Welcome to
Worshipping at: 4910-50 Ave. Today: Sunday, February 5, 2012 Epiphany 5 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: Never Ending Joy MV 40
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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We Open Our Hearts to God
Call to Prayer: Psalm 147
How good it is to sing praises to God,
How pleasant to laud the Most High.
You are building
and gathering the scattered exiles of
You are healing the broken-hearted,
and binding up their wounds.
You count the number of the stars,
and call them all by their names.
Great are you, O God, and mighty your power;
Yes, and your wisdom is infinite.
You raise up the lowly,
And bring down the wicked to dust.
(Source: VU pg. 869)
Hymn: Know That God Is Good MV 104
+ Lighting of the Christ Candle
Offering and Celebrations:
+Prayers Freely Offered
+The Prayer of Jesus VU 914
+Gifts Gratefully Received
♪Offertory Hymn: Kum Ba Yah
We Take God’s Word To Heart
Hymn: I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me VU 575
Prayers for the Journey
+ Let us pray for the strength we need to be
God’s people in the week ahead.
Communion
Declaration of Hope:
Christ is our journey.
Christ is our task.
Christ is our life. Amen
Closing Hymn: I’ve Got Peace Like a River VU 577
We Walk With God Into the World
Commissioning & Benediction
Three Fold Amen
Hymn: We Are Marching [Siyahamba] VU 646
Postlude
Something else to Ponder: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Learning Together:
+ Spirited Conversation with our Children
We Listen To God’s Word
Hymn: I Know Your Word MV 108
Prayer of Transformation & Renewal
Holy God, what is your yearning for us?
Here, in worship where new beginnings are made,
we listen in hope,
we listen in readiness,
we listen as pilgrims once again.
Amen
Scripture: The Gospel of Mark 1: 29-39
Jesus said, “Let us go to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came to do.”
And he went throughout
Something to Ponder: Faith and Courage For The Journey.
-By: Rev. Carolyn Nicholson-