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March 19, 2023 · 10:45 am · Fourth Sunday of Lent

Seeking: Honest Questions for Deeper Faith

Our Lenten theme is founded on questions. In the Sermon on the Mount, we heard Jesus promise “seek and you will find” (Matthew 7:7). During Lent, we will hear stories from Scripture in which people are seeking – a new beginning, a different life, a deeper faith. What unfolds is an exchange filled with questions and exploration. Often, an unveiling occurs – assumptions are disrupted, a new perspective is revealed, mystery grows. 

Like these Biblical characters, we are also seeking many things: clarity, connection, wonder, justice, balance. We are seeking our calling, the sacred, and how to live as a disciple. Throughout the turbulence of the past few years, many are asking big questions about life and faith. This Lenten series will guide us in reflecting on some of these big questions as we engage in the spiritual practice of seeking. May these questions draw us near to God, who promises, “you will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jer 29:13)

Feb 22 ∙ Ash Wednesday ∙ Is this the fast that I chose? ∙ Isaiah 58:1-12
Feb 26 ∙ 1st Sunday of Lent ∙ Who will you listen to? ∙ Matthew 4:1-11
March 5 ∙ 2nd Sunday of Lent ∙ How do we begin again? ∙ John 3:1-17
March 12 ∙ 3rd Sunday of Lent ∙ Will you give me a drink? ∙ John 4:3-42
March 19 ∙ 4th Sunday of Lent ∙ Who sinned? ∙ John 9:8-41
March 26 ∙ 5th Sunday of Lent ∙ Can these bones live? ∙ John 11:1-45
April 2 ∙ Palm Sunday ∙ Where are you headed? ∙ Matthew 21:1-11
April 6 ∙ Maundy Thursday ∙ Will you wash my feet? ∙ John 13:1-17, 31b-35
April 9 ∙ Easter Sunday ∙ Who are you looking for? ∙ John 20:1-18

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The Call to Worship will be “What Wondrous Love Is This” and the Hymn of Praise will be “To God Be the Glory.” We will hear the Gospel of John in three parts on the themes of “Seeing,” “Questioning,” and “Believing.” Lesa Chandler will read John 9:1-7, Anna Leavitt will read John 9:8-34, and Rev. Chris Cottingham will read John 9:35-41. The Offertory Hymn will be “Amazing Grace.” Rev. Jennifer McClung Rygg will give the Offertory Prayer. Rev. Chris Cottingham will lead the Affirmation of Faith. The Sanctuary Choir will sing “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” featuring Anna Leavitt and Pam Willoughby as soloists. Rev. Jennifer McClung Rygg will preach the sermon “When ‘I Don’t Know’ is a Statement of Faith.” The Hymn of Response will be “Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross.”

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WORSHIP RESOURCES
Seeing · John 9:1-7
Questioning · John 9:8-34
Believing · John 9:35-41
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