Traditional Service Begins at 9am 1/22/12
Traditional Service Begins at 9am 1/22/12
Traditional Service Begins at 9am 1/22/12
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! *The Thanksgiving for Tithes and Offerings......Sondra Ladd THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDS SUPPER The Call to Commune Together......................Charles Rogers The Hymn of Preparation..............No. 411
For the Bread, Which You Have Broken
The Prayer of the Elder for the Bread................Sandy Barth The Prayer of the Elder for the Cup............................................Nancy Trench
Distribution: All believers are invited to partake of the Bread when it is passed. Retain the Cup, and we will partake together after reciting John 3:16 in unison.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. THE INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP *THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT.....No. 337 Jesus Calls Us Oer the Tumult
*THE BENEDICTION
ORDER OF WORSHIP Third Sunday after Epiphany January 22, 2012 at 9:00am
THE PRELUDE................David Hughes Cantabile Csar Franck
*Please stand if you are able.
THE SCRIPTURE READING.............Laura Sharp Jonah 3:1-10 THE CHOIR ANTHEM....Chancel Choir "O Come, Ye Servants of the Lord" Christopher Tye
O come, ye servants of the Lord and praise his holy name, from early morn to setting sun his might on earth proclaim. His laws are just and glad the heart; he makes his mercies known. Ye princes, come, ye people too, and bow before his throne. from Psalm 113
*THE CALL TO WORSHIP.............................Shirley Brownlee Leader: Out of the fullness of the lives God has given us, we have come to worship and to praise. People: With thanks, we offer to God the creativity of our minds, the warmth of our hearts, and the joy of our spirits. Leader: We love because God has first loved us, freeing us from the power of sin and death All: With glad hearts, let us join together singing praise to God: Creator, Word, and Holy Spirit. *THE HYMN OF PRAISE AND ADORATION........................................No. 27 Come, Thou Almighty King *THE INVOCATION AND LORDS PRAYER (In Unison) Trusted Guide, we want to drop everything to follow you, but we have so much we dont want to drop. To follow you is our call and we can only follow with your help. We allow this time and place to open ourselves to receive your presence through scripture, sermon and song. Guide us beyond these walls to share the good news. We pray as Jesus taught us to pray for your kingdom saying, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. * THE GLORIA.........No. 36 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it were in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
Mark 1:14-20 THE MESSAGE.......Owen Cayton A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Nineveh THE PRAYER HYMN...........No. 342 Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore (st. 1 and 2 only, in English) THE JOYS/CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH......................Owen Cayton
Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.