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Resurrection Now and in the Future
March 26, 2023 – The Fifth Sunday in Lent In today’s gospel reading, Jesus is moved to sorrow when his friend Lazarus falls ill and dies. Then, in a dramatic scene, he calls his friend...
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The Works of God
The Fourth Sunday in Lent Jesus heals a man born blind, provoking a hostile reaction that he regards as spiritual blindness to the things of God. WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP Prelude: “Chandos Sonata in Bb”,...
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The Discovery of Joy
March 12, 2023 – The Third Sunday in Lent Today’s message is taken from Jesus’ conversation with a Samaritan woman at the town well. We learn how love disregards cultural standards when it’s for the...
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Healing Our Blindness
March 5th, 2023 – The Second Sunday in Lent Jesus speaks to a curious Pharisee about life in the Spirit and the kingdom of God. WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP Prelude: “Lenten Prayer”, Garth Edmundson Welcome...
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Outwitting the Devil
The First Sunday in Lent Jesus experiences anew the temptations that Israel faced in the wilderness. As the Son of God, he endures the testing of the evil one. WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP Prelude: “My...
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Facing the Truth
The Fifth Sunday in Lent April 3rd, 2022 WE GATHER TO WORSHIP Prelude: “Gethsemane Suite” Jaromir Weinberger, 1939 Greeting and Announcements *Hymn: “Christ, the Life of All the Living” *Apostolic Greeting *Prayer of the Day...
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The Life-Giving Power of Grace
The Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 27, 2022 WE GATHER TO WORSHIP Prelude: “Arias from the Lenten Cantatas”, Bach Greeting and Announcements *Hymn: “Come Thou Font of Every Blessing” *Apostolic Greeting *Prayer of the...
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What We Can and Cannot Know
The Third Sunday in Lent March 20, 2022 WE GATHER TO WORSHIP Prelude: “Spirituals” Peggy Tolson Greeting and Announcements *Hymn “Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love” *Apostolic Greeting *Prayer of the Day FIRST READING:...
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Peace Without Compromise
The Second Sunday in Lent – March 13, 2022 WE GATHER TO WORSHIP Prelude: “Sonata in Bb” – Handel, 1720 Greeting and Announcements Call to Worship: “A Prayer of King Henry VI” – Henry Ley,...
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Hope, and the Strength to Resist
The First Sunday in Lent March 6, 2022 T he text for the first Sunday in Lent is always the same – Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. This story illustrates Jesus’ power to resist and...