RESPONSE TO THE WORD
OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY
OFFERING: Feelfreetoplaceyourgifts,offerings,andtithesinthe container in the aisle behind the last pew, as you enter. We thank you and may God bless each of you.
*HYMN #269 “Lord Who Throughout These 40 Days” (on screen) *SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING

CLOSING CHORUS: “The Blessing” .

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Gethsemane United Methodist Church
PO Box 185 369 Allport Cutoff Allport, PA 16821
Church Office Telephone: 814-345-6860 Pastor’schurchofficehours: Mon.,Tues,&Wed. 9am-12pm
Parsonage Telephone: 814-345-6931 Pastor Julia Cell: 814-883-8602 Daycare telephone: 814-345-3809 Church Email address: gumc.office@gmail.com Church Website: www.gethsemanechurch.org WiFi Password: Trustinchrist
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February 18, 2024 9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
“O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones.
Let me find you again. Amen.”
—Henri Nouwen

1st Sunday in Lent

February 18 , 2024

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”

1 John 4:9

PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
We are excited that you are worshiping with Gethsemane today. OPENING PRAYER2
Lord and Shepherd of our journeys in the desert, we come to you during this Lenten season as servants of Jesus Christ. We remember how you liberated Moses and the Israelites; we remember also how you liberated the prophet Elijah in his journey to escape from a corrupt king.
Now, in our Lenten journey, we ask for your direction, your patience, and your spiritual support. As you sent your angels to care for the Israelites, to the prophet Elijah in his journey, and to Jesus during his forty days in the desert, send them also to us in our earthly journeys.
We ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING
Amber Gisewhite
Genesis 9:8-17
L. The word of God for the people of God.
P. Thanks be to God CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
“Jesus Loves Me”
*OPENING HYMN

61 “Come Thou Almighty King” (on screen)

1 /CCLI#1492484
2 /CCLI#15041408 (United Methodist Book of Worship 1965, ALT.) Adapted from: Joel N. Martínez, in Fiesta Jubilosa, ed. Raquel Mora Martínez (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2022), 119.
“I Cast All My Cares Upon You” I cast all my cares upon you.
I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet. And anytime that I don’t know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION (In unison after prayer)
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
(Matthew 6:9-13)
PRAISE TEAM
GREETING AND SHARING GOD’S PEACE
Sharing Joy by greeting each other from where you are seated.
SCRIPTURE READING Pastor Julia Piper
Mark 1:9-15
L. The word of God for the people of God. P. Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: “Stepping Into The Wilderness”
JOYS AND CONCERNS