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A Service of Song, Word, & Table
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
March 3, 2024
* Please rise in body or spirit.
WELCOME
PRELUDE
8:30 Wondrous Love arr. Karen Marrolli Grace Notes
11:00 Dr. Dan Cummings
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Lenten travelers, why are you here?
We gather to do the work of worship.
Lenten travelers, what happens when we gather to worship?
We listen and proclaim. We sing and pray. We repent and encourage.
Lenten travelers, how do we do the work of worship?
We bring all that we are to be present to God and one another.
Lenten travelers, what work does God do in worship?
God raises us up so that we can delight in life together with God and one another.
Lenten travelers, come, let us worship God together!
Come, let us worship God together! Amen.
* HYMN Lift High the Cross 159 UMH
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
A READING FROM THE EPISTLES I Corinthians 1:18-25
This is the Word of God for the People of God.
Thanks be to God.
SCRIPTURE HYMN Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross 301 UMH
HOMILY “Death-Defying Faith”
MUSICAL RESPONSE
8:30 He Shall Feed His Flock G.F. Handel Karah Ingraham and Amanda Porter, sopranos
11:00 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Brian Hanson Chancel Choir
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
With hearts of sorrow,
we come before you, O God,
to confess what you already know—
we have failed to keep your laws.
Again and again,
we have followed our own selfish will,
rather than your holy and life-giving will
for our lives.
We have twisted your decrees and institutions
to suit our preconceptions and interests
rather than your own.
Forgive us, O God,
and cleanse us from hidden faults,
that the words of our mouths,
and the meditations of all our hearts,
may be acceptable to you,
our Rock and our Redeemer.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
God shows steadfast love
and blesses to the thousandth generation
those who [follow] God’s ways.
In love, God sent Jesus
to bless and redeem God’s people.
God forgives us our sins
and restores us to new life.
Let us rejoice in God’s mercy. Amen.
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
*REGATHERING HYMN Blest Be the Tie that Binds (vs 1,4) 557 UMH
INVITATION TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY PRAYER
OFFERTORY
8:30 Dr. Dan Cummings, piano
11:00 Wondrous Love arr. Karen Marrolli Grace Notes
*DOXOLOGY Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow 95 UMH
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blest is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.
And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,
we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving
as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ's offering for us,
as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.
Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church,
all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father (God), now and forever.
Amen. Amen, Amen. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.
LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING THE BREAD AND THE CUP
MUSIC AT COMMUNION
8:30 Dr. Dan Cummings, piano
11:00 He Shall Feed His Flock G.F. Handel Karah Ingraham and Amanda Porter, sopranos
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
* SENDING HYMN God of Grace and God of Glory 577 UMH
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Dr. Dan Cummings
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