Sunday January 14, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE  — Prayer from “Suite Gothique” — Leonard Boellmann
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“God doesn’t need your good works, but your neighbor does.” — Martin Luther         

CALL TO WORSHIP — based on Psalm 139: 7-10                                       
Where can we go from God’s spirit?
       If we ascend to heaven, God is there; if we make our bed in Sheol, God is there.
If we take the wings of morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
       Even there God’s hand shall lead us, and God’s right hand will hold us fast.

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #722 — Lord, Speak to Me that I May Speak — CANONBURY        
(*Please stand if you are able)         

CALL TO CONFESSION                                                                                                 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, you know us better than we know ourselves. You know our sins even before we confess. Your knowledge is wonderful, but also challenging. We’d much rather avoid painful truths and deny our role in wrongdoing. Help us face our failings so we can move forward in truth. Amen.

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION AND PETITION

KYRIE ELEISON (#434) — Restore in Us, O God — BAYLOR

ASSURANCE OF PARDON                  

*GLORIA PATRI (#447) — We Are Forgiven — WE ARE FORGIVEN

WELCOME               
During the welcome, children are invited to come forward for a time with Dr. Zieman

TIME FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON — Psalm 139: 1-12 — page 503 of the pew Bible
The Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER

JOYS AND CONCERNS

HYMN 735 — I Need Thee Every Hour — NEED

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.

ANTHEM                                         I Shall Know Him When He Comes Douglas Wagner                                          

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

THE GOSPEL LESSON — John 1: 43-51 — page 863 of the pew Bible
The Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God!

SERMON — “Come and See” — Dr. Zieman

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — Question 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism
Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death?

A. That I belong – body and soul, in life and in death – not to myself but to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ, who at the cost of his own blood has fully paid for all my sins and has completely freed me from the dominion of the devil; that he protects me so well that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, that everything must fit his purpose for my salvation. Therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.

*SANCTUS (#572) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Pavlechko)

RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — I Believe This Is Jesus — Victor C. Johnson

DOXOLOGY

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Holy God, these offerings are only a portion of all that you have given us. We gratefully present these gifts and entrust them to your work in this world. May our gifts share the good news of the gospel to those who are in need. May these gifts help unburden those with the heaviest of loads. Amen.

*HYMN OF DEDICATION #744 — Arise, Your Light Is Come! — FESTAL SONG

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*BENEDICTION RESPONSE — God Is Good — Gene Grier & Lowell Everson
(sung by the Choir)                              

POSTLUDE — Processional in G — John Stanley