Sunday, March 12, 2023 - Worship Service
Sunday, March 12, 2023 - 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Order of Service
We continue our live broadcast this morning and welcome in-person worshipers into the Sanctuary (with socially distanced seating). Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this morning’s service, both online and in person.
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Announcements
Words of Welcome
Prelude – “As the deer” arr. P. Sanders Cota
Bells of St. Andrew’s
Call to Worship - Liturgy from PWS&D
L: Just as the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,
P: the Spirit sends us into places of uncertainty where we confront our weakness and insecurities.
L: Here we are taught to pay attention to those whom others discard.
P: Jesus insists that God is revealed in unlikely people.
L: Jesus offered living water to the Samaritan woman at the well who was the wrong religion, the wrong gender, and had the wrong marital status.
P: We, too, are a gathering of nobodies, yet Jesus claims us as somebodies who all have a place.
L: In Christ, there is neither insider nor outsider invited nor shunned, accepted nor rejected.
P: We, too, are called to see beyond outdated
categories and to offer living water to the thirsty.
L: It is those who have been rejected who most need to know acceptance.
P: Let our gatherings be a place for those who have been told they don’t belong.
Education Helps Make Dreams Possible
Education is vital to overcome poverty, reduce gender and economic inequality, and foster a peaceful society.
In a poor neighborhood of Guatemala City, where many families struggle to get by through scavenging in a waste disposal site, PWS&D supports an education program with the Francisco Coll School. This provides not only primary school education, but also includes continuing education scholarships for graduating students so that they may find a better livelihood. This presents the opportunity to break cycles of poverty by opening doors to the job market.
Ingrid was one of six students to receive this scholarship, which enabled her to continue her studies. Today she proudly holds the title of an accountant.
“I want to thank God for the blessings and opportunities that God has given me through the support received from the Francisco Coll Educational Center, an establishment in which I took my first steps in the process of my education. I appreciate the financial support that has helped me to achieve an important stage in my life,” she expresses with gratitude.
This Lenten season, help make sure children have access to quality education so that they can build bright futures.
Hymn #27 As the deer
Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness
Hymn #412 Come, let us sing to the Lord our song
(The Children are invited to go to their class with Julia)
Psalm (responsive) - Psalm 95
Scripture Reading (Sharon Duff) - John 4:5-42 (CEB)
Sermon: Will you give me a drink?
A Time for Reflection
Hymn - We all come thirsty from Sanctified Art
Invitation to Offering
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We are making a difference TOGETHER.
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Offertory - Praise, I will praise You Lord arr. F. Gingrich
Presented by the Bells of St. Andrew’s
Offertory Prayer
Anthem - Wonderous Love arr. S. Sametz
Prayers of the People
Hymn #683 I know not why such wondrous grace
Blessing
Postlude – Basse de Cromorne L.N. Clerambaut
We gather on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Peoples. We are also on lands that are part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum. We live and work, worship, learn and meet on lands that are the traditional territory of many different Indigenous Peoples who were here before the establishment of European colonies.
