MORE PEOPLE MORE LIKE CHRIST
9:00am/10:30am Services
January 26, 2025
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, January 26, 2025 9:00am & 10:30am
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP (from Micah 6:8)
Leader: What does the Lord require of you?
People: To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with our God.
Leader: Then let us follow Christ in all of life.
People: We strive to follow the Lord in all we do and say.
Leader: Let us seek the Lord in prayer.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN Crown Him with Many Crowns
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (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
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
O Spirit of God, too often we cut ourselves off from the power of Your presence, seeking fulfillment in everything but Your love. We know that You have given each of us gifts and abilities to help make our world a better place, but we often use them only for our own benefit. Teach us to work together and to appreciate each other’s abilities. We can change the world through Your power and gifts. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Leader: And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM
Go Ye into All the World Chancel Choir
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION
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
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Luke 9:1-6
Page 1475 Pew Bible
CARING
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.
*HYMN
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SCRIPTURE
SERMON
John 20:19-23 Page 1547 Pew Bible
“Like Christ in Service” Rev. Jim Noble
*HYMN Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE
