Welcome and Invitation to Worship
Announcements
Sharing Good News
Sharing and Prayer for those in need
Praise Music
Awesome God
Call to Worship
1 Corinthians 15:57-58
Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
*Gathering Hymn
Firm Foundation
*Invocation
Lenten Reflection
Welcome today into Christian community as we gather during the journey through the season of Lent. Lent is a time of reflection, introspection, and penitence. It is a forty-day period mirroring Jesus’s forty days of fasting and temptation in the desert. We embark on this spiritual journey together as a community, tracing the path from the ashes of Ash Wednesday to the glory of Easter Sunday. This season is a call to fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. We are reminded of our humanity, our fragility, and our shared reliance on God’s grace. It is a time to confront our weaknesses, confess our sins, and seek reconciliation with God and one another. Though we observe the solemnity of the season, each Sunday of Lent is also a celebration, a mini-Easter, reminding us of the hope and resurrection that lies beyond the cross. Each Sunday, we pause to gather strength and inspiration as we continue our Lenten journey. Let us worship God, seeking wisdom and strength in God’s word and God’s presence, as we continue to walk this Lenten path together.
Special Music
In Christ Alone
Disciples’ Generous Response
An important part of how we demonstrate hope and confidence in all that God has promised is how we respond and give generously to continue the Mission of Jesus Christ in the world today. As you continue on your journey through Lent, consider the ways that you are responding generously in hope and confidence. God’s astonishing compassion and love in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate example of generosity. God loves us abundantly and unconditionally. As we open our hearts to courageously and generously share our offerings, we reflect the movement of God’s astonishing love and compassion for the world.
A Time for Sharing
*Closing Hymn
Standing on the Promises - CCS 257
*Benediction
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