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Second Sunday after Epiphany

Second Sunday after the Epiphany

January 17, 2021

(UberConference call 234-204-0311)

[Please be in a spirit of worship while you are on the phone call.  Your phone microphone is very sensitive; what seems quiet in the sanctuary sounds more like a like a thunderstorm or police siren on the phone.   Your phone or computer microphone can pick up a whisper or paper shuffling from five feet away.]

Prelude  

Announcements  

Call to Worship

One: From the waters of Creation, the earth sprang forth.
All: From the waters of a womb, God’s blessed Son was given to us.
One: From the waters of a river, people were baptized and marked as God’s Children
All: Praise be to God, whose loving gifts and presence have called us together.
One: Let us shout our love to God for God’s abundant love

Opening Prayer

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

Hymn                                          What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession (unison)

God whose spirit moved over the waters, you have washed us in your mercy, claimed us as your own, bound us in community, and called us to lives of baptismal grace. Forgive us, O God, for we have not lived as if we were your baptized people. We stumble over opportunities for forgiveness. We prioritize our own selfish interests. We ignore our neighbors’ suffering. Forgive us, O God, and by your forgiveness, lead us back to your waters of transformation.

Assurance of Pardon

Gloria Patri

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.

Passing the Peace of Christ 

ONE: Since Christ has extended to us the peace of God, let us, as his disciples, spread his peace to others. The peace of Christ be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
ONE: We are now going to check to see who is with us this morning as our way of sharing Christ’s peace. 

Prayer for Illumination

New Testament Lesson Acts 19:1-7

Special Music                           Blessed Be Your Name                     Covenant Choir                                

Gospel Lesson Mark 1:4-11

Message                                     He Will Baptize You

(Links for videos about Baptisms mentioned in the message: https://abcnews.go.com/US/kentucky-boy-baptizes-pastor-takes-long/story?id=41896466  https://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=1F10EMNU)

Hymn of Response                Baptized in Water

Affirmation of Faith             Selection from A Brief Statement of Faith

In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal.

Prayers of the People 

Musical Response

Stewardship Moment

Prayer of Thanksgiving for our Blessings

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

Closing Hymn                          Lift High the Cross

Benediction