Traditional Worship Bulletin
Traditional Worship Service
February 25, 2024 | 11:00 am
“Lent: A Season of Fasting and Feasting”
Mark 10:35-45
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Choral Introit: “Jubilant Song”
Norman Dello Joio, composer
A&M Commerce Choir
Dr. Randy Hooper, director
Welcome
Dr. Mike Marshall, Associate Pastor
Prelude: Fugue on the “Kyrie”
François Couperin, composer
Peggy Graff, organist
*Call to Worship
Rev. Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez, PhD, Associate Pastor
One: In this important season we learn that we are important to God and that each person is valued, so lay down titles and positions and pick up the threads of fellowship and joining with our neighbors let us worship God who calls one and all to join him in the journey of love. What is the greatest gift of life?
All: To know we are made in the image of God.
Leader: What does that require of us?
All: To love our neighbor as ourself.
Leader: Where does that take us?
All: To a place where we see all are equal.
Leader: Come then to worship in that place where God’s people find the fullness of life and learn to share its fullness with others.
All: Amen.
Passing the Peace of Christ
*Hymn 61: “Come Thou Almighty King”
1. Come, thou almighty King,
help us thy name to sing,
help us to praise!
Father all glorious,
o’er all victorious,
come and reign over us, Ancient of Days!
2. Come, thou incarnate Word,
gird on thy mighty sword,
our prayer attend!
Come, and thy people bless,
and give thy word success;
Spirit of holiness, on us descend!
3. Come, holy Comforter,
thy sacred witness bear
in this glad hour.
Thou who almighty art,
now rule in every heart,
and ne’er from us depart, Spirit of power!
4. To thee, great One in Three,
eternal praises be,
hence, evermore.
Thy sovereign majesty
may we in glory see,
and to eternity love and adore!
*Affirmation of Faith 881
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic◦ church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
*Gloria Patri 70
Glory be to 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.
**Please be seated
Faith Like a Child
“Mister Mark” Burrows, Director of Children’s Ministries
*Hymn 452: “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”
1. My faith looks up to thee,
thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day
be wholly thine!
2. May thy rich grace impart
strength to my fainting heart,
my zeal inspire!
As thou hast died for me,
O may my love to thee
pure, warm, and changeless be,
a living fire!
3. While life’s dark maze I tread,
and griefs around me spread,
be thou my guide;
bid darkness turn to day,
wipe sorrow’s tears away,
nor let me ever stray
from thee aside.
4. When ends life’s transient dream,
when death’s cold, sullen stream
shall o’er me roll;
blest Savior, then in love,
fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above,
a ransomed soul!
Scripture: Mark 10:32-52
JonAnna Reidinger, lay reader
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Series: Lent: A Season of Fasting and Feasting
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
Prayer Response: Sicut Cervus
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina composer
Offertory: “Ah, Holy Jesus”
John Ferguson, arranger
Lyndsey Walker, viola
*Doxology 95
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host.
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Benediction
One: Our gathering will soon be ended. Where will we go, and what will we do?
All: We will go out to be God’s people in the world.
One: May grace, peace, hope, love, and joy forever accompany you. Amen.
*Choral Benediction: “I’m Gonna Sing”
Moses Hogan, arranger
*Postlude: “Herzliebster Jesu” (Ah, Jesus Dear)
Johannes Brahms, composer
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