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The Sixth Sunday of Easter

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths.

• We invite you to stand and to make yourself big by holding your arms over your head and standing on your tippy toes for 3 seconds. Breathe in slowly as you do this! 
• And now, as you exhale slowly, lower yourself to stand flat on your feet and give yourself a big hug for 3 seconds

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Call to Worship

Adapted from the Brief Statement of Faith 

In sovereign love, God created the world good
and makes everyone equally in God’s image,
to live as one community.

In life and in death, we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the steadfast love of God,

and the faithful presence of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God,
whom alone we worship and serve.
Amen.

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Worship Songs

Called Me Higher

I could just sit
I could just sit and wait for all Your goodness
Hope to feel Your presence

And I could just stay
I could just stay right where I am
and hope to feel You
Hope to feel something again

But You have called me higher
You have called me deeper
And I’ll go where You will lead me Lord

And I could hold on
I could hold on to who I am and never let You
Change me from the inside

And I could be safe
I could be safe here in Your arms
and never leave home
Never let these walls down

And I will be Yours
I will be Yours for all my life

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Oh Our Lord

We behold the breaking dawn
The light that shines over everyone
We look to You, we long for You, oh Lord

We behold the rising sun
The earth awaits, Your hope has come
We look to You, we long for You, oh Lord

Oh, oh, oh, our Lord
Oh, oh, oh, our Lord
How majestic is Your name in all the earth

We behold the falling rain
Like waters rise, flood this place
We reach for You, we cling to You, oh Lord

Oh, Your name is a light in the darkness
Oh, Your name is the word of truth
Oh Your name, oh Your name

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Prayer of Confession

Faithful God,
You have been our shelter & refuge
from generation to generation.

When we hold onto past hurts or failures;
When we lose hope in the future;
Set us free, O God, we pray:

— Moment of silent prayer — 

God of our mothers and forbears,
Walk with us this and every day.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

As we celebrate Mother’s Day today, we invite you to pray silently together — I will lead us in a prompt to embody a motion and we’ll hold a moment of silent prayer.

For those who have been mothers to us: gratitude for their love, blessings of health and strength upon them (hands over heart) 

For those experiencing grief around motherhood: for broken relationships, loved ones lost, health difficulties and other challenges (hands on lap held upward) 

For those who persevere through difficulty, working tirelessly to provide for their households, carrying the weight of responsibility, care, and relationships, especially mothers in areas affected by war and violence (hands held upward) 

As the prophet Isaiah proclaims,
O God, You comfort us with Motherly love.
We hold to the words of Jesus:
Gather us, and the world, under the wings of Your protection.
Amen. 

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Happy Mother’s Day: Many blessings upon the wonderful moms, spiritual moms, and givers of care in our church family — and special grace upon each of us who experience sorrow in relation to motherhood. We walk alongside each of you!
• Celebrations during May: We continue to celebrate both Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month throughout May.
• Reset Sunday: Our next Reset Sunday is coming up at the end of this month on Sunday, May 31st. 
• Save the Date: Please mark your calendars for our church retreat, which will be September 18-20 at Palomar Christian Conference Center. 
• Art & Faith Mini Camp: Sunday, July 19th~ details to follow!
• Meal Packing Follow-Up: A quick report from Yang who dropped off our donations at Feeding San Diego this past week!  

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

Kingdom Come

God, let Your kingdom come
May Your will be done
God, let Your kingdom come

Earth is groaning and we are longing
For Your kingdom to come
All creation and all of heaven
Join their voices as one

Hope is stirring, joy arising
As we look to the day
When all injustice will bow
And every voice will cry out
Holy is Your name

Lift up your heads, all the weak and the poor
The Lord is at hand and His kingdom is yours

Lift up your hearts, all who suffer and mourn
The Lord is at hand and His kingdom is yours

Lift up your eyes, all who hunger for more
The Lord is at hand and His kingdom is yours

Lift up a shout, let the earth hear your voice
The Lord is at hand and His kingdom is yours

I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken

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Scripture Reading

John 7:53-8:11

⁵³ Then each of them went home, ¹ while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ² Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. ³ The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and, making her stand before all of them, ⁴ they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. ⁵ Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” ⁶ They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. ⁷ When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. ¹⁰ Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” ¹¹ She said, “No one, sir.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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Reasons to Love Myself:
Restored by Jesus 

Pastor Dan

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Conversation questions:

• God created us and the world for good
• But we live in the reality that sin has damaged our most important relationships: with God, with each other, with creation, and with ourselves
• In your small group, reflect on this passage and share examples (as many as you can) of relationships not working the way they’re supposed to

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Worship Song

Open Space w Hosanna tag

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 Your
Everything I am
for Your Kingdom’s cause
As I walk from earth into eternity

Pull me in closer
Close to Your heart
May I be a pure reflection of all You are

Love that is patient
Love that is kind
And love that keeps no offences
or wrongs in my mind

Make me like Jesus
Make me like Jesus

You’re faithful to find me
Right where I am
Though even in my wandering You call me friend

And mercy receives me
and lifts me to my feet
And I’m caught up in the wonder and mystery

Of knowing Jesus
Of knowing Jesus

My heart is an open space
for You to come and have Your way
I’m open, I’m open

Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

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Benediction

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The Fifth Sunday of Easter

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths.

• Hold your hands over your heart and breathe in and out slowly 
• Feel the beat of your heart and the air going in and out of your lungs
• Slow down and remember how much God loves you   

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Call to Worship

Adapted from the Brief Statement of Faith 

In sovereign love, God created the world good
and makes everyone equally in God’s image,
to live as one community.

In life and in death, we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the steadfast love of God,

and the faithful presence of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God,
whom alone we worship and serve.
Amen.

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Worship Songs

Sound of Adoration

When we were lost ones
You were the Shepherd that carried us home
When we were prodigals
You ran to meet us with open arms
And we can’t hold back our praise

When we were refugees
You were the One who took us in
When we were enemies
You paid the price for all our sin
And we can’t hold back our praise

This is the sound of adoration
Oh, how we love You
Jesus, we love You

You are the joy of all creation
Oh, how we love You
Jesus, we love You

You are the Risen One
You conquered death and made a way
You sang our freedom song
Now we are dancing on our chains
And we can’t hold back our praise

By the cross, I am free
Your grace changes everything
I was blind, now I see
Your grace changes everything

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Cornerstone

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly trust in Jesus name

When darkness seems to hide His face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil

Christ alone, Cornerstone
Weak made strong; in the Savior’s love
Through the storm, He is Lord
Lord of all

His oath, His covenant, His blood 
Support me in the whelming flood 
When all around my soul gives way 
He then is all my hope and stay
He then is all my hope and stay

When He shall come with trumpet sound
Oh, may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless stand before the throne

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Prayer of Confession

God our Creator,
You made the world, and each of us:
and the first word is goodness.

When we fail to see the image of God
in ourselves and those around us:
Restore us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

God our Redeemer,
Give us new ways of seeing
Your love and life in and around us.
Amen.

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

Today, as we remember the people and places God has placed on our hearts,
we join together in the prayer Jesus taught us, saying: 

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 this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory, forever.
Amen. 

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Communion

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Happy AANHPI Month: We celebrate Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month during May! We remember the advocacy of Jeanie Jew and Ruby Moy to help institute a week of celebration (signed into law by President Carter in 1978), and which was expanded into the month of May by President Bush in 1992.
• Mental Health Awareness Month: We also celebrate this month of mental wellness as we seek to live into the fullness of God’s Shalom for us and for the world. The 2026 theme is “More Good Days, Together” — let’s find wholeness through all of the resources God makes available to us! 
• Reset Sunday: Our next Reset Sunday is coming up at the end of this month on Sunday, May 31st. 
• Save the Date: Please mark your calendars for our church retreat, which will be September 18-20 at Palomar Christian Conference Center.
• Meal Packing Today: Right after our service, we will pack recipe kits for Feeding San Diego and share a meal together! 

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

Canvas & Clay

In my mother’s womb
You formed me with Your hands
Known and loved by You
Before I took a breath

When I doubt it, Lord, remind me
I’m wonderfully made
You’re an artist and a potter
I’m the canvas and the clay

You make all things work together
For my future and for my good
You make all things work together
For Your glory and for Your name

There’s a healing light
Just beyond the clouds
Though I’ve walked through fire
I see clearly now

I know nothing has been wasted
No failure or mistake
You’re an artist and a potter
I’m the canvas and the clay

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Scripture Reading

Matthew 3:13-17

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” ¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. ¹⁶ And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw God’s Spirit descending like a dove and alighting on him. ¹⁷ And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, my Beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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Reasons to Love Myself:
Beloved Like Jesus 

Pastor Jeya

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Self Compassion Test

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Worship Song

Lord I Need You w Build My Life

Lord I come, I confess
Bowing here, I find my rest

Without You, I fall apart
You’re the One 
That guides my heart

Lord I need You
Oh I need You
Every hour I need You

My One defense
My righteousness
Oh God how I need You

Where sin runs deep
Your grace is more
Where grace is found
Is where You are

And where You are
Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me

I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation

I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken

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Benediction

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths.

• Today, we will practice the “theology of thumbs”— make a thumbs-up with both hands, turn both hands to the right, and then open your hands up 
• We invite you to join hands with the people next to you and pray a short silent prayer of blessing over them, remembering we are called both to hold up and be held up by others  

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Call to Worship

Great is the mystery of the faith:
Christ has died, Christ is risen,
Christ will come again.

Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?

Christ is risen!
He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

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Worship Songs

Beautiful One

Wonderful, so wonderful
Is Your unfailing love
Your cross has spoken mercy over me

No eye has seen, no ear has heard
No heart could fully know
How glorious, how beautiful you are

Beautiful One, I love You
Beautiful One, I adore
Beautiful One, my soul must sing

Powerful, so powerful
Your glory fills the skies
Your mighty works displayed for all to see

The beauty of Your majesty
Awakes my heart to sing
How marvelous, how wonderful You are

You opened my eyes to Your wonders anew
You captured my heart with this love
Because nothing on earth is as beautiful as You

My soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
Beautiful One

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Send the Rain

Lord, we come to You
Now with open hands
Broken lives and dreams
Washed up on the sand

We’ve been beaten down
But still we choose to stand
We choose to stand

Lord, we long for You
For Your hand to move
Heal this barren land
Come and make it new

Jesus, You’re the life
That is breaking through
You’re breaking through

The saints of old in ancient days
They worked the ground
that we reap from today

So use our hands to cultivate
The harvest that
our children’s children taste
We’re ready God, so send the rain

Lord, we’ll follow You
To unbroken earth
On the path not used
Where new hope is birthed

We will work as one
Holding to Your truth
To Your truth

Heal the ruined cities
We destroyed with our own hands
Bring us back together
Let us see the promised land

Pour out Your Spirit
On this dry and thirsty ground
O God of the harvest
Could it be right here and now
Could it be right here and now

Open up the heavens,
let Your rain fall down
We are thirsty, we are thirsty

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Prayer of Confession

God of hope,
we come together in the faith & trust
that Your love is stronger than death. 

For ourselves and our neighbors near & far,
renew us in faith, hope, and love.
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

Good Shepherd,
restore our hearts and lead us
in the way of goodness & mercy.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

Today, we will pray in triads for our neighbors near and far. Each person in your triad will pray for one of these topics. We invite you to pray simply, one at a time, with two or three sentences out loud (there will be time for conversation later):

• Our church 
• Our local community (neighborhood, school, city, etc.) 
• Our world (our country and world) 

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Meal Packing Event: Our meal packing event is next Sunday, May 3rd. If you haven’t had the chance, please sign up today!

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

You Hold It All Together

You come at the right time
When I least expect it
Never behind

So why would I be surprised
When You deliver every time

On mountaintops, You stay the same
In valleys low, You never change

And I believe that I will see
The goodness of the Lord
I’m confident as seasons change
Your faithfulness remains

You go, You go before me
To prepare a blessing
You madе a way

It’s more than I could imagine
More than I can fathom
Or comprehend

God of my present
God of my future
You write my story
You hold it all together

And I believe that I will see
The goodness of the Lord
I’m confident as seasons change
Your faithfulness remains

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Scripture Reading

Matthew 22:34-40

³⁴ Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. ³⁵ One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”³⁷ Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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Knowing & Loving Our Neighbors

Pastor Dan

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Conversation questions:

• Our “neighbors” can include (but are not limited to): your literal next door neighbors (homes, dorms, apartments, etc.), coworkers, classmates, representatives, artists, creatives, shopkeepers, baristas, librarians, etc.
• What’s something you like about a neighbor? Something you’ve been inspired by, something fun or surprising?

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Worship Song

Open Up

You heard the cry of our hearts
And You came down

Freely You gave us Your love
Showing us how

Make me an instrument
Of Your peace
Where there is hatred
Let me sow love
Where there is darkness
Let me shine light and . . .

May Your love
Cause us to open up
Cause us to open up our hearts

May Your light
Cause us to shine so bright
That we bring hope into the dark

All that we do without love
It means nothing
Grant us the courage to give
As You’re calling

Hope for the hopeless
Your love is
Strength in our weakness
Your love is

May we love, as You love
May we love, as You love

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Benediction

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The Third Sunday of Easter

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths.

• Whenever we gather to worship, we want to encounter the Spirit of God, the Living Breath and Holy Wind of God 
• Box breathing: 4 counts • Breathe in, hold, breathe out, hold (you can even draw a little box, if you’d like) 
• Invitation to be completely present to God, each other, and yourselves today 

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Call to Worship

Great is the mystery of the faith:
Christ has died, Christ is risen,
Christ will come again.

Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?

Christ is risen!
He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

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Worship Songs

Oh Our Lord w Center

Oh Christ be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives

We behold the breaking dawn
The light that shines over everyone
We look to You, we long for You, oh Lord

We behold the rising sun
The earth awaits, Your hope has come
We look to You, we long for You, oh Lord

Oh, oh, oh, our Lord
Oh, oh, oh, our Lord
How majestic is Your name in all the earth

We behold the falling rain
Like waters rise, flood this place
We reach for You, we cling to You, oh Lord

Oh, Your name is a light in the darkness
Oh, Your name is the word of truth
Oh Your name, oh Your name

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Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly

It all comes down to this
What You require of me
Love my neighbor as myself
And You above all things

Act justly, love mercy
Walk humbly, with You God
In all things, in all ways
Walk humbly, with You God

It all comes down to this
To be Your hands and feet
Good News to all the world
The truth will set us free

It’s beauty for ashes
It’s mourning to dancing
It’s closer and closer
The Kingdom of heaven

Years from now we’ll see
The fruit our hands have sown
Faith just like a seed
The only way it grows

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Prayer of Confession

Holy God,
Out of overflowing love & creativity,
You made all things.

In the midst of broken dreams & hopes,
bring us back to life.
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

We join with all creation in praising You,
Creator, Spirit, and Christ,
now and forever. Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

The “one anothers” of Scripture teach us how to love one another in our church and to offer hope to all people. We will read aloud a “one another” from the Bible and hold a moment of silent prayer:

We pray together,
with one another,
that we would: 

Love one another as Christ loves us… 
(John 15:12)

Welcome one another,
just as Christ has welcomed us… 
(Romans 15:7)

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another,
as God in Christ is to us…
(Ephesians 4:32)

Bear one another’s burdens,
fulfilling the law of Christ…
(Galatians 6:2)

Always seek to do good to one another
and to all in the name of Jesus…
(1 Thessalonians 5:15)

Amen.

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• College Ministry Gathering: Today after worship service! Please talk to our Director of Worship Engagement, Kathy Lee, for more details. 
• Meal Packing Event: In partnership with Feeding San Diego, we will host a meal packing event after service on Sunday, May 3rd. Please sign up with Yang & Howard today!

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

Build My Life

Worthy of every song we could ever sing
Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for You

Jesus, the Name above every other name
Jesus, the only One who could ever save
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for You, we live for You

Holy, there is no one like You
There is none beside You
Open up my eyes in wonder

And show me who You are
And fill me with Your heart
And lead me in Your love
To those around me

I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken

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Scripture Reading

1 John 4:7-8

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. ⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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People You Should Know:
Each Other

Pastor Jeya

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Worship Song

Let Us Be Known

Let us be known by our love
In every word, in every deed
Honor the Son

Let our light shine in every eye
Let us be known by our love

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our love

Let us be known by our joy
In every home, in every heart
Sing to the Lord

Let our lives show goodness and hope
Let us be known by our joy

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our joy

Let us be known by our peace
In every town, in every tribe
Jesus is King

Let us go forth, heal and restore
Let us be known by our peace

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our peace

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our love

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Benediction

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The Second Sunday of Easter

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths.

• Say silently to God: I’m glad You’re here  
• Say silently to yourself: I’m glad I’m here  
• Now, say out loud to your neighbor: I’m glad you’re here

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Call to Worship

Great is the mystery of the faith:
Christ has died, Christ is risen,
Christ will come again.

Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?

Christ is risen!
He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

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Worship Songs

Sound of Adoration

When we were lost ones
You were the Shepherd that carried us home
When we were prodigals
You ran to meet us with open arms
And we can’t hold back our praise

When we were refugees
You were the One who took us in
When we were enemies
You paid the price for all our sin
And we can’t hold back our praise

This is the sound of adoration
Oh, how we love You
Jesus, we love You

You are the joy of all creation
Oh, how we love You
Jesus, we love You

You are the Risen One
You conquered death and made a way
You sang our freedom song
Now we are dancing on our chains
And we can’t hold back our praise

By the cross, I am free
Your grace changes everything
I was blind, now I see
Your grace changes everything

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My Hallelujah

Open up the doors again
Let the King of glory in
His Kingdom will never end
Oh, I know that You are good

Break the darkness with the light
All the earth let praise arise
Every dead place come alive
Oh, I know that You are good
Oh, I know that You are good

You will have my hallelujah
You alone the highest name
All to You I surrender
Every breath I take
Make my life Your praise

Oh, Spirit of the Living God
Fire burning in my heart
I’m wide awake to who You are
Oh, I know that You are good
Oh, I know that You are good

You are my strength when I am weak
You are my sight when I can’t see
As praise goes up, I believe
The walls are coming down

Oh, when I was lost, You rescued me
When I was bound, You set me free
As praise goes up, I believe
The walls are coming down

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Prayer of Confession

God our Redeemer,
in raising Christ from the dead, 
You show us that love is stronger than death.

Shape our lives through the resurrection,
to become people of faith, hope, and love.
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

All glory to You, O God.
Breathe Your Spirit upon us once again,
bringing the peace of Christ.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

We invite you to lift up a person or place around the world that God has put on your heart in the following way:

• “We pray for (name), who is (facing this concern)”
• And the church will respond out loud, “Lord, have mercy” 

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Easter Offering: Please support our clean water tank initiative at Jardín de Niños Rebeca Muñoz Leyva (an early-education school in Tijuana) in partnership with the Borderlands Ministry of our presbytery. Please choose “Easter 2026” on Tithely to give!
• College Ministry Gathering: Next Sunday, April 19th after worship service! Please talk to our Director of Worship Engagement, Kathy Lee, for more details. 
• Meal Packing Event: In partnership with Feeding San Diego, we will host a meal packing event after service on Sunday, May 3rd.
  • Choose 1 recipe per batch of 12 kits (out of 6 different recipes) 
  • We’ll assemble the ingredients and share a meal from these recipes on 5/3

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

Open Space

Pull me in closer
Close to Your heart
May I be a pure reflection of all You are

Love that is patient
Love that is kind
And love that keeps no offences
or wrongs in my mind

Make me like Jesus
Make me like Jesus

You’re faithful to find me
Right where I am
Though even in my wandering You call me friend

And mercy receives me
and lifts me to my feet
And I’m caught up in the wonder and mystery

Of knowing Jesus
Of knowing Jesus

My heart is an open space
for You to come and have Your way
I’m open, I’m open

My heart is Your forever
My heart is Your forever

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Scripture Reading

Ephesians 2:1-10

¹ As for you, don’t you remember how you used to just exist? Corpses, dead in life, buried by transgressions, ² wandering the course of this perverse world. You were the offspring of the prince of the power of air—oh, how he owned you, just as he still controls those living in disobedience. I’m not talking about the outsiders alone; ³ we were all guilty of falling headlong for the persuasive passions of this world; we all have had our fill of indulging the flesh and mind, obeying impulses to follow perverse thoughts motivated by dark powers. As a result, our natural inclinations led us to be children of wrath, just like the rest of humankind.

⁴ But God, with the unfathomable richness of His love and mercy focused on us, ⁵ united us with the Anointed One and infused our lifeless souls with life—even though we were buried under mountains of sin—and saved us by His grace. ⁶ He raised us up with Him and seated us in the heavenly realms with our beloved Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King. ⁷ He did this for a reason: so that for all eternity we will stand as a living testimony to the incredible riches of His grace and kindness that He freely gives to us by uniting us with Jesus the Anointed. ^8-9 For it’s by God’s grace that you have been saved. You receive it through faith. It was not our plan or our effort. It is God’s gift, pure and simple. You didn’t earn it, not one of us did, so don’t go around bragging that you must have done something amazing. ¹⁰ For we are the product of His hand, heaven’s poetry etched on lives, created in the Anointed, Jesus, to accomplish the good works God arranged long ago.

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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Practices You Should Know:
Resurrection

Pastor Dan

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Discussion questions 

• Get into conversation partners and discuss what resurrection means to you personally 
  • You don’t have to give the “right” theological answer 
  • Your answer might be different than 10 years or 10 minutes ago; just asking you to locate yourself in the present moment 
• Now think about how you can practice resurrection based on what resurrection means to you

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Worship Song

Have My Heart / Here’s My Heart

Here’s my heart Lord
Here’s my heart Lord
Here’s my heart Lord
Speak what is true

You love with no reservations
You’re not looking for perfection
And there’s no need in me pretending
I’ll give You everything
I’ll give You everything

You deserve my full attention
Nothing less than my devotion
Oh, speak to me and I will listen
I’ll give You everything
I’ll give You everything

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
You can have my heart
You can have my heart

Be the Lord of my emotions
Set me free from selfish motives
And search me ’til there’s nothing hidden
And I’ll give You everything
Yes, I’ll give You everything

My heart is Yours forever
My heart is Yours forever

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Benediction

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Easter Sunday

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Centering Practice

“And so love spoke forth with delight, love pouring over you like the cool water, river water, living water like the endless light, and the softest brush of feathers from the wings of a dove. Endless, life-giving love.” — Andrea Skevington

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Call to Worship

Rejoice in the Good News:
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen, indeed! 

Jesus is making all things new.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen! 

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Passing of the Peace

On this Easter Sunday, we invite you to turn to the people next to you by saying “Christ is risen” — and by responding with, “He is risen indeed!”

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Worship Songs

Come Now is the Time / The Way

Come, now is the time to worship
Come, now is the time to give our hearts

Come, just as we are to worship
Come, just as we are before our God
Come

Through every battle
Through every heartbreak
Through every circumstance
I believe that You are my fortress
You are my portion
You are my hiding place

I believe You are
The way, the truth, the life

Through every blessing
Through every promise
Through every breath I take
I believe that You are Provider
You are Protector
You are the One I love

And it’s a new horizon and I’m set on You
And You meet me here today with mercies that are new
All my fears and doubts, they can all come too
Because they can’t stay long when I’m here with You

It’s a new horizon and I’m set on You
And You meet me here today with mercies that are new
All my fears and doubts
They can all come too
Because they can’t stay long when

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Great Things

Come let us worship our King
Come let us bow at His feet
He has done great things

See what our Savior has done
See how His love overcomes
He has done great things
He has done great things

O Hero of Heaven
You conquered the grave
You free every captive and break every chain
O God, You have done great things

We dance in Your freedom, awake and alive
O Jesus, our Savior, Your name lifted high
O God, You have done great things

You’ve been faithful through every storm
You’ll be faithful forevermore
You have done great things

And I know You will do it again
For Your promise is “Yes and amen”
You will do great things
God, You do great things

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Scripture Reading

John 20:1-18

¹ Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. ² So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” ³ Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. ⁴ The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, ⁷ and the cloth that had been on Jesus’s head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed, ⁹ for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ Then the disciples returned to their homes.

¹¹ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb, ¹² and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. ¹³ They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴ When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and she told them that he had said these things to her.

Reader: This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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In this story, why did the people change from black & white to color?

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Easter Sunday:
Practices We Should Know • Sacraments

Pastor Jeya

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Communion

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Easter Offering: For our annual Easter offering, we will be supporting a clean water tank initiative at Jardín de Niños Rebeca Muñoz Leyva (an early-education school in Tijuana) in partnership with the Borderlands Ministry of our presbytery. Our goal is $1000! Please choose “Easter 2026” on Tithely to give!
• College Ministry Gathering: April 12th (next Sunday!) Please talk to Kathy for more information!
• Meal Packing Event: In partnership with Feeding San Diego, we will host a meal packing event after service on Sunday, May 3rd (bring ingredients for a recipe, pack them that day, share a meal together). 

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Worship Song

Great Are You Lord

You give life
You are love
You bring light to the darkness

You give hope
You restore
every heart that is broken
And great are You, Lord

It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise

It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only

All the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord

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Benediction

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Easter Tea Party & Egg Hunt!

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Palm Sunday

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths. For today’s practice, we’re going to center ourselves in joy 

• Think about a word or short phrase that expresses your praise to Jesus 
• As we think about the worshipers on that first Palm Sunday, we invite you to stand and stretch your arms upward
• And, as you stretch, you can say your word of praise silently

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Call to Worship

Hosanna! Salvation belongs to Jesus!
Open wide the gates of praise.

We welcome Jesus today
with branches and songs of praise. 

Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the King of kings!
Amen.

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Worship Songs

Hosanna (Praise is Rising)

Praise is rising, 
Eyes are turning to You
We turn to You

Hope is stirring, 
Hearts are yearning for You
We long for You

‘Cause when we see You 
We find strength to face the day
In Your Presence all our fears 
Are washed away
Washed away

Hosanna, hosanna
You are the God who saves us
Worthy of all our praises

Hosanna, hosanna
Come have Your way among us
We welcome You here Lord, Jesus

Hear the sound of 
Hearts returning to You
We turn to You

In Your kingdom 
Broken lives are made new
You make us new

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Sound of Adoration

When we were lost ones
You were the Shepherd that carried us home
When we were prodigals
You ran to meet us with open arms
And we can’t hold back our praise

When we were refugees
You were the One who took us in
When we were enemies
You paid the price for all our sin
And we can’t hold back our praise

This is the sound of adoration
Oh, how we love You
Jesus, we love You

You are the joy of all creation
Oh, how we love You
Jesus, we love You

You are the Risen One
You conquered death and made a way
You sang our freedom song
Now we are dancing on our chains
And we can’t hold back our praise

By the cross, I am free
Your grace changes everything
I was blind, now I see
Your grace changes everything

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Prayer of Confession

Lord Jesus, our one True King,
who comes to the world
gently and humbly riding a donkey,

In the face of injustice, hatred, and war,
we cry out to You, “Hosanna”;
Save us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

Blessed are You, Son of David;
Lead us to the cross with courage and love.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

After each phrase, the congregation will reply with one voice:
Save us, Lord!

From hatred, violence, and war… 

For lives of peacemaking, love of neighbor, and welcome… 

From loneliness, apathy, and despair… 

For joining Your work of restoration & hope… 

From illness, injury, and harm… 

For wholeness, healing, and life… 

Amen.

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Communion

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Ecumenical Service of Prayer, Lament & Witness: Tomorrow (Monday, March 30th), people of faith will gather at Good Samaritan Episcopalian Church in UTC at 6:30 pm for a service of prayer & solidarity for communities experiencing fear and uncertainty amid current immigration enforcement practices, conflict, and division
• Lenten Community Prayer: This Wednesday will be our final Lenten prayer gathering from 8:00 to 8:15 pm on Zoom!
• Good Friday: We will have a special night of interactive prayer & worship on Good Friday, April 3rd at 7:00 pm here at Sandburg Elementary. 
• Easter Egg Donations: Please bring donations of filled easter eggs for our Easter egg hunt next Sunday, April 5th! 
• Easter Offering: For our annual Easter offering, we will be supporting a clean water tank initiative at Jardín de Niños Rebeca Muñoz Leyva (an early-education school in Tijuana) in partnership with the Borderlands Ministry of our presbytery. Our goal is $1000! Please choose “Easter 2026” on Tithely to give!
• Meal Packing Event: In partnership with Feeding San Diego, we will host a meal packing event after service on Sunday, May 3rd (bring ingredients for a recipe, pack them that day, share a meal together). 
• Interview Requests: If you haven’t had the chance, please talk to Linda for her research project. Interviews will be anonymous, and will last about an hour.

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

Great Are You Lord

You give life
You are love
You bring light to the darkness

You give hope
You restore
every heart that is broken
And great are You, Lord

It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise

It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only

All the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord

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Scripture Reading

Matthew 21:1-11

¹ When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them immediately.” ⁴ This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:

⁵ “Tell the daughter of Zion,
Look, your king is coming to you,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

⁶ The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; ⁷ they brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. ⁸ A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹ The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,

“Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

¹⁰ When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” ¹¹ The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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Palm Sunday

Pastor Dan

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Discussion questions 

• What would people have seen, heard, touched, tasted, smelled? 
• What would’ve stood out to you?

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Worship Song

Open Space w Hosanna tag

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 Your
Everything I am
for Your Kingdom’s cause
As I walk from earth into eternity

Pull me in closer
Close to Your heart
May I be a pure reflection of all You are

Love that is patient
Love that is kind
And love that keeps no offences
or wrongs in my mind

Make me like Jesus
Make me like Jesus

You’re faithful to find me
Right where I am
Though even in my wandering You call me friend

And mercy receives me
and lifts me to my feet
And I’m caught up in the wonder and mystery

Of knowing Jesus
Of knowing Jesus

My heart is an open space
for You to come and have Your way
I’m open, I’m open

Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

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Benediction

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The Fifth Sunday in Lent

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths. For today’s practice, we’re going to center ourselves in joy 

• With your eyes closed, remember a moment of joy (it could be recent or in the past, big or small) 
• Think about who you were with, what did you see, smell, and hear? 
• Give that joyful memory a short nickname so you can access it through the ups & downs of this week 

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Call to Worship

Adapted from Cole Arthur Riley

As we journey together through Lent,
we remember this sacred truth:  

We are born of dust and ash and dirt;
brought to life by the breath of God.

We are not what we once were.
The steadfast love of God guides us,
even through the wilderness. Amen. 

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Worship Songs

Oh Our Lord

We behold the breaking dawn
The light that shines over everyone
We look to You, we long for You, oh Lord

We behold the rising sun
The earth awaits, Your hope has come
We look to You, we long for You, oh Lord

Oh, oh, oh, our Lord
Oh, oh, oh, our Lord
How majestic is Your name in all the earth

We behold the falling rain
Like waters rise, flood this place
We reach for You, we cling to You, oh Lord

Oh, Your name is a light in the darkness
Oh, Your name is the word of truth
Oh Your name, oh Your name

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Beautiful One

Wonderful, so wonderful
Is Your unfailing love
Your cross has spoken mercy over me

No eye has seen, no ear has heard
No heart could fully know
How glorious, how beautiful you are

Beautiful One, I love You
Beautiful One, I adore
Beautiful One, my soul must sing

Powerful, so powerful
Your glory fills the skies
Your mighty works displayed for all to see

The beauty of Your majesty
Awakes my heart to sing
How marvelous, how wonderful You are

You opened my eyes to Your wonders anew
You captured my heart with this love
Because nothing on earth is as beautiful as You

My soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
My soul, my soul must sing
Beautiful One

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Prayer of Confession

Faithful God who travels with us
and sustains us through every wilderness: 

Our weary world cries out to You;
our worrying hearts reach out for You;

Renew our lives and the world You love;
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

More than those who watch for the morning,
we wait upon You, O God.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

A collect from our community, written by Ann Leong 

Omnipresent God,
Alpha and Omega,
Beginning and End,

Jesus, who promised
to be with us to the end of the ages, 

Spirit, who hovered over the waters
at creation and breathed life into our lungs,  

When the news feels overwhelming;
When the heat drains our energy;
When our hearts feel empty and alone;
and   

When we read of and see good things happening;
When laughter brings us life;  

When we sense joy in the small connections —
like a greeting from a neighbor
or in the shared wonder of a child  

Remind us of Your presence in all these times,
that we may be filled with gratitude  

And so that we may be empowered
to join You in Your work of redemption 
even when it seems hard  

Through the grace of the One
who reminds us that all is gift.
Amen.

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Communion

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Lenten Community Prayer: Throughout Lent, we will gather every Wednesday at 8:00 pm for a 15 minute Zoom prayer meeting.
• College Ministry Gathering: Today after service! Please talk to our Director of Worship Engagement, Kathy Lee, for more details! 
• Palm Sunday: Next Sunday (March 29th), we invite you to wear something green as we celebrate together!
• Good Friday: We will have a special night of interactive prayer & worship on Good Friday, April 3rd at 7:00 pm here at Sandburg Elementary. 
• Easter Egg Donations: Please bring donations of filled easter eggs for our Easter egg hunt on Sunday, April 5th. Talk to our Director of Children’s Ministry, Ann Leong, if you have any questions.
• Meal Packing Event: In partnership with Feeding San Diego, we will host a meal packing event after service on Sunday, May 3rd.
  • We will send out information about the 6 different recipes and invite you to bring ingredients for those recipes to donate. 
  • That Sunday, we will assemble the ingredients in clear bags with recipe cards — and we’ll share a meal that day from those recipes as well! 
• Interview Requests: Linda is conducting a study that aims to investigate how Korean American women pastors uniquely shape the theological and political subjectivity formation of their congregants. Linda would love to hear your experiences regarding our church life, adversities you’ve faced pertaining to race and/or gender, church leadership, and civic participation. Interviews will be anonymous, and will last about an hour. Please talk to Linda today if you’d like to volunteer!
• Youth Group Bible Study: Today right after the Blessing of the Children with Uncle Will!

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

Mercies (New Every Morning)

In brokenness and wandering
Through all my fear and unbelief
Your faithfulness appears to me again

Through mountain top and valley low
In every season, this I know
Your goodness, like the dawn, will break again

All Your mercies rising
In this heart again
And my soul begins to sing

They are new every morning
New every morning
Great is Your faithfulness
Your mercies are new every morning
New every morning
Great is Your faithfulness

Every good and perfect gift
In Your endless grace You give
Flowing from the Father’s heart to mine

Beams of heaven as I go
Through this wilderness below
The fullness of Your love for all of time

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Scripture Reading

Philippians 4:4-7

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. ⁵ Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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Practices You Should Know:
Celebration & Remembrance

Pastor Jeya

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Discussion questions 

• Share: what’s something you want to celebrate about yourself?
• Declare: “Thank you, God, for your work in  _________!”

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Worship Song

Promises

God from age to age
Though the earth may pass away
Your word remains the same

Your history can prove
There’s nothing You can’t do
You’re faithful and true

Though the storms may come 
And the winds may blow
I’ll remain steadfast

And let my heart learn 
When You speak a word
It will come to pass

Great is Your faithfulness to me
Great is Your faithfulness to me

From the rising sun to the setting same
I will praise Your name
Great is Your faithfulness to me

I put my faith in Jesus
My anchor to the ground
My hope and firm foundation
He’ll never let me down

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Benediction

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The Fourth Sunday in Lent

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by closing our eyes and taking several slow, deep breaths. Today’s centering practice is adapted from Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley:  

• Inhale: The night is long  
• Exhale: My soul keeps watch  

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Call to Worship

Adapted from Cole Arthur Riley

As we journey together through Lent,
we remember this sacred truth:  

We are born of dust and ash and dirt;
brought to life by the breath of God.

We are not what we once were.
The steadfast love of God guides us,
even through the wilderness. Amen. 

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Worship Songs

Here For You

Let our praise be Your welcome
Let our songs be a sign
We are here for You, we are here for You

Let Your breath come from heaven
Fill our hearts with Your life
We are here for You, we are here for You

To You our hearts are open
Nothing here is hidden
You are our one desire

You alone are holy
Only You are worthy
God, let Your fire fall down

Let our shout be Your anthem
Your renown fill the skies
We are here for You, we are here for You

Let Your Word move in power
Let what’s dead come to life
We are here for You, we are here for You

We welcome You with praise
We welcome You with praise
Almighty God of love
Be welcomed in this place

Let every heart adore
Let every soul awake
Almighty God of love
Be welcomed in this place

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The Love of the Father

Lift up your voices and lift up your praise
Join with the heavens, declaring the wonders
Of His faithfulness forever

Sing of the victory, the hope of the world
The Saviour has risen, the Spirit has come to
Bring us into love forever

We are the people of God
With the freedom of hope in our hearts
How great is the love of the Father

Lifted from darkness and into the light
The sons and the daughters are loved at a price
Our God has made us His forever

This is the song of the redeemed
The ransomed and the free
Given life at such a price
This is love, this is love

And when the Father calls us home
And we see Him on the throne
Hear the voices sing as one
This is love, this is love

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Prayer of Confession

God our Shepherd,
You lead us by still waters
and guide us in right paths. 

Have mercy upon us,
embracing us when we are broken;

Show us that love never fails;
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

By Your Spirit,
make us a people of mercy and goodness,
for all our days.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People 

A collect from our community, written by Ann Leong 

Loving and Gracious God, 
Who promises never to leave or forsake us.
We need Your comfort, Lord. 

For all of us who are fighting an illness or sickness, 
would You grant us relief and restoration 

For all of us who are experiencing 
fear, anxiety, depression and grief, 
would You send hope and peace 

For all of us who are struggling 
with emotional, psychological, and social well-being, 
would You provide clarity and stability  

For all of us who are seeking 
a sense of purpose and need spiritual healing,  

would You renew in us a desire
for deeper connection and inner transformation.   

We ask in Jesus’ name.
Amen.

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Communion

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Offering Prayer

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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!
• Lenten Community Prayer: Throughout Lent, we will gather every Wednesday at 8:00 pm for a 15 minute Zoom prayer meeting.
• College Ministry Gathering: Next Sunday, March 22nd will be our next college ministry gathering. Please talk to our Director of Worship Engagement, Kathy Lee, for more details! 
• Good Friday: We will have a special night of interactive prayer & worship on Good Friday, April 3rd at 7:00 pm here at Sandburg Elementary. 
• Easter Egg Donations: Please bring donations of filled easter eggs for our Easter egg hunt on Sunday, April 5th. Talk to our Director of Children’s Ministry, Ann Leong, if you have any questions.
• Meal Packing Event: In partnership with Feeding San Diego, we will host a meal packing event after service on Sunday, May 3rd.
  • We will send out information about the 6 different recipes and invite you to bring ingredients for those recipes to donate. 
  • That Sunday, we will assemble the ingredients in clear bags with recipe cards — and we’ll share a meal that day from those recipes as well! 
• Interview Requests: Linda is conducting a study that aims to investigate how Korean American women pastors uniquely shape the theological and political subjectivity formation of their congregants. Linda would love to hear your experiences regarding our church life, adversities you’ve faced pertaining to race and/or gender, church leadership, and civic participation. Interviews will be anonymous, and will last about an hour. Please talk to Linda today if you’d like to volunteer!
• Youth Group Bible Study: Today right after the Blessing of the Children with Uncle Will!

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Blessing of the Children

Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!

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Worship Song

Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly

It all comes down to this
What You require of me
Love my neighbor as myself
And You above all things

Act justly, love mercy
Walk humbly, with You God
In all things, in all ways
Walk humbly, with You God

It all comes down to this
To be Your hands and feet
Good News to all the world
The truth will set us free

It’s beauty for ashes
It’s mourning to dancing
It’s closer and closer
The Kingdom of heaven

Years from now we’ll see
The fruit our hands have sown
Faith just like a seed
The only way it grows

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Scripture Reading

John 1:1-9

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being ⁴ in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. ⁸ He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. ⁹ The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.

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Sermon

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Practices You Should Know:
Lament

Pastor Dan

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Discussion questions 

• What words or emotions come to mind when you think about the spiritual practice of being a witness? 
• How have you been changed by someone else’s authentic witness to Jesus’ love? How are you changed when you practice being a witness? 

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Worship Song

Let Us Be Known

Let us be known by our love
In every word, in every deed
Honor the Son

Let our light shine in every eye
Let us be known by our love

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our love

Let us be known by our joy
In every home, in every heart
Sing to the Lord

Let our lives show goodness and hope
Let us be known by our joy

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our joy

Let us be known by our peace
In every town, in every tribe
Jesus is King

Let us go forth, heal and restore
Let us be known by our peace

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our peace

For the glory of our Savior
For the glory of our God
For the glory of the Spirit
Let us be known by our love

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Benediction

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The Third Sunday in Lent

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Welcome!

On months with five Sundays, we take a “Reset Sunday” on the fifth Sunday of that month (although we’re switching things up this month because March 29th is Palm Sunday, and we’ll gather together for that day!).

During Reset Sundays, instead of gathering in community, we encourage you to get some rest, see something beautiful, eat something delicious, and connect with God, others & yourselves out in God’s world!

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Worship Playlist

We invite you to use this Spotify playlist throughout your Reset Sunday, whether you’re alone or with others, maybe driving or at home — let these familiar songs of worship guide you into the presence of God today!

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Lectio Divina

For today’s spiritual practice, we invite you to visit our church’s Instagram or watching the video below. Take your time in this sacred hearing of God’s word to you today.

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Genesis 1:26-27

Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness”…

So God created humans in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

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Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

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Isaiah 64:8

Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.

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Kids Video

With your kids, take time to watch these two clips from Bluey. There will be a couple of conversation questions after each short clip:

• Why is their mom in a hurry? Why is it kind of funny that she’s stressed out and in a hurry to “relax”?
• What are Bluey and Bingo doing? What words would you use to describe their emotions?
• Their mom says, “I want to start relaxing!” How would you describe her emotions?

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• Is it easy or hard for Bluey’s mom to relax? Why? Can you relate? (“I don’t know how to relax! It’s harder than it looks”)
• How does their mom learn to relax from the kids?
• God wants us to rest! Everything doesn’t have to be “perfect” but we can learn to be present to the moment with God, others, and ourselves. It’s okay if it takes a little while — we can all learn to “just go about it” in little ways every day!

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Community Updates

• Blessings on your Reset Sunday! We hope you experience meaningful connection with God, others, and yourselves today. We’d love to hear about how you spent your Reset Sunday!
• Lenten Community Prayer: Throughout Lent, we will continue to gather every Wednesday at 8:00 pm for a 15 minute Zoom prayer meeting.
• Run/Walk Club: We will host a run/walk at Lake Miramar this Saturday, March 14th. We’ll meet at 9:00 am.
• In-person Worship: We hope to see you in-person next Sunday, March 15th at 10:30 am at Sandburg Elementary!

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Passing of the Peace

Send a text message of blessing and peace to someone from our Anchor & Hope community, or someone else who could use a blessing!

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