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Worship with Wayne Community Church – Live!

March 30, 2025 4th Sunday of Lent

(Today’s music is livestreamed by permission through ONE LICENSE #732935-A, CCLI license #22104930 and #22104923, or via public domain. Message by Rev. Marcos Juliao. Scripture passages from NIV – New International Version of the Holy Bible.) *Please stand as you are comfortable.

We Gather…

Welcome

Welcoming the Light of Christ: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days UMH 269 v. 1

(Words: Claudia F. Hernaman, 1873. Music: USA folk melody; arr. by Annabel Morris Buchanan, 1938; harm. by Charles H. Webb, 1988. Music © 1938, renewed 1966 J. Fischer and Bro. Co.; harm. © 1989 J. Fischer and Bro. Co. Words held in the public domain. Music livestreamed under ONE LICENSE #732935-A.)

Call to Worship: (Psalm 32:6-11)

God is here! Therefore, let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him. Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous ones; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

*Hymn of Praise: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling UMH 384

(Words: Charles Wesley, 1747. Music: John Zundel, 1870. Both held in the public domain.)

…To Pray,

Opening Prayer

Loving God, it was said of the Prodigal Son that he “came to himself.”
Help us to wake up to ourselves, and to You.
Set us free from the illusion of trying to be perfect
so that we might be more fully human.
Help us not to chase after an imaginary life,
and to find satisfaction in our real lives.
And turn us away from our self-rejection
so that we might notice Your arms open in welcome. Be with us, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Prayers of the Community

Lord’s 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.

*Hymn of Preparation: Change My Heart, O God TFWS 2152

…To Hear the Word,

Scripture Reading: Joshua 5: 9-12

9Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.

10On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. 11The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. 12The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.

Our Holy Scripture. A Holy Gift.

Thanks be to God.

Message: God Has Provision

…To Respond to the Word,

Invitation to the Offering

Anthem: Don’t Listen to the Hammer Ring

*Blessing Our Gifts: Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow UMH 95

(Words: Thomas Ken, 1674. Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551. Both words and music held in the public domain.

May God’s grace go ahead of you, trail behind you, and encircle you each and every moment, that with every move you make you would know with absolute assurance
that God’s steadfast love will never leave you alone. Amen.

…To Go Into the World.

Getting Strong & Holding On (Announcements)

Go For It!

Commission & Benediction: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days UMH 269 v. 5

Postlude: Fugue in G minor from Mass in G minor (Jean-Jacques Beauverlet-Charpentier, 1734-1794. Music held in the public domain.)