Fifth 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.

Eternal Father, breathe into your church your holy spirit and give us life that we would walk in confident faith all the days of our lives. Raise all those who are dead in sin to the sound of your voice that they would awaken and be brought into the fold of your promise of life eternal. Make us instruments of your mission that we might carry your holy word to the nations, that through hearing and understanding, many dry bones would be raised as a new creature of faith. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

O God of our salvation, we thank you for the beloved saints who have passed and now rest with you in glory. Comfort all who presently mourn. Grant patience and endurance in the coming weeks as we pray for the family and friends of Tommy Huffman and Rev. Craig Honbarger. Lord, we ask you to be with them during their grief and suffering, and fill them with the peace, presence, and power of your son, who promises whoever believes, though he die, yet shall he live. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Father, we pray for those serving you worldwide. Strengthen the churches and missions grounded in your word. Provide both physical and spiritual nourishment, aligning their efforts with your purpose. Help us to support one another, enabling us to better serve those called to your church through faith in your Son. We pray especially for Naomi’s Heart Mission. Bless them, and make them fruitful in all their missional works that your spirit would fill the communities and families in which they serve. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Lord Jesus, help us to live according to the spirit, that we would always trust in the salvation that you have given us in your cross. Help us to remember the forgiveness you offer to us, and that you alone have the power to call the dead out of their tombs to new life. Help us to apprehend your promise of mercy, forgiveness, and life through the gifts you offer — through holy communion, in your preached word, in the hearing of the gospel, that your spirit would breathe life in us and sustain us forever. 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 Fifth Sunday of Lent: Exodus 3:16–4:12; Romans 12:1–21; John 8:46–59.