Starling Avenue Baptist Church Second Sunday of Lent March 5, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.
TheWorshipofGod
Second Sunday of Lent
March 5, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.
*We invite you to stand as you are able.
Gathering at God’s Invitation
Welcome AngelaZimmerman
CalltoWorship AngelaZimmerman
In the wilderness, We will lift up our eyes. In the wilderness, our help comes from God: Our God who made the wilderness; Our God who inhabits the wilderness. God is our keeper; God is our shade and shelter. Let us praise God together.
LightingoftheChristCandle
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.
Prelude Face to Face/We Shall Behold Him Breck/Tullar/Rambo;arr.Keiter
LifeoftheCommunity MargaretCaldwell
Offering Ourselves to God
*Hymn#182 Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed AVON
PsalterReading Psalm121
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks Be to God.
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PrayerofConfession MargaretCaldwell
Gracious God, we come before you in need of forgiveness and grace. You call us to trust in you completely, but we do not.
We are timid and fearful as we follow your lead. We justify our actions and words, though we know they are not what you require. We struggle to understand the new life Christ offers, preferring old habits to risky change. Forgive us, we pray.
Help us to be born again into the life of Christ, trusting that you have included us by grace in the family of faith.
In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
AssuranceofPardon
Hear the good news:
“For God so loved the world
That He gave His only Son, So that everyone who believes in him May not perish but may have eternal life.”
The Lord loves us so much
That through the grace of God
We are forgiven. Thanks be to God!
*Hymn#41 There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
GivingourTithesandOfferings
OffertoryPrayer
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TommyWells
Offertory Were You There Trad.NegroSpiritual;arr.Ball
*Doxology(Hymn#706)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Listening to God
TheChurchatPrayer
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Anthem God So Loved the World JayStainer
*ScriptureReading John3:1-17
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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
Sermon “TheGoodNews”
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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 At Dawning WilliamStickles
Astheplateispassed,saytoyourneighbor: The body of Christ was broken for you.
SharingtheCup Fairest Lord Jesus SelesianFolkSong;trans.Stickles
Astheplateispassed,saytoyourneighbor: The blood of Christ was shed for you.
Responding to God’s Word
*Hymn#184
Beneath the Cross of Jesus ST.CHRISTOPHER
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 AngelaZimmerman
Even when we have lost our way, God calls us back, Guiding us, Restoring us, Cleansing us, Rebuilding us. Go forth in God’s love and peace. Amen.
(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)
Postlude Lift High the Cross SydneyH.Nicholson;arr.Bock
