Third Sunday of Lent
Scripture: John 4:5-30, 39-42
Reverend Dr. Desi Larson
- Prelude: “Jesus Paid It All/O Sacred Head Now Wounded,” tunes: “All to Christ” by John Grape, and “Passion Chorale” by Hans Leo Hassler, arr. by Brant Adams; Donna Grubbs, piano; Carlos Xavier, flute
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Lenten Reading: Dick and Joan Bennett
- Hymn 3080: “Lord, Is It I,” music by Hans L. Hassler, harm. by J. S. Bach, words by Dean McIntyre; Trinity Singers
Text © 1999 Dean McIntyre
Used by permission - Hymn 71: “Glory Be to the Father (Gloria Patri),” by Henry W. Greatorex
- Hymn 127: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah,” music by John Hughes, text by William Williams, trans. by Peter Williams
- Hymn 629: “You Satisfy the Hungry Heart,” music by Robert E. Kreutz, words by Omer Westendorf
© 1977 Archdiocese of Philadelphia
ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Offertory: “Meditation on Colossians 3:15,” by Brenda Portman; Pauline Olsen, organ
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Hymn 95: “Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow,” words by Thomas Ken, music attr. to Louis Bourgeois
- Special Music: “Amazing Grace,” by John Newton, adapt. and arr. by John Coates, Jr.; Trinity Singers
© 1971 (Renewed) by Shawnee Press, Inc.
ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Prayer for Illumination: Greg Scherer
- Readings from Scripture: John 4:5-30, 39-42; Rick Olsen and Judy Croonquist
- Sermon: “Living Water,” Pastor Desi Larson
- Hymn 298: “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” music by Lowell Mason, words by Isaac Watts
- Benediction Song, Hymn 3105: “In Christ Alone,” by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty, arr. by Mary McDonald; Trinity Singers
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ONE LICENSE A-741127 - Postlude: “Genevan Psalter,” arr. by Robert J. Powell; Pauline Olsen, organ
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Sermon Outline for March 12, 2023
3rd Sunday in Lent
Living Water
“Strike the rock,
and water will come out of it,
so that the people may drink.”
— Exodus 17.6
“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 you a spring of water gushing up with eternal life.”
— John 4.13-14
I. Gospel Lesson: John 4:5-30, 29-42
a. Context
i. Water from a rock
ii. Water and wells
iii. Samaritans and Jews
b. Assumptions
II. What is this Living Water?
a. Living water transforms
b. Living water challenges
III. Boundary Building: Human Nature
a. Us v. Them
b. Male v. Female
IV. Boundary Braking: Christian Nature
a. Personal boundaries
b. Community boundaries