PRELUDE/ENTRANCE

GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS

*OPENING SONG

"How Great Thou Art" UMH 77

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Liturgist: The mighty one, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. People: Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. (Psalm 50:1-2).

Liturgist: God’s glory fills the earth, but sometimes we, like Elisha, do not think we are ready to encounter glory. People: And yet, God’s glory showed up anyway.

Liturgist: Sometimes we are like the disciples who witnessed Jesus’ transfiguration and wanted to cling to that one glorious moment. People: And yet, God called them down from the mountain.

Liturgist: So, we gather today, some of us feeling ready and some of us feeling wholly unprepared, yet all are called together to worship and to be led by glory out into the world. ALL: God, may we perceive your glory all around us, pointing us in the way you would have us go. Amen.

Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, August 2023.

OPENING PRAYER (Together)

Mighty God, stay with us always, not only in our worship, but as we share the risk and challenge of living our faith. By your powerful Spirit, turn our fear to courage. Your glory shines in the face of Christ; shine in our hearts and lives. May your name be praise, glorious God! Amen.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

SHARING GOD’S PEACE

JOYS AND CONCERNS

PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE

A TIME FOR CHILDREN

SPECIAL MUSIC

*FIRST SCRIPTURE 2 Kings 2:1-12

SECOND SCRIPTURE Mark 9:2-9

MESSAGE “The Law and the Prophets”

RESPONSE TO THE WORD

*SONG OF RESPONSE

"Shine, Jesus, Shine" TFWS 2173

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE LORD’S PRAYER

*OFFERING OF OURSELVES

*THE NICENE CREED UMH 880

*DOXOLOGY UMH 95

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

SENDING FORTH

*SONG OF DISMISSAL

"This Little Light of Mine" UMH 585

*BENEDICTION

*PEACE “Shalom” UMH 666