Traditional Worship Service
March 17, 2024 | 11:00 am
Lent: A Season of Fasting and Feasting
Mark 13:28-37
Dr. Mike Marshall, preaching
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Welcome
Dr. Mike Marshall, Associate Pastor
Prelude: “Hear Us, O Lord”
Thomas Atwood, Ronald Nelson, arranger
Adoramus Chamber Choir
Alison Haygood, director
*Call to Worship
Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez, PhD, Associate Pastor
One: In the Light of God’s love we journey through the dark places of life knowing we should fear no evil and will be victors in God’s grace. So let us worship the one who journeys with us and helps us to overcome our fears to live with strength even in our tears. Do we expect life just to be sweetness and light?
All: We know that trials will confront us all.
One: Where is our hope in the darkest of times?
All: In the love and grace of God who gives us strength.
One: How do we journey through the challenges of life?
All: With trust in the One who journeys with us.
One: In that trust let us turn to God and Christ Jesus, God’s Son
and in the Spirit of peace and praise worship God.
All: Amen.
*Hymn 160: “Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart”
*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
Sacrament of Baptism
Bradley Walker Dearden son of Jacqueline and Michael Dearden
Baptismal Hymn 191: “Jesus Loves Me” (vs. 1)
Jesus loves me, this I know,
for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong;
they are weak, but he is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
Congregational Response
With God’s help we will so order our lives after the example of Christ that Bradley Walker, surrounded by steadfast love, may be established in the faith, and confirmed and strengthened in the way that leads to life eternal.
Faith Like a Child
“Mister Mark” Burrows, Director of Children’s Ministries
*Hymn 560: “Help Us Accept Each Other”
Scripture: Mark 13:28-37
Jeanne Cochran, 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
Pastoral Prayer
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)
Offertory: “Sing Praise to Christ”
S. Bach, composer
*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.
*Congregational Benediction: “Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed”
At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away;
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day.
*Postlude: “Postlude in C Major”
Girolamo Frescobaldi, arranger
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The Sanctuary Flowers are given in memory of our friend & neighbor, Carol Elliott Row, by Debbie & Gary Griffith.
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