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Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Today’s Meditation Verse: “Those who use the world should be like people who aren’t preoccupied with it, because this world in its present form is passing away.” —1 Corinthians 7:31 (CEB)
Welcome...Pastor Charles
Prelude...Hyeji Park / “I Need Thee Every Hour” by Bo Kim
*Call to Worship (Psalm 62:5-8)...Rebecca Glancy
Leader: Oh, I must find rest in God only, because my hope comes from the Lord!
People: Only God is my rock and my salvation – my stronghold! I will not be shaken.
Leader: My deliverance and glory depend on God.
People: God is my strong rock. My refuge is in God.
Leader: All you people: Trust in God at all times! Pour out your hearts before the Lord!
People: God is our refuge!
*Hymn...“For the Healing of the Nations” (UMH #428)
Responsive Litany (inspired by Psalm 66)...Rebecca Glancy
To be read responsively
O God, who made the world and everything in it, we pray with one voice, proclaiming Your presence to all the earth. For skeptics and believers, for clergy high and low; for those who seek God at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews; for all who search for life, come and listen: And we will tell you what our God has done for us.
We are alive in the spirit. We are saved through water. Because Christ lives, we also live. For we too are God’s offspring.For presidents and prime ministers, for bosses and wardens; for those who set the course at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews; for all who wield power, come and listen: And we will tell
you what our God has done for us.
We do not fear what others fear. We proclaim the hope that is in us. Because Christ lives, we also live. For we too are God’s offspring.
For friends and lovers, for neighbors and strangers, for those who eat bread at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews; for all who live in the world, come and listen: And we will tell you what our God has done for us.
In God, we live and move and have our being. From God, we have life and breath and all things. Because Christ lives, we also live. For we too are God’s offspring.
For the sick and troubled, for the fearful and alone, for those in pain at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews; for all who suffer, come and listen: And we will tell you what our God has done for us.
Our prayers are not rejected. Our souls are held in life. In truth, our God has heard us, and love is not withheld. Because Christ lives, we also live. For we too are God’s offspring.
For those kept in memory, for those long forgotten, for all who ever took the breath of life at home, at work, in the streets, and in the pews; for the dead and those who mourn them, come and listen: And we will tell you what our God has done for us.
We are blessed by your presence. We are filled with the Spirit. Because Christ lives, we also live. For we too are God’s offspring.
God of heaven and earth, Companion in life, Spirit of truth, to you alone we turn our eyes and lift our hearts. Amen.
—written by Margaret D. McGee on “In the Courtyard” (www.inthecourtyard.com)
Community prayer concerns and celebrations
Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer...Pastor Charles
Gospel Lesson: Mark 1:14-20...Rebecca Glancy
Choral Anthem...“Hallelujah, Amen” by George Frederick Handel, arranged by Thomas Hoekstra
Old Testament Lesson: Jonah 3:1-5, 10...Pastor Charles
This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
Sermon...Pastor Charles / “Listen up!”
*Hymn...“I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” (TFWS #2129)
*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles
Postlude...Hyeji Park / “To God Be The Glory” by William H. Doane
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