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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
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The Third Sunday In Lent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Reflection====
 
  
While walking to evening prayer in New Delhi, India, Mohandas Gandhi was shot five times at point blank range and died almost immediately. Gandhi was the primary political and spiritual leader of India during his country's independence movementHe was one of the first in India to practice mass civil disobedience and nonviolence against the tyranny in his country, inspiring a host of twentieth-century activists.
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====Opening Prayer Song====
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"The Algorithmic Cantor; Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing — A New Lenten Setting (James Allen, 18th c.)"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQMHhpDRs4</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQMHhpDRs4 Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
  
[silent reflection]
 
  
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
 
'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
 
  
====Opening Song====
 
  
''Servant Song''
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====Exodus 17:1-7====
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Pk2NHKg_o Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMgu40q1Twg Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
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*[ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2017%3A1-7&version=NIV  Click to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
 
  
'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
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====Psalm 95====
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azR1uMOyDZU</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azR1uMOyDZU  Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2095&version=NIV  Click to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
=We Hear God's Word=
 
  
====Psalm 146:5-9====
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====Romans 5:1-11====
[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=194886352 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5J3bR9kGQM  Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%205%3A1-11&version=NIV  Click to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
 
  
'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
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====John 4:5-42====
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8HBbOIXLD8</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8HBbOIXLD8 Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204%3A5-42&version=NIV Click to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
====Ephesians 6:1-9====
 
[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206:1-9&version=NIV Read passage online at biblegateway.com (NIV)]
 
 
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
 
 
'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
 
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
  
Gandhi said, "If I have read the Bible correctly, I know many men who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ or have even rejected the official interpretation of Christianity who will, probably, if Jesus came in our midst today in the flesh, be owned by him more than many of us."
 
 
====Prayers for One Another====
 
(Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.)
 
  
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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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 debts as we forgive our debtors.
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  
  
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Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
 
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
  
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Amen.
 
Amen.
  
===Closing Prayer===
 
We know, Lord, that the world will never cease to return hatred for love and violence for peace.  Still we pray for the courage and confidence to walk in love and peace for the sake of those who have never known love or peace, for the sake of our own treacherous hearts.  Amen.
 
  
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  
===Passing the Peace of Christ===
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====Closing Song & Prayer: When My Love to Christ Grows Weak====
(Each person says a line of the blessing, adding the name of someone present at the end of the line. If there are more than 8 people present, two or more names may be added at the end of a line).
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'''May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''wherever he may send you, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''may he guide you through the wilderness, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''protect you through the storm, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]'''
 
 
 
'''at the wonders he has shown you, [name]'''
 
  
'''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]'''
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====Passing of the Peace====
  
'''once again into our doors, [name].'''
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====Fellowship & Conversation====

Latest revision as of 13:41, 8 March 2026

Sunday, March 8, 2026

The Third Sunday In Lent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer Song

"The Algorithmic Cantor; Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing — A New Lenten Setting (James Allen, 18th c.)"


We Hear God's Word

Exodus 17:1-7


Psalm 95


Romans 5:1-11


John 4:5-42


We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.


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 debts as we forgive our debtors.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,

for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.

Amen.


We Go in Peace

Closing Song & Prayer: When My Love to Christ Grows Weak

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation