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Sunday, March 26, 2023 11:00 a.m.
SUNDAY SERVICE: LENT V
WE COME TOGETHER BEFORE GOD
Prelude: “Jesus, I will ponder now” Wilbur Held
Director of Music: Blair Havers
Opening Hymn: 208 “In the cross of Christ I glory”
Gloria Patri
WORD OF GOD READ AND PROCLAIMED
Responsive Psalm 40:1-11 ref I Reader: Judith Flaherty
Jeremiah 26: 12-16
(https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+26&version=NET)
Matthew 27: 15-26
(https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27&version=NET)
Hymn 375 “Fairest Lord Jesus”
Anthem “Ave Verum Corpus” (Hail True Body, Born of the Virgin Mary) Robert Lau
Sermon “My Name Is Pilate” Rev. Dr. J. Mark Lewis
Silent Reflection
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD WITH CELEBRATION
Hymn 497 “Word of God, across the ages”
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
The Lord’s Prayer
The Offering
Offertory Solo: “O Lord, Whose Mercies Number Less” G.F. Handel
Soloist: Caren Donahue
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The Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
WE GO FORTH IN THE JOY OF THE LORD
Hymn 340 “At the name of Jesus”
Benediction & Choral Response
Postlude “The Royal Banners Forward Go” W. Held
Hymn 208 – In the cross of Christ I glory
1. In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o’er the wrecks of time; all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime.
2. When the woes of life o’ertake me, hopes deceive and fears annoy, never shall the cross forsake me: lo! it glows with peace and joy.
3. When the sun of bliss is beaming light and love upon my way, from the cross the radiance streaming adds more lustre to the day.
4. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, by the cross are sanctified; peace is there that knows no measure, joys that through all time abide.
Hymn 375 – Fairest Lord Jesus
1. Fairest Lord Jesus, Lord of all creation, Jesus, of God and Mary the Son: thee will I cherish, thee will I honour, O thou my soul’s delight and crown.
2. Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands, robed in the verdure and bloom of spring. Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, he makes the saddest heart to sing.
3. Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight, fair is the shimmering, starry sky: Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines clearer than all the heavenly host on high.
4. All fairest beauty heavenly and earthly, wondrously, Jesus, is found in thee; none can be nearer, fairer or dearer than thou, my Saviour, art to me.
Hymn 497 – Word of God, across the ages
1. Word of God, across the ages comes your message to our life, source of hope, forever present in our toil and fears and strife, constant witness to God’s mercy, still our grace, whate’er befall, guide unfailing strength eternal, offered freely to us all.
2. Story of our wondrous journey from the shadows of the night, garnered truth of sage and prophet, guiding forward into light, words and deeds of Christ our teacher, pointing to the life and way, still appealing, still inspiring, in the struggles of today.
3. In the tongues of all the peoples may the message bless and heal, as devout and patient scholars more and more its depths reveal. Bless, O God, to wise and simple, all your truth of ageless worth, till all lands receive the witness and your knowledge fills the earth.
Hymn 340 – At the name of Jesus
1. At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now; ’tis our God’s good pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word.
2. Humbled for a season to receive a name from the lips of sinners unto whom he came. Faithful, Jesus bore it spotless to the last, brought it back victorious when from death he passed.
3. Name him, Christians, name him, with love strong as death, name with awe and wonder, and with bated breath; this is God the Saviour; this is Christ the Lord, ever to be worshipped, trusted and adored.
4. In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue all that is not holy, all that is not true. Crown him as your captain in temptation’s hour; let his will enfold you in its light and power.
5. Christians, this Lord Jesus shall return again, with his Father’s glory and an angel train, for all wreaths of empire meet up on his brow, and our hearts confess him King of glory now.
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