WestminsterPresbyterian ChurchA Telling Presence in the City

Sunday, March 22, 2020, 10:30 am

1200 Marquette Avenue | Minneapolis 55403westminstermpls.org | 612.332.3421 @westminstermpls

Together we are the Body of Christ. While apart, we covenant still to be the church.We are not alone. Thanks be to God!

Photo by Tom Northenscold

Preparing for the WordOur service begins with the Prelude, inviting us to prepare for worship.

Prelude Kenneth Vigne, piano

Lenten Greeting Rev. Dr. Meghan K. Gage-FinnOne: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you.

Call to Worship (Psalm 107)Congregation repeats refrain when indicated: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.

Hymn No. 401 Gather Us In Alyssa Impulitti

Call to Confession and Prayer of Confession

Silent Prayers of Confession Worshippers seek and reflect on God’s forgiveness in their own lives, accompanied by images and music.

Assurance of God’s ForgivenessOne: Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun. Friends, hear the good news:All: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Thanks be to God. Amen.

Listening for the WordA Time with Children

Prayer for Illumination Rev. Dr. Timothy Hart-Andersen

Reading of Holy Scripture Ephesians 3:1-20

Meditation The Power of Community

Silent Reflection

Loaves and Fishes, John August Swanson*

Responding to the WordHymn No. 306 Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Affirmation of Faith (Unison; United Church of Canada) Rev. Alanna Simone TylerWe are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God:who has created and is creating,who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,to reconcile and make new,who works in us and others by the Spirit.We trust in God. We are called to be the Church:to celebrate God’s presence, to live with respect in Creation,to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil,to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.We are not alone. Thanks be to God.

Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer

Offertory SentencesWorshippers are invited to use the Tithely.com app to make an offering to support the mission and ministry of Westminster.

Offertory Españoleta from Fantasia para un gentilhombre Joaquín Rodrigo Andrew Pellington, guitar

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn No. 766 The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound

Closing Celtic BlessingPlease repeat after worship leader, using hand motions.

Postlude

Please note

Westminster will worship only via livestream on Sundays at 10:30 am and 5 pm, and Wednesdays at noon and 6 pm, until further notice. All other on-site church programs have been cancelled and the building is closed. We ask small groups to meet virtually or postpone. Please check the Westminster website for further information, or call the church at 612-332-3421. A pastor is on call and may be reached at that number.

Today’s flowers are in loving memory of Charles and Bettyann Ungemach, with gratitude

from the Collver family,Keith, Julie, Kasey

Notice of DeathsDick Haan, March 11, 2020

Jane McKinlay, May 15, 2019

Daily Phone Devotions612.332.7087

March 22 ...............................John 9:1-4123 ..............................................Psalm 14624 .................................Colossians 1:9-1425 ...................................Matthew 9:27-3426 ......................................Ezekiel 37:1-1427 ..............................................Psalm 13028 ......................................Romans 8:6-1129 ......................................... John 11:1-45

*Swanson, John August. Loaves and Fishes, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56553 [retrieved March 20, 2020]. Original source: www.JohnAugustSwanson.com - copyright 2003 by John August Swanson.