During Lent, we have been using water as a central metaphor and symbol during worship, and this week we are focusing upon the water that Jesus turned into wine, at the behest of his mother, in the second chapter of John. The transformation of what is ordinary into that which is holy is manifested in the conversions of our kitchens and living rooms into sanctuaries and our dining room tables and hearths into chancel furniture.
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- Marcia leads off our celebration with a prelude [get name],
- Talitha welcomes us to celebration,
- The Sutkus-Thompson family calls us to celebration,
- Kim lead us in the hymn, “Shall We Gather at the River?”
- Jim Allardice leads us in a prayer for peace using Wendell Berry’s poem, “The Peace of Wild Things”
- Dolores Nice-Siegenthaler leads the Godly Play story for our younger members (and those who are young at heart)
- Cheryl Geckeler reads John 2:1-12
- Ben preaches a sermon from the manse kitchen
- Rich Larsen offers a musical response, Adagio from Sonata #1 for violin by J. S. Bach
- Talitha leads us in a kid-friendly pastoral prayer
- The closing hymn is “Come, Thou Font”, and Ben will closes celebration with our charge and a benediction.
- Also, in the spirit of April 1 (a holy day if ever there was one), be sure to watch the after-celebration out-take video.