January 22, 2023
Third Sunday after the Epiphany
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
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light arr. Mark Hayes
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: Jesus calls us to praise and prayer, to song and silence;
Many: Jesus calls us to worship.
One: Jesus calls us to hearing and healing, to service and solidarity;
Many: Jesus calls us to love.
One: Jesus calls us to advocacy and action, to protest and provision;
Many: Jesus calls us to justice.
One: Let us heed the call of Christ.
Many: Let us worship together with joy. +
Hymn
How Firm a Foundation UMH# 529
Concerns & Prayers with The Lord’s Prayer
UMH# 895
A Reading from the the Epistles
Solo
The Wayfaring Stranger American Folk Song
Chip Hayden
A Reading from the Gospels
Sermon
Follow Me | Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon
Christ travels the paths of this world with us, searching for those who are willing to follow. Open yourself to the miraculous work Christ is offering you right here and right now. 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
Be Thou My Vision UMH# 451
Dismissal with Blessing
Postlude
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus arr. Clay Campbell
Today’s Worship Participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Pianist: Patty Higgins
Music Intern: Nick Skaggs
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