sunday March 9, 2025 | First sunday of Lent

Fruitland United Methodist Church 
March 9, 2025 
1st Sunday of Lent 

Prelude - Jesus Walked this Lonesome Valley American Folk Hymn 

Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship  

 -Preparing our hearts and souls for worship- 
Welcome and Announcements 
* Call to Worship  
“Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven” UMH# 66 
*Responsive Reading - Liturgist 
Psalm 92 UMH Page 811-12 Scripture Reading – Liturgist 
Luke 4: 1-13 Page 1595-6 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God!
 
Young People’s Moment - Rev. Letha Essinger 

Congregational Prayer and Lord’s Prayer 

Hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” UMH# 110
  
We Offer Our Gifts 
Offertory - Into My Heart by Harry D. Clarke 
*Doxology 
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” UMH #95 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; 
 praise him, all creatures here below; 
 praise him above, ye heavenly host; 
 praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Message “The Wilderness” - Pastor

*Hymn “Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days” UMH# 269

*Benediction “O Blessed Spring” TFWS# 2076 
Postlude (Please be seated) – I Love To Tell The Story  by Hankey and Fischer 
  
- Symbolically taking the light into the World -  

Thank you for worshiping with us today! 
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​Additional Lectionary Readings for the Week: 
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 
Romans 10:8-13