Morning Worship

Third Sunday in Lent

9:00/10:30A.M. (Please remember to wear your name tag.) March 7, 2010
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Welcome to the worship service at First Presbyterian of Niles.  The organ prelude is a pathway from everyday life to the Presence of the Master.  You may wish to lift a prayer for yourself, for those who worship and minister here, and for the work of Christ in the world.

PRELUDE Fugue in D minor       Max Reger

WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH FAMILY

SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

CARILLON

INTROIT (10:30 A.M.) Forty Days and Forty Nights

CALL TO WORSHIP (Responsive) Matthew 28:18-20
Come unto me all you who are weary and overburdened.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.
I will give you rest and I will lift your burdens.
Jesus came forward to them and said:
“All authority has been given to me.
Go forth and make all peoples your disciples,
Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Teaching them to keep all the commandments I have given you; And, I am along side you, each day, until the close of the age.”

*HYMN 396 O for a Closer Walk with God Caithness

*CORPORATE PRAYER OF CONFESSION (In Unison)
Dear God, whom we so quickly and easily call Lord; forgive us for our failure to understand and accept the great demands placed upon us by your lordship.  We enlist in your causes, but find ourselves losing interest.  We promise to be courageous, but find ourselves afraid.  We want to be sensitive, but find ourselves hard and callous.  We are confronted with great opportunities, but fail to take advantage of them.  Forgive us Lord: Take our limitations and turn them into possibilities for service.  Have mercy on us and grant us this grace.  Amen.

*MOMENT OF SILENT AND PERSONAL CONFESSION

*KYRIE          You Are The Lord          (Sung by All)

*DECLARATION OF GOD’S LOVE John 20:21-23
Peace be with you.
  As the Father sent me, so I send you.
When Jesus had said this,
Jesus breathed on them and said to them: Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven.
If you retain the sins of any, they are not forgiven.
Hear and receive the Good News.
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!

*GLORIA PATRI (Hymnal #579)

OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 55:1-9 (Pew Bible, O.T. p. 733)
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

ANTHEM Sweet Light  Miller
(Maggie H., voice)

YOUTH MESSAGE (10:30 A.M.) What do we do about the dying fig tree?

NEW TESTAMENT READING  Luke13:1-9 (Pew Bible, N.T. p. 1032)
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.

REFLECTIONS OUR MISSION STATEMENT SERIES Rev. Nelson E. Lumm
February 28 “Who are we?”
We are a diverse community united in Christ, seeking to glorify God in all we say and do.
March 7 “What do we do?”
We envision our mission to be and make disciples who minister in the name of Christ...
March 14 “Why we do what we do?”
…to encourage greater trust in God so that through our words and deeds we show God’s love to our neighbors, our community and the world.
March 21 “Where and when we do what we do?”
We follow and serve our Lord through our acts of worship, mission, education, outreach, stewardship and fellowship.
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (see under sermon above)

*HYMN 429 Lord, You Give the Great Commission Abbot’s Leigh

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord…

THE LORD=S PRAYER

WORSHIP OF GOD IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*THE DOXOLOGY Old Hundredth
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
From Touch Holiness pg. 236 by Duck Tribassi

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION  

*HYMN 434 Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples Kingsfold

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

* CHORAL RESPONSE (10:30 A.M.)

*THE POSTLUDE      Savior, When in Dust to You     Gerald Near

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LITURGISTS:  (9:00 A.M.)  Katie Shelton  (10:30 A.M.)  Carole Mobus
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*Those who are able may stand.
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Next Week’s Scripture from the Lectionary: Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3; 11b-32

Rev. Nelson Lumm Interim Minister
Jason Branham Minister of Music
Walter R. Ginter Minister of Music, Emeritus
Ray Fulbright Outreach Coordinator
Bea Herman Parish Nurse
Carol Watson Church Secretary
Linda Hoadley Financial Secretary
Linda Timm & Sue Phillips Preschool Staff

Mission Statement
We are a diverse community united in Christ, seeking to glorify God in all we say and do.  We envision our mission to be and make disciples who minister in the name of Christ, to encourage greater trust in God so that through our words and deeds we show God’s love to our neighbors, our community and the world.  We follow and serve our Lord through our acts of worship, mission, education, outreach, stewardship and fellowship.

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