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Fifth Sunday in Lent
March 26, 2023
MORNING WORSHIP – 10:00 A.M.
WATCHWORD FOR THE WEEK: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. -Psalm 130:5
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS..............................Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen
PRELUDE: Chorale Prelude on “O Come and Mourn With Me Awhile” ....T. St. Cross
C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
CALL TO WORSHIP, from Romans 8: 9-11
You are in the Spirit, if in fact God’s Spirit lives in you.
Since Christ is in us, the Spirit is our life because of God’s righteousness.
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you,
the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to our human bodies also, through his Spirit that lives in us.
LITURGY: Lent 2, page 78-81
SCRIPTURE LESSONS: John 11: 1-16
SCRIPTURE LESSONS: Psalm 130
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in the word of the Lord I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem.
It is the Lord who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
SCRIPTURE LESSONS: John 11: 17-45
During the singing of the next hymn, children age 3 and up are welcome to follow
Godly Play leaders to continue their worship in CE-101.
HYMN 338 - “Come, Lazarus” ....................................................................T. Bangor
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Ezekiel 37: 1-14
SERMON - The Bones Came Together
HYMN 492 - Come Down, O Love Divine....................................... T. Down Ampney
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
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OFFERTORY INVITATION
ANTHEM: In God Is My Salvation..........................................Henry Pfohl (1961)
Men’s Chorus
OFFERTORY PRAYER
PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH AND WORLD
HYMN 460 - Great Is Thy Faithfulness ..............................................T. Faithfulness
BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE – Hymn 832, The Grace of Our Lord
While singing, we extend the right hand of fellowship.
The congregation may be seated for a time of reflection or exit quietly during the postlude.
POSTLUDE - God is My Strong Salvation.................................................T. Wedlock
Gordon Young (1919-1998)
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