January 29, 2023

Jan 28

Fourth 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

Trust and Obey arr. Anna Laura Page

Welcome & Announcements

Call to Worship

Inspired by Matthew 5:3-12, Luke 6:20-22

One: Happy are we
Many: when our treasures cannot be quantified.
One: Happy are we
Many: when our knowledge is tempered by mystery.
One: Happy are we
Many: when our pain is held in the balm of love.
One: Happy are we
Many: when our delight comes from beyond ourselves. +

Hymn+

What Does the Lord Require UMH# 441

Concerns & Prayers with The Lord’s Prayer

UMH# 895

A Reading from the the Old Testament

Micah 6:1-8

Solo

In the Bleak Midwinter arr. Sandra Eithun
Handbell Choir

A Reading from the Gospels

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Blessing | Rev. Lisa Hartzog

Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon

Christ offers us blessings. Christ offers us grace. Christ offers us the power to live into abundant life. 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

For the Healing of the Nations arr. James Koerts