Lenten Evening Prayer: In The End

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
6:15 PM 7:15 PM 18:15 19:15

Union Presbyterian Church 200 E Main St Endicott, NY, 13760 United States (map)

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Join us each Wednesday in Lent as we gather for a simple supper at 5:30 pm (in our Fellowship Hall) followed by Evening Prayer in our sanctuary. Throughout this season we will be exploring Jesus’ sermon on the Mount, filled with beautiful words for faithful living. This week’s theme: In the End.

Wednesday Evening Prayer

Union Presbyterian Church, Endicott, NY 

The Sermon on the Mount: In the End 

Matthew 7:24-29

March 29, 2023 

Preacher: Rev. Pat Raube 

Prelude Colin DeLap 

 “Be Thou My Vision,” Melody Bober

Used by permission, CCLI License #CSPL068847

Call to Worship Rev. Pat Raube 

Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening, 

and the day is almost over. 

I could ask the darkness to hide me

or the light around me to become night,

but even darkness is not dark for you,

and the night is as bright as the day;

for darkness is as light with you.

Hymn  #547 PH “When Twilight Comes,” Moises Andrade, James Minchin

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.      

When twilight comes and the sun sets,

Mother hen prepares for night’s rest.

As her brood shelters under her wings

She gives the love of God to her nest.

Oh! What joy to feel her warm heart beat

And be near her all night long;

So the young can find repose,

Then renew tomorrow’s song.

One day the Rabbi Lord Jesus

Called the Twelve to share His last meal.

As the hen tends her young, so for them

He spent Himself to seek and to heal.

Oh! What joy to be with Christ Jesus,

Hear His voice, Oh! Sheer delight,

And receive His servant care:

All before the coming night.

So gather round once again, friends,

Touched by fading glow of sun’s gold,

And recount all our frail human hopes:

The dreams of young and stories of old.

Oh! What joy to pray close together,

Kneeling as one family,

By a mother’s love embraced

In the blessed Trinity.

Scripture Matthew 7:24-29

“Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”

Now when Jesus had finished saying these words, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as their scribes.

Response We live not by bread alone, 

but by every word that comes from the mouth of God: 

Thanks be to God! 

Meditation “In the End”

Music Meditation Colin DeLap 

 “Amazing Grace,” Melody Bober

Used by permission, CCLI License #CSPL068847

Prayers  

Let my prayer rise before you as incense, O Lord, 

and the lifting of my hands as the evening sacrifice…

The Lord’s Prayer (Unison) 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.  

Hymn  #544 PH “Day is Done,” James Quinn, S.J.

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.    

Day is done, but Love unfailing

Dwells ever here;

Shadows fall, but hope, prevailing,

Calms every fear.

God, our Maker, none forsaking,

Take our hearts, of Love’s own making;

Watch our sleeping, guard our waking,

Be always near.

Dark descends, but Light unending

Shines through our night;

You are with us, ever lending

New strength to sight:

One in love, your truth confessing,

One in hope of heaven’s blessing,

May we see, in love’s possessing,

Love’s endless light!

Eyes will close, but you unsleeping

Watch by our side;

Death may come, in Love’s safekeeping

Still we abide.

God of love, all evil quelling,

Sin forgiving, fear dispelling:

Stay with us, our hearts in dwelling,

This eventide.

Blessing    

Bless the Lord.  

God’s name be praised!  

May God bless us in our sleep with rest,  

in our dreams with vision,  

in our waking with a calm mind,  

and in our souls with the friendship of the Holy Spirit,  

this night and every night.   

Amen!  

Postlude

“He Leadeth Me,” Melody Bober.

Used by permission, CCLI License #CSPL068847