Lent II with Gail McGreggor

​Prelude   &   Processional   # 496  blue hymnal
 
Call to Worship
One:  Come, all who need help!
All:  Our help comes from God, the one who made heaven and
         earth.
One:  Come, all who desire blessing!
All:  Our blessing comes from God, the God of Abraham, the God
         of the ages.
One:  Come, all who long for salvation!
All:  Our salvation comes from Jesus Christ, the one sent by God
         to save the world. Let us worship God.   Amen.
 
Opening prayer
 
Hymn # 641 One more step along the world I go
 
Words of Welcome
 
Invocation and the Lord’s Prayer
 
Announcements - Birthdays - Anniversaries  
 
Lenten Liturgy
Week Two: Responsibility
One: Jesus has called us to love our neighbors as ourselves, but all too often we let the social boundaries and borders of the world divide us. We build up walls rather than bridges; we keep people out who need to be invited in. We have a responsibility to care for one another as Christ cares for us, and yet we often fail to do it.
All: We light this candle as a symbol of our hope in Jesus Christ to teach us again how to love, how to break down walls and to build bridges.
Prayer (In unison): Creator God, remind us again of our responsibility to care for one another, and to watch out for each other. As we journey towards the cross this Lenten season, help us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Amen.
OFFERING:  To follow Co-vid protocol we have placed a collection box on the table.... if you wish to give.    Thank you
 
Offertory prayer
 
Hymn # 774   Freely, freely
 
Please join me in reading psalm 121
 
I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your keeper, the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil, he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.  Amen.
 
Prayer for illumination
Scripture readings:  Genesis 12: 1-4a
                                   Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Scripture reading: John 3: 1-17
 
L:  This is the word of the Lord             P:  Thanks be to God
Message
Hymn   #  634  Will you come and follow me
Prayer
Hymn # 674 In the bulb there is a flower
Benediction
Amen… Amen
 
Announcements: 
 
 Good Morning!
 
 Welcome to Rockburn Presbyterian Church!
 
Thank you Gail for leading us in worship today.
 

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