Order of Worship, March 31, 2019

The 4th Week of Lent

 

MINISTER:  Rev. Steve Boose

CLERK OF SESSION:  Ted Brown

ORGANIST:    Josh Lim

MORNING WORSHIP 9:30 a.m.     March 31st, 2019

 

GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP

 

INTROIT:    Holy, Holy, Holy

 

LENTEN READING:    Lent IV    Sharin Cooper

 

HYMN:   Stand Up and Bless the Lord    #411

 

CONGREGATION’S LIFE AND MINISTRY:    Alison  Murray Brown

 

SOMETHING TO SEE:         

                             

HYMN:     Wherever I May Wander    #319

 

GOD SPEAKS TO US

SCRIPTURES:

 

RESPONSIVE PSALM:  Psalm 101   (pg 593)

                                                                                    (Led by Alison Murray Brown)

 

NEW TESTAMENT   Matthew 18:12-14     (pg 978)                         Luke 13: 31-35                    (pg 1033)

APOSTLE’S CREED

HYMN:   O Safe To the Rock     (insert)

 

SERMON: Thorns of Rejection

Rev. Steve Boose  

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD

OFFERTORY:    

 

OFFERING:    Presentation of Gifts

 

THE DOXOLOGY:      We Give Thee But Thine Own (vs 1  #661

 

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

(debts and debtors)

 

HYMN:   Help Us Accept Each Other (vv1,2,4)       # 632

 

THE DISMISSAL: THE WORD GOES OUT

 

THE BENEDICTION

 

THREEFOLD AMEN

 

GO NOW IN PEACE

 

POSTLUDE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

We welcome you to worship this morning.

May God continue to bless us here at Limehouse. 

 

Session will meet Thursday April 11th in the Church7 p.m.

 

Session will meet at the church, Thursday April 11^th at 7:00 p.m.

 

April 18^th ,  Maundy Thursday 6:30 p.m.

 A pot luck supper with elements of a Passover meal will be shared. 

 Communion will be part of the meal.  We meet in the Church basement. Please join us.

 

Easter Lilies will be available for Easter Sunday, April 21st.

 If you wish to place a lily in memory of a loved one, please

 speak to Bill Karn, by April 14th. Cost:$10.00

 

The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated, Easter Sunday, April 21^st.

 

Lent - For more than fifteen centuries, the season of Lent has encompassed forty non-Sabbath days before Easter, a very Biblical number of days during which Christians are encouraged to examine themselves and their lives before the celebration of the Resurrection!  This season is known as "Lent" and part of the process often includes a "fast" of some kind.  Whatever you give up, whether or not you stick to it is between you and God!  But this is a time to be reconciled, a time to be humble, and a time to come close to one another and to God.