CPC Worship 03/17/2024 - Lent 5: Life, Death, and Jesus: Witness

Grace to you and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ! We begin with our announcements rolling before the service, and then the service begins at the 4:45 mark in the video. (Announcements are also shown after the service and can be seen at @catoctinpresbyterianchurch.) It's the Fifth Sunday in Lent. We are nearing Holy Week and the reenactment of Jesus' last week of his earthly ministry. This week's gospel lesson from John shows us Jesus making the same realization, that the time for his sacrifice was at hand. As we have made our way through these weeks of preparation, we've been looking at how Jesus thought about his own life, death, and resurrection before the fact and what it means for us. This time Jesus uses the occasion of some Greeks wanting to meet him as an opportunity to bear witness to the glory of God about to be revealed in him. Really, this is pretty much what Jesus always did, but here it's explicit. Can we also think of life and death in terms of God's glory instead of the usual angst and fear? This week's text is Jeremiah 31: 31-34 and John 12: 20-36. Announcements 0:00 Welcome 5:05 Prelude 8:30 Opening Liturgy 10:20 Prayer of Confession 14:20 Prayer for Illumination and Scripture Lessons 19:30 Sermon 26:35 Joys, Concerns, Laments, and Prayers of the People 45:25 Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts 56:45 Announcements, Charge, and Benediction 1:02:05 If you have any questions or comments, be sure to leave us a note below or contact Pastor David at [email protected].