Sunday Worship, 26 February 2023, with Saint James UMC, in Marriottsville MD, saintjamesweb.org

Sunday Worship 9:30 am, February 26, 2023 LENT Year A 2023 SEEKING: honest questions for deeper faith This Lent season offers us many stories of Jesus encountering people who are seeking: Nicodemus at night, a Samaritan woman at a well, a man born without sight. In these stories, each person is seeking a new beginning, a different life, a deeper faith. What unfolds is an exchange filled with questions and exploration. Often, an unveiling occurs—assumptions are disrupted, a new perspective is revealed, mystery grows. Like the characters in our Lenten scriptures, we are also seeking many things: clarity, connection, wonder, justice, balance. Throughout this season, we hope you will continually ask yourself: what am I seeking? What is God seeking? This Lent, we invite you to engage in the spiritual practice of seeking. We encourage you to stay curious, open, and nimble. We hope you will soften your assumptions and expand your perspectives. February 26, 2023 1st Sunday in Lent Who Will You Listen To? Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 The First Sunday in Lent each year sets the tone for the season by focusing on the temptation of Christ. As Christ fasted for forty days, so do we practice Lenten disciplines for forty days of Lent—spiritual practices that we are tempted to forego Rev. Patricia Abell, Pastor Antuan Hairston, Director of Music Ministry Clarice Snyder, Organist/Pianist Saint James Handbell Choir Laural Clark, Bell Choir Director Antuan Hairston, Liturgist Jelinda Blum, Children’s Message Saint James UMC Marriottsville, MD www.saintjamesweb.org Prelude “Forty Days and Forty Nights” (Aus Der Tiefe – Out of the Depths) Christopher J. Hoh copyright 2021 by Christopher J. Hoh www.HohMade Misic.com (with permission) Introit “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee” Copyright ©1986 in BEGIN TO RING by Agape, Carol Stream, IL 60188 Opening Hymn “Who will you listen to?” LEONI (“The God of Abraham Praise” © Anna Strickland, 2022. Commissioned by A Sanctified Art, LLC. Used with permission.. Anthem “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” Arrangement Copyright © 2013 by GIA Publications, Inc. Offertory “I Wonder as I Wander” © 1934 G. Schirmer, Inc.All Rights Reserved. Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc. (March 3, 2021) Closing Hymn “Where He Leads Me” UMH 338. CCLI Song # 36767 © Words: Public Domain Edward W. Blandy Music: Public Domain John Samuel Norris CCLI License # 2648763 Postlude “If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee” J. S. Bach Public Domain Prayer RESOURCES: Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year A, Volume 1 © 2012 Westminster John Knox Press. Used with permission. The Abingdon Worship Annual 2023 Copyright © 2022 by Abingdon Press. Used with permission. Liturgical prayers adapted from Prayer by Rev. Sarah A. Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org. Used with permission. Hymns/songs licensed under One License #A-731215 and CCLI #2648763

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