JANUARY 19, 2025
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
ORGANIST JAMES ROSS
STONE CARILLON HANDBELL CHOIR
ORDER OF SERVICE
* Please Stand If Able  
Prelude - Hymn to Joy-Arr. Arnold B. Sherman (Bell Choir)
Welcome & Announcements  
*Call to Worship  
Be still for a moment. What do you hear? What do you smell? What do you feel under your feet? Beloved, God is here.
In the familiar and unfamiliar, God is here with us.
Take a moment to look around. Whom do you notice? Who isn’t here that you expected to see? Whether this community feels brand new or familiar to you, God is here.
In the familiar and unfamiliar, God is here with us.
Take a deep breath. We share this air, this space, this worship home together. In our breathing and worshiping in this time and place, God is here.
In the familiar and unfamiliar, God is here with us.
God is here. May we pay attention and discern how God brings us together in the familiar and the unfamiliar to be and become the Body of Christ.
May we notice and join in God’s work of forming us for community as we worship today. Amen.
* Opening Hymn – “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” # 89
Opening Prayer  
God, our God,
As you were with the wedding party in Cana of Galilee, be with us here today. The wine of our lives and souls has run out. Fill this place with the presence of your Holy Spirit. Fill the water pots of our souls this day with new and fresh wine from your wine cellar. The wine of yesterday is gone; it is stale; it is old. Today, God, send your anointing power in this place and in the lives of your people that we may find strength to hold on and hold out. Help us to know that the best wine is yet to come, and we can taste and see your goodness. Show yourself to be powerful, empowering, and awesome this day and for all times to come. In the name of Jesus the Christ, we pray. Amen.
Children’s Chat  
Scripture – Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Pastor: The Word of God for the people of God.  
People: Thanks be to God 
Message: “What Concern is That?”

Tithes and Offering  

Offertory -  Simple Gifts-Susan Geschke (Bells)

*Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #94  
 
Prayers of the People - Joys and Concerns  

*Prayer Hymn – “Fill My Cup, Lord”  #641

Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer  

Reaffirmation of Our Baptism

*Closing Hymn – “Are Ye Able”            #530
Action Steps and Benediction  

Postlude -  Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above- Anna Laura Page