2nd Sunday in Lent March 1, 2026
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Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 121 (pg. 612)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
OPENING HYMN ------------------------------------------------- # 481
“Take Time to Be Holy”
*Confession of Sins …………………………….................... pg. 2
*Kyrie & Declaration of Grace ..………………………….… pg. 3
*Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: Genesis 12:1-9 (pg. 10)
2nd Reading: Romans 4:1-8, 13-17 (pg. 1119)
*The Gospel: John 3:1-17 (pg. 1055)
*Response to the Word ……………………………………… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Nicene Creed….…………......... pg. 18
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 495
“Only One Life”
Sermon: John 14 – “Love and Obedience”
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 517
“Trust and Obey”
* Communion Service: The Exhortation ……………………. pg. 6
* The Lord’s Prayer & Words of the Institution.……………. pg. 7
Lamb of God ………………………………………………. pg. 20
Hymns during the distribution of Communion: # 559, 557, 485, 541
*Closing Prayer
*The Benediction & Three-fold Amen ...……………………. pg. 8
THE DOXOLOGY ……………………………...………….. # 390
Organ Postlude
Announcements
Holy Communion: We invite all who believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and who have received Confirmation or other Biblical instruction on this Sacrament to come to the altar to participate in the Lord’s Supper. All other, including children, are invited to come forward to receive a blessing from the Pastor. We also invite you to prepare yourself by reading “Personal Preparation for Holy Communion,” (hymnal pages 14-15). Please note: The 6 cups in the center ring of the communion trays are Grape Juice for those wanting juice instead of wine.
Monthly hymn #481: "Take Time to Be
Holy"
Memory verse: Leviticus 11:45
“For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be
your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Peter
1:16)
Annual Men's Chorus Festival Concert, tonight at 7pm at Dakota Christian School.
Wednesday Lenten Service, 7:30 p.m. This week’s service will be led by Pastor Barry Nelson with the Theme of “Flood”. Ladies with first names beginning in letters K - V are asked to bring bars/cookies for the fellowship time to follow the service. A Meal of Chicken Alfredo will be served starting at 6:00 p.m.
AFLC Annual Conference registration is open.
You can register through the AFLC website at https://www.aflc.org/conferences
Information about lodging, food, and the conference schedule is
there also.
The Family of Shirley Drefs invites you to celebrate her 90th birthday at an open house on Saturday, March 7th, from 2 -5 p.m. at the Corsica Legion Hall.
There is a box downstairs for Toiletry donations for area schools until next Sunday, March 8th.
A Card Book is also in the basement, orders will be taken until next Sunday, March 8th.
The Cookbook committee will meet briefly after the service next Sunday, March 8th.
Daylight Saving Time begins on March 8th. “Spring” your clocks ahead one hour!
This Week’s Activities:
4th – Wed. – 6:00 p.m. Meal, 7:30 p.m. Lenten Service
Council Meeting – Following Lenten Service
7th
– Sat. – Men’s Breakfast Bible Study, 8:00 a.m.
8th – Sun. – Worship - John 15, 9:00 a.m.,
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.
CHURCH CLEANING: March 2-8 Kathy Lau & Nicole Whitney
Usher for Sunday, March 8& 11: Aaron Lau & Ben Lau
*Call to Worship: Psalm 121
121 I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From
where does my help come?
2 My
help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold,
he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The
sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all
evil;
he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will
keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time
forth and forevermore.
1st Reading: Genesis 12:1-9
12 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.
2nd Reading: Romans 4:1-8, 13-17
4 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless
deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord
will not count his sin.”
13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
*The Gospel: John 3:1-17
3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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Mid-week Lenten Service
“40”
March 4, 2026
Theme: Flood
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Welcome & Announcements
Lenten Text: Mark 14:43-65
43 And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard.” 45 And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, “Rabbi!” And he kissed him. 46 And they laid hands on him and seized him. 47 But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? 49 Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.” 50 And they all left him and fled.
51 And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, 52 but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
53 And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. 54 And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire. 55 Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. 56 For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. 57 And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” 59 Yet even about this their testimony did not agree. 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” 63 And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need? 64 You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death. 65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows.
*Call to Worship: Psalm 29:1-4, 10-11
29 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe
to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor
of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is over the
waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
4 The voice of
the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
10 The Lord sits enthroned over the
flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
11 May
the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his
people with peace!
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………………………………………….………...…….. pg. 2
THE OPENING HYMN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 61
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
*Confession of Sins ……………………………………………………………………………..................... pg. 2
*Kyrie …………………………………………………………………………………………………….…. pg. 3
*Declaration of Grace ………………………………………………………………………...………..…… pg. 3
Scripture Lessons:
First Reading: 1 Peter 3:18-22
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
Second Reading: Luke 17:20-27
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”
22 And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. 24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
*The Gospel: Genesis 7:6-23
6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, 9 two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark, 14 they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. 15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.
17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. 21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
*Response to the Gospel …………………………………………………………………………………..… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed ………………………………………………………………... pg. 4
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering: ½ to FLBC & ½ to Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……………………………………………………..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 141
“A Mighty Fortress”
Sermon Title: “Water of Judgement & Grace” Pastor Barry Nelson
THE CLOSING HYMN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 600
“My Hope is Built on Nothing Less”
*The Lord’s Prayer ………………………………………………………………………………………….. pg. 5
*The Benediction ………………………………………………………………………………..…………... pg. 5
*Three-fold Amen ………………………………………………………………………………...…………. pg. 5
THE DOXOLOGY ……………………………...………………………………………………………….. # 390
Organ Postlude