February 10, 2019
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE The Soul of the Lord is Magnified (Little) ACOLYTE CANDLELIGHTING
CALL TO WORSHIP (Based on Luke 5, Isaiah 6)
Pastor: We gather in the love of God, the grace of Christ. and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Congregation: Lord, we are yours and you have called us in the midst of our daily lives to follow you, to serve you, and to spread your good news. We want to do so, Lord, but...we often feel unworthy, we feel like we are the chief sinners, we feel unclean and not holy at all.
All: Calm us, Lord. Send us your Holy Spirit. Dry our tears that we may know deep within ourselves: your love, your grace & your forgiveness.
Pastor: Empower us to follow you, Lord; to serve you; and to tell others the good news.
All: Amen.
HYMN Jesus Calls Us, Here to Meet Him
(Tune: Nettleton - Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing)
Jesus calls us here to meet him, as through Word and song and prayer.
We affirm God's promised presence, where God's people live and care.
Praise the God who keeps his promise. Praise the Son who calls us friends.
Praise the Spirit, who, among us, to our hopes and fears attends.
Jesus calls us to confess him, Word of Life and Lord of all.
Sharer of our flesh and frailness, saving all who fail and fall.
Tell his holy human story, tell his tales that all may hear.
Tell the world that Christ in glory came to earth to meet us here.
Jesus calls us to each other; found in him are no divides.
Race and class and sex and language - such are barriers he derides.
Join the hands of friend and stranger; join the hands of age and youth.
Join the faithful and the doubter in their common search for truth.
Jesus calls us to his table, rooted firm in time and space -
where the church in earth and heaven finds a common meeting place.
Share the bread and wine, his body; share the love of which we sing.
Share the feast for saints and sinners, hosted by our Lord and King.
(Words: John Bell & Graham Maule)
ACT OF CONFESSION
Pastor: It is true! Jesus calls us into his holy presence – saints and sinners – that we might find grace. So, do not be afraid. Whatever you fear, God is ready to take it away from you; whatever you have said, God is ready to speak mercy to you; whatever you have done, God is ready to forgive you. Please join me as we pray to the One whose steadfast love endures forever.
All: Lord, we are yours and you have called us in the midst of our daily lives to follow you, to serve you, and to spread your good news. We want to do so, Lord, but...we often feel unworthy, we feel like we are the chief sinners, we feel unclean and not holy at all. Calm us, Lord. Send us your Holy Spirit. Dry our tears that we may know deep within ourselves: your love, your grace & your forgiveness. Empower us to follow you, Lord; to serve you; and to tell others the good news. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS (1 Corinthians 15)
Pastor: Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures.
Congregation: By God's grace, I am what I am.
Pastor: Christ was buried and on the third day was raised in accordance with the scriptures.
Congregation: By God's grace, I am what I am.
Pastor: Christ appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve disciples, then to more than five hundred people, and to all those called as his apostles.
Congregation: By God's grace, I am what I am.
Pastor: God's grace was not in vain! Preach! Believe!
Sins are forgiven!
Congregation: Thanks be to God!
By God's grace, I am what I am!
And...THIS...is what I am - - -
FORGIVEN and SET FREE to BEGIN ANEW!
All: GRACE - - - GOD’S GRACE - - - AMAZING GRACE!
Hallelujah! AMEN!
HYMN Amazing Grace Bulletin Insert
SPECIAL TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN
OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 6:1-13
EPISTLE READING 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
NEW TESTAMENT READING Luke 5:1-11
SERMON & PASTORAL PRAYER Rev. Laura Bair
OFFERING INVITATION
Liturgist: Whom should God send? Who will go for God’s people?
Congregation: Here we are! God is counting on US! Let us share our gifts and our offerings in answer to God’s call.
All: Thank you, God, for this opportunity to say, “YES!’ with our actions!
OFFERTORY Behold, The Master Cometh (Jones)
DOXOLOGY Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow Hymnal, #551
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
All: Increase the strength of these gifts, and the strength of our ministries, O God. Expand the nets of our love, that we may reach deeply and share abundantly. We pray in the name of Christ Jesus, who taught us to pray, saying: 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.
ANTHEM Be Thou My Vision (Wetherill)
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
Pastor: Come into the deep water of God’s love. Cast your nets into the miraculous waters of Christ’s grace. Drink of the living water, eat of the bread of life, for this is the table of abundant love.
Pastor: The Lord be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Pastor: Lift up your hearts.
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Congregation: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Pastor: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, almighty God, creator of heaven and earth for your mighty acts throughout history. In ancient days, you created us in your image, and called us to be your people.
Congregation: Even when we turned away and ignored your voice, you pursued us and called us: through the proclamation of your law, the words of your prophets, and the wisdom of your poets and storytellers.
Pastor: In the fullness of time, you sent your Son, Jesus Christ to call us yet again: on the shores of Galilee, in crowded markets, and on dusty roads, inviting us to risk everything, and to place our trust in you. And so, with your people on earth, and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn, saying:
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Pastor: Holy are you and blessed is your Son, Christ Jesus, who called to his disciples, even as he shared a final meal with them, calling one and all to remember and reflect when we eat of the bread and partake of the cup.
All: “Take, eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” “Drink from this, all of you. This is my life, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Pastor: And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts of love and grace, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
All: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Pastor: Pour out your Holy Spirit on all of us gathered here, that we may answer your call and be your people. Pour out your Holy Spirit on these gifts of bread and wine, that they may nourish and strengthen us to go into deep waters when you call us to take a risk. By your Spirit, make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at your heavenly banquet. Through Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, both now and forevermore.
All: Amen.
Pastor: The bread of life, strengthening you, to answer Christ’s call.
The living water, blessing you, to live in faith and grace.
These are holy things, for holy people.
Come, for all things are now ready! (Sharing of elements)
HYMN Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me Hymnal, #192
BENEDICTION
Pastor: Listen for God’s word. Answer Christ’s call.
With the Spirit, go into the deep and love courageously.
All: Amen!
POSTLUDE He Speaks, We Listen (Grant)
PRELUDE The Soul of the Lord is Magnified (Little) ACOLYTE CANDLELIGHTING
CALL TO WORSHIP (Based on Luke 5, Isaiah 6)
Pastor: We gather in the love of God, the grace of Christ. and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Congregation: Lord, we are yours and you have called us in the midst of our daily lives to follow you, to serve you, and to spread your good news. We want to do so, Lord, but...we often feel unworthy, we feel like we are the chief sinners, we feel unclean and not holy at all.
All: Calm us, Lord. Send us your Holy Spirit. Dry our tears that we may know deep within ourselves: your love, your grace & your forgiveness.
Pastor: Empower us to follow you, Lord; to serve you; and to tell others the good news.
All: Amen.
HYMN Jesus Calls Us, Here to Meet Him
(Tune: Nettleton - Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing)
Jesus calls us here to meet him, as through Word and song and prayer.
We affirm God's promised presence, where God's people live and care.
Praise the God who keeps his promise. Praise the Son who calls us friends.
Praise the Spirit, who, among us, to our hopes and fears attends.
Jesus calls us to confess him, Word of Life and Lord of all.
Sharer of our flesh and frailness, saving all who fail and fall.
Tell his holy human story, tell his tales that all may hear.
Tell the world that Christ in glory came to earth to meet us here.
Jesus calls us to each other; found in him are no divides.
Race and class and sex and language - such are barriers he derides.
Join the hands of friend and stranger; join the hands of age and youth.
Join the faithful and the doubter in their common search for truth.
Jesus calls us to his table, rooted firm in time and space -
where the church in earth and heaven finds a common meeting place.
Share the bread and wine, his body; share the love of which we sing.
Share the feast for saints and sinners, hosted by our Lord and King.
(Words: John Bell & Graham Maule)
ACT OF CONFESSION
Pastor: It is true! Jesus calls us into his holy presence – saints and sinners – that we might find grace. So, do not be afraid. Whatever you fear, God is ready to take it away from you; whatever you have said, God is ready to speak mercy to you; whatever you have done, God is ready to forgive you. Please join me as we pray to the One whose steadfast love endures forever.
All: Lord, we are yours and you have called us in the midst of our daily lives to follow you, to serve you, and to spread your good news. We want to do so, Lord, but...we often feel unworthy, we feel like we are the chief sinners, we feel unclean and not holy at all. Calm us, Lord. Send us your Holy Spirit. Dry our tears that we may know deep within ourselves: your love, your grace & your forgiveness. Empower us to follow you, Lord; to serve you; and to tell others the good news. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS (1 Corinthians 15)
Pastor: Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures.
Congregation: By God's grace, I am what I am.
Pastor: Christ was buried and on the third day was raised in accordance with the scriptures.
Congregation: By God's grace, I am what I am.
Pastor: Christ appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve disciples, then to more than five hundred people, and to all those called as his apostles.
Congregation: By God's grace, I am what I am.
Pastor: God's grace was not in vain! Preach! Believe!
Sins are forgiven!
Congregation: Thanks be to God!
By God's grace, I am what I am!
And...THIS...is what I am - - -
FORGIVEN and SET FREE to BEGIN ANEW!
All: GRACE - - - GOD’S GRACE - - - AMAZING GRACE!
Hallelujah! AMEN!
HYMN Amazing Grace Bulletin Insert
SPECIAL TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN
OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 6:1-13
EPISTLE READING 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
NEW TESTAMENT READING Luke 5:1-11
SERMON & PASTORAL PRAYER Rev. Laura Bair
OFFERING INVITATION
Liturgist: Whom should God send? Who will go for God’s people?
Congregation: Here we are! God is counting on US! Let us share our gifts and our offerings in answer to God’s call.
All: Thank you, God, for this opportunity to say, “YES!’ with our actions!
OFFERTORY Behold, The Master Cometh (Jones)
DOXOLOGY Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow Hymnal, #551
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
All: Increase the strength of these gifts, and the strength of our ministries, O God. Expand the nets of our love, that we may reach deeply and share abundantly. We pray in the name of Christ Jesus, who taught us to pray, saying: 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.
ANTHEM Be Thou My Vision (Wetherill)
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
Pastor: Come into the deep water of God’s love. Cast your nets into the miraculous waters of Christ’s grace. Drink of the living water, eat of the bread of life, for this is the table of abundant love.
Pastor: The Lord be with you.
Congregation: And also with you.
Pastor: Lift up your hearts.
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Congregation: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Pastor: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, almighty God, creator of heaven and earth for your mighty acts throughout history. In ancient days, you created us in your image, and called us to be your people.
Congregation: Even when we turned away and ignored your voice, you pursued us and called us: through the proclamation of your law, the words of your prophets, and the wisdom of your poets and storytellers.
Pastor: In the fullness of time, you sent your Son, Jesus Christ to call us yet again: on the shores of Galilee, in crowded markets, and on dusty roads, inviting us to risk everything, and to place our trust in you. And so, with your people on earth, and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn, saying:
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Pastor: Holy are you and blessed is your Son, Christ Jesus, who called to his disciples, even as he shared a final meal with them, calling one and all to remember and reflect when we eat of the bread and partake of the cup.
All: “Take, eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” “Drink from this, all of you. This is my life, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Pastor: And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts of love and grace, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
All: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Pastor: Pour out your Holy Spirit on all of us gathered here, that we may answer your call and be your people. Pour out your Holy Spirit on these gifts of bread and wine, that they may nourish and strengthen us to go into deep waters when you call us to take a risk. By your Spirit, make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at your heavenly banquet. Through Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, both now and forevermore.
All: Amen.
Pastor: The bread of life, strengthening you, to answer Christ’s call.
The living water, blessing you, to live in faith and grace.
These are holy things, for holy people.
Come, for all things are now ready! (Sharing of elements)
HYMN Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me Hymnal, #192
BENEDICTION
Pastor: Listen for God’s word. Answer Christ’s call.
With the Spirit, go into the deep and love courageously.
All: Amen!
POSTLUDE He Speaks, We Listen (Grant)
