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WORSHIP JANUARY 27, 2013
3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

THE GATHERING
Leader: The Lord be with you. Drew Stockstill
People: And also with you.

THE PRELUDE Walter Huff, organist

* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
People: to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness
by night.
Leader: To the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.
People: For you O Lord have made me glad by your work; at the works of
your hands I will sing for joy.
Leader: Let us worship God, who has created, redeemed and sustained us. Amen.
- Psalm 92

* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 229 From All That Dwell Below the Skies

THE CALL TO CONFESSION

THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, you are the same from age to age. In every age, your people have
sought to know you and to know your mind and your will for us. And in every
age, we have had times when what we have said and done reflected the way you
would have us live, and we have had times when what we have said and done
did not reflect the way you would have us live. Through it all, you are faithful
to us. And so we confess our failures knowing that we rest in your abiding
goodness, assured of your love for us all. Hear our prayers as we make them 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: When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under
the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive
adoption as children.
People: And because you are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son unto
our hearts, crying. “Abba, Father!”
Leader: So you are no longer a slave, but a child, and if a child, then also an heir, through God.
Believe the Promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! - Galatians 4:4-7

* THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 473)
For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth, and friends
above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, Lord of all to thee we raise this our hymn of
grateful praise.

* THE PEACE OF CHRIST
(Children ages 3-10 are invited to leave after the Baptism for special classes. Threes, fours & fives are in
Room 011; K-1st grade in Room 003; 2nd-3rd grade in Room 001; 4th-5th are in Room 005.)

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

THE MINUTE MESSAGE Morningside Youth

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
People: With joy and thanksgiving we welcome this child into Christ’s
church. We are the family of God for we are all one in Christ.

THE CHORAL RESPONSE Baptized in Water Gaelic melody

THE FIRST LESSON Luke 4:14-21 (page 57 in the pew Bible, NT)
Doug Selph

THE ANTHEM 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.

THE SECOND LESSON Nehemiah 8:1-10 (page 416 in the pew Bible, OT)

THE SERMON “With Interpretation” Baron Mullis

* THE HYMN 298 There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

* THE APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the
Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he
descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into
heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he
shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy
catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection
of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
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 OFFERTORY Improvisation on “Morning Has Broken” Dale Wood

* THE DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 592)

* THE HYMN 268 God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens

* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

* THE CHORAL RESPONSE Christ’s Flock (excerpt) Martin Shaw
O sing unto this glittering, glorious King. O praises bring from every living thing. Let heart and voice
like bells of silver ring. Alleluia.