BETHANY SERVICE February 22, 2026 10:30 AM
WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Jesus is Lord of All” Donna Rhine
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Welcome pilgrims on the way to the cross.
People: We are learning to follow Jesus.
Leader: On this Lenten journey, where do we find God’s presence among us?
People: One thing we know: God calls us to witness extraordinary love in
ordinary moments.
Leader: On this Lenten journey, how does God’s presence work among us?
People: One thing we know: God uses the messy and mundane to heal and
restore us to one another.
Leader: On this Lenten journey, what does God’s presence do in our midst?
People: One thing we know: God opens us to recognize presence, sustenance,
and abundance where the world perceives isolation and lack.
Leader: Pilgrims on the way, come let us worship God!
People: We come to worship God as we learn to live inside out! Amen.
INVOCATION
*HYMN “Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days” #269
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord
Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
*HYMN “A Charge to Keep I Have” #413
BLESSING THE READING AND HEARING OF THE WORD
GOSPEL READING Matthew 4:1-11 Larry Strait
FIRST TESTAMENT READING Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Larry Strait
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “It’s All About Me (Isn’t It?)” Pastor Dave
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, Creator of all that is, Donor of Grace, and Giver of Life:
Hear our prayer. There are chasms in our lives, deep valleys that separate
us from one another and from You. We confess that we have allowed those
rifts to grow, for fear of admitting our part in the separation, for fear of
being rejected when we reach out.
You call us to a reconciled life, to healed relationships, to a wholeness with
each other and with You. Mend us, we pray, and make us new creations
through the power and love of Christ,
in whose name we pray. Amen.
(A time of Silent Confession)
WORDS OF GRACE AND FORGIVENESS
*HYMN For the Healing of the Nations” #428
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “The Greatest Thing” Donna Rhine