Sunday January 25, 2026 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

Worship and the Annual Meeting of the Congregation

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude — Rhosymedre — Ralph Vaughan Williams
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation
“The leaders of the future are the learners, not the experts, of today.” — Tod Bolsinger, Canoeing the Mountains

Call to Worship — from Psalm 27
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
       The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
One thing I asked of the Lord; this I seek:
       To live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”
       We gather in the presence of God. Let us open our hearts and minds in worship.

Praise and Adoration

*Opening Hymn #757 — Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples — KINGSFOLD               
(*Please stand, if you are able)

Confession and Pardon

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession
Gracious God, we are far from the people you have called us to be. We are mired in self-centeredness, seeing things only in terms of how they relate to us and our happiness. Turn our hearts, bent as they are towards ourselves, out to the world around us. Make us more concerned with others, with their welfare and happiness, leaving our own concerns to you, O God. Forgive us for our mistakes and make us anew in your image, we pray.  

Silent Prayers of Confession and Petition

Kyrie Eleison #551 — Lord, Have Mercy — LAND OF REST                                                  

Assurance of Pardon

*Congregational Response (#581) — Glory Be to the Father — GLORIA PATRI (Greatorex)

Welcome                  
During the welcome, those from last week’s New Members’ Discussion are invited to come forward.

Reception of New Members — Earlene Uhrig, elder — Co-Moderator of the Membership Committee
Joining today are Cory and Shannon Flint, Mollie Husman, Andy Husman, Millicent Myres, and Lisa Worrall

Announcements

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 — Matthew 4: 12-23 — page 785 of the pew Bible

Sermon — ”The Whole Gospel for the Whole Person” — Dr. Zieman

Our Response to God’s Word

*Affirmation of Faith — 1 Timothy 3:16
“Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great: Jesus was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.”  This is the story of our faith, and it fills us with hope.  Thanks be to God!  Amen.

*Sanctus (#562) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Schubert)

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — Will You Come and Follow Me? — Tom Trenney
Please join the choir for the final verse.

Lord, your summons echoes true when you but call my name,
Let me turn and follow you and never be the same.
In your company I’ll go where your love and footsteps show.
Thus I’ll move and live and grow in you and you in me.

*Doxology (#607) — “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” — OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise Christ, all people here below;
praise Holy Spirit evermore; praise Triune God, whom we adore.  Amen.

*Prayer of Dedication
Holy God, we have received from your gracious hand abundance upon abundance, grace upon grace. Accept these offerings, we pray, bless them and multiply them, that through these gifts we might see your kingdom at work among us. We pray all these things through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Annual Meeting of the Congregation (see packet)
Elections
Reports

*Hymn of Dedication #318 — In Christ There Is No East or West — ST. PETER

*Charge and Benediction                              

Postlude — Festive Trumpet Tune — David German