First Congregational Church Jackson, United Church of Christ
WORSHIP 10:00 A.M. First Sunday in Lent March 1, 2020
*Please rise, if able. (Worship Leader - normal type; Congregational responses - bold type)
PRELUDE "Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain"
Setting: Burkhardt
INTROIT: "We Meet You, O Christ"
WELCOME Ed Peterson
ANNOUNCEMENTS Ed Peterson
GREETING ONE ANOTHER IN PEACE
*HYMN “Lord, Who Throughout These 40 Days"; No. 180
Verses 1-3
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 5:1-7
Choir Response
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Choir Response
UNISON PRAYER God of mercy, your word was the sure defense of Jesus in his time of testing. Minister to us in the wilderness of our temptation, that we who have been set free from sin by Christ may serve you well into life everlasting. Amen.
ANTHEM “Lest We Forget Their Love" Craig Courtney
YOUNG AT HEART MESSAGE
*HYMN "Tell Me The Stories of Jesus" No. 190
SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 4:1-11 Kerry Taylor-Snyder
MESSAGE "Test of time" Kerry Taylor-Snyder
COMMUNION
OFFERTORY "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley" Livingston
*DOXOLOGY “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” (No. 46 in the hymnal)
PRAYERS
Joys and Concerns, Organ Meditation: “Hear Our Prayer, O Lord” No. 306
Silent meditation, Pastoral Prayer, Lord’s Prayer (see below)
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. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
ORGAN AMEN
*HYMN "O Christ, The Way, The Truth, The Life No. 432
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE "Lord Jesus, Think on Me"",
Southwell; setting: Beck
WORSHIP 10:00 A.M. First Sunday in Lent March 1, 2020
*Please rise, if able. (Worship Leader - normal type; Congregational responses - bold type)
PRELUDE "Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain"
Setting: Burkhardt
INTROIT: "We Meet You, O Christ"
WELCOME Ed Peterson
ANNOUNCEMENTS Ed Peterson
GREETING ONE ANOTHER IN PEACE
*HYMN “Lord, Who Throughout These 40 Days"; No. 180
Verses 1-3
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 5:1-7
Choir Response
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Choir Response
UNISON PRAYER God of mercy, your word was the sure defense of Jesus in his time of testing. Minister to us in the wilderness of our temptation, that we who have been set free from sin by Christ may serve you well into life everlasting. Amen.
ANTHEM “Lest We Forget Their Love" Craig Courtney
YOUNG AT HEART MESSAGE
*HYMN "Tell Me The Stories of Jesus" No. 190
SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 4:1-11 Kerry Taylor-Snyder
MESSAGE "Test of time" Kerry Taylor-Snyder
COMMUNION
OFFERTORY "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley" Livingston
*DOXOLOGY “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” (No. 46 in the hymnal)
PRAYERS
Joys and Concerns, Organ Meditation: “Hear Our Prayer, O Lord” No. 306
Silent meditation, Pastoral Prayer, Lord’s Prayer (see below)
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. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
ORGAN AMEN
*HYMN "O Christ, The Way, The Truth, The Life No. 432
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE "Lord Jesus, Think on Me"",
Southwell; setting: Beck