Holy Mother, Holy Child - Lenten Vespers

Holy Mother, Holy Child is a ~25 min. service of music, word, and prayer for evenings in Lent, blending elements of the traditional Vespers (evening) and Compline (night) liturgies. The service is ready to use as is, or you can customize it to suit the needs of your faith community.

Included with your download:

Hi-def cover image (.tiff) for bulletins / social media / etc.

Order of Worship and Spoken Liturgies to help with bulletin / slide creation

Leader Notes, including a handy Instrumentation Chart

Full scores, isolated parts, lead sheets (.pdf), and bulletin inserts (.tiff) for all songs

Instrumentation depends on the song, but is some combination of:

• Guitar (tablature / chords)
• Piano (notated / chords)
• Bass guitar / cello
• Songleader / soloist
• SATB choir
• Congregation parts

Legal stuff:

• Permission to print and duplicate music for the purpose of worship
• Permission to perform music (including livestreaming) for the purpose of worship

Complete Order of Worship

Items in italics are optional or not included in the download.

• Grant Us a Peaceful Night (Gathering Hymn)
• Gathering Dialogue (spoken during Gathering Hymn)
• My Song Is Love Unknown (Evening Hymn)
• Greeting
• Prayer of the Day
• Confession and Forgiveness
• Psalm 131 (Psalmody)
• Psalm Prayer
• Readings (suggested: Isaiah 66:13; John 16:20)
• Sermon
• Were You There? (Gospel Canticle / Scripture Song)
• Three Crosses (alt. Gospel Canticle / Special Music)
• Prayers of the People
• The Lord's Prayer (sung)
• Final Blessing (from Julian of Norwich)
• All Shall Be Well (Sung Blessing)
• Dismissal