Mark 8:31-38 | During the season of Lent, some choose to “give something up” as a way of fasting. But as we heard Jesus predict his coming death and resurrection, it’s clear that Jesus isn’t just giving “something” up. Jesus (in fact, God) is giving everything up for the sake of our life, and the life of the world. So, in response to this covenant God has made with us, then what does it mean for us to give ourselves – fully – to Jesus as we hear his call to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow? Join us for worship this weekend as we receive God’s promise given to us, and as we are sent forth to faithfully follow – giving up not just “something” of our lives to the Lord, but our full selves.
Sunday, February 25, 2024, Second 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: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2006 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: If You But Trust in God to Guide You. Text and Music: Georg Neumark, 1621-1681. Text and Music: © 2006 Augsburg Fortress Publishers. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said. Text: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877, alt. Music: W. Hauser, Hesperian Harp, 1848; arr. hymnal version. Text and Music: © 2006 Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Offering Song: Jesus I Will Ponder Now. Text: Sigismund von Birken, 1626-1681; tr August Crull, 1846-1923, alt. Music: Melchior Vulpius, 1570-1615. Text and Music: Public Domain. Communion Song: Take Up Your Cross. Text and Music: Jaime Cortez. Text and Music: © 2014 OCP Publications. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus. Text: Sigismund von Birken, 1626-1681; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship, alt. Music: Georg G. Boltze, 18th cent. Text and Music: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription.