February 6th Worship
Communion Preparations
Before connecting with our virtual worship this communion Sunday, please prepare grape juice/wine/other and bread for your celebration of the Lord’s Supper.
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Introit: Chorale
Bach
Karen Bart, cello
Welcome & Call to Worship
[Psalm 138]
We give you thanks, O LORD, for your steadfast love and your faithfulness;
For you have exalted your name and your word above everything.
On the day we called, you answered us, you increased our strength of soul.
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for us; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Let us worship the LORD!
God Is Here! (Hymn 461)
Green/Taylor
God is here! As we your people meet to offer praise and prayer,
May we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share.
Here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and arts
Wait the coming of the Spirit into open minds and hearts.
Here are symbols to remind us of our lifelong need of grace;
Here are table, font, and pulpit; here the cross has central place.
Here in honesty of preaching, here in silence, as in speech,
Here, in newness and renewal, God the Spirit comes to each.
Here our children find a welcome in the Shepherd’s flock and fold,
Here, as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us as of old.
Here the servants of the Servant seek in worship to explore
What it means in daily living to believe and to adore.
Lord of all, of church and kingdom, in an age of change and doubt
Keep us faithful to the gospel, help us work your purpose out.
Here in this day’s dedication, all we have to give, receive:
We, who cannot live without you, we adore you! We believe!
Confession
God whose glory fills the earth, you call us in the midst of our ordinary lives and daily work. Your unexpected presence turns the world we thought we knew upside down. We can be embarrassed to discover how little we have understood, especially when we thought we were already on the right path. Help us care more about continuing to grow in relationships than about being right. Give us courage to follow you into places that are hungry for your Word. Amen.
Silence
Song of Gratitude: Think About His Love
Harrah
Think about His love, think about His goodness,
Think about His grace that’s brought us through.
For as high as the heavens above,
So great is the measure of our Father’s love.
Great is the measure of our Father’s love.
[Psalm 86:5]
Forgiveness in Jesus Christ
Peace
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Children’s Message
Holy God, We Praise Your Name (Hymn 460)
Attr. Franz/Allgemeines Katholisches Gesangbuch
Holy God, we praise Your name; Lord of all, we bow before You;
All on earth Your scepter claim, all in heaven above adore You.
Infinite Your vast domain, everlasting is Your reign.
Hark, the glad celestial hymn angel choirs above are raising;
Cherubim and seraphim, in unceasing chorus praising,
Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy Lord.
All apostles join the strain as Your sacred name they hallow;
Prophets swell the glad refrain, and the blessed martyrs follow,
And from morn to set of sun, through the church the song goes on.
Scripture Readings
Jay Stafstrom
Old Testament: Isaiah 6:1-13
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New Testament: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
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Sermon: Continual Conversion
Focus: By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain.
Words of Institution
Home Communion
Communion Music: One Bread, One Body
Foley
Refrain:
One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.
Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more. (Refrain)
Many the gifts, many the works, one in the Lord of all. (Refrain)
Pastoral Prayer & The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Giving our Gifts to God
Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.
-Luke 12:15
Musical Offering: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
(Tandanei)
Tamil/Bisbee
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Charge & Benediction
Postlude: O God Beyond All Praising
Holst/Trenney
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