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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...
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Lent 5: Conformed to the Image of Christ
Summary: Today’s Old Testament reading from Jeremiah comes at a time when the people of Israel were tempted to be devoted to false gods. Their moral foundation fell apart and their society became sick with...
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Lent 4 – Is God Shouting at Us?
Summary: In today’s old testament lesson, we hear of many of the hardships God’s people had to endure after leaving Egypt. Many felt angry and victimized, until Moses was able to secure healing by raising...
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Lent 3: The Wisdom of God
Summary: Today’s Gospel reading tells of what is referred to as “The cleansing of the temple”. From Jesus’ perspective, the temple represented God in the presence of God’s people, and should invoke religious awe. The...