Join us on Sundays at 10:30am Eastern in the Chapel of First Christian Church of Decatur or via Facebook Live.
Sunday, March 1, 2026
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Invocation
Opening Hymn: “Change My Heart Oh God”
Welcome and Announcements
First Reading: Psalm 121
Second Reading: Romans 4:1-5
Prayers and Praises
Message
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Closing Hymn: “Create in Me a Clean Heart”
Benediction
Message
“Living the Love that Changes Everything” (Rev. Paul M. Turner)
Reading: John 3:16-18
This is how much God loved the world: God gave God’s Son, the one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending this Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. (Verse 4)
Everyone is a child of God, created in God’s image and deserving of a direct relationship with God. Inspired by the teaching of Jesus to “love your neighbor as yourself,” we free ourselves of the temptation to judge or to define sin or salvation for anyone but ourselves in the context of that powerful relationship to our Creator.
Affirming someone is an act of validation that seeks to empower and lift up without judgment. To affirm means to build trust, respect and understanding between two people and the community of faith, fostering a deep connection of agape.
Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
