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First Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Twenty North Dixie Avenue
Cookeville, Tennessee
Telephone: (931) 526-4424; email:
firstprescooke@frontiernet.net
A
Service for the Lord’s Day
Epiphany
of the Lord
January
10, 2010,
11:00 a.m.
* Indicates that those who are able may
stand. Bold type is spoken by the people.
A
THOUGHT FROM JOHN CALVIN: “The Spirit of God appears to have
regulated the style of the Evangelists in such a manner that they
all wrote the same history but in different ways.”
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
VOLUNTARY From a Distant Home
Emma Lou Diemer
Paul Thurmond, Organist
From a distant home the Savior we come
seeking,
Using as our guide the star, so brightly beaming.
(Please sign and pass the registers)
CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 72)
Rev. Erin Angel,
Liturgist
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.
God
alone does powerful and wonderful things.
Blessed be God’s glorious name forever.
May
God’s glory multiply and fill the whole earth. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN NO. 68 What Star Is This, with Beams So Bright
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Almighty and most loving God, you sent stars and angels to guide the
way to your precious Son. You sent love and hope to a weary world.
Forgive us when we fail to recognize your signs and choose to follow
our own desires. Confront us again with our own sinfulness and cover
us with your grace. Help us to see the Christmas story in a new way.
Let us learn that in Christ we are forever changed. Remind us that
we can never go home the same way again. In Christ’s name we pray.
Amen.
*RESPONSE: HYMN NO. 572 Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON (from Psalm 72)
The
Lord delivers the needy when they call.
God
delivers the poor and those without help.
God
saves the needy from oppression and violence.
God redeems their lives and they are precious in his
sight.
*Gloria
Patri, P. 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.
TIME
FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES
SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 6:1-6
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM O Morning Star, How Fair and
Bright Paul Thurmond
O
Morning Star, how fair and bright
Thou beamest forth in truth and light!
O
Sovereign meek and lowly!
Thou root of Jesse, David’s Son,
My
Lord and Savior, Thou hast won
My
heart to serve Thee solely!
Thou art holy, fair and glorious,
All-victorious, rich in blessing,
Rule and might o’er all possessing.
Thou heavenly brightness! Light divine!
O
deep within my heart now shine,
And
make Thee there an altar!
Fill me with joy and strength to be
Thy
member, ever joined to Thee
In
love that cannot falter!
Toward Thee longing doth possess me;
Turn and bless me; Here in sadness
Eye
and heart long for Thy gladness!
SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 2:1-12
SERMON Are We Too
Late? Rev. Pat Handlson
*HYMN OF AFFIRMATION NO. 63 As with Gladness Men of Old
*GREETINGS (After an exchange of the Peace between the pastor and
the congregation, we encourage you to greet one another. The
Greetings will conclude with the first verse of
“Blest Be the Tie” {Hymn No. 438})
The
Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you. (A
time of greeting)
Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian
love:
The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE
LORD’S PRAYER
Presentation of tithes and offerings
OFFERTORY We Three Kings of Orient
Are Noel Rawsthorne
*Doxology
(p. 592)
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.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*CLOSING HYMN NO. 62 Bring We the Frankincense of Our Love
*Benediction
*POSTLUDE Fugue in A Minor
Georg Philipp Telemann
Announcements
Personal Concerns
OFFICERS
Church Office: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. –
1:00 p.m. (firstprescooke@frontiernet.net)
Pastor: The
Rev. Pat Handlson (home: 526-5486) (phandlson@frontiernet.net)
Parish
Associate: The Rev. Erin Angel (home: 526-9474) (angelsfour@dishmail.net)
Website:
www.firstprescookeville.org
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