SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, January 8, 2023 9:00am/10:30am
GATHERING
PRELUDE WORDSOFWELCOME
MINUTEFORMISSION MelissaMasles-ArtattheRocks
*CALLTOWORSHIP
Leader: AgainJesussaid, People: “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
Leader: Andwiththathebreathedonthemandsaid, People: “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
Leader: Lord,maythatSpiritfillusandguideusaswecometogethertoofferourpraise. People: Let us worship God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
*PRAYEROFINVOCATION
*HYMN Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness
*AFFIRMATIONOFFAITH(Apostles’Creed)
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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost, The holy catholic church, The communion of saints, The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
*GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
PRAYEROFCONFESSION
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. We have not loved You with our whole heart and mind and strength; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. In Your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.
ASSURANCEOFPARDON(2Corinthians1:21-22)
Leader: ItisGodwhomakesusstandfirminChrist.Heanointedus,sethissealofownershiponus, andputhisSpiritinourheartsasadeposit,guaranteeingwhatistocome. Therefore,letus assureoneanotherofGod’spardon.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM GoTotheWorld
ChancelChoir
The congregation is invited to sing along on verse 4. Gototheworld!Gointoalltheearth. GopreachthecrosswhereChristrenewslife’sworth, baptizingasthesignofourrebirth. Alleluia.Alleluia.
Gototheworld! Gointoeveryplace. GolivetheWordofGod’sredeeminggrace. GoseekGod’spresenceineachtimeandspace. Alleluia.Alleluia.
Gototheworld! Gostruggle,bless,andpray; thenightsoftearsgivewaytojoyousday. AsservantChurch,youfollowChrist’sownway. Alleluia.Alleluia.
Go to the world! Go as the ones I send, for I am with you till the age shall end, when all the hosts of glory cry, “Amen!” Alleluia. Alleluia.
PRAYEROFILLUMINATION
music:RalphVaughanWilliams
text:SylviaDunston
Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts, choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
SCRIPTURE Luke4:16-21NIV
16 HewenttoNazareth,wherehehadbeenbroughtup,andontheSabbathdayhewentintothesynagogue,as washiscustom.Hestooduptoread, 17 andthescrolloftheprophetIsaiahwashandedtohim.Unrollingit,he foundtheplacewhereitiswritten: 18 “TheSpiritoftheLordisonme, becausehehasanointedme toproclaimgoodnewstothepoor. Hehassentmetoproclaimfreedomfortheprisoners andrecoveryofsightfortheblind, tosettheoppressedfree, 19toproclaimtheyearoftheLord’sfavor.”
20 Thenherolledupthescroll,gaveitbacktotheattendantandsatdown.Theeyesofeveryoneinthesynagogue werefastenedonhim. 21 Hebeganbysayingtothem,“Todaythisscriptureisfulfilledinyourhearing.”
Leader: ThisisthewordoftheLord. All: Thanks be to God!
