Bulletin
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Lent 4
We Gather in God's Name
Call to Worship
Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
Response: His love endures forever
Leader: It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from
Response: His love endures forever
Leader: It doesn’t matter if you have been a fool
Response: His love endures forever
Leader: It doesn’t matter if you are hurting now
Response: God’s love endures forever
Leader: Let us cry out to the Lord
All Because his love endures forever, he will surely save us.
Opening Thoughts: We are saved by Grace
We Hear God's Word
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
====John 3:14-21====
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
Ephesians 2:1-10
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
By a member of the congregation