March 12, 2023
Third Sunday in Lent
Enhance your online worship experience
Whether you’re a first-time online visitor or a life-long member, we welcome and celebrate the ways you enrich our collective worship of a scattered yet gathered Children of God. As we begin our service, we invite you to light a candle, just as we do in the prelude during our in-person worship. Our two altar candles symbolize that Christ was both a human being and God. A light being carried into the world shows that Jesus Christ is for all people - everywhere. Just as a the acolyte carries the lighted candlelight into the congregation, the light symbolizes the light of Jesus Christ preceding us into the world where we as the church are to serve.
Gathering: The chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Be Thou My Vision arr. Jason Tonioli
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
One: People of God, open your eyes.
Many: Surely the Lord is in this place.
One: For this is none other than the house of God,
Many: A meeting place for God and people.
Let us worship God together.
Hymn
Christ Is the World’s Light UMH# 188
Concerns and Prayers with the Lord’s Prayer
UMH# 895
Share your own Prayer or Concern
A Reading from the Gospels
Solo
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need RESIGNATION
Carol Kinsey
A Reading from the Old Testament
Sermon
Company on the Journey | Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon
The power of the living God is present right here and right now. Even if you can't feel, God is here, loving you and forgiving you. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven and made new.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and made new.
Thanks be to God.
Profession of Faith
A Statement of Faith of the United Church of Canada UMH# 883
Blessing of the tithes and offerings
Doxology | UMH# 95
Hymn
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing UMH# 400
Postlude
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah arr. James Koerts
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Pianist: Patty Higgins
Music Intern: Nick Skaggs
Wanderings in the Wilderness
Reflection: When have you felt alone with your guilt and the consequences of your actions? What guilt do you still carry with you?
Daily Prayer: Gracious Lord, forgive me. Help me to know your forgiveness so that I can forgive myself. Remind me that you are with me no matter what. Amen
❤️ How to Help The Ukrainian People 🇺🇦
Those wishing to provide humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian people in the wake of the Russian invasion of their country may contribute to the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s Advance #982450, UMCOR International Disaster Response and Recovery. This fund will provide direct assistance to those in Ukraine as well as assistance to Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries.
Gifts to support the people of Ukraine can be made in the following ways:
By toll-free telephone: 888-252-6174
By check made out to Global Ministries/UMCOR with “Advance #982450-Ukraine” written on the memo line, either mailed and addressed to Global Ministries/UMCOR, GPO, P.O. Box 9068, New York, NY, 10087-9068 or given at or through any United Methodist church
100% percent of all Advance contributions go to the designated cause.
The United Methodist community in Ukraine, though quite small, is actively engaged in assisting neighbors in need. Global Ministries is in touch with the church’s leadership as well as with church leaders in countries welcoming those who are fleeing from violence in Ukraine.
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