John Calvin Presbyterian Church

PRELUDE  “Nobody Knows the Troubles I’ve Seen” 

WORDS OF WELCOME

ANNOUNCEMENTS         

ADORATION

LENT READING    “Coins” Matthew 26:14-16

INTROIT “Bringing in the Sheaves” 

*CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7)      

ONE: O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

MANY: Let us come into God’s presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to God with songs of praise!

ONE: O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

MANY: For the Lord is our God, and we are the people of God’s pasture, and the sheep of God’s hand.

                                        

PRAYER OF THE DAY 

Eternal God,

Your kingdom has broken into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of Your Son.  Help us to hear Your Word and obey it, that we may become instruments of your saving love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

HYMN “God of the Fertile Fields” 

REPENTANCE

*CALL TO CONFESSION                                                                  

SILENT CONFESSION

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God of endless renewal, God who calls us to lives restored, God who rescues the lost and saves the afflicted, there are times when our way grows confused. We struggle to know what to do. Or worse, we know what needs to be done and find it easier to stay on the wrong path. Forgive us for failing to heed opportunities to follow a better way. Remind us that you stand more ready to forgive than we are to confess those aspects of our lives that stand in need of your grace. And thus forgiven, help us to lean in to what you would teach us about how we are to be. We pray all these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON                     

GLORIA PATRI [Blue#579[ [GTG581]     

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

THE WORD READ AND PROCLAIMED

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

RESPONSE  [Blue#586] [GTG#601] “Amen”

1st SCRIPTURE Romans 5:1-11

2nd  SCRIPTURE John 4:31-42       

                                

ONE: The Word of the Lord

MANY: Thanks be to God

   

SERMON   “Seeds of Glory”   Rev. Dr. Martha J. Robson

HYMN “All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly”

 RESPONSE     

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Apostle’s Creed

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,  and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

RECEIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY  “More Like You” with Sandy Cranfill on vocals and Randy Martono-Chai on piano.

DOXOLOGY [GTG#606]

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

THE SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY COMMUNION

Invitation to the Lord’s Table

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving – Blue Presbyterian Hymnal p. 13

The Lord’s Prayer – Blue Presbyterian Hymnal p.16

RESPONSE “Hear Our Prayer O Lord”

Breaking the Bread and Sharing the Cup

Sharing the Body and Blood of Christ

MUSIC DURING COMMUNION

Prayer of Thanksgiving

HYMN “Sowing in the Morning (Bringing in the Sheaves)” 

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PARTING PRAYER    

Gracious Lord,

who nourished your servant Jesus to do your will and revealed him as the Savior of the world: Feed us with the food that endures, open our eyes to the harvest before us, and send us out to bear faithful witness, that many may come to believe and rejoice in your saving love;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

RESPONSE [Blue#551] “Come Ye Thankful People, Come” verse 2

POSTLUDE   “You Are My Strength”           

*Liturgical material taken from the “Weekly Liturgy” of the Presbyterian Outlook. ©Presbyterian Outlook, 2026.

Note: the hymn lyrics in the bulletin and on the projection screen are from the Glory To God Hymnal (© 2013 Westminster John Knox Press), which we are transitioning to. Words in the “Blue” Presbyterian Hymnal (© 1990) in your pew may differ slightly. The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved.

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