Gathering as the Body of Christ
Welcome and Sharing of Announcements
Call to Worship
Liturgist: In the wilderness,
People: we will lift up our eyes.
Liturgist: In the wilderness,
People: our help comes from God:
Liturgist: Our God who made the wilderness;
People: Our God who inhabits the wilderness.
Liturgist: God is our keeper;
People: God is our shade and shelter. Let us praise God together.
Opening Prayer
Walk with us on this Lenten journey, Lord. Give us eyes to see the path you would have us take. Give us ears to hear the truth you would speak to us. Give us the wisdom to store our treasure with you, so that our hearts may abide in your perfect peace. Amen.
Opening Hymn
“I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me”
TFWS #2153
Pastoral Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Prayer Response
“Live in Charity (Ubi Caritas)”
FWS # 2179
sung two times
Live in charity and steadfast love;
Live in charity, God will dwell with you.
Scripture Reading
Acts 17:5-9
But the Jews became jealous, and with the help of some ruffians in the marketplaces they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. While they were searching for Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly, they attacked Jason’s house. When they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some believers before the city authorities, shouting, “These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has entertained them as guests. They are all acting contrary to the decrees of the emperor, saying that there is another king named Jesus.” The people and the city officials were disturbed when they heard this, and after they had taken bail from Jason and the others, they let them go.
Mark 8:31-38
Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words[j] in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Liturgist: The word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.
Message
"Revolutionary Lifestyle"
Pastor Seok-Hwan
Message in Music
“Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit”
Johann Gottfried Walther, composer
Lydia Solodiuk, organist
Yahweh, God the Father evermore
Thy great mercy we adore
Of all things Creator and Lord
Have mercy on us
English translation by Anna Saavedra
Offertory Prayer
God of the Cross, in losing our lives, we find them in you. In sharing our resources, we enter more fully into your kingdom. May these small sacrifices we have made be multiplied and used for your glory to enact your Good News. Amen.
By Rev. Joanna Harader, from SpaciousFaith.com
Closing Hymn
“Grace Alone”
TFWS #2162
The Blessing and Sending Forth
Online Servers
Liturgist: Pete Seymour
Video: Spencer Murata
