PRELUDE: Prelude on “Be Thou My Vision” by Fred Bock
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine! [Assurance]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
INTROIT: He Comes to Us by John M. Marshall
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside He came, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us, He speaks the same word: “Follow! Follow thou me!” and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn, shall learn in their own experience who He is. [Albert Schweitzer]
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Acts 19:1-7 & Mark 1:4-11
ANTHEM: Down Galilee’s Slow Roadways by Michael Burkhardt
Down Galilee’s slow roadways a stranger traveled on from Nazareth to Jordan to be baptized by John. He went down to the waters like soldier, scribe, and slave, but there within the river the sign was birth and grave. Arising from the river he saw the heavens torn; it seemed the sky so open revealed the Spirit’s form. The holy dove descended amid a glorious voice: “You are my own beloved, my child, my heart, my choice.” We too have found a roadway; it led us to this place. We all have had to travel in search of hope and grace. But now beside this water again a voice is heard. “You are my own, my chosen, beloved of your Lord.” [Sylvia G. Dunstan]
SERMON: “What Was It Like?”
HYMN: Be Thou My Vision [Slane]
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION AND WORDS OF INSTITUTION
PRAYER
RECEPTION
PRAYER
HYMN: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross [Hamburg]
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE: Send Thy Spirit by John Carter
O send thy Spirit, Lord, now unto me, that he may touch my eyes and make me see; show me the truth concealed within thy Word, and in thy Book revealed I see thee, Lord, Amen. [Alexander Groves]
POSTLUDE: Trumpet Tune on “Aurelia” by Michael Helman
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