ORDER OF WORSHIP THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. *HYMN O God Beyond All Praising THAXTED

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1 ORDER OF WORSHIP THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY *HYMN O God Beyond All Praising THAXTED January 21, :00 a.m. The beginning of the opening voluntary is a call to silent, personal meditation. Please silence all electronic devices as we prepare our hearts and minds to worship God. OPENING VOLUNTARY Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne Dieterich Buxtehude ( ) INTROIT How brightly beams the Morning Star! What sudden radiance from afar doth glad us with its shining, brightness of God that breaks our night and fills the darken d souls with light who long for truth were pining! Thy Word, Jesu, only feeds us, rightly leads us, life bestowing; praise, oh praise such love o erflowing. Dirk Janszoon Sweelinck ( ) CALL TO WORSHIP For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from God. God alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress I shall not be shaken. Let us worship God!

2 PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of the prophets, you call us from evil to serve you. Fulfill in us your commonwealth of justice and joy, that the light of your presence may be revealed to all nations, to the glory of Jesus name. *THE PEACE As a forgiven people, let us share Christ s peace with one another. The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS KYRIE ELEISON Kile Smith (b. 1956) PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Great and gracious God, grant us wisdom to perceive you, intelligence to understand you, diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you, eyes to see you, a heart to receive you, and a life to proclaim you, through him who has come that we may know you, even Jesus Christ. Amen. OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Jonah 1:1-5, 11-12, 15, 17; 3:1-10 (p. 859) PSALTER Psalm 62:6-8, PLAINSONG Choir: PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL *GLORIA PATRI Smith For God alone my soul in silence waits; truly, my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken. In God is my safety and my honor; God is my strong rock and my refuge.

3 Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no empty pride; though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it. God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, that power belongs to God. Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, for you repay everyone according to his deeds. *HYMN Jesus Calls Us GALILEE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Mark 1:14-20 (p. 35) CHILDREN S MOMENT HYMN (seated) During the organ introduction, children through fifth grade may process to the Chapel to meet for the Gathering. TALLIS CANON Words: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1852 Music: W.H. Jude, 1887 Go with us, Lord, and guide the way, Through this and every coming day, That in your Spirit strong and true, Our lives may be our gift to you. SERMON Second Chances: Austin Crenshaw Shelley Because There s No Place Like Tarshish The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, Get up, go to Nineveh Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God Jonah 3:1 Mark 1:14 PRAYERS The Lord be with you, And with your spirit. Let us pray. O Lord show thy mercy upon us, And grant us thy salvation. O God, make clean our hearts within us, And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Prayers concluding with the 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. OFFERING

4 OFFERTORY ANTHEM Dear Lord and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind, in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard beside the Syrian sea the gracious calling of the Lord, let us, like them, without a word rise up and follow thee. Drop thy still dews of quietness, till all our strivings cease; take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace. Charles Hubert Hastings Parry ( ) Breathe through the heats of our desire thy coolness and thy balm; let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm. *HYMN All My Hope on God is Founded MICHAEL *DOXOLOGY Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise God, all creatures here below, Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! LASST UNS ERFREUEN *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated on the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, the life of the world to come. Amen.

5 *BENEDICTION CLOSING VOLUNTARY Fugue in C Buxtehude *Congregation standing In Memoriam Jane Connington Elliott July 30, 1929 January 14, 2018 LEADING WORSHIP: Brian D. Russo, Austin Crenshaw Shelley, and Cassie Paulk; MUSIC: Gallery Choir; Daniel Spratlan, Conductor; and Ken Lovett, Organist GREETERS: DeCaro Elders: Jeffrey Podraza and Kevin Welsh; Deacons: Diane Cornely and Allison USHERS: William Cobb, Team #3 Leader; Robert Bausman; Peter Cooke; B. Graeme Frazier; and Douglas Olson FLOWER GUILD: Joan Demme and Grace Stewart Flowers in the chancel are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Stanley W. Root and Henrietta B. Root; Helen M. Brown; and Stanley W. Root, Jr. by their family. MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS: Hymns, anthems and texts reproduced with permission CCLI. License #: OneLicense.net #: License # , copied with permission.