John 12: 20-33 | For a plant to grow, a seed needs to be buried in the ground. Water alone will allow the seed to germinate, but it will never grow to its full potential. As we prepare for Holy Week starting next Sunday, we hear Jesus give an example of a seed falling into the earth and dying for it to bear fruit. Christ – as our seed – died for our sake and has given us the fruit of salvation. But now, as people of faith, we too are invited into the cycle of Christ’s death and resurrection for the purpose of bearing fruit in God’s Kingdom. So join us this weekend as we consider our own faith lives and our participation in Christ’s body on earth, and as we prepare to hear once again the life-giving promise of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sunday, March 17, 2024, Fifth Sunday in Lent Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: It is Well With My Soul. Text and Music:Mark Leslie Hayes, Horatio G. Spafford, Philip P Bliss. Text and Music: © 2007 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: As the Winter Days Grow Longer. Text and Music: Mary Louise Bringle. Text and Music: © 2006 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Now the Green Blade Rises. Text: John Macleod Campbell Crum, 1872-1958. Music: French carol. Text and Music: © 2006 Oxford University Press. Covered under One License subscription. Offering Song: Reflection. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2016 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Song: Beautiful Things. Text and Music: Lisa Gungor, Michael Gungor. Text and Music: © 2009 worshiptogether.com songs (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing). Covered under CCLI subscription. Sending Song: Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing. Text: attr. John Fawcett, 1740-1817, sts. 1-2, alt.; Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903, st. 3, alt. Music: Sicilian, 18th cent. Text and Music: Public Domain.