BETHEL COLLEGE MENNONITE CHURCH
March 23, 2025
Third Sunday of Lent
 
Christ Candle Lighting
 
Centering Music—Summoned by the God Who Made Us [VT 1], (arr. Robert Lau)–Will Wiebe-Friesen
 
Welcome-Raylene Hinz Penner
Leader: We come to listen
Congregation: So that we can go out and speak.
Leader: We praise God’s power
Congregation: So that we might rightly use our own.
Leader: We pause and pray
Congregation: So that we might plan faithfully.
Leader: We consider the ancient Scriptures
Congregation: So that we might better understand our present reality.
Leader: We continue this wilderness journey
Congregation: Following God’s way together.
 
*Hymn—Brethren, We Have Met to Worship—VT 25
 
Children’s Conversation–Jerry Buller
 
Worship Music—Come Ye Disconsolate (Terre Johnson)—Chancel Choir; Joel Garber, director; Will Wiebe-Friesen, accompanist
 
One-Minute Meditation
 
Scripture Reading—Numbers 27:1-11–Margaret Toews
 
Sermon—Advocacy 101—Joanna Harader
 
*Hymn—Lord Jesus, Come and Overturn—VT 146
 
Prayers of God’s People
 
*Hymn—God of the Bible—VT 420
 
*Benediction
 
Postlude—Joys are Flowing Like a River [VT 375], (arr. Will Wiebe-Friesen)–
Will Wiebe-Friesen

* You are invited to stand
VT—Voices Together
Audio visual—Ken Lamp