February 19, 2023

Feb 18

Transfiguration Sunday

Enhance your online worship experience

Whether you’re a first-time online visitor or a life-long member, we welcome and celebrate the ways you enrich our collective worship of a scattered yet gathered Children of God. As we begin our service, we invite you to light a candle, just as we do in the prelude during our in-person worship. Our two altar candles symbolize that Christ was both a human being and God. A light being carried into the world shows that Jesus Christ is for all people - everywhere. Just as a the acolyte carries the lighted candlelight into the congregation, the light symbolizes the light of Jesus Christ preceding us into the world where we as the church are to serve.

Prelude

Holy, Holy, Holy arr. Patrick O. Coyl

Welcome & Announcements

Mars Hill United Methodist Church welcomes every child of God without exception. We welcome and celebrate into full fellowship persons of every race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, culture, nationality, creed, faith, mental illness and physical disability, addiction, marital status, or family make-up. We welcome the full participation of all persons in every phase of church life.

“Here, all means ALL!”

Call to Worship

Inspired by Matthew 17:1-8, Mark 9:2-9, Luke 9:28-36, 2 Peter 1:16-18

One: Beyond our busyness, above the cold winter floor there is a glory rising born of heaven and reaching out to each one of us
Many: a light that shines through the clouds an invitation seeking all of who we are that transfigures the world
One: that transforms darkness into hope that brings life from a cross where old life ends and new life is born
Many: In glory Jesus meets us here raising us from depths of valley to the height of the mountain carrying the weight of our humanity to the heights of heaven's glory.
One: Let us worship from the mountain and hear again
“This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”

+ Call to worship written by Rev. Rob Smith, Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church

Hymn+

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise UMH# 103

Concerns & Prayers with The Lord’s Prayer

UMH# 895 | Share your own prayer or concern

A Reading from the the Old Testament

Exodus 24:12-18

Anthem

When I Call David Haas
Please join the choir in singing the refrain printed on the insert.

A Reading from the Gospels

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

“Transformation” Sunday | Rev. Lisa Hartzog

Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon

The power of this day is the power of transformation! Trust in what God is doing in you today! In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven and made new.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and made new. Thanks be to God.

Blessing of the Tithes & Offerings

Doxology UMH# 94

Hymn

The Servant Song TFWS# 2222
Stanzas 1,2,3,6

Dismissal with Blessing

Postlude

I Stand Amazed in the Presence arr. James Koerts