“Enter Into His Gates with Thanksgiving & Praise” Third Sunday In Lent March 20, 2022 OPENING “Everybody Ought to Know” By: Kevin Turner Soloist: Mr. William Brown
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 63:1-8 Response:
My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord, thirsting for you my God.
Leader:
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where no water is. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
People: Leader: People: Response: Leader:
People:
Response:
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord, thirsting for you my God. My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips, when I think of you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord, thirsting for you my God.
PRAYER Dr. Sherry L. Daniels
CONGREGATIONAL SINGING
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” By: Joseph M. Scriven/Charles C. Converse
MINISTRY THROUGH TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Verse 1 What a Friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Ev’rything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Ev’rything to God in prayer! Verse 3 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. (Verse 2 omitted.)
By: Rev. Dr. Ken Sloane Director of Stewardship & Generosity, Discipleship Ministries, The United Methodist Church Patient and Merciful God: We bring our offerings humbly on this day, hoping they will bring fruit to the ministry of your church on earth. We, ourselves, have not always set our priorities on bearing good fruit, and yet, you are a patient gardener. You have sent saints into our midst to make the soil richer, yet like the stubborn fig tree, good fruit has been scarce. May our journey this Lenten season, feed our spirits, to bring forth the fruit you desire. We pray in the name of our savior and redeemer, Jesus the Christ. Amen. (Luke 13:1-9)
BLESSING AND SENDING FORTH Go in peace. “God Is Not Dead” Author Unknown
“Depart To Serve”
THE OLD TESTAMENT READINGS Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8
THE NEW TESTAMENT READING 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
THE GOSPEL READING Luke 13:1-9
MINISTRY THROUGH MUSIC “God’s Gift” By: Jeff Majors Soloist: Mrs. Maria Davis
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ THE WORD FOR TODAY Dr. Sherry L. Daniels
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TODAY’S WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS Worship Leader Mrs. Barbara Campfield Musician Mr. William A. L. Brown, II Drummer Mr. Walter Gilchrist Choir Triple A Praise Team “Anointed, Appointed & Assigned”