March 6, 2022
All Belong Here
ORDER OF SERVICE
Music Director ...... Mitzi Benfield Pastor ...... Rev. Richard Vreeland
THE LIGHT Prelude "Cwm Rhondda (Guide Me Oh Great Redeemer)" arr. Viner, c. 1993 Kevin Mayhew Ltd. "Lonesome Valley" arr. Martin, c. 1981 Hinshaw Music, inc. Choir: "My Jesus Walked" Doucet, arr. McDonald, c. 1998 Lorenz Pub. Co./Unity Music Press
Welcome We are affiliated with the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world. "If the Gospel isn’t good news for everybody, than it isn’t good news for anybody." ~ Rob Bell
Announcements
Call to Worship ONE : Jesus went to the mountaintop to pray. ALL: Jesus went into the city to heal. ONE: Jesus walked to Samaria to extend love. ALL: Jesus went to the water’s edge to teach. ONE: Jesus went to places of peace and connection, ALL: but Jesus also went to the wilderness. ONE: There is nowhere we can go that God does not walk with us. We are in God’s house. ALL: Let us worship Holy God.
Opening Hymn #622 "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" CWM Rhondda, v. 3 arr. Rawsthorne, c. 1991 Kevin Mayhew
Prayers of The People Today we pray for the people of the Ukraine. We pray for their children, their elderly, their sick and those who are alone. If there is someone you would like added to our Sunday prayer list, email pastor@wintervillechristian.org
Offering "All Praise to You, Our God and King" Tallis, arr. Larkin, c. 1993 MorningStar Music Publishers
Pass The Peace In Christ we are mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters to one another. As members of God’s family, let us share God’s peace with one another.
THE WORD Prayer of Illumination Scripture Reading Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’ ” Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ” Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ” Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time. One: This is the word of God for the people of God. ALL: Thanks be to God.
Scripture Response Hymn #211 "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley" African-American Spiritual, arr. Thomas, Arr. c. 1994 Chalice Press
Sermon
THE TABLE Communion Hymn Hymn #180, v. 1, 2 "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days" Hymn #485, v. 4 "Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race" Tallis Canon 1 Lord, who throughout these forty days for us did fast and pray, Teach us with You to mourn our sins and close by You to stay. 2 As you with Satan did contend, and did the victory win, O give us strength in you to fight, in You to conquer sin. 4. God, let us be a table spread with gifts of love and broken bread, Where all find welcome, grace attends, and enemies arise as friends.
Communion You are invited to this Table. Each and every one of us— with our doubts, our fears, our scars, our joy, our dreams, our hopes, our questions—we are invited to God’s table.
Benediction
Closing Hymn #627 "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me" African-American Spiritual, harm. J. Jefferson Cleveland and Verolga Nix, c. 1981 The United Methodist Pub. House
Postlude Hymn #179 "Forty Days and Forty Nights" Heinlein
We are Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world. As part of the one Body of Christ, we welcome all to the Lord’s Table as God has welcomed us.
Out of our call to “do justice” (Micah 6:8), we strive to demonstrate the fullness of God’s shalom through living out our faith by caring for God’s creation. . Setting a place at the table for persons of all gender expressions and sexual orientations.
We are committed to being a ProReconciling/Anti-Racist Ministry. We seek to deepen our understanding of systemic racism, as Christ compels us to advocate for justice, fairness and equality within our world.
CONTACT US OFFICE : 257
Cooper
Winterville,
St NC
28590
PHONE : 252.756.2898
PASTOR: Rev.
Richard
G
Vreeland
EMAIL : pastor@wintervillechristian.org
WEBSITE : wintervillechristian.org