Starling Avenue Baptist Church Fourth Sunday of Lent March 19, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.
TheWorshipofGod
Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 19, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.
*We invite you to stand as you are able.
Gathering at God’s Invitation
Welcome
CalltoWorship
We give thanks to God with our whole heart.
We give thanks for God’s steadfast love and faithfulness!
Though high above all things, God sees the lowly. Even when we are in deep trouble God makes us live again. We give thanks to God with our whole heart.
We give thanks for God’s steadfast love and faithfulness!
LightingoftheChristCandle
AngelaZimmerman
AngelaZimmerman
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 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross LowellMason,arr.Herbek
LifeoftheCommunity DwightStultz
Offering Ourselves to God
*Hymn#167 I Saw the Cross of Jesus
PsalterReading
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks Be to God.
PrayerofConfession
Psalm23
Forgiving God, we confess that we are conformed to this world We conform to this world’s frantic pace, Too hectic to notice all the blessing you provide. We conform to this world’s reckless waste, Exploiting what you entrust to our care.
We conform to this world’s shallow values, Even when we know they leave us empty, wounded, and in need.
WHITFIELD
AngelaZimmerman
DwightStultz
We conform to this world’s impatient attitudes, Preferring the latest instead of the lasting. Humble us, that we may not be conformed to the world
But transformed by your gracious love and healing forgiveness. Amen.
AssuranceofPardon
Brothers and sisters, let us lift up our heads and lift up our hearts; God is for us and not against us.
For that very reason, God sent the Son into the world –Not to condemn the world. But that the world might be saved through him. Let us hold fast to the good news: In Jesus Christ, we are granted forgiveness and grace beyond degree!
*Hymn#178
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us TOWNEND
GivingourTithesandOfferings
OffertoryPrayer
Offertory
*Doxology(Hymn#706)
O Worship the King
LindaPulliam
JohannHaydn,arr.Bridges
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&TheLord’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.
SpecialMusic Soloist,CharlesDameron
PsalterReading
Psalm121
AngelaZimmerman
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
“MountainsandValleys”
AngelaZimmerman
Responding to God’s Word
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.
*Hymn#183
In the Cross of Christ I Glory
RATHBUN
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.
Postlude
Ten Thousand Angels RayOverholt
(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)