W HAT'S HA PP E N I N G !
Weekly Events:
Mon. 6:00pm Gerry's Quilt Class, Criswell Hall
Tue. 9:00am Tia Chi, Criswell Hall
10:00am Sew ‘n Sews, McMillen Room
11:00am Chair Yoga, Criswell Hall
1:00pm Bible Study, Criswell Hall
5:00pm Bell Choir Rehearsal, Hand Bell Room, #115
7:00pm Trustees, McMillen Room
7:30pm Friendly Neighborhood Big Band Rehearsal, Criswell Hall
Wed. 9:00am Church work morning
10:00am United Women of Faith Steering Committee
1:30pm Mission Team
5:30pm Worship Team, Pastor’s Oice
5:30pm Daughter’s of Grace, McMillen Room
6:30pm Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary
Thu. 9:00am Tia Chi, Criswell Hall
11:00am Chair Yoga, Criswell Hall
5:00pm Bell Choir Rehearsal, Hand Bell Room, #115
Fri. 10:00am Knitting & Crocheting Parks & Recreation, Criswell Hall
11:00am Etto Pasta Factory Tour
Sun. 8:30am Informal Worship Service with Praise Band
10:30am Traditional Worship Service
HOSPITALITY: Today hosted by Worship Team
March 15th will be hosted by Communications
First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande
275 N. Halcyon Road,
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805-481-2692 fumcag@yahoo.com
WorshipWeekly.com
March 08, 2026 8:30 a.m.
ATTENDANCE
WEEK
8:30
10:30
IN-
PERSON
VIDEO
STEWARDSHIP
Feb 08
48
73
121
38
$13,224
Feb 15
52
75
127
31
$7,001
Feb 22
42
72
114
14
$5,638
Mar 01
38
69
107
$6,315
Weekly Needed: $7,175
YTD Received: $242,303 YTD Needed $250,496
Our Fiscal Year runs July 1 to June 30
Third Sunday Of Lent
OPENING PRAISE “Sing to The King”
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAISE SONGS “Forever”
“How Great Thou Art”
“Your Grace Is Enough”
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
ILLUMINATION “Thy Word”
SCRIPTURE John 4:5-42
SERMON The Well
OFFERING “Agnus Dei”
COMMUNION SONG “Above All”
FINAL BLESSING “Open Our Eyes”
CLOSING “Rescuer”
Assisting in today's service – Pastor: Rev. Wesley Thompson,
Liturgist: Joe Brown, Praise Team Leader: Mike Clark, Piano/Keyboard: Dennis Eiler,
Bass Guitar: Bob Jorstad, Drums: Xander Thompson Vocalists: Deb Bradley, Pam
Garza and Connie Clark, Sound: Mary & Lucy Jorstad Video Tech: Joel Anderson
John 4:5-42
In Samaria he came to a town named Sychar, which was not far from the field that Jacob had given to his
son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by the trip, sat down by the well. It was about
noon. 7 A Samaritan woman came to draw some water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink of
water.” (8 His disciples had gone into town to buy food.) 9 The woman answered, “You are a Jew, and I am
a Samaritan—so how can you ask me for a drink?” (Jews will not use the same cups and bowls that
Samaritans use.)
10 Jesus answered, “If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would
ask him, and he would give you life-giving water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you don't have a bucket, and
the well is deep. Where would you get that life-giving water? 12 It was our ancestor Jacob who gave us
this well; he and his children and his flocks all drank from it. You don't claim to be greater than Jacob, do
you?” 13 Jesus answered, “Those who drink this water will get thirsty again, 14 but those who drink the
water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a
spring which will provide them with life-giving water and give them eternal life.” 15 “Sir,” the woman said,
“give me that water! Then I will never be thirsty again, nor will I have to come here to draw water.” 16 “Go
and call your husband,” Jesus told her, “and come back.” 17 “I don't have a husband,” she answered.
Jesus replied, “You are right when you say you don't have a husband. 18 You have been married to five
men, and the man you live with now is not really your husband. You have told me the truth.” 19 “I see you
are a prophet, sir,” the woman said. 20 “My Samaritan ancestors worshiped God on this mountain, but
you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where we should worship God.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Believe
me, woman, the time will come when people will not worship the Father either on this mountain or in
Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans do not really know whom you worship; but we Jews know whom we
worship, because it is from the Jews that salvation comes. 23 But the time is coming and is already here,
when by the power of God's Spirit people will worship the Father as he really is, offering him the true
worship that he wants. 24 God is Spirit, and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he
really is.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah will come, and when he comes, he will tell
us everything.” 26 Jesus answered, “I am he, I who am talking with you.” 27 At that moment Jesus'
disciples returned, and they were greatly surprised to find him talking with a woman. But none of them
said to her, “What do you want?” or asked him, “Why are you talking with her?” 28 Then the woman left
her water jar, went back to the town, and said to the people there, 29 “Come and see the man who told
me everything I have ever done. Could he be the Messiah?” 30 So they left the town and went to Jesus.
31 In the meantime the disciples were begging Jesus, “Teacher, have something to eat!” 32 But he
answered, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” 33 So the disciples started asking among
themselves, “Could somebody have brought him food?” 34 “My food,” Jesus said to them, “is to obey the
will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do. 35 You have a saying, ‘Four more
months and then the harvest.’ But I tell you, take a good look at the fields; the crops are now ripe and
ready to be harvested! 36 The one who reaps the harvest is being paid and gathers the crops for eternal
life; so the one who plants and the one who reaps will be glad together. 37 For the saying is true,
‘Someone plants, someone else reaps.’ 38 I have sent you to reap a harvest in a field where you did not
work; others worked there, and you profit from their work.” 39 Many of the Samaritans in that town
believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I have ever done.” 40 So when the
Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them, and Jesus stayed there two days. 41 Many
more believed because of his message, 42 and they told the woman, “We believe now, not because of
what you said, but because we ourselves have heard him, and we know that he really is the Savior of the
world.”