Stewardship Prayer God of Love and Mercy, You call us to be Your people; You gift us with Your abundant grace. Make us a holy people, radiating the fullness of Your love. Form us into a community, a people who care, expressing Your compassion for our neighbor, and growing in wisdom and grace in Your presence. Through Jesus and in Your Spirit, we make this prayer together. Amen. — Submitted by the Stewardship Committee Please stand. Sing a New Song Dan Schutte Refrain: tambourines, and let Verse 3 Sing a new song unto the Lord; your trumpet sound. Glad my soul for I have seen let your song be sung from the glory of the Lord. mountains high. Verse 2 The trumpet sounds; Sing a new song unto the Lord, Rise, O children, from your sleep; the dead shall be raised. singing alleluia. your Savior now has come. I know my Savior lives. He has turned your sorrow to joy, Verse 1 and filled your soul with song. Shout with gladness! Dance for joy. O come before the Lord. And play for him on glad I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, That I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, In what I have done and in what I have failed to do, Striking breast 3 times ** Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; Therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, And you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the Glory of God the Father. Amen. Please be seated. Please be seated. Jonah 3:1-5, 10 The Book of Jonah is only two pages long and tells a parable about a man called by God to preach repentance to the pagan city of Nineveh. Jonah’s first response was to sail as fast as he could in the other direction. After his adventures with a large fish, God called him a second time. Today’s passage picks it up from there. Lector: The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. Psalm 25: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (Owen Alstott) Teach me your ways, O Lord. 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 In this section of the first letter to the Corinthians, Paul responds to written questions they had sent to him. Some questions had to do with how we, who believe in the next life, should relate to the things of this life. Paul expected that Jesus would return in glory soon, and his advice is basically this: We should not hold on too tightly to the things of this world. Lector: The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. Alleluia Mark 1:15 The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel. Mark 1: 14-20 Jesus begins his ministry of proclaiming the good news of God’s kingdom and the call to repentance that it demands. Along the Sea of Galilee, he calls his first disciples to come and follow him and share in his mission Deacon/Priest: The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Please be seated. Please stand. Bow. * I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of giver of life, I believe in one God, the Virgin Mary, and became man. who proceeds from the Father and the the Father almighty, Son, For our sake he was crucified under maker of heaven and earth, who with the Father and the Son is Pontius Pilate, of all things visible and invisible. adored and glorified, he suffered death and was buried, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, and rose again on the third day the Only Begotten Son of God, in accordance with the Scriptures. I believe in one, holy, catholic and born of the Father before all ages. apostolic Church. God from God, Light from Light, I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness true God from true God, He ascended into heaven of sins and I look forward to the begotten, not made, and is seated at the right hand of the resurrection of the dead and the life of consubstantial with the Father; Father. the world to come. Amen. through him all things were made. He will come again in glory For us men and for our salvation to judge the living and the dead he came down from heaven, and his kingdom will have no end. *Note: We make a profound bow to honor the most important act in human history – God becoming man. All: Lord, hear our prayer. Please be seated. The QR code and Text-to-Give options here utilize our FaithDirect digital giving system. It is safe and secure. View the QR code with your phone’s camera and it will bring up the webpage to use. Text-to-Give: Simply text the amount you want give to (972) 737-7911 There is a one time setup with the first call. Christ ,Be Our Light/ Bernadette Farrell Verse 1 Refrain Verse 2 Longing for light, we wait in darkness. Christ, be our light! Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for truth, we turn to you. Shine in our hearts. Longing for hope, many despair. Make us your own, your holy people, Shine through the darkness. Your word alone has pow’r to save us. light for the world to see. Christ, be our light! Make us your living voice. Shine in your church gathered today. Please stand. Priest: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters) that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good, and the good of all his holy Church. Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. Priest: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All: It is right and just. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Please kneel. Priest: The Mystery of Faith. All: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again. Please stand. All: 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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Priest: Deliver us Lord, we pray from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and save from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. All: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. All: And with your spirit. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace. Please kneel. Priest: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, But only say the word and my soul shall be healed. Ubi Caritas Laurence Rosania Refrain so love one another Verse 3 Ubi caritas et amor, with a heart sincere. Then, joined with the blessed, Deus ibi est. filled with hope and grace, Verse 2 dear Lord, in great glory Verse 1 We, the many, become one body may we see your face. We gather together as the Spirit binds, Our joy none can measure, in the love of Christ; and we seek to be one in Christ joy that knows no end, let each one be glad in him and one in heart and mind. resounding from endless age to age. and rejoice. Let all quarrels, all division, Amen. Our God is alive, all our conflict cease; the God of love is near; then will Christ truly dwell among us as our Lord of Peace. Remembrance Matt Maher, Matt Redman Verse 1 Chorus Ev'ry trial we will face Oh how could it be Lord we remember You And none too lost to be saved That my God would welcome me And remembrance None too broken or ashamed Into this mystery leads us to worship All are welcome in this place Say take this bread take this wine And as we worship You Now the simple made divine Our worship leads to communion Bridge For any to receive We respond to Your invitation Dying You destroyed our death (We respond to Your invitation) Rising You restored our life Pre-Chorus We remember You Lord Jesus come in glory By Your mercy Lord Jesus come in glory we come to Your table Verse 2 Lord Jesus come in glory By Your grace See His body His blood Lord Jesus come in glory You are making us faithful Know that He has overcome “Ite, missa est.” - “Go, you are sent.” They’ll Know We Are Christians Peter Scholtes Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 4 We are one in the Spirit, We will walk with each other, we will All praise to the Father, we are one in the Lord, walk hand in hand, from whom all things come, We are one in the Spirit, We will walk with each other, we will And all praise to Christ Jesus, we are one in the Lord, walk hand in hand, his only Son, And we pray that all unity may one And together we'll spread the news And all praise to the Spirit, day be restored: that God is in our land: who makes us one: Refrain Verse 3 And they'll know we are Christians by We will work with each other, we will our love, by our love, work side by side, Yes, they'll know we are Christians by We will work with each other, we will our love.