4/6/2025 Morning Worship Bulletin

April 6, 2025

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Announcements 

Invocation

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21

16 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters,

17 who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:

18 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old.

19 I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

20 The wild animals will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,

21 the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.

“Bless Your Name”

We have come ​

to worship a mighty God.​

And we have come to lift up a joyful song.​

Let us praise the King, ​

Let us praise the King of Glory.​

We will respond ​

to love and mercy God has shown us​

We will respond​

To all the great things God has done​

Let us praise the King, ​

Let us praise the King of Glory.​

Here in this moment ​

Here in our lives​

Now and forever be glorified​

Holy, Holy, Lord Almighty​

All the earth is praising Your name​

Holy, Holy, God of glory​

Open up the heavenly gates ​

as we bless Your name​

With grateful hearts ​

we enter in the presence ​of a​

Faithful God, the father of an endless love.​

Let us praise the King, ​

Let us praise the King of Glory.​

Here in this moment ​

Here in our lives​

Now and forever be glorified​

Holy, Holy, Lord Almighty​

All the earth is praising Your name​

Holy, Holy, God of glory​

Open up the heavenly gates ​

as we bless Your name​

You are worthy, ​

You are worthy,​

You are worthy of all our praise​

You are Holy, You are Holy,​

God of glory we bless Your name ​

You are worthy, ​

You are worthy,​

You are worthy of all our praise​

You are Holy, You are Holy,​

God of glory we bless Your name ​

Holy, Holy, Lord Almighty​

All the earth is praising Your name​

Holy, Holy, God of glory​

Open up the heavenly gates ​

as we bless Your name​

“Great are You Lord”

Great is the Lord

He is holy and just

By His power we trust

In His love

Great is the Lord

He is faithful and true

By His mercy He proves

He is love

Great is the Lord

And worthy of glory

Great is the Lord

And worthy of praise

Great is the Lord

Now lift up your voice

Now lift up your voice

Great is the Lord

Great is the Lord

Great is the Lord,

He is holy and just

By His power we trust

In His love

Great is the Lord

He is faithful, and true

By His mercy He proves

He is love

Great is the Lord

And worthy of glory

Great is the Lord

And worthy of praise

Great is the Lord

Now lift up your voice

Now lift up your voice

Great is the Lord

Great is the Lord

Great are you Lord

And worthy of glory

Great are you Lord

And worthy of praise

Great are you Lord

I lift up my voice

I lift up my voice

Great are you Lord

Great are you Lord

Scripture: Psalm 126

1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them."

3 The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced.

4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses in the Negeb.

5 May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy.

6 Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.

Invitation, Confession, Pardon, Peace

Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him,​

who earnestly repent of their sin​   and seek to live in peace with one another.​Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.

Merciful God, We confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church.​​

We have not done your will, we have broken your law,

we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy.​

Hear the good news,

Christ died for us while we were still sinners,

which proves God’s love for us. ​In the name of Jesus Christ, You Are forgiven

In the name of Jesus Christ, You Are forgiven​

Glory to God, Amen. ​

Offering

Doxology

Praise God, from ​whom all blessings flow; ​

Praise Him, ​all creatures here below; ​

Praise Him above, ​ye heav'nly host; ​

Praise Father, Son ​and Holy Ghost. Amen​

Joys & Concerns

(Please keep it to 1 sentence)

Scripture: John 12:1-8

1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.

3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said,

5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?"

6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)

7 Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial.

8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."

“He Hath Showed Thee O Man”

He hath showed thee o man

what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee,

but to do justly and love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God. 

“I Gave My Life for Thee”

Hymn # 546

I gave My life for thee;

My precious blood I shed,

That thou might’st ransomed be,

And quickened from the dead.

I gave, I gave My life for thee.

What hast thou giv‘n for Me?

My Father’s house of light,

My glory-circled throne,

I left for earthly night,

For wan-d’rings sad and lone.

I left, I left it all for thee.

Hast thou left aught for Me?

I suffered much for thee,

More than my tongue can tell,

Of bitt’rest agony,

To rescue thee from hell.

I’ve borne, I’ve borne it all for thee.

What hast thou borne for Me?

And I have bro’t to thee,

Down from My home above,

Salvation full and free,

My pardon and My love,

I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee.

What hast thou bro’t to Me?

“Jesus is Lord of All”

Hymn #275

All my tomorrows, all my past-​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

I’ve quit my struggles,​

contentment at last!​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

King of Kings, Lord of Lords,​

Jesus is Lord of all;​

All my possessions and all my life-​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

All of my conflicts,​

all my thoughts –​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

His love wins the battles​

I could not have fought;​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

King of Kings, Lord of Lords,​

Jesus is Lord of all;​

All my possessions and all my life-​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

All of my longings, all my dreams-​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

All of my failures​

His power redeems;​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

King of Kings, Lord of Lords,​

Jesus is Lord of all;​

All my possessions and all my life-​

Jesus is Lord of all.​

Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-16

4b If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:

5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.

8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.

10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,

11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

13 Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Let those of us then who are mature be of the same mind; and if you think differently about anything, this too God will reveal to you.

16 Only let us hold fast to what we have attained.

Message: Pastor Ryan

Communion

The Communion Supper, instituted by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a sacrament, which proclaims His life, His sufferings, His sacrificial death and resurrection, and the hope of His coming again. Brothers and sisters in Christ,​the Christian life is redeemed from sin and consecrated to God.​The Supper is a means of grace in which Christ is present

by the Spirit. ​

It is to be received in reverent appreciation and gratefulness for the work of Christ. All those who are truly repentant, forsaking their sins, and believing in Christ for salvation are invited to participate in the death and resurrection of Christ. We come to the table that we may be renewed in life and salvation and be made one by the Spirit. ​

In unity with the Church, we confess our faith: ​Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. ​

Holy God, We gather at this, your table, in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, who by your Spirit was anointed to preach good news to the poor, proclaim release to the captives, set at liberty those who are oppressed.​

2-17 Christ healed the sick, fed the hungry, ate with sinners, and established the new covenant for forgiveness of sins. We live in the hope of His coming again. ​

On the night in which He was betrayed, He took bread, gave thanks, broke the bread, gave it to His disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.​

Likewise, when the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks, gave it to His disciples, and said: “Drink from this, all of you, this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in remembrance of me.” Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ​

And so, we gather as the Body of Christ to offer ourselves to you in praise and thanksgiving. Pour out your Holy Spirit on us and on these your gifts. Make them by the power of your Spirit to be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the Body of Christ, redeemed by His blood. ​

By your Spirit make us one in Christ, one with each other, and one in the ministry of Christ to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen. And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, let us pray: ​

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen​

Benediction