READING AND HEARING THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Kenneth Hays

FIRST LESSON Genesis 12:1-4a

One: The Word of the Lord.

Many: Thanks be to God.

HYMN I to the Hills Will Lift My Eyes

LESSON FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

SECOND LESSON Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

THIRD LESSON John 3:1-17

Old Testament Page 10

New Testament Page 154

New Testament Page 93

SERMON “A Place for Those Who are Lost” Rev. Drumheller

† AFFIRMATION OF FAITH from Philippians 2:6-11

We believe in Jesus Christ, who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross. Therefore, God exalted him even more highly and gave him the name that is above every other name, so that at the name given to Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

† THE PEACE

One: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Many: And also with you.

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Eileen Kunkle

The Offering Of Tithes And Gifts To God

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ANTHEM There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

Maurice Bevan

There’s a wideness in God’s mercy like the wideness of the sea; there’s a kindness in his justice which is more than liberty. There is no place where earth’s sorrows are more felt than up in heaven; there is no place where earth’s failings have such kindly judgment given. For the love of God is broader than the measure of man’s mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. But we make his love too narrow by false limits of our own; and we magnify his strictness with a zeal he will not own. There is plentiful redemption in the blood that has been shed; there is joy for all the members in the sorrows of the Head. There is grace enough for thousands of new worlds as great as this; there is room for fresh creations in that upper home of bliss. If our love were but more simple we should take him at his word; and our lives would be all gladness in the joy of Christ our Lord.

Presentation Of The Gifts

Old Hundredth

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.