Welcome to First Baptist Church of Pendleton
As we aspire to keep Jesus at the center of our lives, we are Rooted in Faith, and Growing in Love. We endeavor to be a welcoming and affirming community of grace for all people, loving our neighbors because God first loved us.
Our Lenten Worship Theme is Everything [in] Between
Each week’s theme invites us to take a closer look in the middle of what we often suppose to be extremes:
stranger & neighbor | the good Samaritan (First Sunday of Lent, Mar 9)
faith & works | Mary & Martha (Second Sunday of Lent, Mar 16)
rest & growth | parable of the fig tree (Third Sunday of Lent, March 23)
lost & found | parable of the lost sheep (Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 30)
righteousness & mercy | Zacchaeus meets Jesus (Fifth Sunday of Lent, April 6)
shouting & silence | Jesus enters Jerusalem (Palm Sunday, April 13)
grief & hope | Resurrection (Easter Sunday, April 20)
March 9, 2025 · 10:45 am · First Sunday of Lent
The Call to Worship will be “Be Unto Your Name.” Rev. Chris Cottingham will lead the Passing of the Peace. We will sing the hymn “Just As I Am.” Harrison Litzell will read Luke 10:25-37. Kiley Daniel will lead the Lenten Responsive Reading. The Offertory Hymn will be “Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days.” Ted Thomas will give the Offertory Prayer. Richard Reynolds Huss will play “Forty Days and Forty Nights” for the Offertory. The Sanctuary Choir will sing “Lamb of God.” Rev. Jennifer McClung Rygg will preach the sermon “Mercy in the Middle” and will lead the Affirmation of Faith. The Hymn of Response will be “Softly and Tenderly.”
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Luke 10:25–37