*The Doxology...Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow..... No.

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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts: Creator Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen. *The Thanksgiving for Tithes and Offerings......Sondra Ladd THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDS SUPPER The Call to Commune Together......................Owen Cayton The Hymn of Preparation..................No. 387 Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken The Prayer of the Elder for the Bread................Shirley Brownlee The Prayer of the Elder for the Cup................................................Nancy Trench
Distribution: All believers are invited to partake of the Bread when it is passed. Retain the Cup, and we will partake together after reciting John 3:16 in unison.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. THE INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP *THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT.................No. 561 It Is Well with My Soul
*THE BENEDICTION

THE POSTLUDE.........................David Hughes Litanies Jehan Alain

Our Lenten series is entitled Dancing in the Darkness. The season of Lent is not marked by sadness, but by disciplined reflection on our lives all of our lives and how they are made new in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. So dancing in the darkness is about, on the one hand, recognizing the tough, sad, sometimes shameful, hurts, and all around bad parts of life. If we begin to name those, the joy we understand at Easter may begin to make sense. On the other hand, even the Sundays in Lent are mini-Easters. So they are in some way celebrations hence the dancing. Many times our pains and difficulties dont go away quickly or easily, but God joins us in our journey to help us find ways of dancing in the darkness.

ORDER OF WORSHIP Second Sunday in Lent March 3, 2013 at 9:00am

THE PRELUDE...................David Hughes Variations on a Theme of Clment Jannequin Jehan Alain
*Please stand if you are able.

THE SCRIPTURE READING..........................Mark Thomas Psalm 63:1-8 THE ANTHEM.......Chancel Choir "O Lord, My God, to Thee" Jacob Arcadelt
O Lord, my God, to thee do I lift up my soul. O Lord, in thee have I trusted. Let me not be ashamed; let not my foes triumph over me. O lead me in a plain path; cast me not off, neither forsake me. Teach me thy way, Lord, lead me in a plain path. O hide not thy face far from me. Lord God, hide not thy face far from me. Amen. -Psalms 25:1-4, 27:9a

*THE CALL TO WORSHIP................................Jodelle Stout Leader: When we are empty People: God fills us. Leader: When we are broken and hurting People: God restores us and gives us life. Leader: Come into Gods presence with all that you are. People: It is God who makes us whole. All: Let us sing praise to the God of our Salvation! *THE HYMN OF PRAISE AND ADORATION..............................No. 65 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God *THE INVOCATION AND LORDS PRAYER (In Unison) God of healing and hope, your steadfast love holds us in our deepest moments of pain and you remove us from the pit of despair. Cling to us as we worship you, that our souls might be satisfied and that we might be to the world the healing body of Christ. We pray this in the name of Jesus who taught us to pray for your Kingdom saying, 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. * THE KYRIE.........No. 300 Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH...............Owen Cayton

*THE GOSPEL....................Owen Cayton Luke 13:1-9 THE MESSAGE...Owen Cayton Dancing in the Darkness: Recovering From Abuse THE PRAYER HYMN...................No. 214 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me THE JOYS/CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH..................Owen Cayton

THE PASTORAL PRAYER...................Owen Cayton

THE PRAYER RESPONSE...Hear Our Prayer, O Lord.. No. 306 Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen. THE GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS The Call to Give.....................................................Sondra Ladd The Offertory..........Chancel Choir Lord, I Trust Thee George Frideric Handel
Lord, I trust thee, I adore thee. Ah! thou friend of man, restore me. On thy loving grace relying, for the bread of life I'm sighing. Quench my thirst and let my hunger cease; fill my heart with joy and endless peace. When the breath of life has left me, may my soul be blended with thee. -Barthold Brockes, tr. Denys Darlow