Order of Worship at the Phippsburg Congregational Church (UCC)

Worship the Lord your God and serve only Him . . . 

 

Sunday, February 5, 2012   10:00 AM

 

          Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

 

The Ringing of the Church Bell

Words of Greeting and Announcements

Prelude and Lighting of the Altar Lights

            Nearer, Still Nearer                                             Ms. C. Morris

            Largo-Meditation                                                        D. Wells

Call to Worship                                                                Jacob Trapp

     One:  To worship is to stand in awe under a heaven of stars, before a flower, a leaf in sunlight or a grain of sand. 

     Many:  To worship is to work with dedication and with skill; it is to pause from work and listen to a strain of music. 

     One:  Worship is loneliness seeking communion; it is a thirsty land crying out for rain. 

     Many:  Worship is the mystery within us reaching out to the mystery beyond. It is an inarticulate silence yearning to speak; it

is the window of the moment open to the sky of the eternal.

* Hymn           God Will Take Care of You                    Hymn Booklet

Prayer of Invocation and Lord’s Prayer (trespasses)

     Our Father (Mother, Creator, God…), 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.  Amen.

Responsive Psalm                   Psalm 147:1-11

     One:  Praise God! 

     Many:  How good it is to sing praises to our God; for God is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.

     One:  God builds up Jerusalem; God gathers the outcasts of Israel.

     Many:  God heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

     One:  God determines the number of the stars; God gives to all of them their names.

     Many:  Great is our God, and abundant in power, whose understanding is beyond measure.

     One:  God lifts up the downtrodden; God casts the wicked to the ground.  Sing to God with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre.

     Many:  God covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, and makes grass grow on the hills.

     One:  God gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry.

     Many:  God has no delight in the strength of the horse, nor pleasure in the speed of a runner;

     but God takes pleasure in those who fear God, in those who hope in God's steadfast love.

     All:  Praise be to God!

* Gloria Patri (Sing the one that is in your heart)                

            A.  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost

                  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

                  World without end!  Amen.  Amen.

            B.  Glory to the Creator, the Christ, the Holy Spirit, Three in One,

                  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

                  World without end!  Amen.  Amen.

A Time For Young Christians    Wait Up!

Pastoral Prayer

May the Lord be with you

And also with you

Lift up your hearts

We lift them up unto the Lord

Let us give thanks to the Lord

It is right to give God thanks and praise

Offering         Leaning on the Everlasting Arms        arr. Showalter/Wells

* Doxology and Prayer of Dedication (Sing the one that is in your heart)

            A.  Praise God, from whom all blessings flow

                  Praise him all creatures here below

                  Praise him above ye heavenly host

                  Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.       

            B.  Praise God from whom all blessings flow

                  Praise God all creatures here below

                  Praise God for all that love has done

                  Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One.  Amen.    

Scripture Lessons

Hebrew Bible             Isaiah 40:21-31                                   539

Epistle                         1 Corinthians 9:16-23                         846

Gospel                         Mark 1:29-39                                       731

Meditation      Under the Milky Way Tonight        Rev. Mark D. Wilson 

* Hymn           Immortal Love, Forever Full                                      230

Sacrament      Eucharist, or Thanksgiving        

* Hymn           On Eagle’s Wings                                                    Insert

* Benediction                                                            

Extinguishing of the Altar Lights    Sanctus                     A.S. Cooper

Take the Light of Christ out into the world!

Postlude          Spirit of Praise                                             E.Broughton

  

  

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