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Pastor..................................................... Reverend Carol Asher Home Phone: 744-7864 E-mail: clsasher2@aol.com Ministers.............................................................. All Members Director of Music............................................ Secretary............................................................. Diane Lamper Ukama/Partner........ |
Word of the Week: “L-E-N-T”
L life, light, love, loyalty, longing, liberty
E eternity, enthusiasm, encouragement, eloquence, expectancy
N need, nourishment, neighbor, nobility
T Trinity, task, time, talent, truth, trust, tranquility
This Week in Our Church Family
Boldface = Church-sponsored events
Sunday (2/17) 10:00 am Worship and
11:00 am Fellowship and Refreshments in Gilpatric Hall
11:30 am Lenten Discussion about our Nervous Hands
3-5 pm End of Life Series “Living With Dying”
Monday (2/18) 9:00 am T’ai Chi
Tuesday (2/19) 7:30 am Spirituality
7:00 pm Cabinet
Wed. (2/20)
Thursday (2/21) 1:00 pm Trustees
6:30 pm T’ai Chi
Friday (2/22)
Saturday (2/23)
Sunday (2/24) 10:00 am Worship and
11:00 am Fellowship and Refreshments in Gilpatric Hall
11:30 am Lenten Discussion about our Angry Hands
Thank You to Today’s Volunteers
Ushers: | Laurie Burke & Patte Morrow | Nursery Care: | Ask an usher |
Liturgist: | Greeters: | Joe & Pam Hulkow | |
Acolytes: | The Manvilles | Fellowship Hosts: | Dave & Lynne Sias |
Flowers
February 17, 2008 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship for the Second Sunday in Lent
Large print bulletins available—please ask an usher.
An asterisk (*) indicates “Please stand if you are able.”
Gathering for Worship
PRELUDE “Solemn Prelude” Callahan
IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH (announcements)
PREPARING THE WAY
Entering into Worship
CHORAL INTROIT
RESPONSIVE CALL TO WORSHIP
L: Lent is the time… P: … to wake from our sleeping,
L: to throw off our fears, P: to discard our excuses.
L: Lent is the time… P: … to walk toward freedom,
L: to believe in new life, P: to turn away from dead ends,
L: to life’s to new possibilities, P: to sing new songs.
L: Lent is the time… P:… to open our hearts to our awesome God.
*OPENING HYMN “God of Grace and God of Glory” (v, 1, 3, 5) Hymn #464
*GATHERING PRAYER (in unison)
Gracious God, the journey is long and the cross is heavy. We come today to this place of worship tired—tired of responsibility, tired of turning the other cheek, tired of trying to return good for evil. We wish someone else would carry our burdens for us. We long for an oasis in our wilderness. In the quietness of these few moments, help us to turn our eyes upon One Who has taken the responsibility, Who has turned the other cheek, Who has returned good for evil, and Who has promised to bear our burdens. Enable us to enjoy our lightened load, to continue our Lenten journey, and to find the oasis of your love. We pray together as Jesus taught us, saying: “Our Father…”
*LORD’S PRAYER (using “debts”)
CHILDREN’S STORY “Be Careful!”
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
(Children will leave to go to their classes at the beginning of this greeting time.)
*HYMN “Help Us Accept Each Other” (different tune) Hymn #487
A Time of Sharing
PRAYER JOYS AND CONCERNS
We may not know all the people we are asked to pray for; nor do we know all their needs. But we DO know God, and God knows exactly what each needs.
ANTHEM “Who Is That Man?” Besig
CALL TO PRAYER (sung by the people)
“Hush now in quiet peace, be still your mind at ease;
The Spirit brings release, so wait upon the Lord.”
PASTORAL PRAYER
CHORAL RESPONSE
MOMENT FOR
OFFERING
Organ Offertory “I Want Jesus To Walk With Me”, an African American Spiritual
*Doxology (sung by the people)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God, all creatures here below,
Praise God, above, ye heavenly host,
Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen
*Prayer of Dedication
Reflecting on God’s Word
SCRIPTURE Psalm 139: 1-12 p. 577 OT
Matthew 26: 69-75 p. 31 NT
SERMON “Sometimes It Causes Me to Tremble”
Sending
*CLOSING HYMN “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” Hymn #628
*BENEDICTION
ORGAN POSTLUDE “Toccata on ‘Leoni’” Young
Help Me By Eric Kilburn
Hold my hand, hold me steady,
Calm my nerves as I make ready.
Give me laughter in the face of fear,
Give me dancing over my despair.
Give me vision when my strength is gone,
Give me one more candle before dawn.
It Causes Us to Hurt Ourselves
John Henry Faulk tells the story of his early childhood, growing up with his cousin, Billy, deep in
One day John Henry’s mother sent them out to investigate a commotion in the henhouse. They cautiously entered where all the chickens were squawking and fluttering around and began to examine the nests. About half way through their investigation, as they peered into a nest, a black snake raised its head about six inches from their noses. John Henry remembers how all of their make-believe heroism fell away as they made a new door in the side of the henhouse.
When John Henry’s mother questioned them about the incident, she wondered how the two bravest lawmen in
Master story-teller, Donald Shelby, who relates this narrative, goes on to say that “Billy is absolutely right and that is why fear itself is frightening. John Steinbeck saw it and wrote, ‘A person afraid is a dangerous animal.’ And Robert Frost put it this way: ‘The people I am most afraid of are the people who are scared.’ Why? Because fear causes us not only to hurt ourselves, but to hurt each other in unwitting, senseless and often destructive ways.”
Whiter Than Snow
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7
Whiter than snow sounds like an impossibility, and yet the psalmist likens his spiritual purification as a result of God’s washing as being even whiter than snow. When companies advertising their detergents want to use the ultimate comparison, they use the word snow. So, you can buy Ivory Snow, or any one of a number of products with the word snow in its name or description. To those of us who live the snow belt, there is nothing that looks so lovely and so white as a newly fallen snow. Yet, if you take a pan full of that snow and melt it down, you will find that there are impurities in it that were hidden by the glare of its whiteness. Thus the necessity for being even whiter than snow, if we are to have a righteousness which is acceptable to God. Thank God, we have this in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, which is ours when we are washed in the blood of the Son of God.
There are two words in the Hebrew language that are used to indicate the different kinds of washing. One of them is a word which signifies the kind of washing which penetrates completely the thing washed, and cleanses it through and through. The other word is a word which means to wash the surface of an object without penetrating the object itself. Both these words are used very specifically and carefully in the scriptures to indicate the type of washing meant. The psalmist here uses the first word which means a thorough cleansing rather than just a surface cleansing. The next time you see a freshly fallen snow, let your heart rejoice that God, in Christ Jesus, has made you whiter than snow.
Announcements
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Welcome
Welcome! The psalmist cried out “Create in me a pure and willing heart, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (51:10) We are glad that you are present today with us and with God, as we journey through Lent.
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Lenten Discussion
After worship during Lent, we will have an opportunity to gather and discuss the topic/emotion of the morning. Come and participate in this sharing time as we grow together.
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End of Life Series
Plan to attend any or all of the sessions in the End-of-Life series that is sponsored by the Board of Christian Education. Each session will begin with a video (check out “On Our Own Terms” on the web) followed by discussion. There will be lots of information about planning for end of life directives, living wills, funerals, etc.—our Christian faith makes a difference as we think about these issues and talk with our families. The sessions will be every other Sunday afternoon from 3-5PM, beginning today. Today’s topic is “Living With Dying”. For more information, speak with Pastor Carol. Child care will be available—please notify the church office if you are coming and need care for your children.
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Daffodil Days
As a cheerful way to welcome Spring and raise spirits while supporting the efforts of American Cancer Society, you may order these bright golden blossoms at $10 a bunch. Lynne Sias will take orders and accept checks (made out to the American Cancer Society) by February 24th; flowers will be delivered the week before Easter, March 17-21. Please call Lynne at 279-4553 if you have any questions.
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March Newsletter Submissions
Please submit all articles for the March newsletter by Tuesday morning, February 19th.
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Dinner Bell
It is our turn to serve at Dinner Bell in
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