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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.

Friends, this is the second Sunday of the Easter season. God invites us into resurrection life in Christ. Today, we will center ourselves as Easter people: 

• Stand and extend arms upward as sign of gratitude & receiving from God  
• Extend arms outward as sign of sharing hope & new life with others 

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Call to Worship

Adapted from the Brief Statement of Faith

In life and in death, we belong to God.
Through the transforming grace of our risen Lord, 

the steadfast love of God,
and the faithful presence of the Holy Spirit,

We are brought from darkness into light,
called to live and share the resurrection.
Amen.

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Worship Song

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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Kingdom Come w Build My Life

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

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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Prayer of Confession

O God,
In raising Jesus from the grave,
You showed us Your power to defeat sin and death.

For our doubts, grant us deeper faith;
When we despair, fill us with hope;
In our sorrow, be near to us.
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

God of resurrection,
Breathe Your Spirit upon us,
making us awake and alive to Your presence.
Amen.

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People

Today, we will pray in triads (groups of 3). Please hold conversations until later. Each person will choose one of the following areas, and pray in the following way:

• We pray for our church, that we would be filled with ____________ so that we _______________ 
• We pray for our neighbors, that they would know _______________ and discover __________________
• We pray for our world, that You would heal _________________ and bring Your _______________ to all who are in need

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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!
• 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!
• Youth Group: Yang will lead our Youth Group Bible study today!
• Art & Faith Camp: Let’s continue to pray for this great day of creativity, faith, and outreach coming up on Sunday, May 25th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. We need volunteers! Please talk to Ann Leong if you’d like to help out!

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time! 

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Family Praise

The Shrink Song

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Scripture Reading

Revelation 1:4-8

⁴ John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood ⁶ and made us a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.

⁷ Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. So it is to be. Amen.

⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

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

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Sermon

The Season of Easter

Pastor Jeya

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Reflection questions:

• Why is this one of the first lectionary passages we hear about during the Easter season?

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Worship Song

Open Up (reprise)

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

Make me an instrument
Of Your peace
Where there is hatred
Let me sow love

Where there is darkness
Let me shine light and…

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

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Benediction

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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.

On this Palm Sunday, we remember the words of the psalmist: “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.” We will let Psalm 103 guide our centering practice as we proclaim the salvation of our Lord together: 

• For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is God’s love for those who fear God • Stand and stretch your arms 
• As far as the east is from the west, so far has God removed our transgressions from us • Stretch arms to sides 
• As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him • Embrace yourself 

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Call to Worship

For Palm Sunday, adapted from Thom Shuman

We begin our journey through the holiest of weeks:
Through praise and celebration, with joy on our lips;
Through betrayal and death, cradling hope deep in our hearts.

We follow in the steps of Jesus, wherever He leads:
for in Him is true life and light;
He is the Living Word and hope of all creation.

We wave palm branches and proclaim:
Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!
Blessed is the One who ushers in the kingdom of God.
Amen.

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Worship Song

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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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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Prayer of Confession

Adapted from: A Hosanna Litany from The Open Church

The streets were crowded.
A parade mood filled the air.

Shouts came from deep in the heart.
Hosanna! Save us!

Save us from lukewarm faith.
Hosanna! Save us!

Save us from callous indifference.
Hosanna! Save us!

Save us from paltry hopes and petty dreams.
Hosanna! Save us!

Save us from unquenchable greed.
Hosanna! Save us!

Save us from lazy habits and faithless commitments.
Hosanna! Save us!

Save us from soft-mindedness and hard-heartedness.
Hosanna! Save us!

We cry from the depth of our hearts and the very center of our souls.
Hosanna! Save us!

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People

Leaves from Interactive Night of Prayer & Worship

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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!
• Good Friday: This Friday, April 18th at 7:30 pm, we will gather at Sandburg Elementary for a time of quiet prayer, reflection, and worship. We will have a separate gathering for our Sunday School children that evening as well. 
• Easter Sunday: Please sign up to bring something for our potluck if you can. Please let Ian know if you have any questions. We look forward to celebrating Jesus’ resurrection next Sunday, April 20th together starting at 10:30 am! 
• Youth Group: Yang will lead our Youth Group Bible study during service on Sunday, April 27th.
• Art & Faith Camp: Let’s continue to pray for this great day of creativity, faith, and outreach coming up on Sunday, May 25th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. We need volunteers! Please talk to Ann Leong if you’d like to help out! 

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Family Praise

Give It Away

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Scripture Reading

Luke 19:28-40

²⁸ After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹ When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, ³⁰ saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it’” ³² So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. ³³ As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴ They said, “The Lord needs it.” ³⁵ Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. ³⁶ As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. ³⁷ As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, ³⁸ saying,
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!”

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.” ⁴⁰ He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”

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

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Sermon

Prayer Walk: Keep the Stones Silent!

Pastor Jeya

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Reflection questions:

• What do you notice? How does what you notice lead you to pray for this neighborhood?
• What ways can we share the joy of Palm Sunday and Jesus with those in this neighborhood?

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Worship Song

Hosanna

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 is for Your kingdom’s cause
Show me how to love like You have loved me

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

As we continue to journey together through this season of Lent, let us wait on the Lord with faith, hope, and love. Once again, today’s centering practice comes from Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies. We invite you to close your eyes and reflect on this quote before we engage our breath prayers: Author and theologian Frederick Buechner wrote, “You can survive on your own; you can grow strong on your own; you can prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.”

Inhale: My journey is not solitary  
Exhale: We heal together

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Call to Worship

As we journey together
during this Lenten season,
we remember: 

The everyday places we walk
are holy ground;
and the ordinary people we meet
are deeply loved by God.

In these thin spaces,
steadfast love and faithfulness meet.
From ashes and dust, God creates beauty.
Amen. 

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Worship Song

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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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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Prayer of Confession

God of love,
We thank You for being
Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer
of our lives and all creation. 

We confess how easy it is
for us to remain stuck in our ways
rather than risk transformation and hope.
Forgive us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

God of hope,
Guide us to reorient our lives
towards Your goodness and joy,
for the life of the world around us.
Amen.

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People

Today’s Prayers of the People will be about expanding our circles of love, concern, and prayer. I’ll invite you to pray from very local to global by embodying a motion, praying silently for 5 seconds — and then I’ll repeat the prayer topic and we’ll respond out loud, “Lord, have mercy.” 

• For those living under our household, in all of the concerns we see and in all of those we cannot see (hands to heart) 
• For our local communities where we live, study, work, and play (palms upward in our laps) 
• For our nation and the many concerns arising in our world today (hands held upward) 
• For the Church worldwide to be faithful witnesses & advocates of Christ’s love and justice (stand together) 
• For those suffering from violence, hatred, and war (arms crossed across to shoulders)

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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 Sunday School Donations: We’re always grateful for your generous & fun donations for our Easter egg hunt! We don’t need plastic eggs, but we do need fillers! Ideas for fillers: mini squishy toys, sidewalk chalk, playdough/slime, finger puppets, bouncy balls, stickers, temporary tattoos, etc.). Please bring by next Sunday, 4/13! Questions, please text Teacher Ann.
• Art & Faith Camp: Let’s continue to pray for this great day of creativity, faith, and outreach coming up in the month of May. Please talk to Ann Leong if you’d like to help out! 

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Family Praise

Happy All the Time

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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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Scripture Reading

Luke 12:22-32

²² He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. ²³ For life is more than food and the body more than clothing. ²⁴ Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! ²⁵ And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life? ²⁶ If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? ²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. ²⁸ But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith! ²⁹ And do not keep seeking what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. ³⁰ For it is the nations of the world that seek all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. ³¹ Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

³² Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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

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Sermon

God is Kind

Pastor David

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Reflection questions:

• When was the last time you experienced kindness from someone? 
• Is there something that you used to deeply pray for that you are currently experiencing? What is a prayer that you are hoping to see come to life? 

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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
On valley 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 

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Benediction

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The Third Sunday in Lent

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Centering Practice

As we continue to journey together through this season of Lent, let us wait on the Lord with faith, hope, and love. Once again, today’s centering practice comes from Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies. 

Inhale: I listen for my voice  
Exhale: Silence is a portal  

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Call to Worship

As we journey together
during this Lenten season,
we remember: 

The everyday places we walk
are holy ground;
and the ordinary people we meet
are deeply loved by God.

In these thin spaces,
steadfast love and faithfulness meet.
From ashes and dust, God creates beauty.
Amen. 

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Worship Song

The Way w/ Come Now is the Time

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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Prayer of Confession

God of all people,
We confess the ways we have not seen You
in the face of our neighbors
who are immigrants and refugees.

Forgive us for choosing comfort over compassion;
Break down walls we’ve built in our hearts & minds;
Open our hearts to the wideness of Your embrace;
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

God of mercy,
Renew us in Your love,
giving us courage to stand against injustice
and making real the hope we have in Jesus.
Amen.

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People

For today’s Prayers of the People, we will embody our prayers through simple responses. I invite you to close your eyes and pray with me: 

• For those suffering from violence, hatred, and war
• Protect those forced to flee from violence
• Hear the cry of those who have lost loved ones to war and hatred
• Bless and strengthen those working to bring relief, justice, and aid
• For our mission partners and collaborators around the world, like World Relief and Justice Ventures International
• For the Church worldwide to be advocates for justice and love

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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 Devotional: We encourage you to keep reading Pastor Ray Hollenbach’s book, Deeper Hope, as a daily devotional throughout the season of Lent.
• Interactive Prayer & Worship Night: This Saturday, March 29th at 7:00 pm, we will gather at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Please extend an invitation to someone who could benefit from this gathering! 
• Reset Sunday: We will not gather next Sunday, March 30th for worship together. Instead, we’ll encourage you to connect with God, others, and yourself out in the world that day. We will provide a worship guide this week.
• Run Club: If you’re interested, please talk to Jin about registering for the San Diego Beach & Bay Half Marathon coming up on Saturday, April 12th. There will also be 5K and 10K races that day! 
• Art & Faith Camp: Let’s continue to pray for this great day of creativity, faith, and outreach coming up in the month of May. Please talk to Ann Leong if you’d like to help out! 

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Family Praise

Your Love is Deep

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Scripture Reading

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

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Sermon

Guest Speaker

Liliana Reza

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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 in Lent

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Centering Practice

As we continue to journey together through this season of Lent, let us wait on the Lord with faith, hope, and love. Once again, today’s centering practice comes from Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies. 

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

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Call to Worship

As we journey together
during this Lenten season,
we remember: 

The everyday places we walk
are holy ground;
and the ordinary people we meet
are deeply loved by God.

In these thin spaces,
steadfast love and faithfulness meet.
From ashes and dust, God creates beauty.
Amen. 

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Worship Song

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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Everything

God in my living, there in my breathing
God in my waking, God in my sleeping

God in my resting, there in my working
God in my thinking, God in my speaking

Be my everything… be my everything…
Be my everything… be my everything…

God in my hoping, there in my dreaming
God in my watching, God in my waiting

God in my laughing, there in my weeping
God in my hurting, God in my healing

Christ in me, Christ in me
Christ in me, the hope of glory
You are everything

Christ in me, Christ in me
Christ in me, the hope of glory
Be my everything… be my everything…

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Prayer of Confession

Loving God,
ever-creating, ever-loving, ever-present:
when things around us feel chaotic,
You are steadfast love.

When we waver, make us faithful;
In our weakness; be our strength;
As we struggle, carry us;
Hear us, O God, we pray:  

— Moment of silent prayer — 

We worship You,
Creator, Christ and Spirit, 
ever Three and ever One.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People

For today’s Prayers of the People, we will literally stand together on behalf of our friends, families, neighborhoods, nation, and world. For each phrase that speaks to your heart, please stand (and remain standing). After people have a moment to stand, we will say out loud together, “Lord, have mercy.” 

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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 Devotional: We encourage you to read Pastor Ray Hollenbach’s book, Deeper Hope, as a daily devotional throughout the season of Lent.
• Home Groups: The Under 30s group will begin at the Rucker-Do’s place this Thursday. Please talk to Pastor David for details! Tae & Yang’s Home Group starts this Friday, March 21st at 6:30 pm — in honor of Women’s History Month, their group will study women in the Bible! 
• Interactive Prayer & Worship Night: On Saturday, March 29th at 7:00 pm, we will gather at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Please extend an invitation to someone who could benefit from this gathering! 
• Reset Sunday: March is a month with 5 weeks — we will not gather on Sunday, March 30th for worship together. Instead, we’ll encourage you to connect with God, others, and yourself out in the world that day. We will provide a worship guide the week before Reset Sunday.
• Run Club: If you’re interested, please talk to Jin about registering for the San Diego Beach & Bay Half Marathon coming up on Saturday, April 12th. There will also be 5K and 10K races that day! Art & Faith Camp: Let’s continue to pray for this great day of creativity, faith, and outreach coming up (tentatively) in the month of May! 

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Family Praise

Ask Seek Knock

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Worship Song

Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to Thee

There is a sign at the sight of Thee
Merciful and mighty
God in three Persons
God in three Persons… blessed Trinity

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty
All Thy works
Shall praise Thy Name
In earth and sky and sea

There is a sign at the sight of Thee
There is none beside Thee
God in three Persons
God in three Persons… blessed Trinity

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Scripture Reading

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10,12

⁹ Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:

¹⁰  If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up… 

¹²  Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

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

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Sermon

The Three Sisters

Pastor Dan

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Conversation Questions:

• Like the “three sisters,” what are gifts we can offer to support each other in different stages of growth?
• Picture Anchor & Hope as a biodiverse ecosystem: how does our life together provide health & life to people around us? What are different onramps for connection? What are gifts of blessing (food) and encouragement (shelter) that our life together can provide to others?

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Worship Song

Teach Us Your Ways

Teach us Your ways… teach us Your ways
As we learn from one another
Learn to love each other
Teach us Your ways

Teach us to give… teach us to give
Give ourselves for one another
Learn to love each other
Teach us to give

Teach us to weep… teach us to weep
Let us weep with one another
Learn to love each other
Teach us to weep

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Benediction

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The First Sunday in Lent

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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Today’s centering practice comes from Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies  

• Inhale: There is beauty in the stillness
• Exhale: I am free to rest

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Call to Worship

As we journey together
during this Lenten season,
we remember: 

The everyday places we walk
are holy ground;
and the ordinary people we meet
are deeply loved by God.

In these thin spaces,
steadfast love and faithfulness meet.
From ashes and dust, God creates beauty.
Amen. 

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Worship Song

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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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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Prayer of Confession

O God,
You are our shelter from the storm,
a safe refuge in times of sorrow,
and we find our home in You.

Where our hearts are dry,
let Living Water flow.
In our darkness, let Light shine.
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

God of mercy,
forgive our sin and shortcomings,
transform and direct what we shall be,
that we would walk in Your ways, always.
Amen.

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Assurance of God’s Love

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Prayers of the People

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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 Devotional: We encourage you to read Pastor Ray Hollenbach’s book, Deeper Hope, as a daily devotional throughout the season of Lent.
• Home Groups: Ann & Cherry’s Home Group begins this Saturday, March 15th at 4:00 pm. Their focus will be on care for self & care for others. Tae & Yang’s Home Group will start next Friday, March 21st at 6:30 pm — in honor of Women’s History Month, their group will study women in the Bible! Keep an eye out for an Under 30s group as well. Feel free to respond to an invitation or take initiative to join up! 
• Praise & Prayer Night: On Saturday, March 29th, we will have a special night of interactive praise & prayer. More details to come! 
• Reset Sunday: March is a month with 5 weeks — we will not gather on Sunday, March 30th for worship together. Instead, we’ll encourage you to connect with God, others, and yourself out in the world that day. We will provide a worship guide the week before Reset Sunday.

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Family Praise

You, You, You

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Worship Song

Invitation Fountain w Build My Life

All who are weak
All who are weary
Come to the rock
Come to the fountain

All who have sailed
On the rivers of heartache
Come to the sea
Come on be set free

If You lead me Lord
I will follow
Where You lead me Lord
I will go

Come and heal me Lord
I will follow
Where You lead me Lord
I will go, I will go…

All who are weak
All who are weary
Come to the rock
Come to the fountain

All who have climbed
On the mountains of heartache
Reach to the stars
Come on and give Your life

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 12:20-26

²⁰ Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. ²¹ They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²² Philip went and told Andrew, then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. ²³ Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. ²⁴ Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit. ²⁵ Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶ Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

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

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Sermon

The Mystery of the Seed

Pastor Jeya

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Reflection Questions:

• How would you finish this sentence: I wish I… 
• If you find yourself wishing for something material or cosmetic, that’s okay! But try to get to the heart of what you’re really wishing for – why do I wish for this thing? What do I really want?
• Take a minute to pray to God by finishing this sentence, “Would You…?”

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Worship Song

Have My Heart

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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Centering Practice

We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Today’s centering practice comes from Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies  

• Inhale: I pause to behold
• Exhale: Even here, there is beauty  

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Call to Worship

The glory of God is revealed in many ways:
Through clouds of splendor, the fire of God’s love,
and the radiant wonder
of Christ transfigured on the mountain.

May Light break through the surrounding darkness,
transforming our despair into hope,
and sending us into the world as seeds of hope.
Amen.

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Worship Song

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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This I Know

Up on the mountain
Where Your love captured me
Where finally I’m free
This I know

Up on the mountain
Where You taught my soul to sing
Amazing grace, the sweetest thing
This I know

And then the storm rushing in
And here I am again
This I know

Take me up to where I was
When I never wanted more than You
Lift me up to feel Your touch
It wouldn’t be that much for You

This I know, this I know
This I know…

Up on the mountain
Where You took me by the hand
Taught me to dance again
This I know

Up on the mountain
Where You took this heart of stone
Put life back in these bones
This I know

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Community Prayer

Based on Psalm 36

How precious is Your steadfast love, O God.
We take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
With You is the fountain of life;
in Your light, we see light. 

Radiant Lord,
may Your light dispel our darkness;
may Your grace transform our hearts;
and may Your life inspire us to follow.
Hear us, O God, we pray: 

— Moment of silent prayer — 

Your love and faithfulness, O Lord,
reach to the skies.
Make us a people of justice and righteousness,
for Your name’s sake.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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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!
• Ash Wednesday Service: We will mark the beginning of Lent together this Wednesday, March 5th via Zoom at 7:30 pm. Please make sure to take home a packet for each member of your household today.
• Lenten Devotional: We will send out a PDF copy of Pastor Ray Hollenbach’s book, Deeper Hope, as a daily devotional throughout the season of Lent.
• Home Groups: Ann & Cherry’s Home Group will begin on Saturday, March 15th at 4:00 pm. Their focus will be on care for self & care for others. Tae & Yang’s Home Group will start on Friday, March 21st at 6:30 pm — in honor of Women’s History Month, their group will study women in the Bible! Keep an eye out for an Under 30s group as well. Feel free to respond to an invitation or take initiative to join up! 
• Praise & Prayer Night: On Saturday, March 29th, we will have a special night of interactive praise & prayer. More details to come! 
• Reset Sunday: March is a month with 5 weeks — we will not gather on Sunday, March 30th for worship together. Instead, we’ll encourage you to connect with God, others, and yourself out in the world that day. We will provide a worship guide the week before Reset Sunday.

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Family Praise

Light of the World

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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

Luke 9:28-36

²⁸ Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. ²⁹ And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. ³⁰ Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. ³¹ They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. ³² Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. ³³ Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” — not knowing what he said. ³⁴ While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. ³⁵ Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” ³⁶ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.

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

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Sermon

Seeds of Hope

Pastor Dan

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Conversation Questions:

• What or who do you love so much that you could “set your face toward” a hard path?
• When have you seen goodness shine with radiance?
• During Lent, what kind of fasting for you will lead to more love for God and/or justice for others?

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Worship Song

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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Benediction

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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: I need more than me
  Exhale:  We get free together  
• Inhale: I am worthy of embrace
  Exhale: God, lead me to belonging

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Call to Worship

Adapted from “Let Me Walk With You,” by Dr. Tamisha Tyler 

Let down your hair and tell me your story.
You are welcome here
at the table where blessings flow.

Sameness and difference.
Sameness and difference.
Let us dive deep into mystery and grace together.

Let us sit in the grey together,
Let us wait on God together.
I cannot promise you I will be perfect;
I can only promise that I will be here.

Walking…
Listening…
Waiting…
Together.
Amen.

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Worship Song

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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Community Prayer

Adapted from Dr. Barbara A. Holmes. Dr. Holmes was a spiritual teacher, author, activist, and scholar — as well as President Emerita of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities 

Our God
in whom we live and move and have our being,
For the nurture of our many villages of belonging;
for unexpected healing and imaginative pathways;
we give thanks.

In our fractured and frustrating time,
we cannot carve out shared destinies in isolation.
Even in our wounded unknowing,
bring us to a place of true contemplation.

Open our eyes to wonder and mystery all around us;
open our hearts to authentic connection;
open our hands to become a community of care,
even in the midst of crisis and concern.

— Moment of silent prayer — 

Spirit of love,
Bring us into inner space so deep, so daringly vast,
that even in the midst of noise around us,
we find stillness and home in You.
Amen. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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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!
• Support for World Relief: Our church is sending $1500 to support the work of World Relief in helping refugee families, which will cover rent/utilities for one month for one family. For over 40 years, World Relief has worked with both Republican and Democratic administrations to help resettle over 500,000 refugees. The suspension of the Refugee Resettlement Program and a stop-work order in January means that private donations are the only means of support for 4,000 recent refugees who were already in process of being resettled here. 
• Monthly Prayer Walk: This Saturday, March 1st, we’ll meet at 9:00 am here at Sandburg for our prayer walk/run!
• The Season of Lent: Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5th. We will have a gathering that day via Zoom at 7:30 pm.
• Home Groups: Ann & Cherry’s Home Group will begin on Saturday, March 15th at 4:00 pm. Their focus will be on care for self & care for others. Tae & Yang’s Home Group will start on Friday, March 21st at 6:30 pm — in honor of Women’s History Month, their group will study women in the Bible! Keep an eye out for an Under 30s group as well. Feel free to respond to an invitation or take initiative to join up! 
• Church Retreat: We’re excited to have a church-wide retreat on 4th of July weekend! We’re looking at July 4th through 6th — we’d like to get a rough headcount now so we can plan!
• Youth Group Valentine’s Cards: A quick update from Ann Leong, “A couple of patient’s family members raved about how the cards brightened not only their day but the day of their loved ones who were in the hospital sick.”

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Family Praise

Shine (From the Inside Out)

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Worship Song

Open Space with Hosanna

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

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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.

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Sermon

Unusual & Unexpected

Pastor Jeya

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Conversation Questions:

• Which medieval cat best represents how you were this week and why? And then 2 more 
• What’s a way that you’ve had eyes to see God’s healing and transformation this week?
• Where is there a place that you are hoping for and maybe even hopeful to work towards God’s healing and transformation this week?

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Worship Song

Have My Heart

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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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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. 

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Assurance of God’s Love

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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!
• 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! 

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Passing of the Peace

Let’s greet each other at this time!

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Family Praise

Give It Away

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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

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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.

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Sermon

Healing Through the Eyes of Jesus

Pastor Dan

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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?

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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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Benediction

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