What we’re singing at First Baptist Church of Berkeley this Sunday
Second Sunday in the Season of Lent (theme for Lent: “Lifting Up Our Souls”)
Opening Hymn: “How Deep the Silence of the Soul”
(words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1989; tune: resignation, traditional American tune)
How deep the silence of the soul that lives within your grace.
How full the gratitude of heart in your abiding place.
What rich serenity is found, what courage and release
when wisdom teaches us to seek the gentle path to peace.
Following the Prayer of invocation and Confession, we sing these Words of Assurance (by James E. Moore, Jr.):
Taste and see, taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Psalm of the Day: No. 22:23-31, with sung response “Taste and see …”
Gospel text, Mark 8:31–38 (”All who want to come after me must take up their cross and follow me.”)
Hymn in response to the preached message: “You Call Us, Lord”
(words: Jane Marshall, 1992; tune: rhosymedre, John David Edwards, 1840)
Stanzas 1 and 3:
You call us, Lord, to be a people set apart,
to feel with thoughtful mind and think with tender heart.
Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask for faith in your unfailing grace
to make us equal to the task.
You call us, Lord, to be good stewards of the earth;
to tend it as a place of blessedness and worth.
Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask for faith in your unfailing grace
to make us equal to the task.
Hymn of Dedication: “Friends in Faith”
(words: Delores Dufner, 1993; tune: restoration, Southern Harmony, 1835)
Friends in faith who follow Jesus, hear the message of the cross:
Worldly wisdom now is folly; worldly riches count as loss.
Call to Communion: “Taste and See”
Hymn for the Lenten Journey: “Go Walk with God in All You Do”
(words: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 2004; tune tallis canon, Thomas Tallis, c. 1567)
Go walk with God in all you do, and may God’s love bring joy to you.
May gifts of peace fill all your days, and may God’s truth guide you always.
FBC Berkeley worships at 10:00 am every Sunday in Crouch Classroom, Hobart Hall, on the ABSW campus. Rev. Dr. Nancy E. Hall (ABSW faculty) is the pastor. Our preacher this Sunday is Minister Sharon Allen. Come sing with us! We are a Welcoming and Affirming congregation for the LGBTQ community.
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