ORDER OF WORSHIP
JANUARY 14, 2024 10:30 AM
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
If you have individual prayer requests, please write them on prayer cards in the pews
and bring them up or give them to an usher during the prelude.
**Kindly stand if you are able
PRELUDE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (Adapted from Psalm 139)
Leader: O LORD, you have searched me and known me.
PEOPLE: You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.
Leader: You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my
ways.
PEOPLE: Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it completely.
Leader: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your
works; that I know very well.
PEOPLE: My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Leader: In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of
them as yet existed.
PEOPLE: How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of
them!
INVOCATION
God of deliverance, our arms are uplifted to your honor and our eyes are opened to behold your blessings. You are merciful in providing us this haven of faith; you are
caring and know our needs. Send forth your spirit, and touch all who worship before
you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
**OPENING HYMN “Here I Am, Lord” Blue #525
CALL TO CONFESSION
We try and try, and we somehow never try hard enough to fulfill God’s expectations and
or sometimes even our own. Let us confess our shortcomings together.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of loving kindness, we confess that we are not always attentive to you word or your
will. Forgive us our hardness of hearing and heart; open our ears and our souls to your
bidding. Help us to realize in our depths that that all goodness we possess comes from
you, and from the example of Christ. In his name we pray, Amen
(a moment for silent personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
Sisters and Brothers, we struggle and wrestle with our own shortcomings, but in coming
to our God they are forgiven by the grace of Jesus, Amen.
**GLORIA PATRI Red #805
**AFFIRMATIONOF FAITH. APOSTLES CREED (Adapted by John Redman)
I Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was born of a young peasant woman,
trained as a carpenter, and baptized by His cousin John. He taught many, He healed
many, and He angered many. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead,
and buried. He defeated death and He offers us grace and love in the name of God the
Father Almighty; from that time through all time to come. I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit; the universal Church of Christ; the Communion of sharing our gifts with
others; the forgiveness of our sins; the Grace of God’s love, and that each soul may
have life everlasting. Amen.
**HYMN OF PRAISE “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” Red #295
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Guide us, O God, by your Word, and Holy Spirit, that in your light we may see light, in
your truth find freedom, and in your will discover peace; through Christ our Lord, Amen
SCRIPTURE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT READING 1 Samuel 3:1-10 Debby and Paul Hill
EPISTLE READING 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
GOSPEL READING John 1:43-51
SERMON MESSAGE Come and See John Redman, CRE
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Gracious God, keep in our hearts all those whose names you already know and who
ask for healing in their own quiet ways, as we join together in our most sacred of sacraments, your Holy Communion.
COMMUNION HYMN: “Let Us Break Bread Together” RED #776
HOLY COMMUNION
Invitation to the Table
Communion Prayer of Thanksgiving
Words of Institution
Prayer after Communion
**PASSING OF THE PEACE
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
May what we offer here be of our own hearts and dedicated to the service of our faith
and our mission to others as they become the blessings and hope that others need and
pray for in their own lives. This we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
OFFERTORY “Thanks to God Whose Word Was Spoken”
**DOXOLOGY Traditional Red #809
PRAYER OF THANKS
Lord God, we thank you for these gifts. As we follow in faith, may we find ways to honor
you by giving of our treasure, our time and our talents to glorify you and our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.
**CLOSING HYMN “Lord, We Worship and Adore You” Red #832
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE:
Blessings!
John Redman, CRE
Mobile: (914) 474-0722
Union Church
44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh NY 12550
Phone: (845) 562-0954 Fax: (845) 562-0955
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