Call to Worship
Pastor: Christ is despised, rejected, and ignored.
People: Like a lamb led to be slaughtered, our Lord was crucified.
Pastor: But we are the sheep who have gone astray. And God let our punishment fall on him.
People: God forbid that we should glory in anything but the cross. For in death, our Lord's self-sacrifice brings us forgiveness!

Collect
Almighty God, whose justice requires punishmen…