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Call to Worship - Psalm 51:1-17

Hymn - #665 “Sanctuary”

Chorus

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and holy, tried and true
With thanksgiving, I'll be a living
Sanctuary for You

verse 1

It is you, Lord
Who came to save
The heart and soul
Of every man
It is you Lord
Who knows my weakness
Who gives me strength,
With thine own hand.

Verse 2

Lead Me on Lord
From temptation
Purify me
From within
Fill my heart with
Your holy spirit
Take away all my sin

CCLI Song # 24140
John W. Thompson | Randy Scruggs
© 1982 Full Armor Publishing Company; Whole Armor Publishing Company
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Opening Prayer

OT Reading - Isaiah 58:1-12

Choir - “Mercy” Susan Bentall Boersma and Craig Courtney

NT Reading - 2 Cor 5:20-6:10

Hymn - “There is Wideness in God’s Mercy” (tune of Come Thou Fount)

Verse 1

There's a wideness in God's mercy
Like the wideness of the sea
There's a kindness in His justice
Which is more than liberty

There is welcome for the sinner
And more graces for the good
There is mercy with the Saviour
There is healing in His blood

Verse 2

For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of our mind
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind

If our love were but more simple
We should take Him at His word
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord

CCLI Song # 123216
Frederick William Faber | Lizze Shove Tourjee
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Prayer of Confession

Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;

according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.

Wash away all my iniquity

and cleanse me from my sin.

Surely you desire truth in the inner parts;

you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation

and grant me a willing spirit,
to sustain me. Amen.

—from Psalm 51:1-2, 6, 10-12, NIV

Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, © 2004, CRC Publications.

Words of Assurance

Gospel Reading — Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Meditation

Imposition of Ashes

Hymn - #553 “Nearer, My God, to Thee”

Verse 1

Nearer my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me
Still all my song shall be
Nearer my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee

Verse 2

Though like the wanderer
The sun gone down
Darkness be over me
My rest a stone
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer to Thee

Verse 3

There let the way appear
Steps unto heaven
All that Thou sendest me
In mercy given
Angles beckon me
Nearer my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee

Verse 4

Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise
So by my woes to be
Nearer my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee

Verse 5

Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky
Sun moon and stars forgot
Upwards I fly
Still all my song shall be
Nearer my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee

CCLI Song # 78835
Lowell Mason | Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
© Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain
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Benediction

participating clergy

Rev. Breanna Tessitore — Bethany Lutheran

Rev. Erin Phillips — Central Baptist Church

Rev. John Doll — Asbury United Methodist

Rev. Rachel Callender — Epworth United Methodist

Rev. Ronnie Taques — Central Baptist Church IDE

Rev. Wesley Allen — Central Baptist Church

About the offering

All offerings given tonight will go to support the Tri-Boro Clergy Association’s emergency aid fund, which gives short term support for those in need in our area.