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Words and Music - ©2013 #80-740.1; Morning Star Music Publishers / Birnamwood Publications
Contributors: Michael Burkhardt; Reprint Permission under One License #A-737632
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Do not fear, says the Lord, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
God is doing a new thing; now it springs forth!
By the grace of Jesus Christ,
we are forgiven! Thanks be to God.
*THE PEACE 1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God.
The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you!
TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES One Great Hour of Sharing
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
*SENDING HYMN Go, My Children, with My Blessing GtG 547
Go, my children, with my blessing, never alone.
Waking, sleeping, I am with you, you are my own.
In my love’s baptismal river, I have made you mine forever.
Go, my children, with my blessing, you are my own.
Words - ©1983 Concordia Publishing House # 110843
Contributors: Jaroslav J Vajda, Welsh traditional; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
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PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE Psalm 34:4-8
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Look to him, and be radiant,
so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
and was saved from every trouble.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are those who take refuge in him.
Holy wisdom, holy word. Thanks be to God
CHORAL ANTHEM Old Irish Blessing by Denes Agay
(Sanctuary Choir)
SCRIPTURE Mark 10:46-52
This is the gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ!
MESSAGE Let Me See Again Pastor Karen
*HYMN What a Friend We Have in Jesus PH 403
What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit;
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he’ll take and shield thee;
thou wilt find a solace there.
Contributors: Joseph Scriven, Westminster John Knox Press
Text: Transliteration © 1990 Westminster/John Knox Press. All rights reserved.
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*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Rom. 8:1, 28, 38, 39
To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as God’s reconciling community.
This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God’s message of reconciliation and shares God’s labor of healing the enmities which separate people from God and from each other.
Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit.
The church maintains continuity with the apostles and with Israel by faithful obedience to his call.
SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS
A LENTEN PRAYER (Luke 6:42)
“Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye?”
Holy One, you created me in my mother’s womb.
You know the core goodness residing within me.
You also know my propensity for self-orientation.
You see how I want others to grow and change.
You know the thoughts and feelings that run rampant
when I encounter someone whose behavior I dislike.
If I say, “Surely I can get this person to be as I want,”
nudge me insistently with your grace-filled message:
“Leave the other person’s transformation alone.
Tend to your own aspects that need to be altered.”
In this Lenten season, guide me to a clearer awareness.
Lead me to move beyond a wish to transform others.
Focus my attention on the personal renewal I resist.
May I become more alert and accepting of the reality
that the only person I can set about changing is myself.
Amen.
From Joyce Rupp’s Prayer Seeds: A Gathering of Blessings, Reflections, and Poems for Spiritual Growth
INVITATION TO THE OFFERING
OFFERTORY Improvisation by Dr. Pablo Lavandera
(Organ)
*HYMN OF RESPONSE When I Survey the Wondrous Cross PH 101 (v. 4)
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small.
Love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason; CCLI Song #27893; Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com; CCLI License #20795767
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING/DEDICATION
Holy God, bless our offerings with healing
that comes from your work and our hands.
We give with joy and thanks for what we have,
in the name of Jesus, our great high priest. Amen.
*HYMN We Walk by Faith and Not By Sight PH 399 (1-3)
We walk by faith and not by sight;
No gracious words we hear
From Christ Who spoke as none e’er spoke;
But we believe Him near.
We may not touch His hands and side,
Nor follow where He trod;
But in His promise we rejoice,
And cry, “My Lord and God!”
Help then, O Lord, our unbelief;
And may our faith abound
To call on You when You are near
And seek where You are found.
By Henry Alford and Samuel McFarland
Contributors: Richard T Proulx
Tune: © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc.
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*CHARGE/BENEDICTION: A BODY BLESSING FOR LENT
POSTLUDE My Song is Love Unknown by Samuel Crossmann
(Violin and Piano)
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