GOD’S PEOPLE AT WORSHIP
Lafayette Street United Methodist Church
Transfiguration of the Lord
10:30 a.m. Last Sunday after the Epiphany February 19,2012
ENTRANCE
Gathering
Welcome and Announcements Dr. Steagald
Special Offering for “Planned Famine”
Chiming of the Hour
Meditation
“We are often so attached to our frame, game and raft that it becomes a substitute for objective truth, because it is all we have! Inside such entrapment, most people do not see things as they are; they see things as they are…”
--Richard Rohr
Prelude
Bringing Forth the Light and Word
*Gospel Mark 9:2-9
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Christ.
*Greeting
God calls from the heavens above
and to the earth that all might be judged.
The heavens declare God’s righteousness,
for God alone is judge.
*Hymn “Hail to the Lord’s Anointed” # 203
*Collect
Let us pray:
Almighty God, who has shown continuing faithfulness toward your
Children;
Shine the light of your countenance upon us that the going-forth of
your word may give light and understanding to nourish the hearts of all;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives
and reigns forever, one God, O blessed and Holy Trinity.
Amen.
*Act of Praise
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.
*The Peace
The Peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
Children’s Sermon Holly Glover
Children ages 3 through first grade may go to children’s church.
Children’s Choir
*Hymn “Shine, Jesus, Shine” #2173
Prayers of the People
After each petition, the leader will say, “Lord, in your mercy;”
the people are invited to respond, “Hear our Prayers.”
The Lord’s Prayer
We Worship With Tithes and Gifts
Call to Stewardship
Offertory “Shine On Us” Harlan
*Doxology and Offertory Prayer
Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God all creatures here below. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts. Praise Jesus Christ whose power uplifts.
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Sermon “Overheard on the Mountain” Dr. Steagald
THANKSGIVING AND SENDING FORTH
*Hymn “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” #703
*Challenge to Discipleship
*Confession of Faith “The Apostles’ Creed” #880
*Benediction
*Sending Forth the Light and Word
*Chimes of the Holy Trinity
*Postlude
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About our Service: Today is Last Sunday after the Epiphany of the Lord. On Epiphany proper (January 6) and during the Season of Epiphany (between now and Transfiguration Sunday, March 19, the Sunday before Ash Wednesday), we have begun to ponder how the One born King of the Jews is also the Savior of the World. Today we turn our attentions toward Jesus’ glory, accomplished through his suffering, which is the theme of Lent. Our Meditation is drawn from Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life; the Greeting is from Psalm 50, the Psalter for today; the Collect is from the Mozarabic Sacramentary, a sixth-century Spanish prayer book, altered by Timothy J. Crouch, OSL, and cited in And Also with You.
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Serving Our Church This Week- February 19th: Director of Music: Susan Canipe; Accompanist: Ann Ellis; Ushers: Tony Izzi, Head Usher, Chris Norman, Captain, Gene Hamrick, Iverson Smith, Gary Wallace, Alex Smith, Howard Sisk; Greeters: Glenn and Harriett Williams; Sound: Gregg Tillman; Nursery Schedule: Joan Allen (ss), Joan Allen and Martha Buchanan; Duplicating: Roger Scruggs; Acolytes: Hannah Wright, Katie Wilson, Madalyn Lawrence; Counting Team: Rick Howell, Paula Kunka, Sheila Sisk.
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Serving Our Church Next Week:- February 26th: Director of Music: Susan Canipe; Accompanist: Ann Ellis; Ushers: Tony Izzi, Head Usher, Chris Norman, Captain, Gene Hamrick, Iverson Smith, Gary Wallace, Alex Smith, Howard Sisk; Greeters: Tom/Phyllis Hamrick; Sound: Gary Wallace; Nursery Schedule: Sara McNeely (ss) Sara McNeely and Jane Keever; Duplicating: Neal Hodges; Acolytes: Hannah Wright, Katie Wilson, Madalyn Lawrence; Counting Team: Rick Howell, Paula Kunka, Sheila Sisk.
