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WORSHIP JANUARY 15, 2012
2ND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY

THE GATHERING Chris Peters
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.

THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist

* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness,
come into his presence with singing.
People: Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his,
we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Leader: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him,
bless his name.
People: For the Lord is good, his steadfast love endures for ever, and his
faithfulness to all generations.
Leader: Let us worship God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. - Psalm 100

* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 248 You Are Before Me, Lord

THE CALL TO CONFESSION

THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, we confess there are times when faith is not easy. There are times
when the claim of the Gospel upon our lives is costly. There are times when we
would turn aside onto an easier path rather than face what your promises would
elicit from us. Forgive us when in our living we fail to do and be what you have
called for from us. Forgive us when we cannot remember that it is you who have
carried us through the years. And in forgiving us, give us encouragement that we
may be strengthened in our faith and live out the calling you have given us. We
pray all these things in Jesus’ name and for his sake. Amen.

A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)

THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: This is the message that we heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is
light and in him is no darkness at all.
People: If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in
darkness, we lie and do not do what is true. But if we walk in the light
as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the
blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Leader: Believe the promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! - 1 John 1:5-7

*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 341)
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.

* THE PEACE OF CHRIST
(Children ages 3-8 are invited to leave after the Peace of Christ for special classes. Three through five-yearolds in Room 011; K-1st grade in Room 001; 2nd-3rd grade in Room 003.)

THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)

THE FIRST LESSON Psalm 139:1-6; 13-18 (page 545 in the pew Bible, OT)

THE ANTHEM The Heart Worships Gustav Holst
Silence in heaven, silence on earth, silence within. Thy hush, O Lord, o’er all the earth covers the din. I
do not fear to speak of Thee in mortal kind, and yet, to all thy namelessness, I am not blind. Only I need
and kneel again, Thy touch to win. Amen.

THE SECOND LESSON Ephesians 2:1-10 (page 181 in the pew Bible, NT)

THE SERMON "Faith" Baron Mullis

* THE HYMN 172 My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

THE OFFERTORY Foundation Early Amerian tune, arr. Held

THE ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS

The Ordination and Installation of Officers, Class of 2014

The Ordination Prayer and Laying on of Hands

* THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)

* THE HYMN 354 Guide My Feet (verses 1 through 4)

* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

* THE CHORAL RESPONSE Let the Heaven Light Shine on Me African-American Traditional
Let the heaven light shine on me, for low is the way to the upper bright world, let the heaven light
shine on me. Amen.