Sunday March 10 2019 nd 2 Sunday of

Sunday March 10, 2019 nd 2 Sunday of Lent

Welcome, Announcements and Acknowledgements Portions of the service printed inbold are spoken by the whole congregation. The asterisk (*) indicates congregation stands, but please feel free to sit at any time. Children are always welcome at our services. Books/toys are available at the front and back of the sanctuary.

Upcoming: Avabelli Dance Troupe ~ Monday @ 7: 00 pm Quilting ~ Tuesday 19 th @ 10: 00 am Men’s Breakfast Wednesdays @ 7: 00 am Church Art Mice ~ Wednesdays @ 10: 00 am Drum Circle ~ Wednesday Mar 20 @ 7: 30 pm Lenten Series ~ Thursday @ 6: 30 – 8: 30 pm Scrapper’s Unite ~ Mar 22 & 23 ~ (starts Noon on 22

Lodge Services th Tuesday March 19 Willow Creek ~ 2: 00 pm Paragon Place ~ 3: 30 pm

Sunday March 10, 2019 nd 2 Sunday of Lent

Lenten Candle Ceremony: (Based on Psalm 27)

(Light the Christ candle)

O God, for the light you bring to our understanding, for the hope you bring to our fear,

for the guidance you bring to our path, we give you thanks. (Light 2 purple candles) https: //www. ministrymatters. com/all/enty/4613/worship-elements-january-22 -2017 -option-1

Introit: “Joyful, We Adore You” #232 VU VERSE #1

1 Joyful, joyful we adore you, God of glory, life and love;

hearts unfold like flowers before you, opening to the sun above.

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the gloom of doubt away;

giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day.

Call to Worship: look to the stars Look to the stars—filling the sky with light! God’s word is a light, shining bright in the darkness.

Look to the stars—spread across the universe, farther than any eye has seen. God is everywhere present, whether we go to the ends of the earth or depths of the sea.

Look to the stars—more than we even have numbers to count. God’s grace is beyond imagining, beyond language, beyond counting.

Look to the stars—signs of God’s promise, shining through all generations. We come to worship God, in whom we trust. Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson. https: //www. liturgylink. net/category/lent-year-c/lent-2 c/

*Prayer Song: “Spirit God, Be Our Breath” #150 MV

1 Spirit God: be our breath, be our song. Blow through us, bringing strength to move on.

Our world seems inward, defensive, withdrawn… Spirit God, be our song.

2 Patient God: soothe our pride, calm our fear. Comfort us. When we know you are near

we grow more certain, our vision is clear. Patient God, calm our fear.

3 Loving God: be our voice, be our prayer. Reaching out, joining hands as we share,

we seek your guidance through friendship and care. Loving God, be our prayer.

4 Spirit God: be our breath, be our song. Blow through us, bringing strength to move on.

Through change, through challenge, we’ll greet the new dawn… Spirit God, be our song.

Congregational Theme/Story Time (based on Genesis 15: 1 -12, 17 -18)

*Hymn: “Like a Rock” #92 MV

Like a rock, like a rock, God is under our feet.

Like the starry night sky, God is over our head.

Like the sun on the horizon, God is ever before.

Like the river runs to ocean, our home is in God evermore.

A Reading from Luke 13: 31 -35 Jesus is warned that Herod wants to kill Him. He dismisses this and sets his face is toward Jerusalem. Then he laments over the city which fails to heed the prophets.

Reading: Stick Your Neck Out – Proclaim Resurrection, by Gord Dunbar, Kincardine United Church, ON, page 71 of gathering L/E/P 2019

Choir Anthem

Minister’s Message

*Hymn: “As Comes the Breath of Spring” #373 VU

1 As comes the breath of spring with light and mirth and song, so does your Spirit bring new days brave, free, and strong.

You come with thrill of life to chase hence winter's breath, to hush to peace the strife of sin that ends in death.

2 You come like dawning day with flaming truth and love, to chase all glooms away, to brace our wills to prove

how wise, how good to choose the truth and its brave fight, to prize it, win or lose, and live on your delight.

3 You come like songs at morn that fill the earth with joy, till we, in Christ, newborn, new strength in praise employ.

You come to rouse the heart from drifting to despair, through high hopes to impart life with an ampler air.

4 You breathe and there is health; you move and there is power; you whisper, there is wealth of love, your richest dower.

Your presence is to us like summer in the soul; your joy shines forth and then life blossoms to its goal.

Minute for Mission & Invitation for Offering

*Offering Hymn: “When We Are Living” #581 VU (Verse 2) Through all our living, we our fruits must give. Good works of service are for offering.

When we are giving, or when receiving, we belong to God, we belong to God.

*Offering Prayer: At this Lenten time we reflect on the hard choices of Jesus. May our daily lives, and these gifts, reflect our choice of the Christian Way:

a way of compassion; a way of healing; a way of support for the powerless; a way of thanksgiving and worship; a way of love. Bless these gifts, O God, as you have blessed us with the gift of Jesus. Amen. ~David Sparks

Prayers of the Gathered Community & The Prayer Jesus Taught

*Gospel Song:

I am weak but Thou art strong – Jesus, keep me from all wrong; I’ll be satisfied as long as I walk, dear Lord, close to Thee.

Chorus: Just a closer walk with Thee – grant it, Jesus, is my plea; daily walking close to Thee – let it be, dear Lord, let it be

Thru this world of toil and snare, if I falter, Lord who cares? Who with me my burden shares? None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

Chorus: Just a closer walk with Thee – grant it, Jesus, is my plea; daily walking close to Thee – let it be, dear Lord, let it be

Irish Blessing

*Recessional: “ When You Walk from Here” #298 VU (2 times)

When you walk from here, when you walk from here,

walk with justice, walk with mercy, and with God's humble care.

When you walk from here, when you walk from here,

walk with justice, walk with mercy, and with God's humble care.