Sunday, March 5, 2023 - Worship Service
Sunday, March 5, 2023 - 10:30 a.m. Worship Service - Second Sunday of Lent
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 – Choral Prelude in “Kilmarnock” A.E. Floyd
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: Even when our situation changes, we cling to the tried and the true.
P: We insist that what worked in the past will work in the future.
L: Yet, Jesus calls us to die to our old ways so that the new will emerge.
P: He said that we need to be born again to see God’s new realm.
L: Embracing God’s realm will mean accepting different principles that no longer feed our egos.
P: It will mean putting the needs of others before our own.
L: We know the depth of God’s love, revealed to us in Jesus, God’s Son.
P: When we are reborn by God’s Spirit, we will go where the Spirit leads us and love as God loves us.
Bhachini Resumes Her Business
In India, Bhachini Devi lost her husband due to tuberculosis. After his death, she moved in with her eldest son and his family.
Using the money she earned from running her small general store, Bhachini took care of her family. Unfortunately, her eldest son also contracted tuberculosis, so Bhachini supported his treatment when he was in the hospital. When her income wasn’t sufficient she had to take out a loan.
Sadly, her son also died from tuberculosis.The stress of the situation left her unable to run her business.
Her story became known to staff at the Mohulpahari Christian Hospital, supported by PWS&D, and soon Bhachini was provided with assistance to restart her store. This outreach turned her life around.
Now, Bhachini beams with joy because her business is running well, her store has many more things to sell and she can continue to support her family.
This Lenten season, faithfully responds to Christ’s call to provide livelihood support. Through PWS&D, we are helping people achieve their dreams and support their families.
Hymn #194 Come, let us to the Lord our God
Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness
Hymn #687 Blessed assurance
(The Children are invited to go to their class with Julia)
Psalm (Responsive) - Psalm 121
Scripture Reading (Glen Duff) - Numbers 21: 4 - 9 (CEB) & John 3:1-17 (CEB)
Sermon: How Do We Begin Again?
A Time for Reflection
Invitation to Offering
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Offertory - Prelude on “olivet” arr. G. Young
Offertory Prayer
Prayers of the People
Hymn (Sanctified Art) - Begin Again
Sacrament of Holy Comunion
Grace
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
…and join with angels and saints
in this joyful hymn of praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
…and know the ground of our faith:
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
…to disciples who asked how they should pray:
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.
The Peace
The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Anthem - Bread of the world
Hymn #643 Lift high the cross
Blessing
Postlude – Lift high the cross arr. G. Young
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.
