Fifth Sunday in Lent
March 21, 2021
Morning Worship 10:30 AM
This Week
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Lenten Thursday, 5:30 p.m.
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Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
Culture, Diversity, & Relationships in Christ’s Church
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Fifth Sunday in Lent
March 21, 2021
“Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.” – Henri Nouwen
Sunday Service
10:30 am Online Service
Beverly Hills United Presbyterian Church, Upper Darby
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lansdowne
This week’s Scripture: Psalm 51.1-12; Hebrews 5.5-10; St. John 12.20-33
Music: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”; “Above All,” “You Gotta Move When the Spirit Says Move,” “You Lord Are Faithful” (See lyrics below)
We welcome to the pulpit once again this week Nancy Haigh Ross, a retired minister in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.
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Today’s Scripture
Psalm 51:1-12
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Hebrews 5:5-10
5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.”[a]
6 And he says in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”[b]
7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
John 12:20-33
Jesus Predicts His Death
20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up[a] from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
Announcements
GROWTH GROUPS
Evangelism/Discipleship Group –
Wednesday, March 31 at 7:00 on Zoom
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86589493548
Culture, Diversity, & Relationships in Christ’s Church
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89039256208
this Thursday at 7:00 on Zoom
We continue our discussion of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson with Pastor Nate Goodson of Prayer Chapel Church of God in Christ. Information: Art Tung
Covid 19 Information
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You are welcome to contact Pastor Tung directly for pastoral needs.
Tel. 610.246.8240 • Email – arttung@gmail.comPastors Nancy Haigh Ross and LoisAnn Furgess-Oler are also assisting in visitation. Pastor Ross: 267.254.0187 pastor.nancy@yahoo.com • Pastor Furgess-Oler: 410.239.1515 lafodav@aol.com
Prayer List
| Roberta Neill Hollie Law, Muirin Brian Callaghan Phyllis Van Arsdale Linda Wisham Ann & Tom Shiffer Jeff and Toni Kathan Family of Tim Collver Kevin Lucia Chris Cohen and Family Erin, Jayne; Edwin in San Antonio Family of Frank Dieter Reggie Martina and Family | Family of William Haslett Kyle and Family in Colorado Don Van Krieken Becky Reilly Lisa’s friend Heidi Mary & Maurice Hopper Jeanne Grace’s niece Molly, friend Mary John and Leanne Ashley/Greg Young, Isaac (Sandhoff Disease) Peter Bridgins Mae Smith BHPC Session St. Paul’s Congregation Council |
| The Opioid Crisis The Unemployed, Underemployed Borough of Lansdowne Upper Darby Township | The COVID-19 Pandemic Nursing Homes William Penn School District Upper Darby School District |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, SE Pennsylvania Synod
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Presbytery of Philadelphia
Community of Believers in Christ Pentecostal Church
Week 11 Prayer Guide Indigenous, Tribal and Animistic Peoples; Brazil
The Liturgical Week
THURSDAY LENTEN GATHERING – MARCH 25
5:30 p.m. – For reflection on Psalm 27: “What do you most look forward to when quarantine is over?”
PALM AND PASSION SUNDAY – MARCH 28
10:30 a.m. – Morning Worship
“JESUS CHRIST AND OUR DISCONTENTS”
St. Mark 11.1-11
Pastor Tung preaching
Brief In-person Service of the Eucharist is now scheduled for the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
In lieu of Easter Flowers for the St. Paul’s sanctuary, you’re invited to purchase flowers for your home at Taddeo’s Greenhouses. 2326 St Denis Ln, Havertown; tel. (610) 446-1863 – https://www.taddeosgreenhouses.com/
Song Lyrics
| Above All Paul Baloche, Lenny Leblanc Above all powers Above all kings Above all nature And all created things Above all wisdom And all the ways of man You were here Before the world began Above all kingdoms Above all thrones Above all wonders The world has ever known Above all wealth And treasures of the earth There’s no way to measure What You’re worthChorus: Crucified Laid behind a stone You lived to die Rejected and alone Like a rose Trampled on the ground You took the fall And thought of me Above all | Above all powers Above all kings Above all nature And all created things Above all wisdom And all the ways of man You were here Before the world began Above all kingdoms Above all thrones Above all wonders The world has ever known Above all wealth And treasures of the earth There’s no way to measure What You’re worth… Chorus |
You Got to Move When the Spirit Says Move
You got to move when the Spirit says move!
You got to move when the Spirit says move!
‘Cause when the Spirit says move, you got to move O Lord,
You got to move when the Spirit says move!
| You got to work…! You got to give…! You got to serve…! You got to sing…! | You got to play…! You got to love…! You got to pray…! You got to dance…! |
You Lord Are Faithful
You Lord are faithful
Faithful and true
Faithful to love us
You Lord are faithful
Faithful and true
(REPEAT)
And when there comes a time I falter
I call upon Your name
And I know that You are faithful
To remove my guilt and shame
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