March 1st Worship Service

Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, March 1, 2026
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Second Sunday in Lent
* Indicates to stand as you are able

Welcome and Announcements
*Praise Song
”Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”…….UMH 103

Prelude
*Processional
In this place, among these people
God is worshipped, God is praised.
We have seen the signs and wonders;
The lost are found here, the dead are raised.
We are living the Gospel story;
lives are changed, and mountains moved.
Won’t you come and work among us?
You are welcomed, you are loved.

*Call to Worship
Leader: From where will our help come?
All: Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Leader: Who is our keeper?
All: The Lord is our keeper, by day and by night.
Leader: How long will God protect us?
All: God will keep our going out and our coming in from this time on and forevermore.

*Opening Prayer
God our helper, our shade, our protector, you are able to give life to the dead, to call into being things that do not exist. We trust in your power to make all things new; to keep us in sunlight and moonlight, along rocky paths and pathways unknown; until all our going and coming brings us at last to your Kingdom promised in Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen

*Gloria Patri…………………………….UMH 70
*Hymn
”Give to the Winds Thy Fears”………………UMH 129

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves
*Doxology…………………………………….…UMH 95

*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn
”Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling”………UMH 348

Sharing of the Word
Old Testament Reading
Psalm 121..…………………Page 498
*Gospel Reading
John 3:1-17…………………Pages 863-864

Message by Pastor Terri Cummins
“Looking for Love? Look for the Helper”

Communion
Prayer
*Hymn
”How Like a Gentle Spirit”………………UMH 115