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March 15, 2020 Third Sunday in Lent
Preparing for worship
Most of the time, worship here at Wilshire mighty power of God, God is in our mouths.
leans toward the intellectual more than the When we respond to Scripture readings by
emotional. We love to be challenged to think saying, “Thanks be to God,” God is in our
deeply about the faith more measured on mouths. When we silently or quietly utter an
whether we feel good about the faith. “amen” to a prayer or sermon, God is in our
In much of the Christian tradition in America mouths. Participation in worship moves us from
today, these are the two poles of measuring the battle between head and heart to a more
worship: Head or heart. personal engagement.
As we prepare for worship today, however, we And that, in turn, should prepare us for the
are challenged to consider a third aspect of our week ahead as we leave this sacred space and
worship experience: our participation. venture into a world that so desperately needs
In the development of our Lenten theme from to hear a message from God out of our mouths.
the Sarum Prayer, today we focus on the phrase, That’s not just spilling out mindless “God
“God be in my mouth.” talk” as so many do. Neither is it only about
You might first think of that as a reference evangelism.
to prayer, even following Jesus’ admonition If we learn to speak of God from our mouths
to “pray without ceasing.” And that’s a good in worship, we stand a better chance of having
starting point. something meaningful to say outside of church.
However, for God to be in our mouths means —Mark Wingfield
also our praise to God in worship. We give voice
to our adoration of God not just by thinking and
feeling but also by speaking and singing.
Even though we are physically apart today,
when we sing together this morning about the
Wilshire Baptist Church
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Building a Community of Faith Shaped by the Spirit of Jesus Christ
ON THE COVER: Christ and the Samaritan Woman, 1895, Odilon Redon (1840–1916), Städel
Museum, Frankfurt.
2March 15, 2020
Third Sunday in Lent
Chiming of the Hour
Prelude This Is My Father’s World arr. Jerry Westenkuehler
Opening Sentences Ryan Wilson
We bring our whole selves to worship today: Our heads, our hearts, our eyes, our mouths, our
beginnings and our endings, our illnesses and pains, our failures and successes. And together we
pray that God would be in us — that God would be in all of who we are just as we are. As we seek
God’s presence, we also are reminded that the darkness is coming, that Jesus’ betrayal looms near.
To help us remember this coming darkness, we extinguish the third in a series of Lenten candles,
illustrating that the forces of this world seek to put out the light of Christ. Even as the darkness
comes, may God be in us.
Hymn 19 I Sing the Mighty Power of God forest green
I sing the mighty power of God that made the mountains rise,
that spread the flowing seas abroad and built the lofty skies.
I sing the wisdom that ordained the sun to rule the day;
the moon shines full at his command, and all the stars obey.
I sing the goodness of the Lord that filled the earth with food;
he formed the creatures with his word and then pronounced them good.
Lord, how thy wonders are displayed, where’er I turn my eye,
if I survey the ground I tread or gaze upon the skies.
There’s not a plant or flower below but makes thy glories known,
and clouds arise and tempests blow by order from thy throne;
while all that borrows life from thee is ever in your care,
and everywhere that we can be, Thou, God, are present there.
Greeting to Worshipers Heather Mustain
Reading — Psalm 95:1–7 Heather Mustain
O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come
into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For
the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which
his hands have formed. O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our
Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that
today you would listen to his voice!
3Vengan, cantemos con júbilo al Señor; aclamemos a la roca de nuestra salvación. Lleguemos ante él
con acción de gracias, aclamémoslo con cánticos. Porque el Señor es el gran Dios, el gran Rey sobre
todos los dioses. En sus manos están los abismos de la tierra; suyas son las cumbres de los montes.
Suyo es el mar, porque él lo hizo; con sus manos formó la tierra firme. Vengan, postrémonos
reverentes, doblemos la rodilla ante el Señor nuestro Hacedor. Porque él es nuestro Dios y nosotros
somos el pueblo de su prado; ¡somos un rebaño bajo su cuidado!
Testimony Hart Robinson
Musical Meditation God So Loved the World John Stainer/
Jeff Brummel, solo arr. Benjamin Harlan
God so loved the world, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that all who
believeth, believeth in him, should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son to
condemn but that through him, we might be saved. God so loved the world.
Prayers of the People Ryan Wilson
Hymn 631 O Love That Will Not Let Me Go donna
O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be.
O Light that follow’st all my way, I yield my flick’ring torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day may brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow thro’ the rain, and feel the promise is not vain that morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to hide from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red, life that shall endless be.
Giving of Tithes and Offerings
Even though we are worshiping only online today, your gifts to Wilshire’s Unified Budget remain
essential to the operation of the church. We’re not passing a physical offering plate today, so online
giving takes on greater significance. During this time of closure, our facilities staff is working on deep
cleaning throughout our building, making preparations for our return. This year’s budget provides
$15,000 for the purchase of consumable cleaning supplies, in addition to the staff support required to
maintain a facility of this size. Thank you for your generosity. Visit www.wilshirebc.org/give.
Offertory Be Still My Soul arr. Chris Rice
4+Offertory Response old 100th
Gospel Reading — John 4:7–30, 39–42 Doug Haney
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples
had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask
a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus
answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you
would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir,
you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than
our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” Jesus
said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the
water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a
spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that
I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your
husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You
are right in saying, ‘I have no husband;’ for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now
is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a
prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must
worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will
worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know;
we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as
these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes,
he will proclaim all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.” …
Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one
said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water
jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything
5I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to
him. Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told
me everything I have ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with
them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the
woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Sus discípulos habían ido al pueblo a comprar comida. En eso llegó a sacar agua una mujer de
Samaria, y Jesús le dijo: “Dame un poco de agua.” Pero, como los judíos no usan nada en común
con los samaritanos, la mujer le respondió: “¿Cómo se te ocurre pedirme agua, si tú eres judío y
yo soy samaritana?” “Si supieras lo que Dios puede dar, y conocieras al que te está pidiendo agua,”
contestó Jesús, “tú le habrías pedido a él, y él te habría dado agua que da vida.” “Señor, ni siquiera
tienes con qué sacar agua, y el pozo es muy hondo; ¿de dónde, pues, vas a sacar esa agua que da
vida? ¿Acaso eres tú superior a nuestro padre Jacob, que nos dejó este pozo, del cual bebieron él,
sus hijos y su ganado?” “Todo el que beba de esta agua volverá a tener sed,” respondió Jesús, “pero
el que beba del agua que yo le daré no volverá a tener sed jamás, sino que dentro de él esa agua
se convertirá en un manantial del que brotará vida eterna.” “Señor, dame de esa agua para que no
vuelva a tener sed ni siga viniendo aquí a sacarla.” “Ve a llamar a tu esposo, y vuelve acá,” le dijo
Jesús. “No tengo esposo,” respondió la mujer. “Bien has dicho que no tienes esposo. Es cierto que
has tenido cinco, y el que ahora tienes no es tu esposo. En esto has dicho la verdad.” “Señor, me
doy cuenta de que tú eres profeta. Nuestros antepasados adoraron en este monte, pero ustedes los
judíos dicen que el lugar donde debemos adorar está en Jerusalén.” “Créeme, mujer, que se acerca
la hora en que ni en este monte ni en Jerusalén adorarán ustedes al Padre. Ahora ustedes adoran lo
que no conocen; nosotros adoramos lo que conocemos, porque la salvación proviene de los judíos.
Pero se acerca la hora, y ha llegado ya, en que los verdaderos adoradores rendirán culto al Padre
en espíritu y en verdad, porque así quiere el Padre que sean los que le adoren. Dios es espíritu, y
quienes lo adoran deben hacerlo en espíritu y en verdad.” “Sé que viene el Mesías, al que llaman
el Cristo,” respondió la mujer. “Cuando él venga nos explicará todas las cosas.” “Ese soy yo, el que
habla contigo.” le dijo Jesús. En esto llegaron sus discípulos y se sorprendieron de verlo hablando
con una mujer, aunque ninguno le preguntó: “¿Qué pretendes?” o “¿De qué hablas con ella?” La
mujer dejó su cántaro, volvió al pueblo y le decía a la gente: “Vengan a ver a un hombre que me ha
dicho todo lo que he hecho. ¿No será este el Cristo?” Salieron del pueblo y fueron a ver a Jesús. ...
Muchos de los samaritanos que vivían en aquel pueblo creyeron en él por el testimonio que daba
la mujer: “Me dijo todo lo que he hecho.” Así que cuando los samaritanos fueron a su encuentro
le insistieron en que se quedara con ellos. Jesús permaneció allí dos días, y muchos más llegaron
a creer por lo que él mismo decía. “Ya no creemos solo por lo que tú dijiste,” le decían a la mujer,
“ahora lo hemos oído nosotros mismos, y sabemos que verdaderamente este es el Salvador del
mundo.”
Esta es la palabra del Señor.
Gracias a Dios.
Message “God Be in My Mouth” Leanna Coyle-Carr
6Hymn 395 Open My Eyes, That I May See scott
Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth thou hast for me;
place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free.
Silently now, I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit Divine.
Open my ears, that I may hear voices of truth thou sendest clear;
and while the wave notes fall on my ear, everything false will disappear.
Silently now, I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit Divine.
Open my mouth, and let me bear gladly the warm truth everywhere;
open my heart, and let me prepare love with your children thus to share.
Silently now, I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my mouth, illumine me, Spirit Divine.
Open my mind that I may read more of thy love in word and deed.
What shall I fear while yet thou dost lead? Only for light from thee I plead.
Silently now, I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my mind, illumine me, Spirit Divine.
Benediction God Be in My Head John Rutter
God be in my head and in my understanding;
God be in my eyes and in my looking;
God be in my mouth and in my speaking;
God be in my heart and in my thinking;
God be at my end and at my departing.
Postlude Canzona from Fiori musicali Girolamo Frescobaldi
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