JANUARY 1, 2012 (COMBINED SERVICE)

EPIPHANY SUNDAY

WORDS OF WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS

ORGAN PRELUDE

+OPENING HYMN    “Go Tell it on the Mountain”      #251

+CALL TO WORSHIP

      Leader:     Let us close the doors to our past, that we

                        might enter fully into God’s new year.  

      People:    We pause in the midst of time to ponder the vast reaches of eternity. 

      Leader:     For everything there is a season, a time to mourn and weep, a time to dance and laugh.  

      People:    How majestic is God’s name in all the earth!  How amazing is God’s care for us.  We rejoice I the faith we have received and give thanks to God as we have been taught!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

+psalter #795-796                     Psalm 72

Time with Young Disciples

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON         Isaiah 60:1-6

HYMN               “There’s a Song in the Air”                 #249

GOSPEL LESSON  Matthew 2:1-12

PRAYER HYMN “Near to the Heart of God (vs 1)          #472

Silent Prayer               Pastoral Prayer               Lord’s Prayer

HOLY COMMUNION #12

MINISTRY OF OFFERTORY

+ DOXOLOGY #95 AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

EPISTLE LESSON  Galatians 4:4-7

MESSAGE    Our Faith

+ CLOSING HYMN              “We Three Kings”                 #254

+BENEDICTION  #255 (read in unison)

+ POSTLUDE

(+) Those who are able are invited to stand.