April 3 Livestream – Fifth Sunday of Lent – A New Thing
April 2, 2022 by Rich
Filed under Featured, Livestream Links and Order for Worship
Thank you for joining us in this, the fifth Sunday of Lent.
WELCOME
PRELUDE – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Hobby
*CALL TO WORSHIP
One: We gather in the presence of God.
All: We gather to worship God.
One: We are not meeting by ourselves.
All: We gather with many ancestors.
One: With Moses and Aaron;
All: With Sarah and Abraham
One: With Mary and Joseph;
All: With women of faith, and with fishermen;
One: With tax collectors – Zacchaeus and Matthew;
All: With converts – Nathaniel, Nicodemus and Paul;
One: With saints of every persuasion, from every generation;
All: Let us declare God’s praises together!
*HYMN – My Faith Looks Up to Thee – #462
My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray, Take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day Be wholly Thine!
May Thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me, Oh, may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be, A living fire!
While life’s dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside.
When ends life’s transient dream, When death’s cold, sullen stream
Shall o’er me roll;
Blest Savior, then in love, Fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above, A ransomed soul!
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
Life-Saving God; above all, you make our spirits soar like no one else! You give us sanctuary from a frightening and exhausting outside world. As Mary did long ago in Bethany, we come to worship you, Blessed Jesus. Our joy in response to all that you give moves us to offer you our praises.
If we get a little carried away, it’s because your abundant love changes everything. That’s what happened back when Mary anointed you. Like her, we are grateful beyond words for a chance to be close to you, Jesus. Come alive within us now. Cleanse us; change us; lead us, we pray. Amen.
*RESPONSE – O How He Loves You and Me – #254
Oh, how He loves you and me,
Oh, how He loves you and me.
He gave His life, what more could He give;
Oh, how He loves you,
Oh, how He loves me,
Oh, how He loves you and me.
Jesus to Calv’ry did go,
His love for mankind to show.
What He did there, brought hope from despair.
Oh, how He loves you,
Oh, how He loves me,
Oh, how He loves you and me.
GOD’S WORD – Isaiah 43:15-2 – Pastor Dan
SPECIAL MUSIC – Were You There? – Leavitt
GOD’S WORD – John 12:1-8 – Pastor Dan
SERMON – Pastor Dan
*HYMN – Let Us Break Bread Together – #265
Let us break bread together on our knees.
Let us break bread together on our knees.
Refrain:
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord have mercy on me.
Let us drink wine together on our knees.
Let us drink wine together on our knees. [Refrain]
Let us praise God together on our knees.
Let us praise God together on our knees. [Refrain]
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
As the United Church of Christ, we celebrate “open” communion. All who desire the bread and the cup are welcome to receive God’s gifts at this communion table.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER – Pastor Dan
*HYMN – Are Ye Able? Said the Master – #507
“Are ye able,” said the Master,
“To be crucified with me?”
“Yea,” the sturdy dreamers answered,
“To the death we follow Thee
Refrain:
Lord, we are able. Our spirits are Thine.
Remold them, make us, Like Thee, divine.
Thy guiding radiance Above us shall be
A beacon to God, To love, and loyalty.
Are ye able to remember,
When a thief lifts up his eyes,
That his pardoned soul is worthy
Of a place in paradise? [Refrain]
Are ye able when the shadows
Close around you with the sod,
To believe that spirit triumphs,
To commend your soul to God? [Refrain]
“Are ye able?” Still the Master
Whispers down eternity,
And heroic spirits answer
Now, as then, in Galilee. [Refrain]
*SENDING OUT – Pastor Dan
*POSTLUDE – Iste Confessor – Tallis
