Bulletin
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Fourth Sunday in Lent
We Gather in God's Name
Opening Sentences
Leader: For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light.
People: Live as children of light — for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.
Leader: Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
People: Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
Leader: For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light.
People: Therefore it says,
All: Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
Opening Prayer
We Hear God's Word
Old Testament Scripture
Psalm 23
New Testament Scripture
John 9:1-20
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.
Closing Prayer
(Offered by a member of the community)
