Bulletin March 22nd

Written By Niccolls Church

Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church 

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

March 22, 2026   10:00 a.m.

Link to join us

*We invite those who are able to stand

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE

MEDITATIVE MOMENT 

INTROIT For You O God, I Wait  (verse 5) #791

*CALL TO WORSHIP 

One: Wind, snow, ice, rain, sunshine, cold -  the transition to spring is long. 

All: In the chaos of the seasons, we find strength in grounding our lives in the sacred.

*HYMN “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” #32 

BLESSING: Hoping against hope, he believed. —Romans 4:18 

Hope nonetheless. Hope despite. Hope regardless. Hope still. Hope where we had ceased to hope. Hope amid what threatens hope. Hope with those who feed our hope. Hope beyond what we had hoped. Hope that draws us past our limits. Hope that defies expectations. Hope that questions what we have known. Hope that makes a way where there is none. Hope that takes us past our fear. Hope that calls us into life. Hope that holds us beyond death. Hope that blesses those to come.+

TIME WITH YOUNG CHRISTIANS

SCRIPTURE STORIES      Ezekiel 37:1-14        (Dry Bones)     pg.704-5

John 11:1-45 (Lazarus)  pg. 873-4

Holy Wisdom, Holy Word.             Thanks be to God.

HOMILY What Keeps You Faithful? 

*HYMN   “O God of Every Nation”       #756  

OFFERING

OFFERTORY  “My Jesus, I Love Thee”

Saxophone: George Smith

Piano: Miyako Schanely

*DOXOLOGY Lord, Jesus Think On Me  (verse 1) #417 

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Creator God, who accompanies us in all the wilderness places of our lives,  use these gifts that we offer to further your kin-dom of love, peace, hope, justice and joy. May we become strengthened  to co-create beloved community. 

                                                               

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & The Lord’s Prayer

Holy One beyond all names
Eternal Wellspring
May love rise again in us today
With food for every table
Shelter for every family
And reverence for every life.
Forgive us our failings in love
And free us from all falseness
That the light of our souls may shine
And the strength of our spirits endure
For Earth and all its people
This day, tonight, and forever.
Amen`

  • HYMN  “We Shall Overcome” # 379                 

  • BENEDICTION 

  • EXTROIT  You Are My Strength When I am Weak         #519

  • POSTLUDE                            

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+Richardson, Jan. Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons

`Celtic Lord’s Prayer, John Philip Newell 

Worship Leader: Naomi Kelly

Music Director: Miyako Schanely

Saxophone: George Smith 

Broadcast Engineer: Sue Norris

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