A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS: We extend a warm welcome from Bethel Presbyterian Church! We invite you to participate in signing the Friendship Folders adding your name and address and if you desire a church newsletter or a pastoral call. When we pray the Lord s Prayer, we say sins sin against us rather than debts... or trespasses Prayer requests can be noted on the cards provided in the pew racks. Please put those in the offering plate.
The Service for the Lord s Day Bethel Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Communion Sunday / 5 th Sunday after Epiphany February 4, 2018-11:00 AM * Indicates congregation standing if able. Congregational responses indicated in bold. GATHERING AND GREETING OF GOD S PEOPLE Welcome and Announcements Please sign the Friendship Pad found in your pew, passing it down the pew then back. Prelude I WILL ARISE AND GO TO JESUS Southern Folk Melody Call to Worship (L = Leader, P = People) L: Have we not known? Have we not heard? P: Has it not been told to us since the beginning? L: Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; P: they shall mount up with wings like eagles; L: they shall run and not be weary; P: they shall walk and not faint. Prayer of Invocation Let us pray: Gracious God, you call us to follow Christ and spread the good news of your love for all people. Help us to become all things to all people that we might reach many with your good news. Amen. * Hymn No. 327 FROM ALL THAT DWELL BELOW THE SKIES * Call to Confession We fool ourselves if we think that our ways are hidden from God. Therefore let us confess our sin, trusting in the mercy of God our Maker.
* Corporate Prayer of Confession God, you are everlasting, the creator of all that is. Your understanding is beyond measure. We confess to you that we have sinned against you and our neighbors. In your compassion, forgive us, for we place our hope in your steadfast love. (silent and personal confession) Amen. * Sung Response No. 414 BE STILL AND KNOW Psalm 46 Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God. * Declaration of Forgiveness Praise the Lord! Our God heals the brokenhearted and binds up our wounds. God takes pleasure in those who place their trust in God s grace. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. * Sung Response No. 585 GLORY TO GOD MACHU-PICHU (Verse 1 Sung in call and response pattern) Children s Moment THE WORD Choral Anthem A COMMUNION MEDITATION by N. Price & D. Besig Prayer for Illumination Let us pray: Holy God, speak to us what has been told from the beginning, your Word that is the foundation of the world. Amen.
Readings from Holy Scripture Wisdom Psalm 147:1-11, 20c (Praise for God s Care ) Pg. 549 Epistle Isaiah 40:21-31 (God s People Are Comforted) Pg. 628 Gospel Mark 1:29-39 (Jesus Heals Many at Simon s House) Pg. 33 Sermon: Calling Them Up RESPONSE TO THE WORD * Affirmation of Faith Apostles Creed Hymnal pg. 35 * Hymn No. 797 WE CANNOT MEASURE HOW YOU HEAL (sung to O Waly Waly tune) THE EUCHARIST Call to Offering Let us give thanks to God by giving our tithes and offerings. Offertory * Hymn No. 606 PRAISE GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW * Prayer of Thanksgiving Let us pray: We sing to you, God, with thanksgiving, making melody to you with our praise. Use these gifts to spread your gospel near and far, for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen. Invitation to the Lord s Table They shall come from East and West, from North and South and sit together at Table in the Kingdom of God. We come today witnessing to what is possible with God. Everyone is welcome to this Table, to this meal that has been prepared for us. Everyone is welcome to eat, be nourished and strengthened in the journey of faith.
Great Thanksgiving (L = Leader, P = People) L: Let us pray. The Lord be with you. P: And also with you. L: Lift up your hearts. P: We lift them up to the Lord. L: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. P: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Mighty God of Moses and Elijah, you come to us in a whirlwind of mystery, a swirling tempest, a devouring fire. Yet you come to us speaking faithfulness and mercy, shining light in our darkness, offering forgiveness for our sin. Therefore we praise you, joining the hymn of the six-winged seraphs, who cover their faces as they sing: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. We give you thanks for Jesus Christ, the light of the world shining at the dawn of creation, shining in our hearts this day with a splendor that overshadows all the beauty of heaven and earth. In his face we have seen your glory; through his words we have heard your truth; by his living and dying and rising we have come to know the height and breadth and depth of your great love.
With thanksgiving, we remember the bread of life taken, blessed, broken, and given that we might be holy and whole. With thanksgiving, we remember the cup of salvation your new covenant of grace, poured out in love for the world. Remembering your faithfulness and mercy as we share this bread and cup, we offer ourselves in your service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. Now let us share in your Holy Spirit poured out in this place, for these people, upon this bread and cup. By your Spirit, make us one people one in the promise of Moses, one in the prophecy of Elijah, as we seek to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord. Let our lives shine with Christ s light a blessing of joy to the living, a beacon of hope to the dying, the dawning of a new creation. All this we pray to you, O God, through the gift of your Spirit and in the grace of your Word, to the glory of your holy name. Amen. The Lord s Prayer (sins/ sin against us) Words of Institution Distribution of the Elements
Prayer after Communion Let us pray. O God we have shared the bread and the cup. Take us out to live as changed people because we have eaten of the Living Bread and cannot remain the same. Ask much of us, expect much from us, encourage many through us. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen. THE SENDING FORTH * Hymn No. 795 HEALER OF OUR EVERY ILL TEXT & MUSIC: Marty Haugen * Charge Let us spread the gospel free of charge. * Blessing May the Spirit of Jesus take your hand and lift you up so that you may be of service to others. * Benediction Response No. 545 SONG OF SIMEON LAND OF REST This is the Sav-ior of the world, the Gen-tiles prom-ised light, God s glo-ry dwell-ing in our midst, the joy of Is-ra-el. * Postlude