Lent 5

Remember the Writings on the Heart 

Based on Jeremiah 31:31-34

       God promised to write God’s covenant in our minds and our hearts.  We all have the writings on our hearts. What are they? To be happy, to be wealthy, to be famous, or to live long? To live in covenanting relationship, we are to remember God’s writings on our hearts. 

 Order of Worship Service | March 21, 2021

Prelude: “Aurelia” (The Church’s One Foundation),arr. Charles Callahan

Candle Lighting

Welcome

Call to Worship (Psalm 51:10-12, 14) Together

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and sustain in me a willing spirit.
Deliver me from my sin, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.

Hymn: MV 79 “Spirit, Open My Heart”

Scripture Text: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Anthem:   “God So Loved the World”   Stainer/Simpson

Sermon: Remember the Writings on the Heart

Reflective Music: “Air”, Gordon Young

Prayers of the People & the Lord’s Prayer

Hymn: VU 658 “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go”

Lent Candle Ritual

Commissioning

Postlude: “Festival Finale” Malcolm Archer

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Land Acknowledgment:

We acknowledge we worship on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.  We thank them for having cared for this land and look forward to relating with them as covenant people of God as we continue to care for this land together.

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