Second Sunday in Lent
We Gather as the Body of Christ
WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS,
and FUNNY STORY
Pastor Bob
CENTERING WORDS (Psalm 121)
Pastor Bob
Look to the mountains and know this truth: God, our help, is stronger, larger, and mightier than the mightiest mountain. God’s help is stronger than any trouble this world can throw our way.
CALL TO WORSHIP
(Genesis 12, Psalm 121, John 3)
Sharon Stewart - Liturgist
God calls with a blessing.
Our help is in God.
God calls with a promise.
Our help is in God.
God calls through our questions.
Our help is in God.
God calls through the spirit.
Our help is in God.
HYMN: Lift High the Cross
UMC Hymnal #159
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Genesis 12: 1-4a Sharon Stewart
OPENING PRAYER (Unison)
Sharon Stewart
Spirit of help and hope, be with us this day.
Breathe into our prayers and praise.
Breathe into our spirits.
Breathe into our worship with your promise of help,
your promise of rebirth, and your promise of blessing.
In faith and trust, we pray. Amen.
A READING from the PSALMS
Psalm 121 Sharon Stewart
CHILDREN'S TIME with Pastor Bob
PREPARATION to PRAYER
My Tribute UMC Hymnal #99
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
PASTORAL PRAYER
We Attend to the Word
HYMN: Blessed Assurance
UMC Hymnal #369
GOSPEL READING
John 3: 1-17
MEDITATION Pastor Bob
Born Again ?
We Gather at Christ's Table
INVITATION to the OFFERING
Pastor Bob
As God has blessed us with the glory of love and light,
so God invites us to share these gifts to light God’s world. Give as you are called and as you are able.
OFFERTORY Erin Tellier
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow
UMC Hymnal # 94
BLESSING OF THE OFFERING
(Unison) Pastor Bob
God, our help and our hope, bless these gifts, that they may bring help to the needy and hope to the despairing. Bless us this day, that our very lives may be gifts of help and hope for your world. Amen.
COMMUNION HYMN
One Bread, One Body UMC Hymnal #620
GREAT THANKSGIVING
COME TO THE TABLE OF New Birth
LORD’S PRAYER
We Are Sent in Ministry to the World
BENEDICTION
Pastor Bob
As we have been helped,
God sends us to help in God’s world.
As we have been restored,
Christ sends us to restore others with love.
As we have received the Spirit,
The Spirit sends us to share our spirits with kindness and
compassion for all.
SENDING FORTH HYMN
Let There Be Peace on Earth
UMC Hymnal #431
DEPART IN PEACE...SHALOM!
Worship Liturgy is taken from two sources: Lectionary Liturgies and the Abingdon Worship Annual 2023.