Sunday, March 7, 2010
LENT – III
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
WELCOME VISITORS!
We’re glad you are here to Worship and share with us today.
Please feel free to fill out a visitor card. THANKS!
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Please note * indicates time to stand together as you are able.
ORGAN PRELUDE
WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord.
O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive
to my cry of mercy.
If You, O Lord, kept a record of my sin,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness, therefore You
are feared.
* HYMN #112 “O God, How We Have Wandered”
PRAYER OF APPROACH
Invite us to the banquet of new life flowing from your
generous heart, O God.
Help us to receive the love which is spread across the
table of life and into which we are gathered this day.
Call to our hearts in invitation. Take our hands now, we pray,
and lead us toward your gifts as we sing…Our Father Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEDICATION OF FAN IN CHOIR LOFT AT Olinda-Ruthven
We dedicate this fan to the Glory of God and to the betterment of
our Angels who so capably sing God’s praises underneath it!
We praise You O God, for your many gifts and blessings
to us.
DEDICATION PRAYER
ANTHEM
Olinda-Ruthven “Jesus, Tempted In The Desert”
Trinity “There Was no Other Way” (#50 Favorites)
OFFERING
* LENTEN DEDICATION (Tune #541 VU)
Praise God who blesses us each day;
Praise God who guides us all the way.
We bring our best to share today;
Accept our humble gifts we pray. Amen
CHILDREN’S HYMN “Kum Ba Yah”
1. Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah,
Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah,
Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah.
O Lord, Kum ba yah!
2. Someone's laughing Lord, Kum ba yah...
CHILDREN’S STORY
3. Someone's crying Lord, Kum ba yah...
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
RESPONSIVE READING Psalm 130 Pg 853 VU Refrain #2
Olinda-Ruthven Pauline Mikolash
Trinity Barbara Whittle
SCRIPTURE LESSON Matthew 14:14-21
Olinda-Ruthven Pg 796 or 14
Trinity Pg 20 or 848
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Dear Jesus, our Saviour and Lord, lead us to the time
of your passion.
Lead us to the places You walked and to the people You
encountered; lead us to your cross; to the place of
crucifixion.
Stay with us, Lord, as we witness your suffering and listen
to your words.
As we approach Calvary, we become increasingly mindful
of our sins and of your incredible love for us.
Eternal God, we confess that we have turned away from you
in our thinking, speaking and doing.
We have lived for ourselves and have refused to
bear the burdens of others.
We have passed by the hungry, the poor, and the oppressed.
O God, we have tried to hide from you and from
one another.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
Calvary is the place where you reveal your perfect forgiveness.
In the midst of your frightening crucifixion, your
forgiveness abolishes the power of sin and our hope
begins anew. Amen.
SCRIPTURE LESSON Jonah 1:1-17
Olinda-Ruthven Pg 752 or 813
Trinity Pg 800 or 813
MEDITATION “Our Providing God”
PRAISES AND CONCERNS
PASTORAL PRAYER
* CLOSING HYMN “Stand Up, Stand Up, For Jesus”
Stand up! stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the Cross!
Lift high His royal banner; it must not suffer loss.
From victory to victory His army He shall lead,
‘Til every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed.
Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle, the next the victor’s song:
To him that overcometh a crown of life shall be;
He with the King of Glory shall reign eternally.
* COMMISSIONING
Let us go out knowing that even though God’s provisions
for us we do not deserve.
Yet because of the cross, we receive eternal life.
So let us rejoice within God’s “means of grace”,
as this is our key to survival,
“Abide With Me” #436 VU
Abide with me; fast falls the evening tide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide;
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Remembering….
* CHORAL AMEN
ORGAN POSTLUDE ccli #687879
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Minister: All the people
Clergy: Pastor Sheryle Steadman (Home: 519-738-0152)
Secretary: Brenda Miller (Office: 519-326-3138)
office@ruthvenpc.com www.ruthvenpc.com
Olinda-Ruthven Organist & Choir Director: Lynn Mailhoit
Assistant Organist: Doug Scott
Trinity Organist & Choir Director: Margaret Pare
Assistant Organist: Elaine Wright
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