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February 21, 2021 First Sunday in Lent 10:00 am Zoom

Plan B - Facebook Live

The Way

The High Way

Gathering in God’s Presence

First Parish seeks to be a safe(r) space for all people to worship regardless of race, creed,

gender, cultural background, sexual orientation, age, immigration status or ability/disability.

Sharing our Joys and Concerns

Announcements

Recording Starts

Prelude Eric Peppe

Welcome Christine Dyke

Exploring Beliefs Inclusive Action Creating Community

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Land Acknowledgement

For thousands of years Indigenous people have walked on this land, on their own land.

Their relationship with the land is at the center of their lives.

We acknowledge these lands upon which we worship as the ancestral, cultural, traditional, and unceded lands of

the Wabanaki Confederacy, Of the N’dakina (Abanaki/Abenaquis) Pequawket peoples.

We commit ourselves to the work of dismantling the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism.

Piano Verse

Call to Worship

Hymn: God of the Sparrow, God of the Whale

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Prayer

Centering Prayer Jellaludin Rumi

O pilgrim, where have you been?

Where are you now?

While you have been searching the world

the Beloved has been here all along

waiting for you.

Let the caravan carry you home

to your deepest heart’s desire.

The treasure you sought was buried in your own garden.

Come home, o wanderer, and behold the face in the mirror.

Look behind the eyes and see the One who has been searching for you.

You are seen;

you are known

and you are beloved.

If your seeking has brought you here at last,

you know that there is nowhere else to go

and nothing more to say.

Silence

Prayer

Response

I want to walk as a child of the light

I want to follow Jesus God sent the stars to give light to the world

The star of my life is Jesus

In Him, there is no darkness at all

The night and the day are both alike

The Lamb is the light of the city of God

Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus

Connecting with Sacred Stories

Special Music

Children’s Time

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Prayer

Response

Go, my children, with my blessing, never alone.

Waking, sleeping, I am with you; You are my own.

In my love’s baptismal river,

I have made you mine forever.

Go, my children, with my blessing - You are my own.

Scripture Luke 10:25-37

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He

said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the

Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your

mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and

you will live.” But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A

man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him,

beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and

when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and

saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw

him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on

them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he

took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I

will repay you whatever more you spend.’ Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the

man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Sermon Reflect the Solution

Moment for Reflection

Hymn Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love

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Communion

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Living Faithfully

Bringing Our Gifts and Offerings

All offerings can be sent to the church or through the GivePlus app.

Click for the church website and use the PLEASE GIVE yellow button.

Offertory

*Doxology

Let all things their Creator bless

And worship God in humbleness,

Sing our praises! Sing our praises!

Praise, praise Our God, praise God the Son,

Praise God the Spirit, Three in One;

Sing our praises! Sing our praises!

Sing our praises! Sing our praises! Sing our praises!

Opening to the Spirit Prayers of the People

What is on your heart and mind today? Speak them out loud, so that you really hear them.

Lord’s Prayer Sherri J Weinberg

God - heart of the world:

revealed through every aspect of creation:

understood through our awareness.

May we honor the holiness of creation and act accordingly

so that your love is reflected in the way we live.

May we always be thankful for the food we eat

and the friends we have.

May we forgive those who transgress against us

and be forgiven for our own.

In the freedom of love may we live as your heartbeat

and not be compromised by hesitation.

Through our freedom, may your justice

be seen and heard and experienced forever and ever. Amen.

Sent with Love into the World *Hymn Will You Let Me Be Your Servant?

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*Blessing to Serve

*Postlude Eric Peppe

Thank you for joining us live this morning.

The recording will be on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

New Prayers for…

• The family of Jane Mosher after her passing this week.

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Prayers for…

• John Coolong's son, Sid

• All those who are receiving cancer treatment: Kenny Reed, Carol Marshburn, Stephen Dorr, Ricky

Higgins, Nicholas, Candy, Aleta Towle, Adma Willis, RoJean Tulk

• All those living with anxiety and depression

• All those battling addiction and living in recovery, including Tim

• Those dealing with illness: Ron Boothby, the Hodgkin's daughter, Rebecca

• Families who have recently lost loved ones: Boothbys, Moshers, Dupuis, O'Neills, Pryors, Rowes,

Andersens, Leavitts, Frinskos, Johnsons, Helmings, Beagles, Keddys

• Those recovering from surgery: Don Cross, Burleigh Loveitt, Peter Clark

• Brian Hodgkin who suffered another stroke and is recovering at home

• Jim Garland who suffered a stroke and is recovering at New England Rehab

• Bruce Webb who is recovering from a heart attack

• Those in hospice care: Deann Marsh's father in law

• Conner Smith who is serving in the Army in New York

• Claire Jara and Rachel Caiola who are both expecting babies soon

• Elders around the world and in our community who are being held in social isolation due to

coronavirus, and those separated from loved ones

• Medical professionals, including Charlotte Smith (daughter of Steve & Marcia Smith) and her friends Libby and John, who are nurses ICU in New York caring for COVID 19 patients, and Lianna Loveitt

Fecteau, daughter of Tom and Rhonda Loveitt, and Kathleen Masterson, RN, daughter of Althea

Masterson and the late Robert Masterson, who are both caring for Covid patients at Maine Medical

Center.

Please contact the office by Thursday morning if you would like

someone added or removed from the prayer list.

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