Mercy on the Wilderness Journey

Please note – The YouTube recording will be updated at approximately noon following the in-person service.

 Welcome to our Sunday Morning Online Worship at the Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC!
No matter WHO you are, or WHERE you are on life’s journey, YOU are welcome here!

February 22, 2026     First Sunday in Lent     10:00 a.m.

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SERVICE:
Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Rev. Charlotte E. Y. Bell, Associate Pastor
Sara Phelps, Director of Music
Peter Labombarde, Guest Organist/Accompanist
Sue Ruggerio, Deacon in Charge
Liz MacMillan, John Swanson, Deacons
Jean Tonnesen, Holly Tonnesen, Ushers
Doug Topliffe, Videographer

MUSIC:
Prelude – Largo (Symphony 9) – Dvorak
Anthem – Precious Lord, Take My Hand – arr. Roy Ringwald; Chancel Choir
Offertory – Trio – Francois Couperin
Postlude – Dialogue sur les grands jeux -Couperin

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-731944.

HYMNS:
Great Is Thy Faithfulness #276
Be Still, My Soul #488
Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days #81

The first and third hymns are from Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, ©1990 Westminster/John Knox Press.
The second hymn is from The New Century Hymnal, ©1995 The Pilgrim Press.

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