ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday, January 15: reports due for annual meeting
Thursday, January 16: 1 p.m. Quilting Group
7 p.m. Session
Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King Day
Nancy Kasper (Margaret’s daughter) is part of an environmental education forum to take place at 2:30 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, 220 S. Winton Rd., Rochester, NY 14610
Sunday, January 26: Choir anthem will be #293 - “This Is My Father’s World”.
Sunday, February 2: Annual Meeting to follow the worship service.
Happy birthday today to Tanner Urban.
PRAYER LIST: Rosie Wright, Bill Rothaug, Jamie Lyman Gingerich, Ellen Elwell, Val Mills, Paula DeMass, Bob Stell, Mike & Linda Douglass, Mary Ann Sparnon, Carol Merrell, Shirley Bishop, Tom Johnson, Jordan Lockwood, Arlene Youngman, Maxine Pankratz, and All MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVING OUR COUNTRY
Pastor Walter’s contact info: 585-217-6030
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Prelude: “Processional” Handel
Announcements
Passing of the Peace
The Peace of Christ be with you
…And Also with you.
Call to Worship
One: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because God
has anointed me.
Many: The Lord has sent me to announce good news to the poor.
One: To proclaim release for prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind.
Many: To let the broken victims go free.
One: To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
Many: Today, in our hearing these words have come true.
One: Let us praise the Lord who has called us out of darkness into God’s marvelous light and who has given us a share in the ministry of Jesus Christ.
Many: The Lord’s name be praised!
*Hymn: #481 “Praise the Lord, God’s Glories Show”
Unison Prayer of Confession
Spirit of God, you come to us as a powerful wind, but
we have shut the door and bolted it, to try to keep you out. You give us gifts beyond our ability, but we hide saying, “Not today,” or “Not me.”
Break open the doors of resistance. Let the blaze of your Spirit dance within each of us. And give us courage and faith to claim your call for our lives. Amen.
Silent Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Forgiveness Psalms 103:8
One: Sisters and brothers, the Lord is merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.
Believe this good news: In Jesus Christ, our stories are
known, our sins are forgiven, our lives are made new.
*Gloria Patri Hymn #579
Young at Heart
*Hymn: #172 “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”
Scripture Readings: Isaiah 42:1-9 (OT Pages 670-671)
Acts 10:34-43 (NT Pages 129-130)
Matthew 3:13-17 (NT Page 3)
Sermon: “Jesus’ Baptism” Rev. Walter Stuber
*Hymn: #339 “Be Thou My Vision”
Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Offertory Call
Offertory: “Jesu, Priceless Treasure” Bach
*Doxology Hymn #592
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Gracious God, as we offer our gifts to you this day, may they become, for us, tokens of a deeper commitment to Your work here and around the world. Accept them, we pray, and use them in Your service, through Jesus Christ. Amen.
*Hymn: #343 “Called as Partners in Christ’s Service”
*Charge and Benediction
*“Go Now in Peace”
Postlude: “Festal March” Nordman
*Please stand if you are able.