Prelude

God of the covenant,

in the glory of the cross

your Son embraced the power of death

and broke its hold over your people.

In this time of repentance,

draw all people to yourself,

that we who confess Jesus as Lord

may put aside the deeds of death

and accept the life of your kingdom. Amen.

1. Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come?

Why should my heart be lonely and long for heaven and home,

When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is he:

His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me;

I sing because I'm happy, (I'm happy) I sing because I'm fee, (I'm free,)

for his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.

2. "Let not your heart be troubled," his tender word I hear,

and resting on his goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;

though by the path he leadeth but one step I may see:

His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me;

I sing because I'm happy, (I'm happy) I sing because I'm fee, (I'm free,)

for his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.

3. Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,

when song gives place to sighing, when hope within me dies,

I draw the closer to him, from care he sets me free:

His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me;

I sing because I'm happy, (I'm happy) I sing because I'm fee, (I'm free,)

for his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.

Shared of Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

Lords 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 today our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Prayer Concerns

Loss of loved ones

Family of Ron McClain

Shut-ins

Rev Ron Little

Health/Personal Concerns

Mattie Clarke

Layla Farhat

Joyce Layman

Roberta Stanton

Mark Granger

Missy Turnbull

Ellen McClain

Living with Cancer

Rev Ron Davis - Gospel Hill

Roberta Stanton - Barbs sister

Military

TJ Foster

Ryan Thomas

Our Missionaries

Mike & Nancy Mahon

Recovering from Surgery

Sue Davis

Victor Newman

Barb Anderson

Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

1. O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, now scornfully surrounded with thorns, thine only crown: how pale thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn! How does that visage languish which once was bright as morn!

2. What thou, my Lord, hast suffered was all for sinners' gain; mine, mine was the transgression, but thine the deadly pain. Lo, here I fall, my Savior!' Tis I deserve thy place; look on me with thy favor, vouchsafe to me thy grace.

3. What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend, for this thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end? O make me thine forever, and should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to thee

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

L: (6) Therefore let those who are godly

L:       Offer prayer to you;

ALL:   At a time of distress, the rush of great waters

ALL:   Shall not reach them.

L: (7) You are a hiding place for me,

L:       You preserve me from trouble;

L:       You encompass me with deliverance.

ALL:   (8)     I will instruct you and teach you

ALL:   The way you should go;

ALL:   I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

That Which Defiles

7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])

5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,

    but their hearts are far from me.

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They worship me in vain;

    their teachings are merely human rules.’[b]

8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”

9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[c] your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[d] and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[e] 11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

1. They crucified my Lord, and he never said a mumbalin' word; they crucified my Lord, and he never said a mumbalin' word, not a word, (not a word) not a word, (not a word) not a word. (Not a mumbalin' word)

2. They nailed him to the tree, and he never said a mumbalin' word; they nailed him to the tree, and he never said a mumbalin' word, not a word, (not a word) not a word, (not a word) not a word. (Not a mumbalin' word)

3. They pierced him in the side, and he never said a mumbalin' word; they pierced him in the side, and he never said a mumbalin' word, not a word, (not a word) not a word, (not a word) not a word. (Not a mumbalin' word)

4. His blood came trickling down, and he never said a mumbalin' word; his blood came trickling down, and he never said a mumbalin' word, not a word, (not a word) not a word, (not a word) not a word. (Not a mumbalin' word)

5. He hung his head and died, and he never said a mumbalin' word; he hung his head and died, and he never said a mumbalin' word, not a word, (not a word) not a word, (not a word) not a word. (Not a mumbalin' word)

Choral Response "Great Amen"

Postlude "Suite in D"