Bulletin for February 28/March 1, 2026 Second Weekend in Lent

Bulletin for February 28/March 1, 2026 Second Weekend in Lent

Order of Service for 5:30PM, 8:30AM and 11AM

Prelude/Gathering Music

5:30PM
Steve Hale

8:30AM
Prayer
George Walker
Robert Lewis, organ

11AM
In Christ Alone
arr. Mark Hayes
Alvin Johnson

 

Welcome and Announcements

 

Confession and Forgiveness

 

Gathering Song/Opening Hymn

(5:30PM; 8:30 AM) ELW 320 The Glory of These Forty Days
(11AM) God So Loved

 

Greeting

 

Prayer of the Day

 

Anthem

(8:30AM)
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
arr. Gilbert M. Martin
Alleluia Choir

 

Children’s Message

(8:30AM; 11AM)

 

Reading

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 (NRSV)
What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness. For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

 

Gospel Acclamation

ACS 1033 Nada te turbe/Nothing Can Trouble

 

Gospel 

John 3:1-17 (NRSV)
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

 

 
Message

“Nicodemus: Uncontrollable Grace”
Beth Warpmaeker

 

Hymn of the Day/Song of the Day

(5:30PM; 8:30 AM) ELW 323 God Loved the World
(11AM) Broken Vessels

 

Apostles’ Creed ELW p. 105

 

Prayers of the Church

ELW 751 O Lord, Hear My Prayer
Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

 

Peace

 

Offering

 

Offering Music

(5:30PM)
Steve Hale

(8:30AM)
Meditation on “Santo, Santo, Santo”
Charles Callahan
Robert Lewis

(11AM)
God is So Good
Traditional
Alvin Johnson

 

Offertory Prayer

 

 The Great Thanksgiving

  • (8:30AM) Dialogue and Preface 
  • (8:30AM) Holy, Holy, Holy/Santo, Santo, Santo ELW 473
  • Words of Institution
  • Lord’s Prayer

 

Communion

 

Communion Music

(8:30AM)
ELW 336 Lamb of God 
ELW 324 In the Cross of Christ I Glory

(11AM)
How Deep the Father’s Love For Us

 

Sending of Lay Eucharistic Ministers

 

Blessing

 

Closing Hymn/Sending Song

(5:30PM; 8:30AM) ELW 638 Blessed Assurance
(11AM) Your Grace is Enough

 

Dismissal

 

Postlude

(8:30 AM)
Blessed Assurance 
J. Bert Carlson
Robert Lewis, organ

Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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