Third Sunday of Lent

Order of Worship

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Let us pray for the whole people of God, in Christ Jesus, and for all people according to their needs.

O Lord, our Rock, forgive us our grumbling ways. Give us the grace to trust you on our journey together through this life, and grant us unity, the living water that we need so desperately, and the faith to believe that you are with us always, even to the end of the age. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

We come before you this morning, Father, to worship you. Help us leave behind, at least in this hour, the petty concerns of daily life, trusting you for daily needs. Give us this day — this Lord’s Day — yourself, that we may be sustained. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Lord Jesus, give us joyous peace in the face of sufferings, and the Christian character of enduring hope. We pray this especially for our homebound and those who mourn, particularly the family of Nancy Menius, whom we commend to your loving care. For all those who cannot be or would not be in the physical communion of their church family this morning, we request your singular grace to believe that you died for them. Through this knowledge of your abounding love, help them to stand in your grace. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Holy Spirit, lead us to the one who offers the living water that wells up into a spring of eternal life. Inspire us this week to hear you in the Word, and so, move us each day beyond a focus on ourselves and our sins to yourself, the source of all life and peace— the only one who is indeed the Savior of the world. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Into your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy — through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Teaching

Open or download this week's preview of the lessons. We send this to our homebound with a bulletin each week and thought you might like to have a copy as well. You may read it online or print it out. It includes prayers, brief teaching on each of the four lessons for Sunday, an overview, and an additional Word Search based on the Gospel Lesson. 

Vespers

Join us for Vespers this evening in the parsonage (across the street from the church) at 6:00. We will be eating and laughing, singing and praying, and reading and discussing the readings for the third week of Lent are: Genesis 44:1–17; Romans 8:1–10; John 5:25–29