In this new reality, we are thankful that we can continue to worship as a community through online documents and resources. Below is an awesome Lent worship service for us (you and your family/small group).Every Wednesday and Sunday we will be providing virtual worship services. Our prayer is that these resources will be a huge blessing for you during these times and that you will stay (virtually) connected to Calvary. Please let us know your prayer requests, life happenings, feedback on worship and programs, and stories of where you see God working in this time.
Click for a PDF version ~ Worship at Home Resources _ Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Let us worship church…
Welcome, Announcements & Invocation
Opening Litany: pick one family member to read the Leader line (L), everyone else responds with the Congregation (C) line.
L: For those whose lives are broken by distress:
C: May the Lord bless you in your brokenness.
L: For those whose lives are broken by fear:
C: May the Lord bless you in your brokenness
L: For those whose lives are broken by anger:
C: May the Lord bless you in your brokenness.
L: For those whose lives are broken by pain:
C: May the Lord bless you in your brokenness.
L: For those whose lives are broken by illness:
C: May the Lord bless you in your brokenness.
L: For those whose lives are broken by sin:
C: May the Lord bless you in your brokenness.
L: God of blessing, gently touch these lives with your Spirit. Bring warmth and comfort, life and wholeness, and full restoration into our fractured lives and souls. In Jesus’ name we pray. All: Amen.
Opening Song:
Offering Reflection from Council President, Bethany Wesley:
Offering: Please click to give your offering in order to support God’s mission in our church.
Your continued financial support for Calvary is vital during these challenging times as we seek to be a presence and blessing in Christ for the sake of the world.
Scripture reading:
2 Timothy 3:10-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
10 Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions, and my suffering the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 13 But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, 15 and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.
Questions for conversation: We encourage you to have some dialogue in your family utilizing these questions. If you would like to include a Lent Confirmation Mentor or another Calvary friend in your conversation, you could always call over the phone and talk!
Video: Basic 5 – Teaching
- Share a high and a low from this previous week.
- Who has been the best teacher you have had? Why? What made them great?
- Have you ever had to teach something to someone? What and how did it go?
- When you think of the Bible, what words and thoughts come to mind?
- Share a favorite bible verse, book or story with each other.
- What other names for the Bible do we have? What do they mean or tell us about it?
- Does reading your bible seem more like a chore or a life-giving opportunity? Why?
- Martin Luther said Scripture is “alive, it speaks to me”. What do you think he means by that? Have you ever felt that way?
- Luther also called the Bible the “richest of mines”. Why do you think the bible is called rich?
- A recent study found that the number one reason why people don’t read the bible is because they are too busy. Does that seem odd when compared to what Luther thought of the Bible?
- How have you, or how can you, make bible reading a priority in your life?
Let’s sing the focus song together.
Prayers of the People: Each family member is invited to pray a petition, sharing turns.
Almighty God, Giver of all things, we give thanks today for Your creation, for Your mercy and grace, and for the gift of a Savior. We give You thanks for Your Holy Spirit, for Your Word, for the gift of faith, for the promise of everlasting life and for friends and family to share life with.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray, O Lord, that You may remove from us selfishness, prejudice, fear, and hate; turn our hearts to You and our neighbors in need. May all people learn and follow Your Word. And may the places we reside be areas of blessing and love and Light, where Jesus’ name is lifted high.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray, O Lord, for comfort, aid, healing and peace for the sick, vulnerable or those facing afflictions. We pray for medical staff and researches who are tirelessly working for the good of the world. We pray for first responders, EMT’s, officers and firefighters who risk their lives for their neighbor’s life. We pray for leaders to make wise and godly decisions. We pray for those who struggle with adversity and sorrow and grief, including ________________ (name any personal people or situations).
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
(add any specific prayer requests you may have)
All these things and everything else we need, let us pray to the Lord in the name of Jesus Christ, His Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Lord’s Prayer: 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Benediction: Make the sign of the cross on the forehead of a family member and say, “You are a child of God”.
Daily Devotions and Family Activities for this week
Sending Song
The Blessing
Verse
The Lord bless you
And keep you
Make his face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn his
Face toward you
And give you peace
Chorus
Amen
Amen
Amen
Bridge
May his favor
Be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family
And your children
And their children
And their children
Bridge
May his presence
Go before you
And behind you
And beside you
All around you
And within you
He is with you
He is with you
Bridge
In the morning
In the evening
In your coming
And your going
In your weeping
And rejoicing
He is for you
He is for you
Tag
He is for you
He is for you
Your continued financial support for Calvary is vital during these challenging times as we seek to be a presence and blessing in Christ for the sake of the world.