Happenings/Announcements! A smattering of things to keep you in the Loop . . . This and That • New Children’s Ministry Coordinator!—After being a volunteer position for years, we’ve now officially hired Karey Davenport to oversee this key ministry in our church! Praise the Lord! Vision and adjustments to what we’re doing will unfold slowly, starting as early as this week! Ask Karey herself or a pastor for more!

• New Office Manager!—Our office manager, Kellye Wulff, is retiring soon. R IDGE P RESBYTERIAN C HURCH We are excited to welcome Monica Zachary as our new Office Manager. Monica has started training with Kellye and will officially take the reigns on April 1st (no fooling). Drop by the office and say “Hi” to Monica soon. • Lent Continues—Make much of the weeks leading to Easter! Don’t know where to start? Consider the recommended resources on the “Leaning into Lent” half-sheet on the back table! See Pastor Bryan with questions. • Love Your Neighbor!—Butte County Public Health is seeking volunteer help at COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Even individuals without medical training can register at: www.healthcarevolunteers.ca.gov.

• Bulletins & Lyrics Available Online—Download current and past bulletins and song lyrics online. Just click on the new “Bulletin” tab on our website!

• Ridge/Vespers Weekly Playlist—Ask our music leaders or a pastor about how to find and follow our weekly ridge/vespers Sunday playlists!

Indoor Worship Continues: • RidgeParadise—Meet at Paradise Lutheran Church (780 Luther Dr.) on

Sunday mornings at 10:30am. No Sunday School or nursery currently. • VespersChico—Meet at 4:00pm at New Hope Church. We have limited T HIRD OF L ENT kid’s ministry at this service, spanning toddler through Kindergarten. — 0 3 . 0 7 . 2 1 — • Modifications—Both sites are committed to wearing masks while indoors and socially distanced seating. We LiveStream our 4pm service to YouTube. Click the banner at the top of our website to find these services!

Stay Connected at: www.ridgepresbyterian.org, where you’ll find... “Morality at its human maximum is not enough to overcome - Link to our YouTube Channel - Link to On-line Giving! our sins and unite us with God. We need a grace beyond - Link to be added to Pastor Email list! - Link to Facebook & Instagram

morality. … we need a Savior. … we need a Messiah. **Note: Giving online reduces the amount of your tithe to the church! Give … we need a Lord.” in-person or send by mail to avoid this reduction in your offering gift.**

Contacting Ridge Presbyterian Church -Rev. Dr. Manuel Scott Sr. www.ridgepresbyterian.org | www.facebook.com/vesperschico Ministry Center: 562 Manzanita Ave. #3, Chico, CA 95926 / (530) 872-8270 Associate Pastor: Bryan D. Laws; (916) 899-0790 / [email protected] Lead Pastor: Josh Lee; (530) 514-1648 / [email protected] Scriptures & Readings Confession of Faith - The Apostles’ Creed (Cont.) …come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the For March 7, 2021 holy catholic church,** the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Call to Worship - Romans 6:8-11 *separation from God

“Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with **the Church in all times and places him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also Preaching of God’s Word - Leviticus 23:26-32 [ESV] must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” Title: The Main Course: The Day of Atonement Pastor Josh Lee

26And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27“Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering 28 to the Lord. And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Reading & Prayer for Lent - Luke 18:9-14 Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your

“He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they God. 29For whoever is not afflicted on that very day shall be cut off from were righteous, and treated others with contempt: ‘Two men went up his people. 30And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The will destroy from among his people. 31You shall not do any work. It is a Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax 32It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your- collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax selves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.” but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who hum- bles himself will be exalted.’” The Sacrament of the Lord’s Table - 1 Corinthians 11:24ff

“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your — Personal Prayer in Response to God’s Word — labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.” -Isaiah 55:2

Confession of Faith - The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. I be- lieve in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, Benediction - Numbers 6:24-26 was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell.* The third “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will […] and give you peace.” 2021 Leaning into Lent

— A Journey with Jesus towards the Cross —

The season of Lent begins with the sobriety of Ash Wednesday, and To that end, consider the following resources this Lenten season! … concludes forty days later on Holy Saturday.* At its heart, Lent is a Engage always with a discerning spirit, as the Spirit leads. time to remember the journey of Jesus towards the cross and all of its significance; it’s a time for repentance and renewal in the life of believ- + Pauses for Lent: 40 Words for 40 Days (T. Hudson) ers, as we turn our hearts to why our Lord came, and why He went to + Journey to the Cross: Devotions for Lent (W. Walker, K. Haug) the cross. In this way, we ready our hearts in this season, to celebrate gladly the truth of Easter and the concrete hope of resurrection glory. + Uncovering the Love of Jesus: A Lent Devotional (A. Ciuciu)

+ Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners & Sufferers Traditionally, Lent is a season of added reflection and thoughtful (D. Ortlund) engagement in spiritual disciplines. These do not become ways to earn favor with God, but to magnify our communion with Him and + Celebration of Discipline (R. Foster) to deepen our thanks for His work of redemption. + Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (T. Keller)

+ The Bruised Reed (R. Sibbes)

*Note that the forty day count from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday + The Jesus Story Book Bible: 2021 LENT GUIDE (S. Lloyd-Jones) excludes the six Sundays that fall within that span, including Palm This is a free download including an activity kit, HERE: https://www.faithgateway.com/ Sunday. The final week of Lent is often referred to as either Holy Week jesus-storybook-bible-lent-easter-printables-sally-lloyd-jones/ or Passion Week. + A 40 Day Lenten Bible Reading Plan: Find and download the free PDF HERE: https://bibleresources.americanbible.org/resource/gods-word-for-life

Nothing But The Blood Scandal Of Grace

What can wash away my sin Grace what have You done Nothing but the blood of Jesus Murdered for me on that cross What can make me whole again Accused in absence of wrong Nothing but the blood of Jesus My sin washed away in Your blood

Oh precious is the flow Too much to make sense of it all That makes me white as snow I know that Your love breaks my fall No other fount I know The scandal of grace Nothing but the blood of Jesus You died in my place So my soul will live For my pardon this I see Nothing but the blood of Jesus Oh to be like You For my cleansing this my plea Give all I have just to know You Nothing but the blood of Jesus Jesus there's no-one beside You Forever the hope in my heart Nothing can for sin atone Nothing but the blood of Jesus Death where is your sting Naught of good that I have done Your power is as dead as my sin Nothing but the blood of Jesus The cross has taught me to live And mercy my heart now to sing This is all my hope and peace Nothing but the blood of Jesus The day and its troubles shall come This is all my righteousness I know that Your strength is enough Nothing but the blood of Jesus The scandal of grace You died in my place

So my soul will live

And it's all because of You Jesus

It's all because of You Jesus It's all because of Your love

That my soul will live

CCLI Song # 21332 Robert Lowry CCLI Song # 6428750 © Words: Public Domain Joel Houston | Matt Crocker Music: Public Domain © 2012 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) CCLI License # 2906780 CCLI License # 2906780

Beautiful Graves Into Gardens

I searched the world but it couldn't fill me I see Your face in every sunrise Man's empty praise and treasures that fade The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes Are never enough The world awakens in the light of the day Then You came along and put me back together I look up to the sky and say And every desire is now satisfied here in Your love You're beautiful

Oh there's nothing better than You I see Your power in the moonlit night There's nothing better than You Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright Lord there's nothing We are amazed in the light of the stars Nothing is better than You It's all proclaiming who You are

You're beautiful, You're beautiful I'm not afraid to show You my weakness

My failures and flaws I see You there hanging on a tree Lord You've seen them all You bled and then You died And You still call me friend And then You rose again for me 'Cause the God of the mountain Now You are sitting on Your heavenly throne Is the God of the valley Soon we will be coming home And there's not a place You're beautiful, You're beautiful Your mercy and grace won't find me again

When we arrive at eternity's shore You turn mourning to dancing Where death is just a memory and tears are no more You give beauty for ashes We'll enter in as the wedding bells ring You turn shame into glory Your bride will come together and we'll sing You're the only one who can You're beautiful

You turn graves into gardens I see Your face, You're beautiful, You turn bones into armies You're beautiful, You're beautiful You turn seas into highways

You're the only one who can I see Your face, You're beautiful, You're beautiful, You're beautiful

I see Your face I see Your face

I see Your face, You're beautiful, You're beautiful, You're beautiful

CCLI Song # 7138219 | Chris Brown | | Tiffany Hudson © 2019 Music by Publishing (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) Song # 5124024 Maverick City Publishing Worldwide (Admin. by Heritage Worship Publishing) © 2007 Phil Wickham Music Bethel Music Publishing License # 2906780 CCLI License # 2906780