First Lesson: Isaiah 50:4-9a

Theme: Third Servant Song: The obedient Servant

Call to Worship
Pastor: Our Lord faced a difficult ministry when he came to proclaim salvation.
People: We praise his name for his faithfulness to God, when humanity was so cruel to him.
Pastor: Jesus was obedient to the mission God gave him, because he trusted God to fulfill his promise of salvation.
People: That promised salvation is ours, because Christ was obedient even to death. Thanks be to God for our Lord Jesus Christ!

Collect
Almighty God, whose Son obediently fulfilled his mission to bring salvation, even when rejected by those he came to save: Make us aware of the resistance we unconsciously express; that we may arise to a new sense of commitment, and respond wholeheartedly to your salvation. In our …