January 26, 2025
Third Sunday after the Epiphany
January 26, 2025 Livestream Worship Online Bulletin
Prelude
As the Deer arr. Kendrick Liu
Welcome
Call to Worship
Children of God, we gather to worship; to sing and proclaim with joy the good works God is doing in our midst.
We gather to worship, as is our custom.
We also gather today to pray for our families, our community, and our world. To name the challenges that press in around us, to lament the suffering in our world, to declare our trust in God in the midst of hardship.
We gather to worship, as is our custom.
We, like those in Nazareth, gather to hear and receive the Word of God proclaimed among us. To encounter the life-giving message of God’s love redeems us to be bearers of love and freedom in this world.
We gather to worship, as is our custom.
Children of God, listen. Pay attention. Ready your heart. God is here. Jesus has come among us. The Spirit brings the Word to life in our midst. Are you ready?
We gather to worship, as is our custom. Thanks be to God! Amen. +
Hymn
Morning Has Broken UMH#145
Reading from the Old Testament
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Psalm of Response
Psalm 19 UMH #750
Please sing response 1
Solo
The Wayfaring Stranger Traditional
Chip Hayden
Reading from the Gospels
Luke 4:14-21
Sermon
Mission of Jesus Revealed | Rev. Kelly Dotson
Testimony
Rev. Paula Dempsey
Joys and Concerns and Prayers with The Lord’s Prayer
UMH# 895
The Prayer of Jesus
Loving God, in whom is heaven, may Your name be honored everywhere. May Your kin-dom come. May the desire of Your heart for the world be done in us, by us, and through us. Give us the bread we need for each day. Forgive us. Enable us to forgive others. Keep us from all anxiety and fear, for You reign in the power that comes from love, which is Your glory forever and ever. Amen.
-Author Unknown
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Make a Gift of a Tithe or Offering
Doxology UMH#94
Hymn
Together We Serve TFWS#2175
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy arr. James Koerts
Announcements
Jo Ann Croom
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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