SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
4th Sunday after Epiphany
January 30th, 2022 Ten Thirty in the morning
Minister: The Reverend Aaron Ochart
Liturgist: Margaret Corcoran
Please silence all cell phones.
Face masks are encouraged for all participants unless leading worship.
Bold face indicates congregational participation.
* Please stand, in body or spirit
GATHERING
WORDS OF WELCOME
PRELUDE Cathedral Suite – Prelude by Gordon Young
ADORATION
CALL TO WORSHIP Micah 6:8
ONE: What does the Holy One require of us?
MANY: To be just, kind, and humble before God.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
God of life, Shower us in your living water, bringing us to new life, fresh and clean. Walk with us as we share the knowledge of your living water with others, so that all might live. Amen.
*HYMN 419 “How Clear is Our Vocation Lord”
1 How clear is our vocation, Lord, When once we heed Your call:
To live according to Your word, And daily learn, refreshed, restored,
That You are Lord of all And will not let us fall.
2 But if, forgetful, we should find Your yoke is hard to bear,
If worldly pressures fray the mind And love itself cannot unwind
Its tangled skein of care: Our inward life repair.
3 We mark Your saints, how they became In hindrances more sure,
Whose joyful virtues put to shame The casual way we wear Your name,
And by our faults obscure Your power to cleanse and cure.
4 In what You give us, Lord, to do, Together or alone,
In old routines or ventures new, May we not cease to look to You–
The cross You hung upon– All You endeavored done.
CONFESSION
CALL TO CONFESSION
SILENT CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of glory, you sent Jesus among us as the light of the world, to reveal your love for all people. We confess that our sin and pride hide the brightness of your light. We turn away from the poor; we ignore cries for justice; we do not strive for peace. In your mercy, cleanse us of our sin, and pour out the gifts of your Spirit, that forgiven and renewed, we may show forth your glory shining in the face of Jesus Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*GLORIA PATRI #579
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end, Amen, Amen.
PROCLAMATION
FIRST LESSON Psalm 42
As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”
These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I went with the throng,
and led them in procession to the house of God,
with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,
a multitude keeping festival.
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
at the thunder of your cataracts;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?”
As with a deadly wound in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.
MESSAGE FOR THE CHILDREN “Planting Seeds of God’s Love”
ANTHEM “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light”
I want to walk as a child of the light. I want to follow Jesus.
God set the stars to give light to the world. The light of my life is Jesus.
In him there is no darkness at all. The night and the day are both alike.
The Lamb is the light of the city of God. Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.
I want to see the brightness of God. I want to look at Jesus.
Clear Sun of righteousness, shine in my path,
and show me the way to the Father.
I’m looking for the coming of Christ. I want to be with Jesus.
When we have run with patience the race,
we shall know the joy of Jesus.
SECOND LESSON John 4:1-42
ONE: The Word of the Lord
MANY: Thanks be to God
SERMON “Assumptions” The Rev. Aaron Ochart
RESPONSE
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q1. What is the main purpose for humanity?
- The main purpose for humanity is to glorify and enjoy God forever.
Q2. What rule has God given to tell us how we may glorify and enjoy God?
- The Word of God which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments is the only rule to tell us how we may glorify and enjoy God.
Q3. What do the Scriptures mainly teach?
A. The Scriptures mainly teach what we are to believe about God, and what duty God requires of us.
Q6. How many Persons are there in the Trinity?
A. There are three Persons in the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
Q14. What is Sin?
- Sin is any lack of obedience to, or violation of, the law of God.
Q21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
A. The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continues to be, God and human, in two distinct natures, and one Person forever.
Q30. How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?
A. The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.
RECEIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY “Praise and Adoration Medley” arr. Stan Pethel
Mike Isham, Saxophone
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND 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.
*HYMN #370 “Just As I Am, Without One Plea” WOODWORTH
- Just as I am without one plea
but that thy blood was shed for me,
and that thou bidst me come to thee,
(Refrain) O Lamb of God I come, I come.
- Just as I am, though tossed about
with many a conflict, many a doubt,
fightings and fears within, without, (Refrain)
- Just as I am, thou wilt receive,
wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
because thy promise I believe, (Refrain)
- Just as I am, thy love unknown
has broken every barrier down;
now to by thine, yea, thine alone, (Refrain)
*PARTING PRAYER Clement of Rome (First Century)
O God Almighty, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: Grant us, we pray, to be grounded and settled in your truth by the coming down of the Holy Spirit into our hearts. That which we know not, reveal; that which is wanting in us, fill up; that which we know, confirm; and keep us blameless in your service; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*RESPONSE “You Shall Go Out with Joy”
You shall go out with joy And be led forth with peace
The mountains and the hills Will break forth before you
There’ll be shouts of joy And all the trees of the field
Will clap, will clap their hands
And all the trees of the field Will clap their hands (clap clap)
The trees of the field Will clap their hands (clap clap)
The trees of the field Will clap their hands (clap clap)
While you go out with joy
POSTLUDE Psalm 19 – Benedetto Marcello