Worship Guide
March 8, 2026
Third Sunday in Lent
Creating Disciples of Jesus
who Transform the World
ENTRANCE WITH PRAISE
Greeting:
Minister: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
People: And also with you!
Special Music: Stefanie
Centering Words:
Centering Words:
Water gushes from a rock. Living waters well up to eternal life. Come and drink deeply. Taste and see that our God is good.
*Call to Worship:
Jim: Worship God with joy and thanksgiving.
People: Make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Jim: We are the sheep of God’s pasture.
People: We are the lambs of God’s flock.
Jim: Come! Let us worship the Lord, as we pray.
ALL: Living water, flow through our hearts today. Quench our thirst in our desert wanderings, and strengthen us for the road ahead. Bathe us in your fountain of eternal life, that our spirits may flow with faith and love, through the power of your eternal Spirit. Amen.
Hymn: “All I Need Is You”
All I need is You, Jesus, all I need is You.
You are the Source of all I need.
All I need is You
All I want is You, Jesus, all I want is You
You are the source of all I need.
All I want is You
My only Hope is You, Lord, my only hope is You
You are the Source of all I need.
My only Hope is You
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
Words of Assurance
Those whose souls drink of Christ’s living water will never thirst again.
Those who refresh themselves in Christ will have a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
Amen.
*Psalm Reading: Psalm 95
1 O come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
3 For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice!
8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 when your ancestors tested me,
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
10 For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they do not regard my ways.”
11 Therefore in my anger I swore, “They shall not enter my rest.”
Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God
People: Thanks be to God.
WORD AND RESPONSE
Time with Young Friends: “Jesus Loves Me”
Children’s Message: “Sheep - baaa”
Hymn: “Joyful, Joyful”
Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love;
hearts unfold like flowers before thee,
opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the dark of doubt away;
giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!
All thy works with joy surround thee,
earth and heaven reflect thy rays,
stars and angels sing around thee, center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
flowery meadow, flashing sea,
singing bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in thee.
Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest,
wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our brother,
all who live in love are thine;
teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.
Mortals, join the happy chorus,
which the morning stars began;
love divine is reigning o'er us, binding all within its span.
Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife,
joyful music leads us sunward in the triumph song of life.
Sermon: “Companion for the Journey” - Romans 5:1-11
1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. 9 Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. 11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
Hymn: “God Will Take Care of You”
Be not dismayed what e'er betide, God will take care of you;
beneath his wings of love abide,God will take care of you;
God will take care of you, through every day,
o'er all the way;
he will take care of you, God will take care of you;
Through days of toil when heart doth fail,
God will take care of you;
When dangers fierce your path asail,
God will take care of you;
God will take care of you, through every day,
o'er all the way;
he will take care of you, God will take care of you;
All you may need he will provide, God will take care of you;
nothing you ask will be denied, God will take care of you;
God will take care of you, through every day,
o'er all the way;
he will take care of you, God will take care of you;
No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you;
lean, weary one, upon his breast, God will take care of you;
God will take care of you,
through every day, o'er all the way;
he will take care of you, God will take care of you;
Affirmation of Faith: “A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church”
We believe in the one God, creator and sustainer of all things, Father of all nations, the source of all goodness and beauty, all truth and love.
We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example, and Redeemer, the Savior of the world.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength.
We believe in the forgiveness of sins, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need.
We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as the sufficient rule both of faith and of practice.
We believe in the church, those who are united in the living Lord for the purpose of worship and service.
We believe in the reign of God as the divine will realized in human society, and in the family of God, where we are all brothers and sisters.
We believe in the final triumph of righteousness and in the life everlasting. Amen.
Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father and to the son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.
Prayers of the People Joys and Concerns
Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer
SENDING FORTH
Hymn: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Come thou Fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.
Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.
Benediction
Hymn: “As We Go”
As we go, may your Spirit go before us.
As we go, may we follow where you lead.
May we live what we have learned,
share the message we have heard,
and be a light unto the world as we go.
