Sunday March 14, 2021 ~ Fourth Sunday in Lent
(prepared by Rev. Allison Playfair,
music selected by Heather Olaveson)
- Lighting the Christ Candle and Acknowledgement of the Land
[read by Marie Ireland, https://youtu.be/zzvAqWKweLw]
- Lenten Sung Response ~ Don't Be Afraid [Eastern Mennonite School Virtual Choir, https://youtu.be/R5ml5RsD7jE]
- Lenten Litany, Call to Worship, Opening Prayer [Rev. Allison, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BxMHKg-Ch5UvLwTx0FXQHWQuYknLGGzf/view?usp=sharing]
- Opening Hymn ~ O God Beyond All Praising [Christ Church Bellingham, https://youtu.be/5YZ0x4P97kc] or O God Beyond All Praising [Flash mob, https://youtu.be/q3cpOrB1GW8]
- Scripture Reading ~ Numbers 21: 4-9
[read by Donna Bartliff, https://youtu.be/TJ2kdmLfcd4]
- Young at Heart ~ The Eagle and the Wren [Rev. Allison, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UWQ82wUtkmRSXypm5kAefXlrGor_tc-K/view?usp=sharing]
- Hymn ~ On Eagle's Wings [Michael and Ellen Haygood, https://youtu.be/x6tvLVmwQug]
- Scripture Reading ~ John 3: 14-21 and Sermon: Like a Serpent
[Rev. Allison, https://drive.google.com/file/d/15NpGTr1QEoLsf0h2MKhgzcjFGFxDLBrz/view?usp=sharing]
- Hymn ~ Come, O Font of Every Blessing
[Sarah Noëlle, https://youtu.be/g3w9nvXuVnk]
- Prayers of the People
[read by Sharon Banks, https://youtu.be/zVVNGzg_-kw]
- Hymn ~ The Lord's Prayer
[Eva Kunda Neidek in Italian, https://youtu.be/X5JufeBAUyw]
- Benediction ~ A Lenten Prayer [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j6HGtW5V_DMBuulmUPCVCW1I2plGW-Xl/view?usp=sharing]
- Blessing Song ~ Love Us Into Fullness [created and performed by Heather Olaveson, https://youtu.be/r1e2JSqQg7A]