February 11 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

"Jesus, Moses, and Elijah"
by Pastor Charles

Heyji Park offers the postlude

Fellowship fun!

Transfiguration of the Lord Sunday

(Link to today's service)

Today’s Meditation Verse: “God said that light should shine out of the darkness. He is the same one who shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.” —2 Corinthians 4:6

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Hyeji Park / “Holy, Holy, Holy” by John B. Dykes

*Call to Worship (Psalm 119:1-2, CEB)...Amy Abshire

Leader: Beyond our busyness, above the cold winter floor, there is a glory rising, born of heaven and reaching out to each one of us... People: A light that shines through the clouds as an invitation, seeking all of who we are that transfigures the world,

Leader: That transforms darkness into hope, that brings life from a cross where old life ends and new life is born. People: In glory, Jesus meets us here, raising us from the depths of the valley to the height of the mountain, carrying the weight of our humanity to the heights of heaven’s glory.

All: Let us worship from the mountain and hear again, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to Him!”

—Rev. Rob Smith, Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church, Apple Valley, MN

*Hymn...“We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding” (TFWS #2103)

Litany for the Transfiguration...Amy Abshire (To be read responsively)

Lord, I was a pile of ash, and you made me a light for the world. I was a stone, and you made me salt for the earth. I was as lifeless as clay, and you made me part of the Body of Christ.

I was sinful, and you made me holy. I was nothing, and you made me part of everything.

Lord, in you I am transformed and transformed still again. When the discouraged cry for hope, make me hope. When the hungry cry for bread, make me bread. When the thirstycry for water, make me water. When the suffering cry for help, make me help. When the sick cry for healing, make me healing. When the bound cry for freedom, make me freedom. When the outcasts cry for love, make me love.

Lord who is hope, who is bread and water, who is help and healing, who is freedom, and who is love, transform me anew, and so keep me close to you, as you transform the world. Amen.

—posted on the Catholic Relief Services website

Community prayer concerns and celebrations                                        Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer...Pastor Charles

First Lesson: 1 Kings 19:11-15, 19-21...Amy Abshire

Choral Anthem...“My Good Lord’s Done Been Here,” arranged by Rollo Dilworth

Second Lesson: 2 Kings 2:1-12...Pastor Charles

This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon...Pastor Charles / “Elisha and the mantle of Elijah”

*Hymn...“Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory” (TFWS #2102)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

Postlude...Hyeji Park / “Shine On Us” by Michael W. Smith