2026-03-01-Service
Summerlea United Church
225 50th Ave, Lachine, Québec, H8T2T7, Canada. 514-634-2651


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Sunday, March 01, 2026


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- Introit -


Because You Came
(MV 64, verses 3 & 4)
Because our peace was your agenda,
Because you wept to see us war,
And we love power, and winning battles,
We ask forgiveness, Lord Jesus Christ.

Because your Cross compels an answer,
Because your love absorbs our sin,
And we are wounded because we wound you,
We ask forgiveness, Lord Jesus Christ.








Sarah Wicks-Potter
A hedgehog...

but not Horation.


Call to Worship

(From Celebrate God's Presence, p.14)



Friends in Christ,
Lent is a time to prepare
And to renew our life.
We mark this holy season
By acknowledging our need for repentance,
And for the mercy and forgiveness proclaimed
In the Gospel.
We are invited, in the name of Christ,
To observe a holy Lent
 By self-examination and penitence,
By prayer and fasting, by works of love
And by reading and meditating
On the Word of God.
Amen.


Throughout These Lenten Days and Nights
(VU 108)

Throughout these Lenten days and nights
We turn to walk the inward way,
Where, meeting Christ, our guide and light,
We live in hope till Easter day.

The pilgrim Christ, the Lamb of God,
Who found in weakness greater power
Embraces us, though lost and flawed,
And leads us to his Rising Hour.



We bear the silence, cross and pain
Of human burdens, human strife,
Wile sisters, brothers help sustain
Our courage till the Feast of Life.

And though the road is hard and steep,
the Spirit ever calls us on
through Calvary's dying, dark and deep,
until we see the coming dawn.
So let us choose the path of One
Who wore, for us, the crown of thorn
And slept in death that we might wake
To life on Resurrection Morn!

Rejoice, O sons and daughters!
Sing and shout hosannas! Raise the strain!
For Christ, whose death Good Friday brings,
On Easter day will rise again!


Prayer of Confession
(From Celebrate God's Presence, p.154-155)

God of exodus and wilderness,
God of refuge and help,
Hear us now as we make our confession to you.
In times of temptation,
We forget what you have done for us.
You give us everything we need,
Yet we often remain unsatisfied;
You trust us to care for creation,
Yet we often abuse that trust
And spoil what we have been given.
You show us the way we are to follow,
Yet we often continue on the path of
self-indulgence and self-centeredness.
Forgive us, we pray.



We ask for your direction,
your patience, your love;
In the name of Jesus Christ,
Who, in spite of his temptations,
Was faithful to your saving word. Amen.

Words of Assurance



To Abraham and Sarah
(VU 634)

To Abraham and Sarah
The call of God was clear:
"Go forth and I will show you
A country rich and fair.
You need not fear the journey
For I have pledged my word:
That you shall be my people
And I will be your God."
From Abraham and Sarah
Arose a pilgrim race,
Dependent for their journey
On God's abundant grace;
And in their heart was written
By God this saving word:
"That you shall be my people
and I will be your God."


We of this generation
on whom God's hand is laid,
Can journey to the future
secure and unafraid,
Rejoicing in God's goodness
And trusting in this word:
"That you shall be my people
And I will be your God."

- Scripture -
The scripture this week is read by

Undeg E.

Psalm 121
(Page 844 in Voices United)

R: Our help is in the name of our God
who made heaven and earth.

Voices United Text
John 3:1-17

The text is HERE.


How Great The Mystery Of Faith

How great the mystery of faith,
How deep the purposes of God,
In birth and ageing, life and death,
Unveiled, yet never understood!



Attracted by life's deepest claim
We wait, assembled in this place,
With needs and hopes we cannot name,
A thirst for healing, truth and grace.

The best that we can do and say,
The utmost care of skill and art,
Are sweepers of the Spirit's way
To reach the depths of every heart.
Come, walk among us, Holy Friend,
As all are gathered and prepared,
That scattered lives may meet and mend
Through open Word and table shared.

- The Sermon -




Holy
(Tom Fettke)







Prayers of the People
(Repated response:
"God, renew the face of the Earth"

The Lord's Prayer


God Says
(MV 172)

God says, "Be still so you may hear
The words I whisper in your ear.
If you will listen, you will know
I'm with you always where you go."

God says, "Look up and see the prize
I've placed here right before your eyes.
Find beauty in the things of earth,
A cause for wonder and rebirth."





God says, "Come here!
I need your voice.
Please teach my people to rejoice.
In who you are, in what you do,
Your life will show my love for you."

God says, "Reach out! The world's in need
And wants a word, a song, a deed.
I send you forth to speak, to sing,
To act for Christ in everything."










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