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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
4th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
January
31, 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 Apostle concludes that love is more
excellent than other gifts, for though there are many gifts, they
all point to the same object.”
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
VOLUNTARY Morning
Song Edward Broughton
Paul Thurmond, Organist
(Please sign and pass the registers)
CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 61 and Luke 4)
The
Spirit of the Lord is upon us and we are anointed.
We
bring good news to the poor, and release to captives.
We
bring sight to the blind and freedom to the oppressed.
We
proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN NO. 461 God Is Here!
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Almighty and most loving God, your love is patient but we are often
irritable. Your love is kind but we are often hostile. Your love is
not jealous but we are often envious of others. Your love is not
boastful but we often try to inflate our own images at the expense
of others. Forgive us when we fall short of your love. Help us to
put our selfishness behind us and follow in the footsteps of your
precious Son. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
*RESPONSE: HYMN NO. 572 Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON (from 1 Corinthians 13)
Love is patient and kind, never boastful or rude.
Love is not irritable or resentful and it rejoices in the truth.
Love bears all things, hopes all things and endures all things.
Faith, hope and love abide; and the greatest of these
is love.
*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 Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM God of Great and God of
Small Natalie Sleeth
God
of great and God of small, God of one and God of all,
God
of weak and God of strong, God to whom all things belong,
Alleluia, alleluia, Lord we praise Your name.
God
of land and sky and sea, God of life and destiny,
God
of never ending pow’r, yet beside me ev’ry hour,
Alleluia, alleluia, Lord we praise Your name.
God
of silence, God of sound, God in whom the lost are found,
God
of day and darkest night, God whose love turns wrong to right,
God
of heav’n and God of earth, God of death and God of birth,
God
of now and days before, God who reigns forevermore,
Alleluia, alleluia, Lord we praise Your name.
SCRIPTURE READING Luke 4:20-30
SERMON Are You Talking to
Me? Rev. Pat Handlson
*HYMN OF AFFIRMATION NO. 443 O Christ, the Great Foundation
*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 Composition on a Plainsong
John Dunstable
*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. 335 Though I May Speak
*Benediction
*POSTLUDE Though I May
Speak Larry Shackley
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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