March 14, 2021 Service

 

 

PETALUMA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

THE WORSHIP PODCAST

March 14 , 2021

The Order of Service

For the 4^th  Sunday in Lent

THE JOURNEY IS OUR HOME

 

 

PRELUDE: “The Savior’s Song”  Marilyn Lee, Organist

 

GREETING:  Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

                                                           

CALL TO WORSHIP: Nora Tallent

 

For us, worship flows abundantly past the confines of our weekly gatherings.

For us, worship is a way of life.

But we find our center when we come together in prayer, in praise,

in confession and joy.

We find our core when we give ourselves with one voice to God.

So come, let us begin.

Let us join hearts, minds, and spirits as we worship God in this moment.

AMEN

 

OPENING HYMN:  “ Amazing Grace” (UMH 378) Marilyn Lee

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound

that saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found;

was blind, but now I see.

 

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

and grace my fears relieved;

how precious did that grace appear

the hour I first believed.

 

Through many dangers, toils, and snares,

I have already come;

‘tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

and grace will lead me home.

 

CALL TO CONFESSION:   Charlotte Peterson

 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION: Charlotte Peterson

Holy and wonderful God,

We gather in different places this day to claim our common heart in you.

We reach out from different lives to become a people rooted in your love.

We come in this moment to acknowledge that, simply put, we must do better.

Loving God, we are pushed and lured by a world that would distract us from the

good you would have us do, and we know, we must do better.

Holy Spirit, we are sometimes overwhelmed by our fears and paralyzed in the face of it all, and we know, we must do better.

Awaken us, we pray, so that we might give our whole lives to you.

Enlighten us so that we might see the right paths of healing, hope, and justice.

And forgive us, we pray, for we know that we must do better; in Jesus’ name, AMEN.

 

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Rob Bickmore

  

SCRIPTURE READINGS:

 

Ephesians 2: 8-10           

Read in English by Nora Tallent;

Read in Fijian by Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraka 

 

John 3: 14-21             

Read in English by Nora Tallent

Read in Fijian by Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraka

                                           

SERMON:  “Those Who Trust…”  Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE PASTORAL PRAYER: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER:     

Led in English by Sue Sarno

Led in Fijian by Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraka

 

THE OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS AND TITHES:  Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

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OFFERTORY:  “More Love to Thee, O Christ”   played by Marilyn Lee

 

PRAYER OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

CLOSING HYMN:  “Just as I Am” (UMH 357) Marilyn Lee

 

Just as I am without one plea,

but that thy blood was shed for me,

and that thou bid’st me come to thee,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

 

Just as I am, and waiting not

to rid my soul of one dark blot,

to thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

 

THE BENEDICTION: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE POSTLUDE:   “The Cross of Christ” Marilyn Lee