Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
January 29, 2017
Arts Sunday
We Gather as God’s People
Prelude & Preparation for Worship
Welcome & Call to Worship (insert)
*Opening Hymn: 486 There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
*Prayer of Invocation & Lord’s Prayer (#632 in hymnal)
*Greeting One Another in Christ
Heavenbound: Our God, by Redman, Myrin, Tomlin, and Reeves
We Proclaim God’s Word
Old Testament Reading: Micah 6:1-8 (insert)
Song: Redeemed, by Nicole Mullen
Unison Psalm Reading: Psalm 15 (insert)
Poem: “The Face of Christ,” from Under the Fig Tree: Visual Prayers and Poems for Lent, by Roger Hutchison
Epistle Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (insert)
Worship Choir
Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 (insert)
Hymn: #603 O How Blest Are the Poor in Spirit
Contemporary Reading: “Beatitudes,” from Whistling in the Dark: A Doubter’s Dictionary, by Frederick Buechner
Spirit Time: Time for those moved by the Holy Spirit in the moment to worship and praise God
We Respond to God’s Word
Sharing Celebrations & Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Organ Response
Invitation to the Offering
*Doxology (#809 in hymnal)
*Prayer of Dedication
*Organ Response
We Go Forth to Serve
*Closing Hymn: #603 O How Blest Are the Poor in Spirit
*Closing Pledge: #572 Responsive Act of Submission
*Benediction
Postlude
* Please stand as you are able.