Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
February 22, 2026
“First Sunday in Lent”
9:55am
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 4:1-11
SERMON: “Tempted” by Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
*HYMN 205 (New Century) Forty Days and Forty Nights
*HYMN 493 (New Century) O Jesus, I Have Promised
*HYMN 198 (New Century) Lift High the Cross
PRELUDE: Sonata 1 in F Major for 3 recorders and Harpsichord by Daniel Purcell (1663-1717)
Tom Anastasio, Gina Jenkins, Tricia Kammerer, recorders, Hal, harpsichord – Largo
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: O God, you are a hiding place for us;
Many: you preserve us from trouble.
One: Let the faithful offer prayer and praise to God,
Many: for in times of distress, God is with us.
One: The Lord will teach us the way we should go;
Many: God’s steadfast love always surrounds us.
One: So let us be glad in the Lord and rejoice in worship!
Many: We will sing for joy with psalms of praise.
OPENING PRAYER
*GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning is now,and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*HYMN 205 (New Century) Forty Days and Forty Nights
CHILDREN’S TIME with Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
Children may go upstairs after Children’s Time. Parents can join them or remain in the sanctuary.
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 4:1-11 John Howard
ANTHEM: “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley”, American spiritual
Hal, voice and organ
SERMON: Tempted Ed Sunday-Winters
SILENCE
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Lord God, we offer our gifts in thanksgiving for all the goodness you provide. Bless our gifts and our lives so that we become a source of goodness for others, in the name of Christ, our strength and our hope. Amen
*HYMN 493 (New Century) O Jesus, I Have Promised
JOYS & CONCERNS
MORNING PRAYER & THE LORDS PRAYER
Our God, 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.
*HYMN 198 (New Century) Lift High the Cross
*BENEDICTION
SONG OF SENDING 349 (Songs of Spirit)
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you this day.
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you al-ways.
Cel-e-brate and share the joy! Cel-e-brate new life!
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you al-ways.
POSTLUDE: Sonata 1 in F Major for 3 recorders and Harpsichord by Daniel Purcell (1663-1717)
Tom Anastasio, Gina Jenkins, Tricia Kammerer, recorders, Hal, harpsichord – Adagio, Allegro