Saturday, March 4, 2017

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Welcome to Deltona Christian Church!  This is the first Sunday in Lent.  Lent is
a season of repentance and preparation when  we prepare to journey to the cross.
We are more solemn at this time. We put away our celebration as we refocus ourselves
in worship.

  Greetings & Announcements                                                               Pastor Susanna
  Minute for Mission
Gathering in God’s Presence
  Prelude                                                            Tyler Robinson and Valentine Agranovsky
  Acolytes bring the light of God into our worship space
*Call to Worship (Read Responsively)                                                          Monica DePoy
One: Once again, as the season of Lent begins,
we are summoned by a gracious and merciful God.
Many: We respond to God’s steadfast love,
calling us together in praise.
One: Let us bow in awe before the One Who Creates.
Many: We approach God in reverence and wonder,
rejoicing in the invitation to holy places.
One: Walk humbly before God in secret disciplines,
in prayer and fasting and giving.
Many: We seek the One who grants us life,|
upholding us with a willing spirit.

*Opening Hymn                Great is Thy Faithfulness                                         64     
 
*Prayer of Approach and Lord’s Prayer                                   Monica DePoy
(using debts and debtors)


Proclaiming God’s Word
  Scripture Reading                                                                                Wanda Jones
Gospel Lesson             Matthew 4:1-11
              One: The Word of God for the people of God
Many: Thanks be to God!

  Time for God’s Children                                                           Pastor Susanna
(Children aged k-8th grade can come up to the steps for this lesson.)
  Anthem                                                  Gospel Train                                           Don Fisher
  Prayer of Intercession
  Sermon                                                 Politics of Power                       Pastor Susanna
  Prayer of Commitment                                                                                  Pastor Susanna

Responding to God’s Word
*Invitation Hymn                     Lord Who Throughout                                    180

(come forward at this time to unite with our church family,
for a prayer, or to commit your life to Jesus Christ.)

  Communion Meditation                                                         Pastor Susanna
  Communion Hymn                   These I Lay Down                                           391

  Prayer for the Bread and Cup                                                  Monica DePoy
  Distribution and Sharing of Emblems                       The Diaconate
(Eat the Bread when served. Please hold the Cup
and we will drink together. All bread served is gluten free.)
  Offering Meditation and Prayer of Dedication
*Response                    Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow                         47

Taking God’s Word to the World
*Parting Hymn         Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley                         211

*Acolytes take the light of God out into the World
*Benediction                                                                           Pastor Susanna
*Postlude                                                                        Valentine Agranovsky

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