Welcome & Announcements

Prelude     "To God Be the Glory"     arr. Bruce Greer

First Scripture Reading       Ephesians 3: 20-21

Call to Worship:
If you need good news, settle into this space.  We have good news to share.
If you need a word of hope, then trust us when we say, there is hope enough to go around.
If you need a glimmer of joy, then you’re in luck!  We have resilient joy abounding.
If you need to feel God’s presence in your midst, then know that this is God’s house. 
This is the good news of the gospel.   God is here.  Love is real.  Joy is on the move.  Let us worship our with-us God!

**Hymn       #761 "Called as Partners in Christ’s Service"

**Call to Confession

**Prayer of Confession
Holy God, with you the impossible is possible.  5,000 can be fed.  The blind can see.  The hopeless can find hope.  With you the impossible is possible, but we are quick to forget that.  We look at our hurting world and tell ourselves that nothing can be done.  We forget that you empowered the disciples to feed the crowd.  We forget that you are always with us.  Forgive our small-minded ways.  Forgive us for doubting that change could ever come.  But even more so, forgive us when we refuse to be a part of it.  With hope for a better tomorrow we pray, amen.

**Words of Forgiveness
Family of faith, no matter how many mistakes the disciples made, Jesus still washed their feet. Jesus still fed them.  Jesus still called them beloved.  The same is true for you and me, so hear and believe this good news:  today is a new day, and once again, we belong to God.  We are forgiven.  We are called.  We are not alone.  What good, good news.  Amen!

**Affirmation of Faith
I believe in the good news of Jesus Christ. It sounds like welcome and feels like home. It sounds like laughter and feels like mercy. It sounds like love and feels like a seat at the table, so I believe in the good news of Jesus Christ. I have seen it alive in the world. And even when my heart aches, even when wars rage,  even when mercy feels out of reach, I remember the one who welcomed the children and led with nonviolence. I remember the one who cared for the vulnerable and inspired those around him. I remember that the good news really is good news, for I have seen it alive in the world. Thanks be to God! Amen.

Reception of New Members       (8:00)  John Badke; Kim Bershadsky     (10:15)  Frank & Betty Kuhn

Anthem (10:15)    "Many Gifts, One Spirit”     Grace Notes Choir

Time with Young Disciples (10:15)

Second Scripture Reading       Mark 6: 32-44

Message

Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us, not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.  Amen.

**Hymn       “Human Minds Just Can’t Imagine”                         lyrics by Anna Strickland

**Benediction

**Choral Reflection       from Teacher Jesus, Source of Knowledge by Amanda Udis-Kessler
Teacher Jesus, teach us always.  Teach us in a thousand ways. 
Help us live in joy and wonder.  Help us weep and heal and praise.
Help us learn from one another.  Help us make your dream come true.
Help us build your peaceful Kin-dom.  Help us live and love like you.

Postlude

**congregation standing in body or spirit
congregational responses in bold

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worship liturgy written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org
“Tell Me Something Good: Grounding ourselves in the good news this Lent” worship series by A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org