LENT 5
PREPARED BY: Kathy Soloski
RESOURCES: Whole People of God; Gathering; interruptingthesilence.com; 2018 Sarah Christmyer
Let us worship together as we read! You can follow along with the service which will be livestreamed on Facebook at 10AM Sunday morning.
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CALL TO WORSHIP:
One: God says, “The time is coming when I will make a new covenant with you.”
All: You are our God, and we are your people!
One: God says, “I will put my law within you and write it on your hearts.”
All: You are our God, and we are your people!
One: God says, “All will know me, from the least to the greatest.”
All: You are our God, and we are your people!
One: God says, “I, your God, have spoken.”
All: You are our God, and we are your people!
One: God, on this day we come before you in prayer and song,
All: for you are our God and we are your people!
(Whole People of God)
OPENING PRAYER:
All: God of everlasting covenant, we celebrate and give thanks that you are forever in our midst, bringing new life out of old. Plant your seeds of love within us, and bring them to glorious flower that others might see them in all their glory and give you thanks and praise. Amen.
(Whole People of God)
LENTEN LITANY:
All: Loving God, you call us from darkness & despair, to life & hope. Help us to bring death to sin. Open us to the possibility of new life which can spring forth from the darkness of the old. Amen
HYMN:
Voices United #703 - In the Bulb There is a Flower
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
All: Sometimes, O God, we mess up, we get it wrong, we make mistakes, we speak words that hurt others. We are sorry for all those things we have done and not done that have caused others pain and which, in turn, have hurt you. Forgive us when we miss the beauty around us. Forgive us when we stop caring about others and only focus on ourselves. Forgive us when we ignore the little things in life. Create in us a new heart and loving spirit.
(Gathering - Cindy Randall, Humbervale, Ont.)
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
All: God loves us. God forgives us and invites us to new life. Thanks be to God. Amen. (Whole People of God)
GOD’S WORD TO US:
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Hebrews 5:5-10
John 12:20-33
MESSAGE:
The single grain has become the “Bread of Life”
(interruptingthesilence.com; 2018 Sarah Christmyer; Whole People of God)
OFFERING INVITATION
DEDICATION OF OFFERING:
All: Faithful God, we have freely received your many gifts. In turn, enable us, we pray, to give freely, gladly, and generously, so that your blessings may be shared with others. Amen. (Paul Fayter, Brantford, Ont. – Gathering)
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN:
Voices United #348 - O Love, How Deep
BLESSING & SENDING FORTH
All: With the imprint of God’s covenant upon us, we are sent out in the name of God. Forgiven, loved, freed. Beautiful is the love God has for us. Great is the sacrifice given. Go in peace to serve with all God has given. Amen. (Elaine Bidgood Sveet, Moorehead, Minn. – Gathering)
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