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MARCH 16, 2025 - SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
ORGANIST JAMES ROSS

Prelude -  These Holy Mysteries-Roger Wilson
 
Welcome & Announcements 
 
*Call to Worship 
Vessels, holy and whole 
Broken, needing the One 
Open, body and soul 
Healer, come.
 
* Opening Hymn – “It’s Me, It’s Me, O Lord”                #352
 
Opening Prayer 
Creator God, we are bodies fashioned by your hand in your own image, shapes and colors of diverse and immense beauty. And yet too often we have ignored the sacred nature of our physical lives.
 
The Holy Vessels you have fashioned are tired and suffering, ravaged by months of disrupted rhythms and ailment. Our fragility has come into full view, and we are frightened. We cannot fathom the proportions of loss and so we look away, sometimes even from our own needs. Help us, Healer. Show us our strength. Forgive our inertia. Move us to move one step at a time toward greater care. In Jesus name. Amen.
 
Children’s Chat 
 
Scripture – Matthew 8: 1-4; 16-17
Pastor: The Word of God for the people of God. 
People: Thanks be to God 
 
Series: Holy Vessels: A Season of Recovery
Message: “Treasure”
 
Tithes and Offering 
Offertory -  Peace, Please-Peter Leys
*Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #94 
 
Prayers of the People - Joys and Concerns 
 
*Prayer Hymn –  “Sweet Hour of Prayer”         # 496
 
Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer 
 
*Closing Hymn –“He Touched Me”     #367
 
Action Steps and Benediction 
 
Postlude -  God Himself is Present-Don Freudenburg

This service is recorded and is subject to change upon movement of the Holy Spirit.

The flowers for this Sunday are in memory of Ashley Malec, Given for the glory of God and in loving memory of her birthday in Heaven by Jim & Darlene Ross. 

 

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