Sunday April 6, 2025
Prelude
Announcements
Opening Hymn – #145 Morning Has Broken (3 verses)
Opening Responsive Prayer – Text Below
1st Scripture Reading – John 12:1-8 (The Living Bible [TLB] Translation)
Choir Anthem – “Bread and Wine of Life w/ As the Deer”
Children’s Time – Beth Sova
Joys & Concerns / Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer / Choral Response
Hymn – #142 If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee (3 verses)
Loving the Wider World through Our Giving (Doxology #95)
2nd Scripture Reading – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (The Living Bible [TLB] Translation)
Message “Two Weeks Before Arrest: Jesus Reflects” – Steve Domke
Praise Music – “Your Love Never Fails”
Benediction
Postlude
Opening Responsive Prayer
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
L: Lift up your hearts.
P: We lift them up to the Lord.
L: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
P: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
L: And so, with your people on earth, and all the company of heaven we praise your name and
join their unending hymn:
P: Holy, Holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.
L: Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
P: Hosanna in the highest.
L: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
P: Hosanna in the highest.
L: Let us pray….
1st Scripture Reading – John 12:1-8 (The Living Bible [TLB] Translation)
1 Six days before the Passover ceremonies began, Jesus arrived in Bethany where Lazarus
was—the man he had brought back to life. 2 A banquet was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha
served, and Lazarus sat at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took a jar of costly perfume made
from essence of nard, and anointed Jesus’ feet with it and wiped them with her hair. And the
house was filled with fragrance.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples—the one who would betray him—said, 5 “That perfume
was worth a fortune. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.”
6 Not that he
cared for the poor, but he was in charge of the disciples’ funds and often dipped into them for
his own use!
7
Jesus replied, “Let her alone. She did it in preparation for my burial. 8 You can always help the
poor, but I won’t be with you very long.”
2nd Scripture Reading – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (The Living Bible [TLB] Translation)
4 Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud,
5 never
haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It
does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. 6
It is never glad
about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out. 7
If you love someone, you will be loyal to
him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and
always stand your ground in defending him.
8 All the special gifts and powers from God will someday come to an end, but love goes on
forever.