Sunday February 9, 2025 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude — Prelude on “Thaxted” — arr. Michael Helman
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation
“Lord, give us weak eyes for things of little worth, and eyes clearsighted in all of your Truth.” — Soren Kierkegaard

Call to Worship
All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord,
       For they have heard the words of your mouth.\
They shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
       For great is the glory of the Lord.
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly;
       But the haughty he perceives from far away.
Do not forsake the work of the Lord’s hands,
       For his steadfast love endures forever – let us worship God!

Praise and Adoration

*Opening Hymn #170 — You Walk Along Our Shoreline — TUNE                         
(*Please stand, if you are able)

Confession and Pardon

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession
Gracious and Loving God, You speak to us in so many ways: in gracious opportunity and sacred fellowship; in ancient commandments and steadfast love. Your Word is more than the language we hear and the letters we see. You are always calling us to something new. And yet we convolute or ignore Your holy call. Forgive us, Lord. Help us to get it right.  Help us not to miss the boat.

Silent Prayers of Confession and Petition

Kyrie Eleison (#434) — Restore in Us, O God — BAYLOR

Assurance of Pardon

*Gloria Patri (#581) — GLORIA PATRI (Greatorex)

*Welcome    

Announcements

Moment for Mission — Chris Voss, — Deacons’ Blood Drive

Fellowship of Prayer

Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People
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.

Proclamation of God’s Word

Scripture Lesson — Luke 5:1-11 — page 836 of the pew Bible

Sermon — “Pardon the Interruption” — Rev. Garry

Prayer

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — Acclamation in G Minor — Karen Thompson

The Sacrament of Holy Communion
The elders will serve you in the pews.  All baptized Christians are invited to partake. 
We ask that you hold on to the piece of bread or the cup until all have been served, so that we may partake as one body. 

Invitation to the Lord’s Table

Prayer

*Affirmation of Faith — The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Sanctus — Holy, Holy, God Almighty — DIVINUM MYSTERIUM                                                               

The Words of Institution

Serving of the Bread                
The pastors will walk down the aisles with gluten–free bread.

Anthem — How Beautiful Twila Paris; arr. R. Lyndel Littleton
How beautiful the hands that served the wine and the bread and the children of earth.
How beautiful the feet that walked the long dusty roads and the hill to the cross.
How beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ.

Serving of the Cup of the New Covenant

*Prayer of Dedication
Gracious and Loving God, we know that you are the source of all goodness in this world. Just as you have given to us, we give back to you. We pray that those who are blessed by our tithes and offerings see Your hands at work, and not our own. In all our labor we pray that Your will be done. Amen.

*Closing Hymn #451 — Open My Eyes, That I May See — TUNE

*Charge and Benediction                              

Postlude — Minuetto   — G.F. Handel; arr. Jean Pasquet