GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE................................................ “A
LENTEN PSALM”1..................................... CRAIG
PENFIELD
INTROIT....................................................... “LORD,
IS IT I?”1.......................................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
RESPONSE #3119
(W&S)................................................................................ “TAKE,
O TAKE ME AS I AM”
Take, O take me as I am; summon out what I shall be; set your seal upon my heart and
live in me.
Leader: Children
of God, what has God done for you?
People: God
saves, provides, and holds us in God’s steadfast love.
Leader: Consider and remember: in the joyful times and in the sorrowful times, what has
God done for you?
People: God
covers us and lifts us up, protecting and empowering us with steadfast love.
Leader: When you have been like the fig tree in Jesus’ story that seems unable to produce and
that everyone has given up on, what has God done for you?
People: God
tends the soil and waters the ground, nurturing us into life with steadfast
love.
Leader: Children
of God, come, let us worship God who never gives up on us!
All: We come to worship and cling to
God, for God’s steadfast love never fails! AMEN.
**HYMN #413 (UMH)........................................................................................ “A
CHARGE TO KEEP I HAVE”
Remember that our Lord Jesus can sympathize with us in our weaknesses, since in every respect
he was tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with boldness approach the throne of
grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Let us confess our
sins against God and our neighbor…
God, you call us to step more deeply into ourselves as we amend and awaken to who you
desire us to be. Let us acknowledge our transgressions so that we may prepare our hearts
for change. We confess that we have not always brought forth good fruit. In the midst of
chaos and frenzy, we have often lost our way. Our feet have strayed from the place where
we met you. Our egos have kept us from noticing our missteps; yet, with you, we know
there’s another chance for change. There is another opportunity to bear good fruit in a
world full of spoiled and rotten produce and systems designed to kill, we are called to be
the change that sustains generations. Let us lean with you into this chance for
transformation.
AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: God’s grace and mercy abounds. God is with us in the change. God’s everlasting
arms embrace us. Each of us is beloved, affirmed, and set free.
People: God’s grace rests upon us and frees us for joyful obedience. Thanks be to God!
We are forgiven. AMEN.
Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us. Let not my doubts nor my darkness speak
to me. Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us. Let my heart always welcome your
love.
SERMON................................ “CHRISTIAN
CHARACTER: HOLINESS”.................. REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #361 (UMH).......................................................................... “ROCK
OF AGES, CLEFT FOR ME”
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER
I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime that
I don't know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.
CALL
TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY
**DOXOLOGY #95 (UMH)..................................... “PRAISE
GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW”
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all
creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye
heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
**OFFERTORY PRAYER
**HYMN #2220 (TFWS)............................................................................................ “WE
ARE GOD’S PEOPLE”
**CHORAL BENEDICTION...... “GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN”1.......... CHANCEL CHOIR
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us
together in love.
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Flowers
on the altar are presented in memory of those we love by the Funke family
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
