Worship 3/3/24

TheWorshipofGod

Third Sunday of Lent

March 3, 2024 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

*We invite you to stand as you are able.

Gathering at God’s Invitation

Welcome

CalltoWorship

Lenten travelers, why are you here?

We gather to do the work of worship.

Lenten travelers, what happens when we gather to worship?

AngelaZimmerman

AngelaZimmerman

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.

LightingoftheChristCandle

Prelude

BeckyNance

We light the Christ candle as a reminder that Christ is the one who has drawn us to this place, abides with us now, and is with us to the end of the age.

Rhosemydre

LifeoftheCommunity

Offering Ourselves to God

ScriptureReading Exodus20:1-17

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

VaughanWilliams

PatsyRoach

AngelaZimmerman

PrayerofConfession

God of grace, we confess that we have elevated the things of this world above you. We have made idols of possessions and people and used your name for causes that are not consistent with you and your purposes. We have permitted our schedules to come first and have not taken the time to worship you.

We have not always honored those who guided us in life.

We have participated in systems that take life instead of give it.

We have been unfaithful in our covenant relationships.

We have yearned for, and sometimes taken, that which is not ours.

Forgive us, O God.

Forgive us for the many ways we fall short of your glory.

Help us to learn to live together according to your ways through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

ScriptureReading Psalm19

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

*Hymn#184

GivingourTithesandOfferings

OffertoryPrayer

Offertory

*Doxology(Hymn#705)

AngelaZimmerman

Beneath the Cross of Jesus ST.CHRISTOPHER

Within the Darkest Night

TommyWells

DerekHakes (SABCHandbellChoir)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

Listening to God

ScriptureReading

1Corinthians1:18-25

PatsyRoach

For the Word of God in Scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us.

Thanks Be to God.

TheChurchatPrayer

AngelaZimmerman

PatsyRoach

*Hymn#190 The Power of the Cross OH,TOSEETHE

Sermon “ContractsandCovenants” AngelaZimmerman

DisciplineofSilence

To be in God’s presence is to be changed.

During this moment of silent reflection, consider the change God wishes to make in you.

Communion at God’s Table

InvitationtoChrist’sTable

PrayerofThanksgivingandtheLord’sPrayer

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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

SharingtheBread

Astheplateispassed,saytoyourneighbor: The body of Christ was broken for you.

SharingtheCup

Astheplateispassed,saytoyourneighbor: The blood of Christ was shed for you.

Responding to God’s Word

*Hymn#405 Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us BRADBURY

If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation. If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.

Sending Into God’s World

Benediction

Postlude Wade in the Water MarkHayes

(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)