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ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR SERVICE OF WORSHIP THIS MORNING

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church lives to celebrate God’s love through worship, seek God’s truth through education, and share God’s gifts through mission and fellowship. We encourage you to join us in the Fellowship Hall for a time of coffee, cookies and fellowship following the morning service. All who profess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are welcome to join St. Andrew's. If you have no church home, we invite you to consider uniting with us as we seek to faithfully serve our Lord.  Speak to an usher or the Pastor at the close of the service to learn more.

Greeter:  Ray Tucker

Ushers:  Bob and Jan Talbott

Acolyte:  Will Baird

Liturgist:  Rev. Rodgers Spencer

Coffee Hosts:  Jeanne Hollis and Judith Wilson

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ORDER OF WORSHIP

Transfiguration of the Lord

February 18, 2007                                                                                          10:00 a.m.

*Opportunities to stand

GREETINGS, CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH AND REGISTRY OF ATTENDANCE

PRELUDE                              “Meditation”                                                         Kullak

BRINGING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THIS ROOM

*CALL TO WORSHIP

ALL:  (Hymn 464, verse 1) Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.  Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the gloom of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day.

ONE:  God speaks, and calls the earth to order, from the rising of the sun to its setting.

ALL:  God does not keep silent before us; even the heavens declare God’s righteousness.

ONE:  God gathers together all the faithful ones, all those who have made a covenant with God.

ALL:  We come together, bringing our songs of praise and thanksgiving, leaving the cares of the world behind us.  Let us turn to God!

*HYMN  40                          “Joy to the World!”

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON

God of compassion, in Christ Jesus you reveal the light of Your glory, but we turn away, distracted by our own plans.  We confess that we speak when we should listen, and act when we should wait.  Forgive our aimless enthusiasms.  Grant us wisdom to live in Your light, and to follow in the way Jesus leads us.

*SILENT PRAYER

*ASSURANCE OF GOD’S PARDON

*GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 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, Amen.

READING FROM THE TORAH                                           Exodus 34:29-35

READING FROM THE GOSPEL                                   Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

ANTHEM                            “Bless the Lord”                                       Ippolitoff-Ivanoff

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN

Jesus loves me, this I know!  For the Bible tells me so.  Little ones to him belong, They are weak, but he is strong!  Yes, Jesus loves me!  Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so!

(Toddlers may go to the Nursery, older children to Children’s Church)

READING FROM THE EPISTLE                                       Romans 14:7-9

SERMON                    “Fears of Our Lives:  Dying”                    Rev. Ann LaMar

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*HYMN INSERT           “Come and Find the Quiet Center”

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from A Brief Statement of Faith, 1991)

In life and in death we belong to God.  Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve.  We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God, [who] proclaimed the reign of God.  We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father.  In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image.  We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life.  With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (Page 16, Traditional)

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever.  Amen.

MINUTE FOR MISSION

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY                       “Andante”                                                    Gounod

*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 592) AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION

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.

*HYMN  376                  “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

*THE CHARGE AND THE BENEDICTION

*CARRYING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

And the peace of God, that passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts, shall keep your minds on Jesus Christ.

POSTLUDE                          “Trumpet Voluntary”                                        Purcell

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