(Image: “Take Away the Stone” John August Swanson)
©Order of Worship for Sunday March 26, 2023
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Women’s History Month
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Text for hymns are found below each hymn. Click on the hymn highlighted text for music if shown.
Prelude………………………………………………Greg D.
Coming of the Light:………………………………..Michael C.
Greetings:……………………………………Pastor Steven
Opening Prayer: …………………………..……Robin C.
O God, you pour out your spirit of grace and love.
Deliver us from cold hearts and wandering thoughts,
that with burning zeal and steady minds
we may worship you in spirit and truth. Amen
Opening Hymns:..“The Power of the Cross” #3085 W&S
Words and Music: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
©2005 Thankyou Music (PRS), admin. At EMICM Publishing.com
1. Oh, to see the dawn of the darkest day;
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten then
nailed to a cross of wood.
Refrain
This is the power of the cross; Christ became
sin for us. Took the blame, bore the
wrath, we stand forgiven at the cross.
2. Oh, to see the pain written on your face,
bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Every bitter thought, every evil deed
crowning your blood stained brow.
Refrain
This is the power of the cross; Christ became
sin for us. Took the blame, bore the
wrath, we stand forgiven at the cross.
3. Now the daylight flees; now the ground beneath
quakes as its Maker bows his head.
Curtain torn in two, dead are raised to life.
“Finished!” the victory cry.
Refrain
This is the power of the cross; Christ became
sin for us. Took the blame, bore the
wrath, we stand forgiven at the cross.
4. Oh, to see my name written in the wounds,
for through your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death, life is mine to live,
won through your selfless love!
Refrain
This the power of the cross; Son of God
slain for us. What a love, what a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.
“Trust and Obey” #467 UMH
Words: John H. Sammis, 1887 Music: Daniel B. Towner, 1887
1. When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2. Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
3. But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
4. Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we’ll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
The Passing of the Peace:………………………Pastor Steven
Let us show signs of reconciliation and love to one another
Gloria Patri: “Glory Be to the Father” #70 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th cent.
Music: Charles Meineke, 1844
Glory be the the Father and to the Son and to the
Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
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Offertory: …“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”…Handbell Choir
Music: Hans Leo Hassler arr. By Barbara B. Kinyon
© 1991 by Agape, Carol Stream, Illinois
Offertory Response:… “The Doxology” #95
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him,
all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly
host; praise Father, son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer After Receiving:………………………….Pastor Steven
Prayers of the People:……………………………Pastor Steven
Hymn of Preparation:…“Gentle Shepherd” #3096 W&S
Words: Gloria Gaither Music: William J. Gaither © 1974
William J. Gaither, Inc.
Gentle Shepherd, come and lead us, for we need you to
help us find our way. Gentle Shepherd, come and feed
us, for we need your strength from day to day. There’s
no other we can turn to who can help us face another
day; gentle Shepherd, come and lead us, for we
need you to help us find our way.
Gospel Lesson:…………..“John 11:38-45”………..Robin C.
Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.”
Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”
When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
Sermon:………“Release Out”………………….Pastor Steven
Anthem:….“What Wondrous Love Is This?”…Handbell Choir
American Folk Hymn arr. By Linda R. Lamb
© 1997 by SoundForth, Greenville, SC
Closing Hymn: Days of Elijah, #3186 W&S
Words and Music: Robin Mark
© 1996 Song Solutions Daybreak, UK admin. In America
By Integrity’s Hosanna Music (ASCAP)
1. These are the days of Elijah,
declaring the Word of the Lord.
And these are the days of your servant, Moses;
righteousness being restored.
And though these are days of great trials,
of famine and darkness and sword,
still we are the voice in the desert crying,
‘Prepare ye the way of the Lord.’
Behold he comes riding on the clouds,
shining like the sun at the trumpet call.
So lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee.
And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes.
2. These are the days of Ezekiel,
The dry bones becoming as flesh.
And these are the days of your servant, David;
rebuilding the temple of praise.
And these are days of the harvest;
the fields are as white in the world.
And we are your laborers in your vineyard
declaring the Word of the Lord.
Behold he comes riding on the clouds,
shining like the sun at the trumpet call.
So lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee.
And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes.
Dismissal with blessing:……………………Pastor Steven
Postlude:……………………………….…….………Greg D.
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