Following Jesus - “The Good Shepherd”
*Please stand in body or in spirit. Congregational responses are in bold and preceded by "All"
GATHERING
Welcome and Announcements
Invitation and Sharing of Peace
Peace be with you. And also with you.
Prelude The Table Rejuvenate
Lighting of the Altar Candles
Call to Worship (Clergy Stuff)
LEADER: Jesus calls us to worship.
ALL: We know his voice.
LEADER: Jesus calls us to worship.
ALL: We respond with joy.
LEADER: Jesus calls us to worship.
ALL: We will follow where he leads.
Opening Prayer (Clergy Stuff)
Shepherding God, Lead us each day in your way, caring for our needs, and showing us by your example how to love and care for others. Draw all the world into your loving arms, that all people and creation might flourish. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
*Opening Song The Summons TFWS 2130
- Will you come
and follow me
if I but call your name?
Will you go
where you don’t know
and never be the same?
Will you let
my love be shown,
will you let
my name be known,
will you let
my life be grown in you
and you in me?
- Will you leave
yourself behind
if I but call your name?
Will you care
for cruel and kind
and never be the same?
Will you risk
the hostile stare
should your life
attract or scare?
Will you let
me answer prayer in you
and you in me?
- Will you let
the blinded see
if I but call your name?
Will you set
the prisoners free
and never be the same?
Will you kiss
the leper clean,
and do such
as this unseen,
and admit to
what I mean in you
and you in me?
- Will you love
the “you” you hide
if I but call your name?
Will you quell
the fear inside
and never be the same?
Will you use the
faith you’ve found
to reshape the
world around,
through my sight and
touch and sound in you
and you in me?
- Lord, your summons
echoes true
when you but
call my name.
Let me turn
and follow you
and never be the same.
In your company I’ll go
where your love
and footsteps show.
Thus I’ll move
and live and grow in you
and you in me.
and you in me.
Scripture Reading John 10:1-18
This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
Sermon “The Good Shepherd” Rev. Dr. Alicia Vanisko
RESPONDING
Invitation to Observe Lenten Discipline
Thanksgiving over the Ashes
Imposition of Ashes
Song Sunday’s Palms Are Wednesday’s Ashes TFWS 2138
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1. Sunday’s palms 2. We have failed 3. We are hasty |
Confession and Pardon
ALL: Most holy God, we come to you in need of grace. Time and again we have forgotten your simple and loving call—to love you, our neighbors, and ourselves. We have forgotten your promise to care for us, and in our fear, we have made choices that hurt us, those around us, and even those we don’t know. Remind us who we are and whose we are, and show us the way to amend our wrongs, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our savior and friend.
Pastor: Have no fear, little flock, for God loves you exactly as you are, and desires nothing more than to restore you to wholeness. Know that you are freed from sin and death now and forever. Amen.
Communion Sung Response TFWS 2257a-d
Leader: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
...
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord; God of power and might.
Heaven and heart are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest!
Blest is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest!
...
All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest!
...
The Lord’s Prayer (Spoken)
All: 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Sung: Amen, Amen, Amen.
Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest!
Sharing the Bread and Cup
All are welcome to receive communion. We serve bread and individual juice cups or prepackaged wafers and juice. Gluten-free is also available. If you would like to be served in your seat, let the ushers know.
SENDING
*Closing Song Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us UMH 381
- Savior, like a
shepherd lead us,
much we need
thy tender care;
in thy pleasant
pastures feed us,
for our use
thy folds prepare.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
Thou hast bought us,
thine we are.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
Thou hast bought us,
thine we are.
- We are thine,
thou dost befriend us,
be the guardian
of our way;
keep thy flock,
from sin defend us,
seek us when we
go astray.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
Hear, O hear us
when we pray.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
Hear, O hear us
when we pray.
- Thou hast promised
to receive us,
poor and sinful
though we be;
thou hast mercy
to relieve us,
grace to cleanse
and power to free.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
We will early
turn to thee.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
We will early
turn to thee.
- Early let us
seek thy favor,
early let us
do thy will;
blessed Lord
and only Savior,
with thy love
our bosoms fill.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
Thou hast loved us,
love us still.
Blessed Jesus,
blessed Jesus!
Thou hast loved us,
love us still.
*Benediction
Benediction Response
Postlude Craig Nickerson, Organist
Copyrights
The Table, by Chris Tomlin, © 2014 Capitol CMG Paragon; S. D. G. Publishing; Twelve Lions Music; Worship Together Music; Terebinth Music, CCLI #7028956, Rejuvenate
Used by Permission. CCLI Church Copyright License Number: 1684333 and Streaming License Number: 20155039.
The Summons by Graham Maule and John Bell, © 1987 WGRG, c/o Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland, TFWS 2103, CCLI #1040329
Used by Permission. CCLI Church Copyright License Number: 1684333 and Streaming License Number: 20155039.
Sunday's Palms Are Wednesday's Ashes, by Benjamin Franklin White and Rae E. Whitney, © Words: 1994 Selah Publishing Company, Inc.; Music: Public Domain, CCLI #3413445 - TFWS 2138
Used by Permission. CCLI Church Copyright License Number: 1684333 and Streaming License Number: 20155039.
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us, buy Dorothy Ann Thrupp and William Batchelder Bradbury, Public Domain, CCLI #24078 - UMH 381
Used by Permission. CCLI Church Copyright License Number: 1684333 and Streaming License Number: 20155039.
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