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Transfiguration of the Lord
02/15/2025 - 10:30 pm
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CENTERING MUSIC “Bluebird” Alexis French
MOMENT OF HOPE
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: It’s about Jesus… Jesus who says, Follow me. It’s about faith and following; it’s about the Truth that sets us free. It’s not about our accomplishments; it’s about his word and our faith. It’s about having the eyes to see the Way; it’s about having the ears to hear the Truth; it’s about having the hearts to live the Life, that Life abundant that Jesus promises. It’s about Jesus, the Way, the Truth, the Life.
*HYMN #193 Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain vs. 1-3
Jesus, take us to the mountain, where, with Peter, James, and John,
we are dazzled by your glory, light as blinding as the sun.
There prepare us for the night by the vision of that sight.
What do you want us to see there, that your close companions saw?
Your divinity revealed there fills us with the self-same awe.
Clothed in flesh like ours you go, matched to meet our deadliest foe.
What do you want us to hear there, that your dear disciples heard?
Once again the voice from heaven says of the Incarnate Word,
“Listen, listen, everyone: this is my beloved Son.”
PRAYER CONFESSING OUR NEED FOR GOD’S GRACE
It’s about Jesus… but sometimes we don’t have the eyes to see him, or the ears to hear the radical announcement of peace on earth. We don’t have the hearts to believe that the blind can see, the deaf can hear, the lame can walk, the oppressed can go free. We don’t believe there is good news for the poor. We’ve forgotten the Wonder.
MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER
SONG OF RENEWAL #155 Raise a Song of Gladness
Raise a song of Gladness, peoples of the earth.
Christ has come, bringing peace, joy to every heart.
Alleluia, alleluia, joy to every heart!
Alleluia, alleluia, joy to every heart!
CELEBRATION OF GOD’S GRACE
Today we celebrate the persistence, the patience and the love of the God who continues to send us Wonder and who continues to call us to be the people of Christ! Thanks be to God! Amen.
*PASSING THE PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
People: And with you also.
Leader: Let us pass the peace of Christ.
People: The peace of Christ be with you. (To one another)
ANTHEM “Ain’a That Good News!” Traditional Spiritual
Arr. Victor Johnson
BLESSING THE CHILDREN AND SINGING TO GODLY PLAY
This Little Light of Mine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!
Today’s Story “Jesus in the Wilderness”
Kathleen Krentz & Peter Cloven
Leader: And as we continue our worship…
Congregation: May God be with you there.
Children: May God be with you here.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Leader: God in your Grace,
People: Hear our prayer
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
As we pray together the Lord's Prayer, you are invited to say this in whatever version is most comforting and meaningful to you. Here is one possible version (ecumenical version) that you can use:
Our Father, who is in heaven, holy be your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS Psalm 27:1-4
John 9:1-14
Matthew 17:1-13
RESPONSE
Reader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION, from Psalm 19 - responsively
Pastor: May the words of my mouth
People: And the meditations of our hearts
All: Be acceptable in your sight, O Lord,
Our rock and our redeemer. Amen.
SERMON Transfiguration of the Church Pastor Barbara
MOMENT FOR QUIET REFLECTION
*HYMN OF REFLECTION #189 O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair
O wondrous sight, O vision fair of glory that the church shall share,
Which Christ upon the mountain shows, where brighter than the sun he glows!
From age to age the tale declare, how with the three disciples there,
Where Moses and Elijah meet, the Lord holds converse high and sweet.
The law and prophets there have place, Two chosen witnesses of grace;
The Father’s voice from out the cloud proclaims his only Son aloud.
With shining face and bright array Christ deigns to manifest today
what glory shall be theirs above who joy in God with perfect love.
And faithful hearts are raised on high by this great vision’s mystery,
For which in joyful strains we raise the voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.
MOMENT OF THANKS
OFFERING OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God whose breath fills all the earth
Whose love reveals our sacred worth
Whose Spirit forms one family
Whose grace brings peace and harmony. Amen.
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Today we will remember the astounding Wonder and Mystery of Holiness of our God who calls us to love one another, all the one anothers. And the truth will set us free to dance our faith. And our children will never know that it could have been otherwise!
Amen.
*CLOSING HYMN #192 Lord, the Light of Your Love is Shining vs. 1,3
Lord, the light of your love is shining, in the midst of the darkness, shining;
Jesus, light of the World, shine upon us; set us free by the truth you now bring us.
Shine on me; shine on me.
Refrain:
Shine, Jesus, shine; fill this land with the Father’s glory.
Blaze, Spirit, blaze; set our hearts on fire.
Flow, river, flow; flood the nations with grace and mercy.
Send forth your word, Lord, and let there be light.
As we gaze on your kingly brightness, so our faces display your likeness;
Ever changing from glory to glory, mirrored here may our lives tell your story.
Shine on me; shine on me.
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE “The King of All Kings” Stuart Hamblen