Posts from March 2025
Welcome, Pastor Kristin Skare!
This article was written by Sandy Perkins, who served on the Call Committee. “As a baptized, beloved child of God, I joyfully proclaim in word and deed the good news of Jesus’ transformational love through building relationships and serving my neighbors inside and outside the church walls. I believe all people are created in God’s image, and nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus,” Pastor Kristin’s personal ministry statement reads. Kristin’s call to ordained ministry began in…
March 9, 2025 — 10:30 AM Service
WELCOME SONGS“King of Glory”“His Mercy is More” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGMatthew 5:17-22a, 27-28 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others…
March 9, 2025 — 9:00 AM Service
PRELUDE“Romance” (Gerald Finzi)Linnae Stole, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who forgives all our sin,whose mercy endures forever.Amen. Let us return to God, confessing our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. Silence is kept for reflection. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have…
Ash Wednesday — 7:00 PM Service
PRELUDE“Resignation” (Charles Callahan)Barb Carroll, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who creates us,redeems us,and calls us by name.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. Gracious God,have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things…
Ash Wednesday — 5:30 PM Family Service
PRELUDE Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf CALL TO WORSHIP“Awesome God” (Rich Mullins)Starlight Singers & Sonshine SingersHannah Fleming, Jill Boyd, Emma Tewes, (Directors) WELCOME OPENING SONG“Create in Me” READING Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are…
Ash Wednesday — 12:00 PM Service
PRELUDE“Resignation” (Charles Callahan) Barb Carroll, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who creates us,redeems us,and calls us by name.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. Gracious God,have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things…