Sunday, January 18, 2015 - Second Sunday After Epiphany (Year B)

News and Announcements:

Lighting of Candles: #154MV (verse 1)

Deep in my heart, there is a common vision;

Deep in my heart, there is a common song;

Deep in my heart, there is a common story;

Telling creation that we are one.

Coming Together:

Come, listen for the word of the one who has searched you and known you.

We are ready to listen.

Come, open your hearts to the one in whom heaven and earth are united, and offers the transforming vision of God’s love and justice.

Here we are. We are ready to listen. We are ready to follow.

Let us pray...

Giver of life, take our individual stories, our successes, our failures, and make of us a community in which your grace is revealed.  Amen

Singing:   #12MV     “Come Touch Our Hearts”

Sharing the Peace of Christ:

In a spirit of community and thanksgiving,
reach out to those around you and share with each other the Peace of Christ,
perhaps with the words "Peace be with you!", responding "And
also with you!"

Readings from Scripture:

1^st Samuel 3:^1-10       HB pg 247

John 1:^43-51                   NT pg 92

In ages past, disciples, prophets, priests and historians wrote down their faith.  This is a faithful witness of our ancestors.  Word of God for us today. 
Thanks be to God.

Singing:   #131MV   “I Have Called You By Your Name”

Storytelling:

Music for Movement:  #87VU (rfn)

(Sunday School participants leave for their learning circle)

I Am the Light of the World.

You people come and follow me.

If you follow and love

you’ll learn the mystery

of what you were meant

to do and be.

Choir:

Message:                         “Call Display”

Singing:   #581VU   “When We Are Living”

Giving Our Offerings:.

Offering Song (#241VU) and Prayer:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

praise God, all creatures high and low;

give thanks to God in love made known:

Creator, Word and Spirit, One.

Let us pray:

All of life is in your hands, O God. We are blessed when a small portion is entrusted to our care. Fill us with gratitude and enhance our generosity that, as a community, we may live out the values, hope, and promise that we proclaim. Amen.

Prayers of the People and Our Lord’s Prayer (sung #960VU)

Singing:   #509VU   “Here I Am, Lord”

Sending Out and  Sung Response:  #145VU (verse 2)

Draw the circle wide, draw it wider still.

Let this be our song, no one stands alone,

standing side by side.  Draw the circle wide.

Let our hearts touch far horizons,

so encompass great and small.

Let our loving know no borders,

faithful to God’s call.

Draw the circle wide, draw it wider still.

Let this be our song, no one stands alone,

standing side by side.  Draw the circle wide.