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HERE WE STAND: A Time for Overturning Tables and Traditions ... THIRD Sunday in LENT
10:45 - Leader's Meeting
11:00 - Coffee Hour in 11 Minutes
(Sip your coffee and discuss John 2 or Jeremiah 22 or 1 Corinthians 1 ... and how God might reach a Wide Range of People through us during the season of Lent ... or what does COMPANIONSHIP mean for you during this unique no longer New Year?)
11:11 - WORSHIP BEGINS
A) PRELUDE: There Is a Balm in Gilead
How lost was my condition, Till Jesus made me whole! There is but one Physician, Can cure a sin–sick soul.
B) JEREMIAH 8:4-9, 22 read by #1
“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘When people fall down, do they not get up? When someone turns away, do they not return? Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. None of them repent of their wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Each pursues their own course like a horse charging into battle. Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord. ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely? The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what kind of wisdom do they have?
“The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
C) First Hymn: I Know I've Been Changed, arranged by Damon Dandridge, led by the Pacific Boychoir Academy and soloist Jonathon Hampton at Oakland's Cathedral of Christ the Light in 2015, I Know I've Been Changed, led by the Landry Walker Charter High School Choir, Algiers, LA, or I Know I've Been Changed, led by the Mime Players of DFW Ministries
Please MUTE and SING (lyrics are in the video)
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
To Serve as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
about being a VEHICLE
that will deliver CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, and COMPANIONSHIP
to a tremendously anxious COMMUNITY,
remembering that God is our REFUGE & STRENGTH.
I) THIS Wednesday, March 10 is LENTEN SUPPER at 7 PM
When My Lament Becomes Praise
HERE I STAND/When Powers Assail Me
Being Treated As LESS THAN Another
has helped me remember how God's Grace is MORE THAN sufficient
Wednesday, February 17 was ASH WEDNESDAY
Today, March 7 is the THIRD Sunday in LENT
1) Wednesday, February 24 ... Like Stephen
2) Wednesday, March 3 ... Like Tamar in Genesis
3) Wednesday, March 10 ... Like Rahab in
4) Wednesday, March 17 ... Like the Woman at the Well
5) Wednesday, March 24 ... Like Mary Magdalene
6) Maundy Thursday, April 1 ... Pastor Todd leads Seder Meal
Good Friday, April 2 ... Led by Laity or Partnership with another Church
Sunday, April 4 is EASTER Sunday
II) Reports from the EZEKIEL 44:5 EXPERIMENT
EVERYONE is a part of one Project or the Other:
A) Clean HANDS Project ... Pantry Snack Pack Distribution updates
Meet at 9 AM on Wednesdays for 11 AM Distribution
Meet at 10 AM on Saturdays for 11 AM Distribution
B) Clean HEART Project ... Black History Month Celebration Report
Sunday, February 28 with St. John's ... 53 separate windows, at least 72 people attended
https://dallasmlkcenter.com/author/dallasmlkcenter/
The Fierce Urgency of Now- Part Two (February 19, 2021 @ 12 PM) 39:00
The Fierce Urgency of Now- Part One (February 12, 2021 @ 12 PM) 39:00
We will need to explore how to start inviting folks to our September Musical NOW. 73 Years in South Dallas; Almost 60 in Fair Park on Forest (now MLK)
C) SECOND LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-25, led by #2
2) For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks Be to God!!
D) THIS JOY THAT I HAVE leading into our MESSAGE for the YOUNG at HEART, a special edition for the 3rd Sunday of Lent and Women's History Month
E) KYRIE, led by Carlos Leggett
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For the peace from above, and for our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For this holy house, and for all who offer here their worship and praise, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
Amen.
3) The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
AND ALSO WITH YOU
3) Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Most holy and merciful God, We confess to you and to one another, and before the whole company of heaven, that we have sinned by our fault, by our own fault, by our own most grievous fault, in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone.
D A E F#m D A E F#m
Create in me a clean, clean heart Create in me a work of art
D A E F#m D A E F#m
Create in me a miracle Something real, and something beautiful
4) We have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not forgiven others, as we have been forgiven. We have shut our ears to your call to serve as Christ served us. We have not been true to the mind of Christ. We have grieved your Holy Spirit..
D A E F#m D A E F#m
Create in me a clean, clean heart Create in me a work of art
D A E F#m D A E F#m
Create in me a miracle Something real, and something beautiful
3) When our neighbor fails to love in the way that God commands, we also struggle to love our neighbor as ourselves. We struggle to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. So we ask, with the help of Jesus Christ, forgive us, Lord, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.
D A E F#m D A E F#m
Create in me a clean, clean heart Create in me a work of art
D A E F#m D A E F#m
Create in me a miracle Something real, and something beautiful
4) Brothers and sisters hear this grace: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you and for His sake, God forgives you all of your sins. As a called disciple of Christ I declare the entire forgiveness of all of your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
THANKS BE TO GOD. AMEN!
4) Having confessed our sin, let us also confess our faith:
I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY
Creator of heaven and earth.
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST,
God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.* On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
3) The peace of Christ be with you always.
AND ALSO WITH YOU.
4) We will now swithc to Gallery View. As forgiven sinners, please share the peace with somebody on this call, using their name.
PEACE BE WITH YOU.
G) GOSPEL LESSON: John 2:13-22, led by #5
Halle, Halle, Halle-lujah, led by Tanya Browne & Dolphene Davis
Our Gospel Lesson comes from John in the 2nd Chapter.
GLORY TO YOU, O LORD!
5) The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
PRAISE TO YOU, OH CHRIST
H) SECOND SONG "Mama Said" led by Tanya Browne
J) SERMON: "Here I STAND: A CHANGE has Come Over Me" shared by Pastor Todd
by Andy Wade | Apr 9, 2019
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967)
In Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, dignity, glory, distinction, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship).
2021 Virtual Black History Month Celebration
Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The 2021 Martin Luther King Community Center Virtual Black History Month Celebration is continuing with our theme “The Fierce Urgency of Now.” It is our benevolent duty to advocate for the underserved, the poor, the homeless and our precious seniors as we believe we must come together as a community and respectfully have those difficult conversations and work together for solutions.
The Fierce Urgency of Now- Part Two (February 19, 2021 @ 12 PM) 39:00
The Fierce Urgency of Now- Part One (February 12, 2021 @ 12 PM) 39:00
Dr. Michael W. Waters, Pastor & Author, “For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World”
Rev. Richie Butler, Project Unity
Emma Rodgers, Dallas Civil Rights Museum
Jiles King, Spoken Word Artist
Too Geaux Catering
Rev. Donna Slater, MLK Advisory Board (District 5)
Dr. Jerry Christian, MLK Advisory Board (District 15)
LaSheryl Walker, MLK Advisory Board (District 7)
Trent Hughes, MLK Advisory Board (District 12)
SERMON SERIES:
Lent: HERE WE STAND ...
Rebuked, Provoked, or Gracious? - February 28
Time for Overturning Tradition - March 7
Lifting Up a Losing Legacy - March 14
Lifting Up a Lasting Legacy - March 21
Passion Sunday of Palm Branches - March 28
K) THIRD SONG: Wonderful Change (Changed), led by Jennifer Hudson
A change, A change has come over me, He changed my life and now I’m free
He's changed my life and now I'm free.
He washed away all my sins and he made me whole, He washed me white as snow, He changed my life complete and now I sit, I sit at his feet, To do what must be done, I’ll work and work until my Savior comes,
A wonderful change has come over me, A wonderful change has come over me
Yes he changed (changed), My life complete (changed), And now I sit (changed), I sit at my savior’s feet (I’m so glad he changed me), To do (changed), What must be done (changed), I’m gonna work and work, Until my savior comes (I’m so glad he changed me)
I’m not what I want to be, Oh I’m not what I use to be, I’m not the same way thank God
Thank God (I’m so glad he changed me), He changed my walk, (CHANGE), He changed my talk, (CHANGED), He changed my life he even changed (CHANGED)
Changed my soul, I’ve come along way, in Jesus, I’ve come along way, in Christ, I’ve come along way, Thank God Thank God
K) LITURGY of HOLY COMMUNION (Google Drive) This is the Feast of Victory (Dropbox) .... Led by Carlos Leggett & Tanya Browne
RETURN to the LORD & ALLE-X-X WARNING
This is the feast of victory for our God. Alle-X-X
Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God.
Power, riches and wisdom and strength, and honor and blessing and glory are his.
This is the feast of victory for our God. Alle-X-X
Sing with all the people of God and join in the hymns of all creation.
Blessing and honor and glory and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen.
This is the feast of victory for our God. For the Lamb who was slain has begun his reign. Alle-X-X, Alle-X-X
GREAT THANKSGIVING & Preface by #7
Please UNmute & RESPOND
The Lord be with you,
AND ALSO WITH YOU
Lift up your hearts
WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD!
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE OUR THANKS AND PRAISE.
It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, Holy Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who on this day overcame death and the grave and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so with the Church on Earth and all the hosts of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD, Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he, who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, in the highest.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & Lord's Prayer, led by #7
The Words of Institution are recorded for us in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke as well as by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:
“Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night in which He was betrayed, took bread and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: ‘Take and eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.’
“In the same way also He took the cup after supper, gave thanks, and gave it to them saying: ‘Drink of it all of you; this cup is the New Covenant in My blood, which is shed for you and for all people, for the remission of sins. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'”
When the disciples didn't know how to PRAY in the face of the challenges ahead of them, they asked Jesus for help. He said, "Pray this way!" Will you share with me the Lord's Prayer?
Please UNMute & RESPOND
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Come to the banquet, for all is now almost ready. But, friends, one more thing. With Christ, today, a few days later than many in the whole church, we enter together inot this time of remembering the Passover of Jesus, from death to life.
We begin this holy season by acknowledging our need for repentance and for God’s mercy. We take this time to contemplate how our forty day journey toward the cross might continue, with oil and, perhaps, even ashes.
Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the earth. May this oil and what we use for ashes be a sign of our mortality and penitence, reminding us that only by the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ are we given eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
We remember that we are Dust and to Dust we shall Return. But.
The Body of Christ is Broken for Me. The Blood of Christ is Shed for Me. And God brings to life even that which once seemed dead. Amen.
1) Lamb, Of God, led by Dolphene Davis
Please MUTE & SING:
1) Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us (repeat) ... Lamb of God, you take away, the sins of the world, grant us peace ... grant us peace.
2) Create In Me lyrics are in the Video
M) Post Communion Blessing & Prayer led by #7
ALL: May the body and blood of our Risen Lord, Jesus the Christ, strengthen you and keep you in His grace, now and always. Amen.
Let us pray. Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ’s resurrection you send light to conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of life to nourish your people. Help us to stand with Jesus as witnesses to your Son’s resurrection, that we may show your glory to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. AMEN.
N) BENEDICTION: Lord Keep Me Day By Day. led by the Albertina Walker
O) SENDING: Led by led by #7
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
TO SERVE as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
Go in Peace and Serve the Lord!
Thanks be to God!! And WE WILL!!
COMPANIONSHIP is a ministry of PRESENCE, a relationship responding to isolation and suffering and supportive of healing and recovery.
COMPANIONSHIP welcomes the stranger, building a CIRCLE of CARE with individuals who are facing emotional and mental health challenges.
COMPANIONSHIP is rooted in our natural capacities as human beings to be sensitive, compassionate and concerned.
POSTLUDE: I Know I've Been Changed, arranged by Damon Dandridge, led by the Pacific Boychoir Academy and soloist Jonathon Hampton at Oakland's Cathedral of Christ the Light in 2015, I Know I've Been Changed, led by the Landry Walker Charter High School Choir, Algiers, LA, or I Know I've Been Changed, led by the Mime Players of DFW Ministries
POSTLUDE 1: Just Ask My Savior (Not my Neighbor), A remix of the 70s hit "Don't Ask My Neighbors", by the world famous The Emotions. The original design of the song remains intact, but now has a neo-soul feel, along with an inspirational message performed by the UAB Gospel Choir
POSTLUDE 2: There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood The Lutheran Hymna, Hymn #157, Text: Zech. 13:1, Author: William Cowper, 1771, Composer: William Horsley, 1844 First Tune: "Horsley," Composer: Lowell Mason, 1830 Second Tune: "Cowper," second tune ... performed by the UAB Gospel Choir, GO DOMINATE! enhanced CD. Arrangement by Director, Kevin P. Turner. There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood performed on the Gaither Gospel Hour.
POSTLUDE 3: Kids Explain Black History Month by Global Citizen
POSTLUDE 4: For There Is Always Light, written and read by Amanda Gorman at the January 20, 2021 Inauguration of Joseph Biden, the 46th President of the United States of America)
POSTLUDE 5: Teacher brings Black History Month to life with periodic table, 11Alive's Nick Sturdivant shares the impact the display is having at Cambridge High School in Milton.
POSTLUDE 6: This Little Light of Mine, led by the NFL Choir