WHAT'S H A PPE NIN 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
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March 08, 2026 Third Sunday Of Lent 10:30 am
PRELUDE “Sweet, Sweet Sprit” Doris Akers
INTROIT “People Need the Lord” TFWS #2244
CALL TO WORSHIP*
Come, let us worship God!
Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Come, let us worship our Shepherd!
We are the sheep of God’s pasture, and we follow where God leads us.
Come, let us open our hearts!
We receive God’s love poured into our hearts through the Spirit.
Come, let us worship God, the rock of our salvation!
Let us worship God, whose mercy guides and sustains us on the path of new life!
OPENING HYMN* “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” No. 89
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING PRAYER
Lord we are thirsty our soul is weary, we are bruised and battered, we are tired and
discouraged, we are misunderstood, we are judged and found wanting, we are
wounded and withdrawn, we are ready to quit.
Let us go to the well where there is water that is thirst quenching, wound healing, soul
soothing, life giving, Water of life found in the One who knows our name and calls us
back to drink deeply of the Wisdom of the Well.
CHOIR ANTHEM “Jesus Does” Cash, Duran
SCRIPTURE John 4:5-42
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
CHILDREN AND YOUTH MOMENT Rev. Tim Olson
We invite all children and youth to participate in this intergenerational time of learning about Jesus
O God, we thank you for blessing us with the gift of children.
May they learn the stories of Jesus. May we share their joy. Amen.
A TIME OF PRAYER
Call to Prayer “Jesus, Name Above All Names” TFWS #2071
Prayer/Lord's Prayer
Response “Jesus, Name Above All Names” TFWS #2071
SERMON The Well
OFFERING
Call to Stewardship and Mission
Offertory “Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven” Lauda Anima
Doxology/Prayer of Dedication*
CLOSING HYMN* “Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine” No. 369
BENEDICTION*
God for all that we have shared, the stories and the journeys the work and the
formation, the places where we have noticed You and those places we missed You,
may we be assured of You continuing to work in our lives and in the lives of those
whom You call us to serve. May we use all that You are teaching us to bless the lives
of others and so be engaged in kingdom work, Now and forever. Amen
RESPONSE* “Song of Hope” TFWS #2186
POSTLUDE “I Give You Praise” Cindy Berry
*Please stand as able
Assisting in today's service Pastor: Rev. Wesley Thompson,
Liturgist: Nancy St. Laurent, Choir Director: Tricia Stewart. Organ: Brad Bettencourt,
Piano/Keyboard: Dennis Eiler, Bass: Ross Mayfield, Sound Tech: Adrian Paredes, Mitch
Latting, Video: Susan Throndson, Soloist: Dave & Carolyn 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.”