First Sunday After Epiphany 1.9.22 - Order Of Worship
FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
ORDER OF WORSHIP
1.9.22 10:30 AM
Zoom Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/607990439
Meeting ID: 607 990 439
Meeting Teleconferencing Number: (301) 715-8592
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Welcome & Announcements
Please continue to pray for Rev. Joseph Oh’s recovery, and for Rev. Deborah Oh’s family
Prelude
Abide With Me (700)
Lighting Of The Candles
Call To Worship
Liturgist: Ascribe to the Lord, glory and strength. Worship the Lord in holy splendor.
Congregation: The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of glory thunders over the mighty waters.
L: When you pass through the waters, the Lord will be with you.
C: And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.
L: The Lord is enthroned over the flood. The Lord sits upon the throne forever.
C: The Lord gives strength to all the people! May the Lord bless all the people with peace!
Opening Hymn
O Spirit Of The Living God (539)
Opening Prayer
Pastor John Oh
Hymn
Blessed Be The God Of Israel (209)
Invitation To Offering
Liturgist (Melinda Songco)
Offering
Give Online/AmazonSmile link: missioncommunityumc.org/give
Musical Offering
I Love You Lord
Piano: Nathan Stephens
Doxology
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (95)
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
*Prayer Of Dedication
Liturgist
Prayer For Illumination
Liturgist
*Scripture
Acts 8:14-17 , Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 (NIV)
14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God,
they sent Peter and John to them.
15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
16 (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them;
they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).
17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John,
whether he might be the Messiah,
16 John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water;
but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
17 His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,
the heaven was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove.
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Hymn
When Jesus Came To Jordan (252)
Today’s Message
Come! Be Baptized!
Rev. Lincoln Galloway
Consecration Hymn
Come Be Baptized (FWS 2252)
Reaffirmation Of The Baptismal Covenant
Renunciation Of Sin And Profession Of Faith
Pastor: And, so I ask you, will you turn away from the powers of sin and death?
Congregation: We renounce the spiritual forces of wickedness,
reject the evil powers of this world, and repent of our sin!
P: Will you let the Spirit use you as prophets to the powers that be?
C: We accept the freedom and power God gives us to resist evil, injustice,
and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves!
P: Will you proclaim the good news and live as disciples of Jesus Christ, His body on earth?
C: We accept and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.
We put our whole trust in God’s grace, and we promise to serve God,
who in Christ has opened the church to people of all ages, nations, and races!
P: Will you be living witnesses to the gospel, individually and together,
wherever you are, and in all that you do?
C: We will remain faithful members of Christ’s holy church
and serve as Christ’s representatives in the world.
P: Will you receive and profess the Christian faith
as contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments?
C: We affirm and teach the faith of the whole church as we put our trust in God, our Creator,
in Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, and in the Holy Spirit, our Sustainer, one God, now and forever.
P: The Spirit of the Lord is with us.
C: Even so, come Lord Jesus!
P: Let us pray.
Almighty God, the life you birthed in us by baptism into Jesus Christ will never die.
Your justice never fails. Your mercy is everlasting.
C: Your healing river flows. Your Spirit blows where you will.
We are dry and thirsty, O God. Come, refresh us!
P: Come upon us, Holy Spirit!
C: Come upon us, Holy Spirit!
P: Come upon these waters.
C: Come upon these waters.
P: Let these waters be to us drops of Your mercy.
C: Let these waters remind us of Your righteousness and justice.
P: Most Holy God!
C: Glory to You!
P: Jesus Christ, our brother!
C: Glory to You!
P: Spirit of fire, Spirit over the waters, Spirit of holiness!
C: Glory to You!
P: Eternal God, one in three and three in one!
C: All glory is Yours, now and forever. Amen!
All: Remember that you are baptized, and rejoice!
Closing Hymn
Wash O God Our Sons And Daughters (605)
*Sending Forth
*Benediction
Rev. Lincoln Galloway
*Postlude
Here O Lord I See Thee (623)
*(Please stand as able, in body or in spirit)