Ever Faithful
March 7, 2026 by Kara White
Filed under Featured, Livestream Links and Order for Worship
Third Sunday in Lent
Welcome to Ivy Chapel United Church of Christ.
Along with God’s whole Church we are on a 40-daiy wilderness trek. By grace alone, we live.
WELCOME
PRELUDE Praise to the Lord, the Almighty arr., Diane Bish
*CALLTO WORSHIP Blair Bittick
One: Come, let us worship God!
All: Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
One: Come, let us worship our Shepherd!
All: We are the sheep of God’s pasture, and we follow where God leads us.
One: Come, let us open our hearts!
All: We receive God’s love poured into our hearts through the Spirit.
One: Come, let us worship God, the rock of our salvation!
All: Let us worship God, whose mercy guides and sustains us on the path of new life!
*HYMN Amazing Grace Hymn No. 299
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION Blair Bittick
Creator God, maker of heaven and earth, we come before you with songs of joy and hearts full of gratitude. We thank you for your abundant blessings and for guiding us like a shepherd guides his flock. Help us to listen for your voice and to follow your ways faithfully. Open our hearts to receive the life you offer and let our lives be shaped by your grace. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
*PASSING OF THE PEACE Rev. Dr. Carol Trissell
*RESPONSE Open My Eyes, That I May See Hymn No. 174
A READING FROM THE PSALMS Psalm 95 Blair Bittick
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Linda Lowry
SPECIAL MUSIC I Want Jesus to Walk with Me arr., Lloyd Larsen
NEW TESTAMENT READING Romans 5:1-11 Rev. Dr. Carol Trissell
SERMON “Grace” Rev. Dr. Carol Trissell
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Rev. Dr. Carol Trissell
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer (debts… debtors)
OFFERING
Invitation to Generosity:
The God of Living Water invites us to share our time, our talents, and our financial resources with others who are still thirsty for meaning and purpose in life. Let us give back to God from the abundance we have received. Give as God has enabled you to do so. Will the ushers come forward with our gifts?
*DOXOLOGY Hymn No. 623
*Prayer of Thanksgiving: Rev. Dr. Carol Trissell
All: Gracious God, we pray that our gifts may provide nourishment to those who thirst for justice, strength to those who hunger for hope, and a community to those living in loneliness. May the amazing grace you have given us flow through our gifts. Amen.
*HYMN Fill My Cup, Lord Hymn No. 367
*BENEDICTION Rev. Dr. Carol Trissell
*POSTLUDE How Firm a Foundation arr., Gilbert Martin
