Centering Practice
We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. We continue to celebrate Black History month together. Today’s centering practice comes from Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies
- Inhale: God, awaken my soul to beauty
Exhale: I resist the tyranny of despair - Inhale: I choose a life enchanted
Exhale: There is a miracle in the mundane
Call to Worship
Adapted from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
O God, we thank You for Your church,
founded upon Your Word,
that challenges us to do more than sing and pray,
But to go out and work
as though the very answer to our prayers
depended on us and not upon You.
Help us to shine like stars as we walk, pray
sing, and live together until that day
when all God’s children will rejoice
in one common band of humanity
in the reign of our Lord and of our God,
we pray. Amen.
Worship Song
Here I Am to Worship
Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made
this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You
So here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that You’re my God
You’re altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
King of all days
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly You came
To the earth You created
All for love’s sake became poor
I’ll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
Hosanna
I see the King of Glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes
I see His love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We’re on our knees
We’re on our knees
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like You have loved me
Break my heart for what breaks Yours
Everything I am for Your kingdom’s cause
Show me how to love like You have loved me
Community Prayer
Today’s prayer comes from the work of Howard Thurman
O love of God,
without which life has no meaning
and no harbor,
Leave us not alone with our little lives,
our broken dreams, our insistent problems,
but invade our spirit with Thy vitality
That we may be renewed in all the ways of our lives,
that we may turn from this place, this day,
with all that is within us,
washed and purified and refreshed.
— Moment of silent prayer —
We seek this with simplicity of heart,
and with quiet faith and confidence
that Thou would not deny Thy love to Thy children.
Amen.
Assurance of God’s Love
Offering Prayer
Announcements
- Thanks for worshiping with us today! We hope you experience meaningful connection with God and others in our community. If you’re visiting for the first time today, we’d love to get to know you better. Please take home a visitor’s card with QR code so that we can stay in touch & build a relationship!
- Coffee with PJ & PD: We’d love to meet you for a cup of coffee soon! Please reach out to connect!
- Home Groups: We’re launching our next season of Home Groups soon. Let’s invest in relationships and build community together!
Passing of the Peace
Let’s greet each other at this time!
Family Praise
Give It Away
Worship Song
Open the Eyes of My Heart
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You
To see You high and lifted up
Shining in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love
As we sing holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy,
I want to see You
Scripture Reading
John 9:1-12
1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, 7 saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. 8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am he.” 10 But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Healing Through the Eyes of Jesus
Pastor Dan
Quiet Reflection:
- What does healing mean to you?
- What holds you back from being totally open to Jesus?
- How would your life be different if Jesus put you back together? Are you open to that kind of change?
Worship Song
Simplicity
I come in simplicity
Longing for purity
To worship You
In spirit and truth, only You
Lord, strip it all away
‘Til only You remain
I’m coming back
To my first love, only You
You’re the reason I sing
The reason I sing
Yes my heart will sing
How I love You
And forever I’ll sing
Forever I’ll sing
Yes my heart will sing
How I love You
I come with my broken song
To You the Perfect One
To worship You
In spirit and truth, only You
Give me a childlike heart
Lead me to where You are
Cause I’m coming back
To my first love, only You
How I love You, how I love You
How I love You, my first love
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