The theme is LIGHT! Join us in person to stand "Together in the Light." But if you can't be present, be with us in prayer.
Worship Service
January 23, 2011
10:00AM
GATHERING AROUND THE WORD
Organ Prelude: "Cantilène" (from Suite Brève)Jean Langlais Terence J. Flanagan
RINGING OF THE BELLS
CALL TO WORSHIP
*HYMN “Blessed Jesus, at Your Word” LIEBSTER JESU 454
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAYER OF CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Loving God, forgive our darkened memory:
In the gloom of our anguished lives
we forget how you promised,
"there shall be continuous day“
and "at evening there shall be light.”
In our fearful sitting in the shadow of death
we forget that we have nothing to fear,
because you are our light and our salvation.
In the isolated corners of our living
we forget your promise
to hide us in your shelter in the day of trouble.
Fulfill in this place today
the truths you spoke long ago.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ.
(silent reflection) Amen.
WORDS OF PEACE
Let there be peace on earth, And let it begin with me.
May peace and light be with you. And also with you.
*GLORIA PATRI 579
PROCLAIMING THE WORD
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Barbara Zinke
RESPONSIVE READING Psalm 27:1, 4-9 (NRSV)
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
One thing I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
to live in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in God’s temple.
For you will hide me in your shelter in the day of trouble;
you will conceal me under the cover of your tent;
you will set me high on a rock.
Now my head is lifted up above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in your tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to you, Lord.
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud,
be gracious to me and answer me!
“Come, my heart says, seek God’s face!”
Your face, Lord, do I seek.
Do not hide your face from me.
Do not turn your servant away in anger,
you who have been my help.
Do not cast me off, do not forsake me,
O God of my salvation!
CHILDREN'S TIME
*HYMN “God is One, Unique and Holy” TRINITY (verse 1) 135
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD'S PRAYER (Hymn, PG. 16)
ANTHEM “We are Singing, for the Lord is our Light” arr. by Hal H. Hopson
SCRIPTURE Matthew 4:12-23 (page 785) Jack Lohr, Interim Pastor
SERMON “Together in the Light”
*HYMN "We limit not the truth of God" #89 ELLACOMBE
1. We limit not the truth of God to our poor reach of mind,
to notions of our day and place, crude, partial and confined;
No, let a new and better hope within our hearts be stirred:
O God, grant yet more light and truth to break forth from your Word.
2. Who dares to bind to one's own sense the oracles of heaven
For all the nations, tongues, and climes and all the ages given?
That universe, how much unknown! That ocean unexplored!
O God, grant yet more light and truth to break forth from your Word.
3. Eternal God, Incarnate Word, Spirit of flame and dove,
enlarge, expand all living souls to comprehend your love;
And help us all to seek your will with wiser powers conferred:
O God, grant yet more light & truth to break forth from your Word.
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
CALL FOR THE OFFERING
OFFERTORY “Let there be Light!” Gilbert M. Martin
DOXOLOGY 592
PRAYER OF DEDICATION (by Katherine Thomerson)
I want to walk as a child of the light.
I want to follow Jesus.
God set the stars to give light to the world.
The star of my life is Jesus.
In him there is no darkness at all,
The night and the day are both alike.
The Lamb is the light of the city of God.
Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus. Amen.
*HYMN "In Christ There Is No East or West" MCKEE 440
*BENEDICTION
*CLOSING RESPONSE "Blessing" by Natalie Sleeth (alt.) CCLI License # pending
ORGAN POSTLUDE " Grand Jeux" (from Suite Brève) Langlais
We are a More Light and Covenant Network Presbyterian Church
welcoming people of all sexual orientations.
--Jack Lohr, Interim Pastor
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