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Welcome to Worship at the McPherson Church of the Brethren<\/strong>
We invite your active participation in the life of this congregation, as together we continue to grow in grace and seek justice for God’s creation.<\/em>

Sunday, March 17, 2024 @ 10:15 a.m. – Fifth Sunday in Lent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gathering Music | \u201cAwake, Thou Wintry Earth\u201d | arr. Lani Smith<\/strong>
Ellen Gilbert, organ<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video Welcome<\/strong>

Sharing Time | Joys & Concerns |<\/strong> Ann Stover<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u266bCentering Music | \u201cLamb of God\u201d with \u201cJesus Paid It All\u201d | Twila Paris<\/strong>
Ellen Gilbert, piano<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opening Unison Prayer | Fred Pratt Green | “O Christ the Healer” (adapted)<\/strong>
We come before you God, praying for health;
pleading for ourselves, friends, family and yes God, even our enemies . . .

Our need for well-being is sometimes physical, sometimes mental but is often a deep desire for Spiritual Wellness.

We pray that you will grant us wholeness of body, mind and Spirit, that we will be made one in faith.

We trust to be restored knowing that your compassion never fails \u2013
your mercy and grace overflow \u2013 your Love is limitless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May we be worthy. \u00a0AMEN
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\u266bOpening Song | \u201cLord, Whose Love in Humble Service\u201d | #369<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Story for the Children | Barbara Wagoner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video Invitation to Give<\/strong><\/strong>
G<\/a>ive online<\/a><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>or send a check made payable to “McPherson Church of the Brethren,” 200 N. Carrie, McPherson, KS 67460<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u266bMusical Offering | \u201cWere You There?\u201d | arr. Rick Heffler<\/strong>
Bryan Hess, viola; Ellen Gilbert, piano<\/em>
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Message | \u201cLove, Compassion . . .\u201d<\/strong><\/strong> | Kathryn Whitacre | John 11:1-57 | The Raising of Lazarus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazarus Dies . . . Jesus Loves . . . the Plot to Kill Jesus; begins<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lazarus is Deathly Ill | John 11:1-4<\/strong>
11\u00a0Now a man named Lazarus was sick . . . Mary and her sister Martha . . .\u00a0[they were his sisters]
sent word to Jesus, \u201cLord, the one you love\u00a0is sick” . . .\u00a0Jesus said,\u00a0\u201cThis sickness will not end in death.
No, it is for God\u2019s glory\u00a0so that God\u2019s Son may be glorified through it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u266bScripture Song | \u201cSteal Away to Jesus\u201d | #612<\/strong>
Cara Hudson, leader; Refrain, congregation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Love Returns Jesus to Judea | John 11: 5-16<\/strong>
. . . Jesus loved Martha and her sister [Mary] and Lazarus.\u00a06\u00a0So when he heard that Lazarus was sick,
he said to his disciples,\u00a0\u201cLet us go back to Judea.\u201d
The disciples said, 8\u00a0\u201cBut Rabbi, a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,\u00a0and yet you are going back?\u201d . . . he went on to tell them,\u00a0\u201cOur friend\u00a0Lazarus has fallen
asleep;\u00a0but I am going there to wake him up.\u201d 13\u00a0Jesus had been speaking of his death . . . he told them plainly,\u00a0\u201cLazarus is dead,\u00a015\u00a0and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so
that you may believe. But let us go to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u266bScripture Song | \u201cThe Hand of God Shall Hold You\u201d<\/strong>
Congregation, refrain; Cara Hudson, verses<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jesus Offers Comfort | John 11: 17-34<\/strong>
17\u00a0On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days . . . many had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.
Martha<\/strong> said to Jesus, 21\u00a0\u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died . . . 23\u00a0Jesus said to her,\u00a0\u201cYour brother will rise again.\u201d . . .
\u201cI am\u00a0the resurrection and the life.\u00a0The one who believes\u00a0in me will live, even though they die;\u00a026\u00a0and whoever lives by believing\u00a0in me will never die.
32\u00a0When Mary<\/strong> reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.\u201d
33\u00a0When Jesus saw her weeping, . . . he was deeply moved\u00a0in spirit and troubled.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u266bScripture Song |<\/strong> \u201cBe Still My Soul\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jesus Grieves | John 11: 35-37<\/strong>
35\u00a0Jesus wept.
36\u00a0Then the Jews said, \u201cSee how he loved him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u266bScripture Prayer\/ Song | \u201cWhen Grief is Raw\u201d | Brian Wren, text; Benjamin Bergery, music\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0

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  1. When grief is raw and music goes unheard and thought is numb, we have no polished phrases to recite.
    In Christ we come to hear the old familiar words: *Sung congregational response<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. God, give us time for gratitude and tears, and make us free to grieve, remember, honor, and delight.
    Let love be strong to bear regrets and banish fears: *Sung congregational response<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The height and breadth of all that love prepares soar out of time, beyond our speculation and our sight.
    The cross remains to ground the promise that it bears: *Sung congregational response<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. All shall be judged, the greatest and the least, and all be loved, till every hurt is healed,
    all wrong set right. In bread and wine we taste the great homecoming feast, and in the midst of death we are in life: *Sung congregational response<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead | John 11: 38-44<\/strong>
    38\u00a0Jesus, once more deeply moved,\u00a0came to the tomb. . . Jesus called in a loud voice,\u00a0\u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d\u00a0
    44\u00a0The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,\u00a0and a cloth around his face.
    Jesus said to them,\u00a0\u201cTake off the grave clothes and let him go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u266bScripture Song | \u201cAwake, Arise, O Sing A new Song\u201d | #56<\/strong>
    (1 time in Unison \u2013 3 times in a round)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Plot to Kill Jesus | John 11: 45-57<\/strong>
    . . . many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary,\u00a0and had seen what Jesus did,\u00a0believed in him.\u00a046\u00a0But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had
    done.\u00a047\u00a0Then the chief priests and the Pharisees\u00a0called a meeting\u00a0of the Sanhedrin. They asked, \u201cWhat are we accomplishing? Here is this man performing many signs.\u00a048\u00a0If we
    let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.\u201d 49\u00a0Then one of them, named Caiaphas,\u00a0who
    was high priest that year,\u00a0spoke up, \u201cYou know nothing at all!\u00a050\u00a0You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish\u201d . . .
    53\u00a0So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
    54\u00a0Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea.\u00a0Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he
    stayed with his disciples.
    55\u00a0When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,\u00a0many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing\u00a0before the Passover.\u00a056\u00a0They kept looking for
    Jesus,\u00a0and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, \u201cWhat do you think? Isn\u2019t he coming to the festival at all?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u266bScripture Song | \u201cWe Shall Overcome\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Unison Words of Response | Nancy Johnson (adapted)<\/strong>

    ALL:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are called out of dark places and offered the grace of new life.<\/strong>
    We are called out of complacency and set free from what binds us.<\/strong>
    ONE:\u00a0\u00a0 May – God \u2013 the Creator of Life \u2013 surprise you with the breath of the Spirit.
    May \u2013 God \u2013 fill your life with compassion, love and the courage to follow Jesus.\u00a0 May it be so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Jesus Anointed at Bethany | John 12:1-11<\/strong>
    12\u00a0Six days before the Passover [the festival],\u00a0Jesus came to Bethany,\u00a0where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.\u00a02\u00a0Here a dinner was given in Jesus\u2019 honor.
    Martha served,\u00a0while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.\u00a03\u00a0Then Mary took about a pint\u00a0of pure nard, an expensive perfume;\u00a0she poured it on Jesus\u2019 feet
    and wiped his feet with her hair.\u00a0And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4\u00a0But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray
    him,\u00a0objected,\u00a05\u00a0\u201cWhy wasn\u2019t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year\u2019s wages.\u201d\u00a06\u00a0He did not say this because he cared about the poor but
    because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,\u00a0he used to help himself to what was put into it. Jesus replied.\u00a0\u201cLeave her alone. It was intended that she should save this
    perfume for the day of my burial.\u00a08\u00a0You will always have the poor among you,\u00a0but you will not always have me.\u201d 9\u00a0Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was
    there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.\u00a010\u00a0So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,\u00a0
    11\u00a0for on account of him\u00a0many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Anointing Words: \u201cI anoint you for wholeness in body, mind and spirit. May you be restored!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u266bScripture Song | \u201cAnoint us Lord\u201d | #631<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u266bSending Music | \u201cGrave\u201d from Fantasia in E<\/em> | J.S. Bach<\/strong>
    Ellen Gilbert, organ<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Videography and Editing: Eric Goering
    Music Coordinator: Ellen Gilbert<\/em>
    Choir Director: Becky Snell<\/em>
    Technical Crew: Eric Goering, Ryan Goering, Shane Kirchner, Steve Lolling & Chris Whitacre<\/em>
    Chancel Decoration Team<\/em><\/em>: Jill Brax, Colleen Gustafson, Michele Johnson, Shane Kirchner & Lara Schom<\/em>ing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Sunday, March 24<\/strong> |<\/strong> Palm\/Passion Sunday | Worship at 10:15 am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    John 12:12-17<\/strong>
    Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King \u2013 the \u2018Triumphal Entry\u2019
    John 12:20-36<\/strong>
    Jesus Predicts His Death
    John 13:1-17<\/strong>
    Jesus Washes His Disciples\u2019 Feet
    John 13:18-30<\/strong>
    Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
    John 13:31-38<\/strong>
    Jesus Predicts Peter\u2019s Denials
    John 18:15-18 – John 18:25-27<\/strong>
    Peter Denies Jesus Three Times
    John 18:1\u201314 – John 18:19-24 – John 18:28-40 – John 19:1-16<\/strong>
    Jesus is Arrested, Questioned, and Sentenced to Death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Thursday, March 28 | Love Feast | 6:30 \u2013 7:30 pm | Social Room \u2013 Sanctuary Building<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1 Corinthians 11:23-26 & John 13:1-17, 31b-35<\/strong>
    Feet\/Hand Washing, Shared light Community Meal, Bread & Cup Communion
    Love Feast celebrates what the earliest Christians called agape: the outflowing love that seeks not to receive but to give.
    Jesus taught us this practice, sharing with his disciples a last, loving meal the night before he died.
    He washed the disciples\u2019 feet, ate supper with them, sought to draw them closer into the fold of his love, and offered them the symbolic bread and cup.
    During Love Feast, we repeat these simple, meaningful acts.
    We lovingly wash each other\u2019s feet (hands), then enjoy a light meal and fellowship together.
    Quietly we share communion, the bread and the cup that remind us of Jesus\u2019 great gift.
    We renew our commitment to follow his example of sacrificial love.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Friday, March 29 | Good Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    John 18:1 thru 19:42<\/strong>
    This is the day when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. So why is it called Good Friday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    . . . according to Fiona MacPherson, senior editor at the Oxford English Dictionary, the adjective traditionally “designates a day on (or sometimes a season in) which religious
    observance is held”.
    The OED states that “good” in this context refers to “a day or season observed as holy by the church”, hence the greeting “good tide” at Christmas or [good tide] on Shrove
    Tuesday.
    In addition to Good Friday, there is also a less well-known Good Wednesday, namely the Wednesday before Easter. The earliest known use of “guode friday” is found in The
    South English Legendary, a text from around 1290.
    According to the Baltimore Catechism (the standard US Catholic school text from 1885 to the 1960s) Good Friday is good because Christ\u00a0
    “showed His great love for humans, and purchased for them every blessing”<\/a>.
    The Catholic Encyclopedia (first published in 1907)\u00a0    states that<\/a>\u00a0the term’s origins are not clear.
    It says some sources see its origins in the term “God’s Friday” or\u00a0Gottes Freitag,\u00a0while others
    maintain that it is from the German\u00a0Gute Freitag.\u00a0
    It notes that the day was called Long Friday by the Anglo-Saxons and is referred to as such in modern Danish. It also says that the day is known as “the Holy and Great Friday” in
    the Greek liturgy, “Holy Friday” in Romance Languages and\u00a0Karfreitag\u00a0(Sorrowful Friday) in German.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0    @BBCNewsMagazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Saturday, March 30<\/strong> |<\/strong> Holy Saturday<\/strong>
    Matthew 27:57-66<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/strong>John 19:38-42<\/strong><\/a>
    Holy Saturday is the day between Good Friday and Easter Day.
    It is a continuation of the sorrow of Good Friday, when Christians of all traditions remember the disciples\u2019 hopelessness in the wake of Jesus\u2019s death on the cross; when they are
    unsure whether to believe that he will rise from the dead, as he said he would.
    In the early church, the day was marked by fasting and preparation. \u2018Holy Saturday\u2019 is also referred to as \u2018Low Saturday\u2019 (referring to ceasing of celebration) and sometimes
    \u2018Easter Eve\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Sunday, March 31 | Easter | Worship at 10:15 am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Psalm 118<\/strong>
    \u201cThe Stone that the Builder Rejected . . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The word “Easter” comes from Old English, meaning simply the “East.”
    The sun which rises in the East, bringing light, warmth, and hope, is a symbol for the Christian of the rising Christ, who is the true \u2018Light of the World\u2019.
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