March 16, 2025

MARCH 16, 2025 - SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT REV. KENDRA BALLIET ORGANIST JAMES ROSS Prelude - These Holy Mysteries-Roger Wilson Welcome & Announcements *Call to Worship Vessels, holy and whole Broken, needing the One Open, body and soul Healer, come. * Opening Hymn – “It’s Me, It’s Me, O Lord” #352 Opening Prayer Creator God, we are bodies fashioned by your hand in your own image, shapes and colors of diverse and immense beauty. And yet too often we have ignored the sacred nature of our physical lives. The Holy Vessels you have fashioned are tired and suffering, ravaged by months of disrupted rhythms and ailment. Our fragility has come into full view, and we are frightened. We cannot fathom the proportions of loss and so we look away, sometimes even from our own needs. Help us, Healer. Show us our strength. Forgive our inertia. Move us to move one step at a time toward greater care. In Jesus name. Amen. Children’s Chat Scripture – Matthew 8: 1-4; 16-17 Pastor: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God Series: Holy Vessels: A Season of Recovery Message: “Treasure” Tithes and Offering Offertory - Peace, Please-Peter Leys *Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #94 Prayers of the People - Joys and Concerns *Prayer Hymn – “Sweet Hour of Prayer” # 496 Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer *Closing Hymn –“He Touched Me” #367 Action Steps and Benediction Postlude - God Himself is Present-Don Freudenburg This service is recorded and is subject to change upon movement of the Holy Spirit.