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Order of Worship 

March 8, 2026
Centering Music
Welcome & Announcements
Lighting the Peace Lamp
Call to Worship:
   Confident, hesitant, maybe just tired.
            We come to worship.
   Wanting to follow but not always sure how.
   Embarrassed by the ways we’ve fallen short.
            We come anyway.
   Seeking, hurting, longing, needing.
            We come.
   When hopes are high, and dreams are bright.
   When hopes are dashed, and the world is not all right.
            We come again. We keep coming.
   Ready or not. Here we are.
            Come, Jesus. Come and meet us.
Songs: #136 Santo (Holy)
             #159 Kwake Yesu Nasimama (Here on Christ the Rock I will stand)
Children’s time
Peter’s Story, a drama
Scripture reading: John 18:12–27
Message:  Giving Peter the Benefit of the Doubt
Song: #156 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Moment in Mission: Immigrant Welcome Network
Offering our Gifts & Prayer of Thanksgiving
Song: #587 In the quiet curve of evening
Sharing & Prayers of the People
Sending Song: #840 God be with you till we meet again
Benediction
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​The service will be recorded and is available online. 
Participants
Preservice/Offertory music:   Doris Bewley
Worship leader:  Lance Miller
Song leader:   Rhonda Miller
Children’s Time:  Analisa Gerig-Sickles
Peter's Story, a drama:  Cade Rempel Fisher
Scripture reader:  Vicki Green
Proclaimer:  Marc Schlegel-Preheim
Moment in Mission: 
Mazahir Salish, Immigrant Welcome Network
Ushers:  Dawn Krabill, Laura Yoder
Greeters:   Melinda & Lee Turnbull
Technical Assistance:  Nate Elliott, Joey Krabill
Visuals:    Matthew Yoder & Emily Hooley

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First Mennonite Church of Iowa City
405 Myrtle Ave  Iowa City, Iowa  52246
319-338-0302  [email protected]