February 18th, 2024
1st Sunday in Lent

Prelude
Introit: Create In Me A Clean Heart
Welcome
Call to Worship:
M: We come to worship the God that walks with us through every challenge.
P: We come to remember what Jesus did when he was tempted in the wilderness.
M: Today, we begin to journey with Jesus through the season of Lent, which brings us to face some of our own weaknesses and temptations.
P: We will walk the journey together, seeking the spirit as our guide and companion along the way.
M: Let us pray:
All: God, you know our hearts. You have knitted our inmost being and you know our deepest desires, fears and worries. Help us to journey during this Lenten season into a new awareness of your presence in our lives. Save us from our own temptations, so that we may more freely follow you. Amen.

Hymn: Forty Days and Forty Nights …………..……. # 197
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Choir Anthem: “Come Thou Fount”
Prayer of Illumination
Responsive reading: Psalm 25:1-10
Gloria Patri
Scripture Reading: Genesis 3:1-7 & Matthew 4:1-11
Hymn: The Steadfast Love of the Lord … (1, 2 & 4)… # 20
Sermon: “Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness”
Call to Offering
Offertory: Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow……
Prayer of Dedication
Announcements
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession:
Hymn: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High (1, 2, 3 & 6)… # 205
Commissioning and Benediction
Choral Response: Grace, Love and Fellowship
Postlude