The Lord’s Day Service of Worship
For Epiphany 2010
Church Year Day: First Sunday after Epiphany
†CALL TO WORSHIP & PROCESSIONAL (†The congregation standing)
The Lectionary Psalm of the Day (Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18)
Minister: Congregation of the Lord, Arise, shine; For your
light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.
Congregation: Let us ascend to the heavenly City in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Amen.
†Processional Hymn
(p. 220, vss 1-4)
How Lovely Shines the Morning Star!
Minister: The Lord be with you!
Congregation: And Also with you!
Minister: I will also make You a light of the nations!
Congregation: So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
CONFESSION (The congregation
is invited to kneel through the Declaration of Absolution.)
Unison: ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honor and glory of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
ABSOLUTION
Minister: Lift up your heads and hear the good news! I proclaim the Word of Jesus, “I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.” (John 12:46) This same Jesus died for you, believe this and look to Him for forgiveness and life, believing this. . . Therefore, I declare that your sins are forgiven in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Congregation: Thanks be to God. Our sins are forgiven in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Minister: “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.” . . . Therefore, stand in His presence, knowing your acceptance in the Savior. “His glory will appear upon you.”
Congregation: “And nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. Amen.”
†Ascension Hymn (p. 252) Arise and Shine in Splendor
†Collect for First Sunday after Epiphany
Unison: O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE LESSON - 1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20)
Reader: The Word of the Lord. Congregation: Thanks be to God.
PSALM (Psalm 29, p. 53)
THE EPISTLE -
1 Corinthians 6:12-20Reader: The Word of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God.
PSALM (Psalm 131, p. 169)
THE GOSPEL - John 1:43-51
Reader: The Gospel of Christ! Congregation: Praise be to You, O Christ!
†THE CREED
Unison: We believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made; being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made: who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man: and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father: and He shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And we believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spake by the Prophets: and we believe in one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church: We acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: and we look for the Resurrection of the dead: and the Life of the world to come. Amen.
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Gloria Patri (p. 436)
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON
Epiphany (Matthew) Dr. Gregg Strawbridge, PastorPASTORAL PRAYER
From the Benedictus of Zacharius
Minister: Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His
people . . . And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His
servant David.
Congregation: O Lord, remember your merciful promises to us.
Minister: To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy
covenant, . . . the oath which He swore to our father Abraham.
Congregation: O Lord, remember your merciful promises to us.
Minister: To grant that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies . . .
might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all the
days of our life.
Congregation: O Lord, remember your merciful promises to us.
Minister: Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on
high has visited us . . . To give light to those who sit in darkness and the
shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Congregation: O Lord, remember your merciful promises to us. Amen.
OFFERTORY We offer ourselves through tithes and offerings.
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†PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
THE EUCHARIST*
The Sursum CordaMinister: Lift up your hearts.
Congregation: We lift them up unto the Lord.
Minister: Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
Congregation: It is good and right so to do.
Minister: It is very
meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all
places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God. [Preface for
the Church Year Season from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer]
[[Preface for Epiphany] THROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord;
who, in substance of our mortal flesh, manifested forth his glory; that he might
bring us out of darkness into his own glorious light.
Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of
heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and
saying,
Congregation: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy
glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen.
Words of Institution and Epiclesis
Minister: In the night in which He was betrayed, Jesus took bread and gave
thanks.
Let us pray. Blessed are you, Lord God, King of Creation who gives seed to the
sower and bread to the eater (Is. 55:11). Through your goodness we have received
this bread, which the earth has given and human hands have made, and through
Your surpassing mercy You have given us the bread of life. Blessed be God for
ever. Amen.
The Fraction of the Bread
THE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, preserve your body and soul unto everlasting
life.
After the same manner also, after supper, Jesus took the cup, and gave thanks.
Let us pray. Blessed are you, Lord God, King of Creation who brings forth food
from the earth and wine which makes the heart of man glad (Psalm 104:14-15).
Through your goodness we have received this wine, fruit of the vine and work of
human hands, and through Your surpassing mercy You have given us the blood of
Your son. Blessed be God for ever. Amen.
The Pouring of the Wine
THE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for you, preserve your body
and soul unto everlasting life.
Minister: The gifts of God for the people of God. [The
congregration is received at the rail for communion.]
Eucharist Psalms & Hymns - Psalm 42 (76), Psalm 62
(90), Lift Up Your Heads (224),
()
Minister: Almighty God, You gave the true
bread that came down from heaven, even Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord: Grant
that we who have received this sacrament of His Body and Blood. May abide in
Him, and He is us, That we may be filled with the power of His endless life, And
serve Him with gladness and thanksgiving forever. Amen.
†BENEDICTION
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant, To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear. May these blessings of the Triune God be with you now and ever!
Congregation: Thanks be to God!
†RECESSIONAL HYMN Hymn (p. 220, vss 5-7) How Lovely Shines the Morning Star!
Lord, bid Your
servant go in peace, Your word is now fulfilled.
These eyes have seen salvation’s dawn, This child so long foretold.
This is the Savior of the world, The Gentiles promised light.
God’s glory dwelling in our midst. The joy of Israel.
POSTLUDE
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ALL HYMNS AND PSALMS FROM THE CANTUS CHRISTI HYMNAL (unless otherwise designated).
All Saints’ Calendar
Men’s Study on First Timothy dates: January 24 at 7 am, Oregon Dairy
Women's Study on Revelation: January 17 & 31 (8 am).
Redemptive Calendar & Liturgy - We recognize the historic Church calendar, interpreting and commemorating seasons and days in the light of the Scriptures. Advent season includes the four Sundays prior to Christmas. For more information on the Church Year, view our web site.
*The Lord’s Supper or Eucharist ("thanksgiving") is open to all baptized Christians not censured from the Table by formal church discipline.
Our service is based upon a Reformed reading of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer which is an American formulation of English Reformed liturgy. Hence our principles of liturgy are Biblical, Reformed, and Historical.
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