Welcome to
Worshipping at: 4910-50 Ave. Today: Sunday, February 19, 2012 The Transfiguration Minister: Rev. Carolyn Nicholson Pianist: Jan Swanson
Growing with God
in our Community”
We Gather for Worship
Everyone who arrives here today counts as
belonging to God’s worldwide family of faith.
Whether we are many or whether we are few,
we have all been brought together by God.
May God bless you as we worship together today!
Prelude
Gathering Hymn: Come All You People MV 2
Welcome & Announcement
+ We greet each person as a welcome guest.
The Peace of Christ be with you!
And also with you
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Call to Prayer: Psalm 50
God, the Almighty, has spoken,
and summoned the world
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
God shines out from
Before you, God, runs a consuming fire,
and a mighty tempest rages about you.
You call on the heavens above,
and on the earth below,
to witness the judgment of your people;
“Gather my people before me,
the people who made covenant with me by sacrifice.”
The heavens proclaim your justice,
for you yourself are judge.
[Source VU 775]
Hymn: Teach me, God to Wonder VU 299
+ Lighting of the Christ Candle
Offering and Celebrations:
+Prayers Freely Offered
The Prayer of Jesus VU 914
+Gifts Gratefully Received
♪Offertory Hymn: Know That God Is Good MV 104
Minute for
Learning Together:
+ Spirited Conversation with our Children
We Listen To God’s Word
Hymn: Behold, I Make all Things New MV 115
Prayer of Transformation & Renewal
Holy God, by your Spirit make these ancient stories
and words come alive for us;
help us to see in them both our own selves and those we encounter each and every day.
Open us to your will for our lives through the stories of those who lived long ago.
Holy God, what is your yearning for us?
Here, in worship where new beginnings are made,
we listen in readiness,
we listen as pilgrims once again.
Amen
Scripture: The Gospel of Mark 9:2-9
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them.
Something to Ponder: It Is Good For Us To be Here
-By: Rev. Carolyn Nicholson-
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We Take God’s Word To Heart
Hymn: Jesus on the Mountain Peak VU 102
Prayers for the Journey
+ Let us pray for the strength we need to be
God’s people in the week ahead.
Declaration of Hope:
Christ is our journey.
Christ is our task.
Christ is our life. Amen
Closing Hymn: Jesus Loves Me VU 365
We Walk With God Into the World
Commissioning & Benediction
Three Fold Amen
Hymn: We Are Marching [Siyahamba] VU 646
Postlude
Something else to Ponder:
The mountaintops are God’s gift to us. They give us perspective; they broaden our vision; they show us the enchantment and the precious quality of our world. But the valleys are where the action is, and where the people of God need to be. [Source AHA]
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