March 9, 2025 First Sunday in Lent
Restrooms are located in the Fellowship Hall and downstairs across from the kitchen.
“+” Indicates that you are invited to stand
Gathering
Prelude Pianist
Welcome and Announcements
+Call To Worship:
Leader: Welcome
People: We come, aware of our sin, of all the ways we miss the mark.
Leader: God welcomes you with compassion.
People: We come, longing for restoration, to be made new.
Leader: God surrounds you with grace and forgiveness, reconciling you to God and one another.
People: We come, thirsting for reconciliation, to draw close to God and one another.
Leader: God embraces you with love, reuniting us with God and one another.
ALL: Sustain in us, O God, a willing spirit to return to the joy of our salvation as we journey together through the season of Lent.
+Opening Prayer (in unison):
God, you are our refuge. You are the shore in sight, you are hands that reach out, you are the ground on which to rest. God, you are our strength. You are the life we long for, you are the refusal to give up, you are the keys of home we carry with us. God, you are our help in time of trouble. We call on you from the ruins and the rubble, we call on you from the wildness and the deep. We call on you to meet us in this place! Amen
Sharing the Love of Christ
+Hymn #301 “Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross”
Moment with Children & Youth (Congregation will sing “Jesus Loves Me” as the children gather)
Pennies for Jesus (This goes to purchase items for the Organ Cave Blessing Box and Lending Library.)
Offertory Prayer
Offering (Giving of Ourselves and Our Gifts To God)
+Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (UMH 95)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures hear below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Praises and Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
+Hymn #377 “It Is Well with My Soul”
Prayer of Illumination: “O God of Grace and Glory, reveal to us the truth of Your Holy Word as we read, proclaim, and meditate upon what you are saying to us today, in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!”
Psalms Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
Scripture Luke 24:1-12
The Message Seven Crucial Signs Pastor Sharon Howard
The Altar Call
(The Alter is always open. Please feel free at any time to come forward for prayer.)
+Closing Hymn #322 “Up from the Grave He Arose”
Benediction: As you depart from this house of worship please pass the peace for the love of Christ!!! (Fist bumps)
Postlude
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+Indicates standing for all who are physically able
LECTIONARY THIS WEEK: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Organ Cave 4-H is providing bingo prizes for the residents of the Lewisburg Healthcare Center. If anyone would like to donate they asked for inexpensive items (crafts, candy, personal items, seasonal decor or yarn for their crochet class.
Bible Study will not start until Wednesday, March 19, due to pastor’s vacation.
Refreshments: Thank you to Lisa and Steve for providing refreshments today. Next Sunday, March 16, Linda, Reagan, and Talitha will provide refreshments.
We received 148.57 in February for Pennies for Jesus. Great job!
WEEKLY CALENDAR
Today 9:15am Worship
Tuesday 6:30pm Yoga at Trinity (note change in day for this week only)
VITAL SIGNS
Worship Attendance: 30 (25 adults) Sunday School: 5 Worship Offering: $1,797.00
Pennies for Jesus: $148.57
Elizabeth Chapel’s Prayer List
Danny Long Deanna Hylton Bob Plotner Betty Seldomridge
Dan Perry Sharon Boswell Katie McNeely Oretha Morgan
(**Please note that a name will stay on for 3 weeks so if there is someone that needs to remain on the list or someone to add please call the church office.)
The Seasons Place: Becky Longanacre Autumn Way-Rupert: Carol Creasman
Seneca Trails Healthcare Center (Greenbrier Manor): Henry Hanson, Peggy Mills, Rose Gragg Allegheny Health & Rehab: Joanne Cohernour
Birthdays this week:
Pastor’s email: stretchwife@yahoo.com |
Mar 11-Nancy Hodges; Hunter Queen
Mar 13-Bill Biggerstaff
Anniversaries this week:
Mar 11 Mike & Sharon Howard