1. Act One: Setting the Stage for Jesus
Madison Street Church
Act One: Setting the Stage for Jesus

2. In the Wilderness
In the wilderness we wander In the wilderness we weep In the wasteland of our wanting Where the darkness seems so deep

3. We search for beginning For an exodus to hold We find that those who follow Him Often walk alone

4. In the wilderness He calls His son and daughters To the wilderness

5. He gives grace
To survive any test
That’s the painful purpose
Of the wilderness

6. In the wilderness we’re wondering For a way to understand In the wilderness there’s not a way For the ways become a man

7. And the man’s become the exodus The way to holy ground Wandering the wilderness Is the best way to be found

8. In the wilderness He calls His son and daughters To the wilderness He gives grace To survive any test That’s the painful purpose Of the wilderness

9. Groaning, growing Amidst the desert days The windy wilderness Can blow the self away

10. In the wilderness
He calls His sons and daughters
To the wilderness

11. Welcome and Call to Worship
Psalm 126

12. Lead Me to the Rock
Hear my cry, Oh God, give heed to my prayer From the end of the earth I call to thee when my heart is faint

13. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I To the rock that is higher than I For Thou hast been a refuge for me

14. Let me dwell in Thy tent forever Let me take refuge in the shelter of Thy wings From the end of the earth I call to thee when my heart is faint

15. So I will sing praise to Thy name forever That I may pay my vows day by day From the end of the earth I call to thee when my heart is faint

16. Offering Our First Fruits

17. 10000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
The sun comes up It’s a new day dawning It’s time to sing Your song again Whatever may pass And whatever lies before me Let me be singing When the evening comes

18. Bless the Lord, O my soul O my soul Worship His Holy name Sing like never before I’ll worship Your Holy name

19. You’re rich in love And You’re slow to anger Your name is great And Your heart is kind For all Your goodness I will keep on singing Ten thousand reasons For my heart to find

20. Bless the Lord, O my soul O my soul Worship His Holy name Sing like never before I’ll worship Your Holy name

21. And on that day When my strength is failing The end draws near And my time has come Still my soul will Sing your praise unending Ten thousand years And then forevermore

22. Bless the Lord, O my soul O my soul Worship His Holy name Sing like never before I’ll worship Your Holy name

23. Poem
Nikki Grimes

24. Act Two: Teaching About Jesus

25. Scripture Reading
John 12: 1-8 Isaiah 43: 16-21

26. Alabaster
I am broken at Your feet, like an alabaster jar Every piece of who I am Laid before Your majesty

27. I will bow my life at Your feet At Your feet My lips, so lost for words, will kiss Your feet Kiss your feet

28. Oh the gravity of You Draws my soul unto its knees I will never be the same I am lost and found in You

29. I will bow my life at Your feet At Your feet My lips, so lost for words, will kiss Your feet Kiss your feet

30. Oceans (Where feet may fail)
You call me out upon the waters The great unknown where my feet may fail And there I find You in the mystery In oceans deep my faith will stand

31. I will call upon Your Name And keep my eyes above the waves When oceans rise My soul will rest in Your embrace For I am Yours and You are mine

32. Your grace abounds in deepest waters Your sovereign hand will be my guide Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me You’ve never failed and You won’t start now

33. I will call upon Your Name And keep my eyes above the waves When oceans rise My soul will rest in Your embrace For I am Yours and You are mine

34. Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders Let me walk upon the waters Wherever you would call me Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander And my faith will be made stronger In the presence of my savior

35. I will call upon Your Name And keep my eyes above the waves When oceans rise My soul will rest in Your embrace For I am Yours and You are mine

36. Children are invited to the children’s ministry led by Andrew and Jen

37. The Season of Lent 5th Sunday
John 12:1-8, Philippians 3:3-14, Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 126
The Pain of Priorities

38. John 12:1-8// The Pain of Priorities
Tangents and Whirlwinds frame an amazing and beautiful interaction
Everything about the anointing is awkward
It’s the unusualness that gives rise to beauty
Jesus addresses the poor and social justice with reference to generosity
We are called to examine and reorient our Priorities
Beauty and Justice in the midst of pain

39. Isaiah 43:16-21// The Pain of Priorities
Something new being born in the wilderness
Egypt is all around us, and Lent leads to Easter
Transformation and Reorientation of our priorities
The Wesleys Got it. Then knew.
We are all witnesses to life in a world of death
Prioritize rejoicing in anticipation of new desert streams.

40. One More Thing
“The aim of the universe is toward the production of beauty.” ~Alfred North Whitehead Lent is about discovering | the pain of priorities, the pain and beauty that lead us to the crucifixion AND the Resurrection

41. Act Three: Responding To Jesus
Talk Back

42. Talkback
What was Mary thinking and how can we embrace it in the here and now? How can we allow ourselves to see “rivers in the desert”?
What are the implications of Mary’s actions combined with Jesus’ footwashing a chapter later? How does the path of discipleship reflect the actions of Mary and the statements of Jesus?
Are our priorities spiritually grounded in the deserts and storms of Lent and life?
How do we embrace a spontaneous spirit of extravagant love in a world of caution and isolation?

43. Reminders

44. Sending

45. Blessed Be Your Name
Blessed Be Your name in the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name when I'm found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness

46. Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord still I will say… Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your glorious name

47. Blessed be Your name When the sun's shining down on me When the world's all as it should be

48. On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering

49. Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord still I will say… Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your glorious name

50. You give and take away My heart will choose to say Lord, blessed be Your name

51. Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your glorious name