Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Andrew Koehler – Piano
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
1st Sunday in Lent
February 26, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-17
Sermon: “Eyes Wide Open” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #451 (New Century Hymnal) Be Now My Vision
*Hymn: #68 (New Century Hymnal) God is Truly with Us
*Hymn: #164 (New Century Hymnal) Arise, Your Light Is Come
Prelude: “Here’s That Rainy Day” – Stan Getz
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: God of the Sahara and the Amazon, Maker of dry places and wetlands.
Many: We come before you with parched hearts for living in this world has made them so.
One: Holy One, your ability to renew us is unmatched.
Many: You renew us from within and without.
One: Ancient of Days, you held us in the beginning, and you are holding us now.
Many: We reach out to you and draw as close as we can.
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri #36
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: #451 (New Century Hymnal) Be Now My Vision
Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-17
Anthem: Valse in Ab Major (Op 69 No 1) – Frederic Chopin
Sermon: “Eyes Wide Open” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of 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.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Divine One, receive our gifts from the open hearts from which we give them. Thank you for blessing us with gifts to share, so that good works can abound. We offer our gifts gladly. May what we give be used to meet the needs of all. Amen.
*Hymn: #68 (New Century Hymnal) God is Truly with Us
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer (using “debts:” turn to the bottom of page #271 in the green hymnal)
*Hymn: #164 (New Century Hymnal) Arise, Your Light Is Come
*Benediction Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction – “We are Building a New World” (tune of “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder”, #500 NCH)
“We are building up a new world, We are building up a new world, We are building up a new world, Builders must be strong!”“Rise, shine and give God glory, Rise, shine and give God glory, Rise, shine and give God glory, Children of the Light.”
Postlude: Sonatina in F Major (Op 20, No 3) – Friedrich Kuhlau