There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy- 73

There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

like the wideness of the sea;

there’s a kindness in God’s justice,

which is more than liberty.

There is welcome for the sinner,

and more graces for the good!

There is mercy with the Savior;

there is healing in his blood.

For the love of God is broader

than the measure of our mind;

and the heart of the Eternal

is most wonderfully kind.

If our love were but more simple,

we should rest upon God’s word;

and our lives would be illumined

by the presence of our Lord.

Bulletin Feb 21

Welcome to Deltona Christian Church! Please silence your cell phones and take a  few moments to center you heart in worship.

  Greetings & Announcements                                                                  Pastor Susanna

  Week of Compassion Announcement                                                                Caroline Steele

Gathering in God’s Presence

  Prelude                                                                                                               Jerilyn Consla

  Acolytes bring the light of God into our worship space

*Call to Worship (Read Responsively)                                                        Raemil Billings

One: When confidence in our way of life is shaken,
to whom do we turn for comfort?

Many: We look to friends, we cling to loved ones,
we grope for answers in familiar, sacred places.

One: How shall we find strength to recover? Where do we find heart and hope to go on?

Many: Our hope is in God alone, our Savior,
the Shepherd of our Souls, our sheltering Fortress.

*Praise in Music        Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise                           66

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*Prayer of Approach and Lord’s Prayer                                   Raemil Billings

(using debts and debtors)

Proclaiming God’s Word

  Scripture Reading                                                        Megan Engelkens

Epistle Lesson                                                Phillippians 3:17-4:1

Gospel Lesson                                                Luke 13:31-35

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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.    

      After, the kids can go next door to Kids Central.)

  Sermon                                                         Nesting                               Pastor Susanna

Responding to God’s Word

  Prayer of Commitment                                                                             Pastor Susanna

*Invitation Hymn         O Love That Will Not Let Me Go                             540

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 (come forward at this time to unite with our church family,

for a prayer, or to commit your life to Jesus Christ.)

  Prayer of Confession                                                  (Insert)

  Communion Meditation                                             Pastor Susanna

  Communion Hymn                Bread of the World                                          387

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  Prayer for the Bread and Cup                                                   John Hamilton

  Distribution and Sharing of Emblems                       The Diaconate

(Eat the Bread when served. Please hold the Cup

and we will drink together. Gluten Free is available upon request.)

  Offering Meditation and Prayer of Dedication
  *Doxology        Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow                          46

Taking God’s Word to the World

*Parting Hymn                           Be Thou My Vision                                           595

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*Acolytes take the light of God out into the World

*Benediction                                                                          Pastor Susanna

*Postlude                                                                                     Jerilyn Consla