Prelude:                    

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Music by Albert L. Peace; Arranged by Jerry Van Der Pol

Les Holben, piano; David Moldenhauer, organ

Music by Albert L. Peace; Arranged by Jerry Van Der Pol
© 2003 The H.W. Gray Company/Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc. 

Call to Worship

Cathedral of Hope, we come today to meet our God:

The One who knows us thoroughly and loves us completely,

Who calls us beloved children, and invites us to seek wisdom 
and understanding.

So let us offer our lives, our hands, and our voices as we rise in body or spirit to sing to the God of many names. 

**Processional Hymn

Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated 

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days; let the flow in ceaseless praise,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands and let them move all the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee,
swift and beautiful for thee.

Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect and use ev’ry pow’r as thou shalt choose,
ev’ry pow’r as thou shalt choose.

Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store. 
Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee,
ever, only all for thee.

Take my will and make it thine, it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is thine own, it shall be thy royal throne,
it shall be thy royal throne.

Words: Frances R. Havergal
Music: Henri A. Cesar Malan

Welcome and Life of the Church

**Sharing of the Peace

Modern Lesson

Our Modern Lesson is from our Lenten Study Book Good Enough, by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie. Hear these words:

There’s a feeling we get when we want to start something new. A little spark, a tiny flame has been kindled. There is some kind of desire or awareness rising. We start to hope for more, but we don’t always know how to begin. 

In our best moments, we notice that this feeling stirs up spiritual hopes. In a quiet moment. In a moment of awe. Sometimes in a moment of aching emptiness. We realize we want more. 

Spiritual hunger, like other forms of desire, is fleeting. Hello! 

And goodbye! Now it’s gone again. If we want our spiritual appetite to stick around, that will require a bit of attention. Our spiritual selves need encouragement. We need community. We need a hot minute alone. And we need a Regula. 

Regula means a “rule of life,” but is simply a regular pattern of activities that becomes more valuable over time because its structure creates a space for good things. 



May God bless the hearing of these new words. Amen.

Gradual

Word of God, Speak

Choir:          Holy Spirit lead me to the wilderness,
beyond the music, beyond the noise.
All that I need is to be with you
and in the stillness to hear your voice.

All:                Word of God, speak, would you pour down like rain,
washing my eyes to see your majesty,
to be still and know that you’re in this place?
Please let me stay and rest in your holiness.
Word of God, speak.

**Word of God, speak, would you pour down like rain,
washing my eyes to see your majesty,
to be still and know that you’re in this place?
Please let me stay and rest in your holiness.
Word of God, speak. Word of God, speak.
Word of God, speak.

Words and Music: Peter Kipley and Bart Millard
©2002 Simpleville Music/Wordspring Music, LLC/Songs from the Indigo Room

**Scripture Lesson: Philippians 4:8-9 The Message  

One: Our Scripture Lesson is from the Fourth Chapter of Paul’s Letter to the Philippians as paraphrased in The Message. Hear these words:

Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into their most excellent harmonies.

One: This is the Word of God for the People of God.

All:    Thanks be to God. Amen. 

**Gospel Response                 

Word of God, Speak 

    

Word of God, speak, would you pour down like rain,
washing my eyes to see your majesty,
to be still and know that you’re in this place?
Please let me stay and rest in your holiness.
Word of God, speak. Word of God, speak.
Word of God, speak.

Sermon        

Regula 

Offering Call                                                                                   

Offertory

Be Thou My Vision
Traditional Irish Hymn; trans. by Mary E. Byrne
versified by Eleanor H. Hull
Traditional Irish Melody; arranged by Bruce Greer

 Lara Lignitz, soloist

 Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

Lord of my heart, Great God of heaven,
be thou my vision, ruler of all.

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;

naught be all else to me, save that thou art.

Thou my best thought, by day or by night,

waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Lord of my heart, Great God of heaven,
be thou my vision, ruler of all.

Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;

I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;

Mother and Father, thou art to me,

O Lord, now and forever, thy child I will be.

Riches I heed not, nor life's empty praise,

thou my inheritance, now and always;

Thou and thou only, first in my heart,

great God of heaven, my treasure thou art!

Lord of my heart, Great God of heaven,
be thou my vision, ruler of all.

Great God of heaven, my victory won;

May I reach heaven's joy, O bright heaven's Sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall.

Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Traditional Irish Hymn; trans. by Mary E. Byrne; versified by Eleanor H. Hull
Traditional Irish Melody; arranged by Bruce Greer
© 2002 Word Music, Inc.

The Great Thanksgiving for Lent          

Sursum Corda

One: God be with you

All:    And also with you.

One: Lift up your hearts.

All:    We lift them up to God.

One:  Let us give thanks and praise to God.

All:    It is right to give God thanks and praise.

One:  Our hearts overflow with love for you, God of the ages.

When there was no time, you crafted day and night.

When we turned away from you, you remembered the promises you made to Noah, Sarah, Josep, and Hannah, and sent the prophets to remind us of your covenant and to point the way to your heart.

When we continued to ignore the prophets’ words, you sent Jesus to be with us, to set us free from the bonds we created for ourselves.

So, we life our voices with those who waited patiently and with those who saw the fulfillment of your promises, joining the choirs of heaven and earth to forever sing your praise:

Words of Institution 

Faithful and holy are you, Creator of all, and blessed is Jesus the Christ.

When he could have stayed at your side, Jesus came to be Emmanuel, God-with-us.

When he could have feasted on power, Jesus came to prepare a Table for us where our broken lives might be made whole.

When he could have had the angels wait on him, Jesus came to offer us your grace, enduring death on the cross so we could have life eternal.

On the night in which he was betrayed…. When we eat of this bread, and drink from this cup, we remember the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as we proclaim the mystery of our faith:



Prayer of Consecration  

Let us pray.

Pour out your Spirit on this bread and this cup, gifts of your creation.

As we are filled with the Bread of Life, may we never cease to feed the hungry of our world.

As we are nurtured by compassion’s cup, may we take the lost, last and least by the hand, walking together into the realm you have prepared for all.

As we gather around the Table with your beloved children of every time and place, may we join our voices with theirs, praising you,

God of the priests and the prophets, God of the apostles and martyrs, God of our mothers and our fathers, God of our children to all generations.

Words: adapted by Marcia Pruner © The Church Pension Fund
Music: American Folk Tune, The Sacred Harp, 1844

Invitation

Music during Communion 

Just as I Am

Just as I am, without one plea but that thy love was shown to me,
and that thou bidd’st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, thy love unknown has broken every barrier down;

now to be thine, yea, thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

I come broken to be mended, I come wounded to be healed.
I come desperate to be rescued, I come empty to be filled.
I come guilty to be pardoned through the love of Christ, the Lamb.
And I’m welcomed with open arms, praise God, just as I am.

Just as I am, I would be lost, but mercy and grace my freedom bought.
And now, to glory in the cross, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

I come broken to be mended, I come wounded to be healed.
I come desperate to be rescued, I come empty to be filled.
I come guilty to be pardoned through the love of Christ, the Lamb.
And I’m welcomed with open arms, praise God, just as I am.

Words and Music: Charlotte Elliot, David Moffitt, Sue C. Smith, 
Travis Cottrell, and William B. Bradbury
© 2009 Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing/First Hand Revelation Music/
CCTB Music

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

I am weak but thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong.
I’ll be satisfied as long as I walk, let me walk close to thee.

Just a closer walk with thee, grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to thee, let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

Through this world of toil and snares, if I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares? None but thee, dear Lord, none but thee.

Just a closer walk with thee, grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to thee, let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

Words and Music: Anonymous
Traditional North American Hymn

You Are My All in All

You are my strength when I am weak, 
You are the treasure that I seek, you are my all in all.
Seeking you as a precious jewel, Lord, to give up I’d be a fool, 
you are my all in all.

Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is your name. 
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is your name.

Taking my sin, my cross, my shame, 
Rising again I bless your name. You are my all in all.
When I fall down, you pick me up; When I am dry, you fill my cup. 
You are my all in all!

**Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is your name. 
Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is your name.

Words and Music: Dennis L. Jernigan
© 1990 Shepherd’s Heart Music, Inc./PraiseCharts.com

**Prayer of Thanksgiving

**Recessional:          

You Have Searched Me 

You have searched me, God, and known me! All my life is in your care.
When I lie awake in evening, you are always with me there.
When I rise to greet the morning in an attitude of praise,
what I learn from you is humbling: you already know my ways.

God, you know the song I'm singing and my words before I pray.
You're behind me and before me as I travel through each day.
You once knit me all together; you created me by grace.
In your eyes, you see and love me as your treasure all my days.

God, I try to learn your wisdom, but I cannot understand.
Yet your love is all around me; I am part of all you've planned.
Let me sing your praise each morning, let me serve you all day through,
and in evening, make me peaceful, knowing this: I'm loved by you!

Words: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
© 2014 Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. Used by permission
Music: John Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, 1813

OneLicense.net License #A-705445 / CCLI License #12333

**Benediction 

Postlude for Dismissal