Arts Sunday - January 29, 2017

Canton Community Baptist Church
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
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* Please stand as you are able.