PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
* SONG
“Light of the World” TFWS 2204
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Children of God, who has God called you to be? People: A light to all the nations!
Liturgist: When confusion, disunity, and misinformation threaten to undo us, who are you called to be? People: A light to all the nations!
Liturgist: When wars and rumors of wars in our communities and around the world overwhelm us, who are you called to be? People: A light to all the nations!
Liturgist: When the vulnerable are left without care or hope for flourishing, who are you called to be? People: A light to all the nations!
Liturgist: Come! Let us worship God, who gives us as a light of good news to all the nations! ALL: We come to worship God, who calls us and equips us to reflect God’s glory and abundant life into all the world. Amen.
OPENING PRAYER (Together)
Guide our feet, Lord. Show us the light of grace when we would judge others too harshly. Warm our hearts with the glow of your love when we would spew icy words of spite. Illumine our souls with joyful delight when sadness tries to take over the day. Shine brightly on us today, Lord, until we reflect your glory as a witness to this world. Amen.
Written by Kwasi Kena, The Africana Worship Book Year A (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2006), 84.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
GOD SIGHTINGS AND SUPPLICATIONS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE Isaiah 49:1-7
*SECOND SCRIPTURE John 1:29-42
MESSAGE
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“I Love to Tell the Story” UMH 156
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
“The Apostles’ Creed” UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus" UMH 349
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE “Shalom to You” UMH 666
*Please stand as you are able