GATHERING TO PRAISE GOD Sunday, March 26, 2023

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Prelude

Choral Introit

Welcome

Praise Song

The People Gather
L: We make our gather in the name of the Triune God.
P: We gather in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
L: We gather in the name of the Father.
P: For in the Father, the world had its beginning. Each day is begun by the Father’s care and providence.
L: We gather in the name of the Son.
P: For in him a new age has begun, a new life given, and a new hope arises from his death.
L: We begin in the name of the Holy Spirit.
P: For by the Holy Spirit we are called, gathered, enlightened and sanctified.
L: As so we worship today, for our God is the God of new beginnings. Beginning with us.
P: Thanks be to you, O Lord: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Hymn Blessed Assurance UMH 369 vs 1,3

The People Pray
Lord God, in this world where goodness and evil continue to clash with each other, instill in us, and in all your people, discernment to see what is right, faith to believe what is right, and courage to do what is right. Keep us aware of the subtly of sin, and preserve us, body mind and soul, through the power of you Holy Spirit. Amen.

Special Music

Children’s Moment

The Word of God for the People of God

Scripture Jonah 3:1-4

The Lord’s word came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and declare against it the proclamation that I am commanding you.” 3 And Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord’s word. (Now Nineveh was indeed an enormous city, a three days’ walk across.)
4 Jonah started into the city, walking one day, and he cried out, “Just forty days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!”
Message The God of Second Chances

Message The God of Second Chances

Pastoral Prayer

The People Bring Their Gifts
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The People Offer Praise Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow UMH 95

The People Go into The World

Hymn Blest Be the Tie That Binds UMH 557 vs 1,4

Benediction

Postlude

Sermon Notes

Can you think of some other biblical stories where God has given a second chance?
Do any of Jesus’ prables teach that God is the God of Second chances?
When in your life has God offered you a second chance?
What did you do with the second chance?
How has God spoken to you through this scripture?