Morning Service

SUNDAY MARCH 7, 2021
The Third Sunday in Lent

*congregation standing as able

PRELUDE
A Lenten Prelude by Charles Callahan (b. 1951)
Julianne Johnston, flute
Nathaniel Efthimiou, organ

INTROIT
God Be in My Head
Words: Sarum primer, 1514 | Music: John Rutter (b. 1945)

God be in my head and in my understanding;
God be in my eyes and in my looking;
God be in my mouth and in my speaking;
God be in my heart and in my thinking;
God be at my end and at my departing.

* CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 130 & 134
John Rogers Knight, Elder

Leader: Out of the deep have I called unto you, O Lord;
Lord, hear my voice.

People: O let your ears consider well
the voice of my supplications.

Leader: My soul waits for the Lord,
more than watchmen for the morning, more than
watchmen for the morning.

People: O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy,
and with him is plenteous redemption.

Leader: Behold now, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord

People: Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and sing praises unto the Lord.

* HYMN No. 172 Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder

* INVOCATION, CONFESSION, & LORD’S PRAYER
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 coming day’s bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

* PEACE

LIFE OF THE CHURCH
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ANTHEM
Lazarus (Newly composed for today’s worship service)
Words: Sticheron for Lazarus Saturday, Byzantine Rite
Music: Timothy A. Mills (b. 1990)

Before your own death, O Christ,
you raised from death Lazarus, who is four days dead,
and you have shaken the dominion of death.

Through this one man whom you loved,
you have foretold the deliverance of all.
We therefore worship you.

Blessed are you, O Savior. Have mercy on us!

OLD TESTAMENT READING
Diana Bennett
Ezekiel 37:1–14

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

* HYMN No. 334 Breathe on Me, Breath of God

NEW TESTAMENT READING
Pat Chen, Minister of Pastoral Care & Small Groups
John 11:1–44

Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God

GLORIA PATRI (Hymn No. 734)
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.

SERMON
“Glorious Promises, Lovingly Delayed”
Michael Balboni, Assistant Minister

* HYMN No. 402 Abide with Me

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Pat Chen
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OFFERTORY
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Mon cœur et ma chair sont un cri (Ps. 84)” (“My heart and my flesh cry out”)
from Suite pour le berger de David by Jacques Berthier (1923–1994)
Julianne Johnston, flute
Nathaniel Efthimiou, organ

* HYMN No. 81 O Love of God, How Strong and True

* BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE
Nathan Skinner, organ