John 3:14-21

Links to the scriptures and hymns used during this service are provided below.  Click on the hymn title to be taken to a page with sheet music.

Order of Service

Call to Worship: Psalm 95:1-11

Hymn: I Sing the Mighty Power of God

Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness:

Gracious God, we approach you mindful that we are mere creatures. Our thoughts are not hidden from your gaze. Our secret sins blaze in the light of your countenance. Enable us to remember that blood which cleanses all sin, to believe in that grace which subdues all iniquities, to resign ourselves to that power which can deliver us from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. You have begun a good work in us, and you alone can continue and complete it. Give us an increasing conviction of our tendency to stray and expose ourselves to sin. If we are not right, set us right, keep us right; and may we at last come to your house in peace.

Adapted from The Valley of Vision, 174-175

Scripture Readings:

Numbers 21:4-9

Romans 3:9-31

Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit; born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate: was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended to the dead; the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; whence he shall 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.

*Small-c catholic refers to the church universal—God’s people in all times and places—and should not be confused with the capital-C Roman Catholic church.

Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Sermon: John 3:14-21

Closing Hymn: Doxology