THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT FEBRUARY 25, 2018 Dorchester United Church
Wherever you are, whoever you are, Join us in our Journey
TO PONDER:
The invitation to deny oneself and be rejected is one that the disciples
had difficulty accepting. How can we in this age follow Jesus on a journey
of self-sacrifice?
MUSICAL PRELUDE (A time for quiet reflection and preparation for worship)
HYMN: "
New Every Morning" V.U. 405
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
God invites us to journey in the way of faithfulness.
We are called to walk the Lenten road with Jesus.
We journey with confidence for God is with us.
Let us be open to God's call and presence.
OPENING PRAYER
God of Sarah and Abraham and God of us all: You have called people in
every generation and age to journey in faithfulness. Give us a sense of
anticipation in this Lenten season that we may live in hope of the new
life in Easter. We pray in the name of Jesus our guide and companion.
AMEN
THE LENTEN TRIAD LITURGY
[Focus on Transportation- a Lenten Discipline]
"May the lights in the land of plenty shine on the truth
some day."
LENT 2 - TRANSPORTATION
READER
: As we extinguish this candle, we acknowledge the pollution on land, sea
and air as the result of our demand for the fuel to get us more places,
faster.
(2nd purple candle is extinguished)
A PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of mercy, we confess that we are used to a world of speed and
convenience. For years we did not know the damage our modern
transportation was causing in air pollution, fossil fuel depletion and
non-biodegradable waste. Now that we know, what we know disheartens us.
And yet, we confess, it is difficult to give up hard-earned luxuries
and conveniences. Forgive us. Help us to make reasonable and
life-giving choices for the sake of Your creation and for one another's
health. Giver of life, in the midst of plundered resources and polluted
air, we groan with creation: Have mercy on us. AMEN
SUNG RESPONSE:
"As the Sun With Longer Journey"
V.U. 111 (vs 2)
Practical suggestions:
Drive less. Walk, bike or use
public transportation. Combine errands into one outing.
Pick one day a week not to use your car.
HYMN:
"To Abraham and Sarah" V.U. 634
RESPONSE: V.U. 400
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place,
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Send us love, send us power, send us grace.
PASTORAL PRAYER
WE RESPOND TO GOD'S WORD IN FAITH AND ACTION
OFFERING INVITATION
OFFERTORY RESPONSE:
For food in a world where many walk in hunger, for friends in a world where
many walk alone, for faith in a world where many walk in fear, we give you
thanks, O God. V.U. 552
OFFERTORY PRAYER: The covenant into which we are called by God is a
promise of faithfulness for all time. As both the patriarch Abraham and
Jesus followed without question, even so we bring our gifts in the
freedom of love and the knowledge that God will never forsake us. AMEN
