3rd Sunday of Lent
Worship Leader: Marj Mack
Resources Used: as acknowledged
Worship Leader: Marj Mack
Resources Used: as acknowledged
Let us worship together as we read! You can follow along with the service which will be livestreamed on Facebook at 10AM Sunday morning.
For those who are not on Facebook, we will be posting the video onto our YouTube channel early in the week.
LENTEN TENEBRAE LITANY: Lent 3
All: God, you have given us the challenge of following your Law. Sometimes, we need to be angry with injustice & the wrongs of this world. Sometimes, following your way makes others angry with us. Open our eyes that we may know your will, & give us the strength to follow you & to serve one another. Amen
OPENING
HYMN:
Voices United #415 - God, we praise you for the Morning
All: I offer my gratitude for the blessing of this earth I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the measure of health I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the family and friends I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the community I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for those who offer their talents to this community of faith
I offer my gratitude for the life I have been given.
Let us sing, and pray and be together as we worship this morning.
LET us look at each other, and offer a silent blessing for their presence here and also in our lives.
Amen, and Amen
All: God, you have given us the challenge of following your Law. Sometimes, we need to be angry with injustice & the wrongs of this world. Sometimes, following your way makes others angry with us. Open our eyes that we may know your will, & give us the strength to follow you & to serve one another. Amen
Voices United #415 - God, we praise you for the Morning
All: I offer my gratitude for the blessing of this earth I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the measure of health I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the family and friends I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for the community I have been given.
I offer my gratitude for those who offer their talents to this community of faith
I offer my gratitude for the life I have been given.
Let us sing, and pray and be together as we worship this morning.
LET us look at each other, and offer a silent blessing for their presence here and also in our lives.
Amen, and Amen
OPENING PRAYER:
All: Teach me the language of prayer, God.
Help me to hear prayers of thanksgiving
in the laughter of young children and old friends.
Help me to feel prayers of lamentation
in the silent tears of strangers and loved ones.
Help me to witness prayers of intercession
in small acts of kindness and service.
Teach me, God, how to pray with my whole being.
Amen.
(Alydia Smith, from Parables, Prayers, and Promises (UCPH); a prayer for World Day of Prayer)
All: Teach me the language of prayer, God.
Help me to hear prayers of thanksgiving
in the laughter of young children and old friends.
Help me to feel prayers of lamentation
in the silent tears of strangers and loved ones.
Help me to witness prayers of intercession
in small acts of kindness and service.
Teach me, God, how to pray with my whole being.
Amen.
(Alydia Smith, from Parables, Prayers, and Promises (UCPH); a prayer for World Day of Prayer)
FIRST STORY:
(Rachel Naomi Remen M.D. “My Grandfather’s Blessings”)
CREED:
Voices United #918 “We are not alone”
(Rachel Naomi Remen M.D. “My Grandfather’s Blessings”)
CREED:
Voices United #918 “We are not alone”
SECOND STORY:
A Celebration of Those Lives Lived
All: Beloved Presence,
As we journey on our paths of life, we thank you for the footprints left on our hearts; the soft and gentle ones that brought comfort, the deep and lasting ones of enduring friendship, the lightly passing ones conveying kindness, and the impressionable footprints swept away by time. Each one left a ‘GIFT’ for us. How grateful we are for each life lived and their story remembered. Abundant peace…Amen
(Joyce Rupp)
SING:
Voices United #703 - In the Bulb, there is a Flower
OFFERING:
Presentation of Picture as donated by Irene Wrights’ family…
OFFERATORY PRAYER:
All: You have blessed us with great abundance, O God.
You have called us to be a blessing to others.
May the giving of these gifts and the sharing of hearts and lives show that your covenant promises are living among us. Amen.
(written by Beth Johnston, Gathering L/E/ 2014 page 35)
PASTORAL PRAYER:
SCRIPTURE
READING:
John 15: 1-5
COMMUNION:
SING:
Voices United # 481 - Sent Forth by God’s Blessing
PARTING WORDS:
One: May the love that gives to life its beauty,
All: the reverence that gives to life its sacredness,
and the purposes that give to life its deep significance
be strong within each of us
and lead us into ever deepening relationships
with all of life. May it be so.
A Celebration of Those Lives Lived
All: Beloved Presence,
As we journey on our paths of life, we thank you for the footprints left on our hearts; the soft and gentle ones that brought comfort, the deep and lasting ones of enduring friendship, the lightly passing ones conveying kindness, and the impressionable footprints swept away by time. Each one left a ‘GIFT’ for us. How grateful we are for each life lived and their story remembered. Abundant peace…Amen
(Joyce Rupp)
Voices United #703 - In the Bulb, there is a Flower
Presentation of Picture as donated by Irene Wrights’ family…
All: You have blessed us with great abundance, O God.
You have called us to be a blessing to others.
May the giving of these gifts and the sharing of hearts and lives show that your covenant promises are living among us. Amen.
(written by Beth Johnston, Gathering L/E/ 2014 page 35)
John 15: 1-5
Voices United # 481 - Sent Forth by God’s Blessing
One: May the love that gives to life its beauty,
All: the reverence that gives to life its sacredness,
and the purposes that give to life its deep significance
be strong within each of us
and lead us into ever deepening relationships
with all of life. May it be so.
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