First Sunday of Lent 8:30 Worship Service

After being filled with the Holy Spirit at his baptism, Jesus is led in the wilderness. Through his responses to the temptations of the devil he defines what it means to be called “the Son of God.”

Gospel reading Matthew 4: 1-11

First Reading from Genesis 2: 15-17 & 3: 1 -7

Psalm 32

Second Reading Romans 5: 12-19 where Paul reminds the Christians at Rome of the foundation of their creed, the confession of faith in the risen Christ as Lord.