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APRIL 6, 2025
FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
ORGANIST JAMES ROSS

Prelude -I Come To The Garden-John Barr

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship (based on Isa. 35: 5-6, Ps. 146:8)
Leader: In the midst of life’s storms, God is there.
People: What have we to fear?
Leader: In the darkness and terror, God is with us.
People: Of whom shall we be afraid?
Leader: Rise up, people of God, for you are loved and saved.
People: Thanks be to God who cares deeply for us.
All: Vessels, holy and whole, Broken, needing the One; Open, body and soul. Healer, come.
 
* Opening Hymn – “Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross” #301
 
*Prayer of Confession
  Lord God of all Creation, we come to you from our storm-tossed lives to seek your peace; we come to you with our questions and uncertainties, our worries, and anxieties, we come to you from our joy and our happiness.
  More than all of that we come to you because of what you have done for us in the love of Christ who bought our freedom by his sacrifice on the Cross and showed us new life in his resurrected life.
  Eternal God, as we ask that you accept our prayers through Jesus Christ our Lord, we pray that from the grace we have received, what we say and what we do will enable those around us to glimpse the life of your Son -- who calmed the storm with words which still echo down the centuries, ‘Peace be still’. Amen.
 
Leader: The peace of Christ is with you.
People: And also with you.
 
Children’s Chat
 
Scripture – Matthew 8: 18-27
Pastor: The Word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God
 
Series: Holy Vessels: A Season of Recovery
Message: “Restoration”
 
Tithes and Offering
Offertory -Turn To Jesus-Katy Nichole (Beth Craig-Soloist)
*Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #94
 
Prayers of the People - Joys and Concerns
 
*Prayer Hymn – “Be Still My Soul” #534
 
Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
 
Communion
 
*Closing Hymn – “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” TFWS #2129
 
Action Steps and Benediction

Postlude -Comfort Ye My People- Paul Fejko

The flowers on the altar today are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of the 45th heavenly birthday of our son Jimmy by Jim and Carolyn Turnbull. 
  
This service is recorded and is subject to change upon the movement of the Holy Spirit. 

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