Worship with

Bridgewater Church of the Brethren

February 21, 2021

Again & Again, A Lenten Refrain

God meets us at the edge

God meets us at the edge of things – in suffering, uncertainty, reluctance. God meets us at the

edge and promises to stay with us, watching over us through the wilderness of lives.

-Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity, sanctifiedart.org

PRELUDE Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart arr. by Marilynn Ham

WELCOME AND SHARING THE WORK OF THE CHURCH Christy Dowdy

CALL TO WORSHIP Clarke & Hope Staton

HYMN # 45 (SING THE STORY) Calm me, Lord Calm Me, Lord

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

SCRIPTURE READING Genesis 9: 8-17

CHILDREN’S STORY Josh Eye

TIME OF REFLECTION: Judy Henneberger How has God come to you, again and again, in your life, and particularly, during this last year during

this pandemic? What is giving you life right now? How have you experienced wilderness AND “new

birth: during this last year of wilderness?

HYMN HS 1129 Spirit of Life Spirit of Life

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION taken from sanctifiedart.org Again & Again for worship

SCRIPTURE READING Mark 1: 9-15

HYMN # 29 Like the murmur of the dove’s song Bridegroom

MESSAGE At the Edge Christy Dowdy

MOMENT OF REFLECTION

PRAYER OF THE COMMUNITY

HYMN In the midst of new dimensions

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah arr. by Phillip Keveren

Pianist: Mary Beth Flory

Worship Leadership: Hope and Clarke Staton

Vocalists: Ben Bear, Marianne Houff, Kyle & Kaity Remnant

Video Production: Chris Zepp

The worship resources used in today’s service are taken from “A Sanctified Art,” “Again and Again, A

Lenten Refrain,” (sanctifiedart.org), written by Rev. Sarah Are.

*Link for last hymn http://www.trinitypresbyterianharrisonburg.org/uploads/6/0/0/5/60055615/315-

in_the_midst_of_new_dimensions.pdf

All Hymns Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-717854