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PRELUDE

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

RINGING OF THE BELL

Please stand as you are able.

GATHERING HYMN “All Who Are Thirsty”

Words and Music by Brenton Brown & Glenn Robertson. © 1998 Vineyard Songs (UK/Eire)

252 Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 8QA, United Kingdom. Used by permission. CCLI License # 2561118.

All who are thirsty

All who are weak

Come to the fountain

Dip your heart in the stream of life

Let the pain and the sorrow

Be washed away

In the waves of His mercy

As deep cries out to deep

(We sing)

Chorus 1

Come Lord Jesus come

Come Lord Jesus come

(REPEAT)

Chorus 2

Holy Spirit come

Holy Spirit come

(REPEAT)

Interlude

As deep cries out to deep

As deep cries out to deep

As deep cries out to deep we sing (Chorus 1)

 

CONFESSION AND FORGIVNESS

Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, who forgives all our sin,

whose mercy endures forever. Amen.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from

whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration

of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily

magnify your holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

Silence is kept for reflection.

Gracious God, have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned

from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly

sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins,

known and unknown, things we have done and things we have

failed to do. Turn us again to you, and uphold us by your Spirit, so

that we may live and serve you in newness of life through Jesus

Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin,

and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved.

In the name of Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God

strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live

in your hearts through faith. Amen.

GREETING

The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the

communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

And also with you.

 

HYMN OF PRAISE “Lord I Lift Your Name on High” Hymn #857

Verse

Lord I lift Your name on high

Lord I love to sing Your praises

I'm so glad You're in my life

I'm so glad You came to save us

Chorus

You came from heaven to earth

To show the way

From the earth to the cross

My debt to pay

From the cross to the grave

From the grave to the sky

Lord I lift Your name on high

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Let us pray. Merciful God, the fountain of living water, you quench our thirst and wash away our sin. Give us this wateralways. Bring us to drink from the well that flows with the beauty of your truth through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

Please be seated.

WORD

FIRST READING Exodus 17:1-7

Because the thirsty Israelites quarreled with Moses and put God to

the test, Moses cried out in desperation to God. God commanded

Moses to strike the rock to provide water for the people. The doubtfilled

question—“Is the Lord among us or not?”—received a very positive answer.

1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites

journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,

but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 The people

quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said

to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” 3

But the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained

against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill

us and our children and livestock with thirst?” 4 So Moses cried out to

the Lord, “What shall I do for this people? They are almost ready to

stone me.” 5 The Lord said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people

and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the

staff with which you struck the Nile and go. 6 I will be standing there

in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will

come out of it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so, in the

sight of the elders of Israel. 7 He called the place Massah and Meribah,

because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying,

“Is the Lord among us or not?”

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

 

PSALM PSALM 42 “As The Deer”

Words and Music by Martin Nystrom. © 1984 Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing. Used by permission. CCLI License # 2561118.

SECOND READING Romans 5:1-11

Though we often hear that God helps those who help themselves, here Paul tells us that through Jesus’ death God helps utterly helpless sinners. Since we who had been enemies are reconciled to God in the cross, we now live in hope for our final salvation.

1 Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. 9 Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. 11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

 

CHILDREN’S SERMON Pastor Chris Steubing

Please remain seated for the gospel reading.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Gospel: John 4:5-42

The holy gospel according to John.

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus defies convention to engage a Samaritan woman in conversation.

Her testimony, in turn, leads many others to faith.

5 [Jesus] came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of

ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.6 Jacob’s well was

there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It

was about noon.

7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her,

“Give me a drink.” 8 (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) 9

The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a

drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in

common with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the

gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you

would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11

The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is

deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than

our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well and with his sons and his

flocks drank from it?” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of

this water will be thirsty again, 14 but those who drink of the water

that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will

become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” 15 The

woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be

thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17

The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her,

“You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five

husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you

have said is true!” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are

a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say

that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 Jesus

said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will

worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You

worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation

is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming and is now here

when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,

for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 24 God is spirit,

and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The

woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called

Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” 26 Jesus

said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”

27 Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was

speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or,

“Why are you speaking with her?” 28 Then the woman left her water

jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, 29 “Come and

see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be

the Messiah, can he?” 30 They left the city and were on their way to

him.

31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not

know about.” 33So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him

something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of

him who sent me and to complete his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘Four

months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around

you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. 36 The reaper is

already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that

sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds

true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which

you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into

their labor.”

39 Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the

woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” 40 So

when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them,

and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of

his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what

you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we

know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”

The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.

SERMON Pastor Chris Steubing

HYMN OF THE DAY “Cornerstone”

Please stand as you are able.

 

“Cornerstone”

© 2011 Hillsong MP Songs | Hillsong Music Publishing Australia | Hillsong Music Publishing UK. Used by permission. CCLI License # 2561118.

THE PRAYERS

...Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

SHARING THE PEACE

The peace of Christ be with you always.

And also with you.

Let us share the peace with one another.

OFFERING

OFFERING MUSIC “This I Believe”

Chorus 2

I believe in life eternal, I believe in the virgin birth

I believe in the saints' communion, And in Your holy Church

I believe in the resurrection, When Jesus comes again

For I believe in the Name of Jesus

Please stand as you are able at the offering is brought forward.

OFFERING PRAYER

Let us pray. God our provider, you have not fed us with bread

alone, but with words of grace and life. Bless us and these your

gifts, which we receive from your bounty, through Jesus Christ

our Lord. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer (Sung)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom

come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us

this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive

our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us

from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the

glory, forever.

BENEDICTION

Receive the blessing of the holy Trinity: God, who calls all things into

existence, Jesus Christ, who redeems us, and the Holy Spirit, whose

breath sustains creation, bless you now and always.

SENDING HYMN “May The God of Hope Go With Us”

DISMISSAL

Go in peace. Believe the good news. Thanks be to God.

POSTLUDE

 

Church Staff and today’s worship leaders:

Pastor—Rev. Chris Steubing

Visitation Pastor—Rev. Judi Miller

Our Reader—Paula Lynch

Our Liturgist—Ken Kleid

Organist/Pianist—Jimmy Cheung

Choir and Hand Bell Director—Wendy Kuenemann