Worship Service

10:30 A.M. Epiphany Sunday January 2, 2022

PRELUDE Mary Porter

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS Charlie Jones

Let us prepare our hearts and minds for worship

CALL TO WORSHIP (inspired by Jeremiah 31:7-9) Charlie Jones

Leader: Sing aloud with gladness:

People: God is gathering the people!

Leader: From the farthest parts of the earth we come:

People: All who struggle; all who labor with new life!

Leader: Those who are weeping, God will console;

People: Those who get lost find a clear path home.

Leader: Let us worship the God who gathers us!

OPENING PRAYER Charlie Jones

Ever-calling God,

We give thanks that you have gathered us into your church

and graced us with your faithful presence.

We ponder our history, ancient and still developing,

and marvel at the many expressions of your church.

Grant us the vision to be a part of a new reformation for the church

that will bring ever more joy and justice to the world.

Continue to gather us, the diverse lot of us,

into Jesus’ vision and dream

that your faithful people may be one in you. Amen

Written by the Rev. Bonnie Tarwater

APOSTLES CREED (in unison)

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, dead, and buried;

the third day he rose from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

HYMN “Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart” No. 161

MINISTRY MOMENT Rev. Patricia Pena

PASTORAL PRAYER Charlie Jones

God of this day and all days! We can only imagine the darkness of the

world into which you sent your son – a world that believed that salvation

rested on our ability to follow the rules. Jesus came to bring light into

that darkness, and into our darkness. As we bring our tithes and offering

to you this day, transform them into light for the hungry, for the

hopeless, for the forgotten and the oppressed. We will share his light in

us! In Christ, we pray. Amen. (John 1:1-9,10-18)

WORSHIP WITH OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS

Doxology “Praise God, from Whom all Blessings Flow” No. 94

SCRIPTURE READING Jeremiah 31:7-14 Charlie Jones

Reader: The Word of God for the People of God

People: Thanks be to God!

HYMN “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” No. 400

SERMON “I Will Give Them Gladness for Sorrow” Rev. Patricia Pena

HYMN ”Blessed Assurance” No. 369

COMMUNION

INVITATION on page 7 of the red hymnal

CONFESSION AND PARDON page 8

THANKSGIVING AND COMMUNION page 9

THE LORD’S PRAYER pages 9-10

Blessing the elements (remove the film on the wafer & juice)