Sunday March 22, 2026
Message: David Sadler, CRE.
Liturgist: Maureen Meyer
†CALL TO WORSHIP:
One Out of the depths we cry to you, O Lord.
All: Lord, hear our voice; let your ears be attentive to our cry for mercy.
One: God ask, “Mortal, can these bones live?”
All: We do not know, but we trust the One who breathes life into all creation.
One: Hope in the Lord! For with the Lord, there is steadfast love and great power to redeem.
All: We gather to worship the God who raises the dead, restores the weary, and sends us out in hope.
†OPENING HYMN: Blue #356 “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
CALL TO CONFESSION:
PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
God of life, we confess that we settle for dry places when you offer living water. We cling to old fears when you call us into new life. We ignore the cries of our neighbors when you send us to speak hope. Breathe your Spirit into us again. Unbind us from all that keeps us from following Jesus. Raise us up to be your people – renewed, restored, and ready to serve.
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION: In Jesus’ name, Amen
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
†PASSING OF THE PEACE
†CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE: Blue# 579 “Gloria Patri”
TIME FOR ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION:
By your Spirit, open our hearts to your Word. Speak life into our dry places. Call us out of our tombs of fear and complacency. Make us ready to hear, ready to hope, and ready to serve. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS: Romans 8: 6-11; Ezekiel 37: 1-14
One: This is the word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: “Can These Bones Live?” David Sadler, CRE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: (from the PCUSA A Brief Statement of Faith)
We trust in God the Holy Spirit everywhere the giver and renewer of life. The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church. In a broken and fearful world, the Spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing. To witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with others for justice, freedom and peace. In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives, even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth, praying, “Come Lord Jesus!”
SPECIAL MUSIC:
CALL FOR GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERING
PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
†CLOSING HYMN: Blue: #316 “Breathe on Me, Breath of God”
†BENEDICTION:
†MUSICAL DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING: “Let There Be Peace on Earth”
One Out of the depths we cry to you, O Lord.
All: Lord, hear our voice; let your ears be attentive to our cry for mercy.
One: God ask, “Mortal, can these bones live?”
All: We do not know, but we trust the One who breathes life into all creation.
One: Hope in the Lord! For with the Lord, there is steadfast love and great power to redeem.
All: We gather to worship the God who raises the dead, restores the weary, and sends us out in hope.
†OPENING HYMN: Blue #356 “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
CALL TO CONFESSION:
PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
God of life, we confess that we settle for dry places when you offer living water. We cling to old fears when you call us into new life. We ignore the cries of our neighbors when you send us to speak hope. Breathe your Spirit into us again. Unbind us from all that keeps us from following Jesus. Raise us up to be your people – renewed, restored, and ready to serve.
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION: In Jesus’ name, Amen
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
†PASSING OF THE PEACE
†CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE: Blue# 579 “Gloria Patri”
TIME FOR ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION:
By your Spirit, open our hearts to your Word. Speak life into our dry places. Call us out of our tombs of fear and complacency. Make us ready to hear, ready to hope, and ready to serve. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS: Romans 8: 6-11; Ezekiel 37: 1-14
One: This is the word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: “Can These Bones Live?” David Sadler, CRE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: (from the PCUSA A Brief Statement of Faith)
We trust in God the Holy Spirit everywhere the giver and renewer of life. The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church. In a broken and fearful world, the Spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing. To witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with others for justice, freedom and peace. In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives, even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth, praying, “Come Lord Jesus!”
SPECIAL MUSIC:
CALL FOR GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERING
PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
†CLOSING HYMN: Blue: #316 “Breathe on Me, Breath of God”
†BENEDICTION:
†MUSICAL DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING: “Let There Be Peace on Earth”