Order of Worship – January 28, 2024
Sunday, January 28, 2023
This is the 28th Day of 2024.
There are 338 days remaining in 2024.
Filled with the Holy Spirit,
we are a people of prayer
committed to love one another
and equipped to share Christ’s love throughout the world.
4th Sunday after Epiphany
Prelude:
Welcome & Announcements:
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Call to Worship: I Speak Jesus
Responsive Reading: Psalm 111
1Praise the LORD!
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
2Great are the works of the LORD,
studied by all who delight in them.
3Full of honor and majesty is his work,
and his righteousness endures forever.
4He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds;
the LORD is gracious and merciful.
5He provides food for those who fear him;
he is ever mindful of his covenant.
6He has shown his people the power of his works,
in giving them the heritage of the nations.
7The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.
8They are established forever and ever,
to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
9He sent redemption to his people;
he has commanded his covenant forever.
Holy and awesome is his name.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever.
Opening Hymn: Praise to the Lord, The Almighty Page 139
Verse 1
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear, now to temple draw near;
join me in glad adoration!
Verse 2
Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigning
bears thee on eagle’s wings, e’er in his keeping maintaining.
God’s care enfolds all, whose true good he upholds.
Hast thou not known his sustaining?
Verse 3
Praise to the Lord,
who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
who with his love doth befriend thee.
Verse 4
Praise to the Lord, who doth nourish thy life and restore thee;
fitting thee well for the tasks that are ever before thee.
Then to thy need God as a mother doth speed,
spreading the wings of grace o’er thee.
Verse 5
Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!
All that hath life and breath,
come now with praises before him!
Let the amen sound fro his people again;
gladly forever adore him.
Affirmation of Faith:
The Apostle’s Creed, Ecumenical Version..No. 882
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe 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, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living 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.
Gloria Patri…Page 70
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.
Praise: All Creatures of our God and King …
All creatures of our God and King
lift up your voice and with us sing
O praise Him alleluia
Thou burning sun with golden beam
thou silver moon with softer gleam
O praise Him
O praise Him
Alle-luia, alle-luia, alle-lu-ia
Thou rushing wind that art so strong
ye clouds that sail in Heav’n along
O praise Him alleluia
Thou rising moon in praise rejoice
ye lights of evening find a voice
O praise Him
O praise Him
Alle-luia alle-luia alle-lu-ia
Let all things their Creator bless
and worship Him in humbleness
O praise Him alleluia
Praise praise the Father praise the Son
and praise the Spirit three in One
O praise Him
O praise Him
Alle-luia alle-luia alle-lu-ia
All creatures of our God and King
lift up your voice and with us sing
O praise Him alleluia
Thou burning sun with golden beam
thou silver moon with softer gleam
O praise Him
O praise Him
Alle-luia, alle-luia, alle-lu – ia
O praise Him
O praise Him
Alle-luia, alle-luia, alle-lu – ia
Pastoral Prayer
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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 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.
Anthem: Silence, Frenzied, Unclean Spirit
Verse 1
“Silence, frenzied, unclean spirit!” Cried God’s healing Holy One. “Cease your ranting! Flesh can’t bear it. Flee as night before the sun.” At Christ’s words the demon trembled, from its victim madly rushed, while the crowed that was assembled stood in wonder, stunned and hushed.
Verse 2
Lord, the demons still are thriving in the gray cells of the mind: tyrant voices, shrill and driving, twisted thoughts that grip and bind, doubts that stir the heart to panic, fears distorting reason’s sight, guilt that makes our loving frantic, dreams that cloud the soul with fright.
Verse 3
Silence, Lord, the unclean spirit in our mind and in our heart; speak your word that when we hear it, all our demons shall depart. Clear our thoughts and calm our feeling; still the fractured warring soul. By the power of your healing make us faithful, true and whole.
By the power of your healing make us faithful, true and whole.
Offertory
Doxology:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
Children’s Moment & Song (When We Are Living)
Verse 1
When we are living,
it is in Christ Jesus,
and when we’re dying,
it is in the Lord.
Bothin our living
And in our dying,
We belong to God.
We belong to God.
Verse 2
Through all our liv – ing,
we our fruits must give.
Good works of service
are for offering.
Both in our living
and in our dying,
We belong to God.
We belong to God.
Verse 3
’Mid times of sorrow
and in times of pain,
when sensing beauty
or in love’s embrace,
whether we suffer,
or sing rejoicing,
We belong to God.
We belong to God.
Verse 4
Across this wide world,
we shall always find
those who are crying
with no peace of mind,
but when we help them,
or when we feed them,
We belong to God.
We belong to God.
Prayer for Illumination
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
Gospel Reading: Mark 1:21-28
21They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 22They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. 23Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, 24and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” 25But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” 26And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 27They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” 28At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.
Leader: The Word of God, for the people of God!
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
1Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge, 3but anyone who loves God is known by him.
4Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “no idol in the world really exists” and that “there is no God but one.” 5Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as in fact there are many gods and many lords—6yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
7It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8“Food will not bring us close to God.” We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do. 9But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 10For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? 11So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed. 12But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.
Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon:Moral Compass in an Idol World
Closing Hymn: Guide Me, O Thy Great Jehovah…No. 127
Verse 1
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
hold me with thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me till I want no more;
(want no more)
feed me till I want no more.
Verse 3
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside;
death of death and hell’s destruction,
land me safe on Canaan’s side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee;
(give to thee)
I will ever give to thee.
Filled Up and Poured Out
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