:
- Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord LSB 637
- This is Jesus LEAD SHEET
Post-Communion Canticle: Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon) LSB p.182
Closing Hymn: Go to Dark Gethsemane LSB 436 v. 1-3
Chanting of Psalm 22–Psalm Tone H (LSB p. xxvi)

April 7 (Good Friday)

Hymns during the Passion Reading:
- Jesus I will Ponder Now LSB 440 v.1 [beginning]
- O Sacred Head Now Wounded LSB 450 v.1-5, 7 [split between readings]
- Were You There LSB 456 v.1-2 [split between readings]
Seven Words from the Cross:
- Jesus, in Your Dying Woes LSB 447 [verses split between the Seven Words]
Hymn of the Day: The Old Rugged Cross HYMN SHEET
Reproaches: Pastor chants and congregation sings same refrain after all 3 reproaches SHEET MUSIC

April 8 (Easter Vigil)

*Cathy leading
Hymn after OT Readings: Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed LSB 437
Hymn of Praise: This is the Feast LSB p.171 (alleluias allowed again in Easter Vigil)
Hymn of the Day: One House Abides Unending HYMN SHEET
Sanctus LSB p.178
Agnus Dei LSB p.180
Communion Songs:
- The Gifts Christ Freely Gives LSB 602
- Thy Body, Given for Me, O Savior LSB 619
Post-Communion Canticle: Thank the Lord LSB p.181
Closing Song: We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died LSB 429

April 9 (Easter Sunday)

Prelude: LSB 473 instrumental
Opening Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today LSB 457 (with trumpets)
Gathering Song: Great Things LEAD SHEET
Kyrie LSB p.168
Hymn of Praise: This is the Feast LSB p.171
Gradual: Chanted by Pastor–play through Psalm Tone D (LSB p. xxvi) once for Pastor to chant
Alleluia and Verse: LSB p.173
Hymn of the Day: Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds LSB 465
Offering / Meditation: Man of Sorrows LEAD SHEET
Offertory: Let All Things Now Living HYMN SHEET
Preface (LSB p. 177) & Sanctus (LSB p. 178), Agnus Dei (LSB p. 180)
Communion Songs:
- Our Paschal Lamb That, Sets Us Free LSB 473
- Behold the Lamb LEAD SHEET
- Man of Sorrows (since not doing all of it during offering)
Post-Communion Canticle: Thank the Lord LSB p.181
Benediction (LSB p. 183)
Closing Song: I Know that My Redeemer Lives LSB 461 v.1-2, 5, 7-8 (with trumpets)

April 16

*Full Liturgy: LSB p. 167
Prelude: LSB 472 instrumental
Opening Hymn: In Christ Alone LEAD SHEET
Hymn of Praise: This is the Feast LSB p. 171-172
Hymn of the Day: LSB 472 These Things Did Thomas Count As Real
Offering / Meditation: Christ Our Hope In Life and Death LEAD SHEET
Offertory: LSB p. 176 What Shall I Render
Communion Songs:
- LSB 490: Jesus Lives the Victory Won
- Here Is Bread, Here Is Wine LEAD SHEET
Post-Communion Canticle: LSB p. 181 Thank the Lord
Closing Song: Living Hope LEAD SHEET

April 23

April 30

Prelude: LSB 735 instrumental
Opening Hymn: Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us LEAD SHEET / PIANO ACCOMP
Gathering Song: LSB 709: The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Hymn of the Day: All the Way My Savior Leads Me LEAD SHEET
Offering / Meditation: Good Shepherd of My Soul LEAD SHEET
Offertory: LSB 955 Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful
Communion Songs:
- LSB 547 The Lamb (contemporary style)
- LSB 633 At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
Post-Communion Canticle: LSB 735 Have No Fear, Little Flock (v. 3)
Closing Song: You Are God Alone LEAD SHEET