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WORSHIP FEBRUARY 7 2016
11 A.M. WORSHIP
THE GATHERING Anna Miles
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
THE PRELUDE Partita on ASCENDED TRIUMPH arr. Robert Hobby
Theme and Bicinium
Jonathan Crutchfield, Organist/Choirmaster
*THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Praise the Lord!
People: Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader: I will praise the Lord as long as I live
People: I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
Leader: Let us worship the Lord our God. - Psalm 146:1-2
*THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 263 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise ST. DENIO
THE CALL TO CONFESSION
THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Almighty God, remind us of our baptism as we prepare to come to your table. Remind us that you alone are holy. You alone are greater than our minds can conceive. Remind us as well that you are nearer to us than our very breath. And so we confess that we fail to worship you in the fullness of who we are. We keep you distant, as though the workings of the universe and our lives are mere clockwork. We domesticate you to our own agendas, blur the distinction between creator and creation, and substitute our idols in place of holy mystery. Forgive us, we pray and open our minds to new realities of who you are and how you extend grace. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE KYRIE (Hymn 572)
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
People: but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.
Leader: Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Believe the promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. - Hebrews 4:15-16
*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 582)
Dying, you destroyed our death; rising, you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory.
*THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Children ages 3-10 are invited to exit to the narthex after the Peace of Christ where their teachers will take them to their classrooms. Threes, Fours & fives are in Room 011; K-3rd grades in Room 001; 4th-5th grades in worship.
THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)
THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 9:28-36 (page 65 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE ANTHEM “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place” from Requiem Johannes Brahms
How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts. For my soul longeth, yea, fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My soul and body crieth out, yea, for the living God. Blest are they that dwell within thy house; they praise thy name evermore.
THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 9:37-43 (page 65 in the pew Bible, NT)
THE SERMON “The Greatness of God” Baron Mullis
*THE HYMN 73 Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory GENEVA
THE HANDBELL OFFERTORY It Is Well With My Soul arr. Cathy Moklebust
Alex Page, violin
*THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation
The Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts!
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right…
And with our loved ones, separate from us now, who yet in this mystery are close to us, we join in the song of your unending greatness.
Sanctus (Hymn 581)
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.
Leader: You are holy, O God of majesty…Great is the mystery of faith.
People: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
The Lord’s Prayer
Communion of the People
THE HYMN AT COMMUNION Break Bread
The Youth Choir (Ashley Hoffman, director)
*THE HYMN 520 Here, O Our Lord, We See You Face to Face MORECAMBE
*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*THE CHORAL RESPONSE Amen Peter Lutkin
*THE POSTLUDE Toccata on ASCENDED TRIUMPH arr. Robert Hobby
*(The asterisk indicates parts of the worship when the congregation is invited to stand as they are able.)
