February 2, 2025
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
February 2, 2025 Livestream Worship Online Bulletin
Prelude
Lord of All Hopefulness arr. Jason Tonioli
Words may be found in TFWS#2197
Welcome
Call to Worship
Children of God, we come to worship today with expectations: how we expect to feel, what we expect to experience, songs we expect to sing, or prayers we expect to pray. We find comfort in the familiar.
We come to worship, expecting God to meet us here.
Sometimes, what feels familiar grows stale. We stop noticing the power of our prayers. We hear but don’t listen to the Word. We sing without letting the music seep into our hearts. Yet, God is still here, moving and working among us.
We come to worship, expecting God to meet us here.
We may meet God in a familiar voice speaking a hard word, in a song we love that pierces our hearts, in a prayer that we receive in a new way. Because God is here, moving and working among us.
We come to worship, expecting God to meet us here.
Children of God, come! Let us worship, ready to embrace God’s Word already at work among us, even when we are challenged to recognize God in the familiar and unfamiliar alike.
We come to worship, expecting God to meet us here. Thanks be to God! Amen. +
Hymn
This Is My Father’s World UMH#144
Reading from the Old Testament
Reading from the Old Testament Jeremiah 4:1-10
Solo
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee arr. Paul Sjolund
Daniel Pearsall
Psalm of Response
Psalm 71:1-12 UMH#794
Please sing the response
Reading from the Gospels
Luke 4:21-30
Sermon
Rejection of Jesus Revealed | Rev. Kelly Dotson
Joys and Concerns and Prayers with The Lord’s Prayer
UMH# 895
The Celebration of Holy Communion
The Great Thanksgiving and Communion
Musical Setting D UMH pp. 23-24
Invitation to the Table
Prayer of Confession
God, you share with us words of hope and good news.
But sometimes, we are unable to hear them
because the source is too familiar.
You call us to share the Good News with those around us.
But sometimes we are unable to share,
because the people know us too well.
You encourage us to send messengers to other places
where they will be heard better.
But we can be jealous,
wanting the Good News to be for us, not them.
In the multitude of ways, we can and have subverted
your message of freedom and healing,
in all the ways we have kept the Jubilee year from happening,
we have left the path of true wisdom
and call upon your Grace to lead us back on track.
Breaking the Bread
Giving the Bread and Cup
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Make a Gift of a Tithe or Offering
Doxology UMH#94
Hymn
Hymn of Promise UMH#707
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness arr. David M. Cherwien
Words may be found in TFWS#2120
Announcements
John Jalocha
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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