Service for the Lord’s Day
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time: February
18, 2007 10:30 a.m.
GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
PRELUDE Kum Ba Yah arr. J. Behnke
Someone’s
Praying, Lord Someone’s Crying, Lord Someone’s Singing, Lord
WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS & REGISTRATION
CHORAL INTROIT # 316
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
*CALL TO WORSHIP from Gathered by Love, Lavon Bayler, The Pilgrim Press, 2001
We
come together, a community of faith.
We
have gathered to talk with and listen to our God.
May our faces shine in anticipation.
Our God has invited us to this
moment of meeting.
We
share in a new covenant of promise and hope.
Our
spirits have been set free for worship and praise.
We come with boldness to encounter our Creator.
We assemble here, eager to be changed by God.
Our
fears melt into awe and wonder before God.
Our
failures become opportunities for learning.
Let us praise God’s holy name in chorus.
Let us share in the glory of life. What a gift!
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 356 Come,
Thou Fount of Every Blessing
*CALL TO CONFESSION
Day
after day we are surrounded by the majesty of God, yet our eyes do
not
see nor our thoughts comprehend the wonders of creation or the gift
of
transcendence. God calls us to be eyewitnesses of good news, to believe
what
we have eyes to see and to trust in the One beyond our knowing.
Let
us come to God, confessing our need.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Glorious
God, we admit that we find it difficult to give you serious
consideration except, perhaps, on Sunday morning. Our
lives are filled with
so many competing interests and we take you for
granted. The mystery of life
eludes us because we fail to seek you in what seems
commonplace and we refuse
to deal with matters beyond our own understanding. We
have tried to put our relationship with you in a compartment separate from the
rest of life. Shake our complacency, we pray, and awaken us to new life in all
its fullness. Amen.
(time for silent, personal confession) Amen.
*RESPONSE # 572 Lord,
Have Mercy Upon Us
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON from Taught by Love, Lavon Bayler, United
Church Press, 1998
Happy
are all who take refuge in God. We are accepted as God’s own children.
To
us, the Holy Spirit comes as a gift, interpreting to us the truth of the
Scriptures.
Do
not be afraid of the vision God sets before us. A new day is dawning among us
as
we become aware that God is with us. Amen.
*THE PEACE
The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Peace be with you. (worshipers share words and gestures of God’s peace)
PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON
Exodus 34: 29-35 (NRSV)
ANTHEM Hold Out Your Light arr. M. Hogan
WORD WITH CHILDREN
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Luke 9: 28-36 (NRSV)
SERMON
“Beyond the Veil”
RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
OFFERING OURSELVES TO GOD’S PURPOSES
Call to respond
Offertory Humble Service L.L. Fleming
*Prayer of Dedication
PRAYERS OF THANKS, INTERCESSION & LORD’S
PRAYER Hymnal P. 16
DEPART
IN GOD’S NAME
*HYMN # 538
Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing
*CHARGE & BLESSING
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE # 587
Amen
POSTLUDE We Are Marching (Siyahamba) arr. R. Schaffer
*Congregation
stands as able
Next Week’s Scriptures: Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2; Roman 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13
|
Liturgists |
Rev. Jonathan C. Siehl |
|
Sermon |
Betsy Maurath, Coordinator of Education
for Children & Youth, |
|
Word with
Children |
Jonathan C. Siehl |
|
Musical
Leadership |
Chancel Choir Sarah Shaffer, Director |