Embracing the Familiar - Audio

6TH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
ORGANIST JIM ROSS 

* Please Stand If Able 
Prelude -   In Heavenly Love Abiding- Anna Waring
Welcome & Announcements 
 
*Call to Worship 
Jesus declared, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.”
May we learn to depend on God’s abundant provision instead of the world’s grasping for wealth as we worship today.
Jesus declared, “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled.”
May we learn to follow Christ’s call to provide for the hungry as co-creators of God’s kingdom as we worship today.
Jesus declared, “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”
May we learn to pay attention to those who suffer and mourn and to extend God’s comfort and hope to those who need it as we worship today.
Jesus declared, “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.”
May our worship teach us to rejoice in that day and every day as we live out the good news in our families, neighborhoods, community, and world!
 
* Opening Hymn – “O How I Love Jesus” #170
 
Opening Prayer 
Compassionate God,
we recognize that our world is a broken place,
hurt by poverty, famine, and disease.
We admit that sometimes we make the world a broken place,
tolerating prejudice, conflict, and self-interest.
We confess that our hearts also suffer with anger,
Resentment, and jealousy.

Renew us in Your love, O God,
and heal us with the comfort of Your abundant love.
Awaken us to the role we can play in healing Your creation.
Strengthen us through the power of the Holy Spirit
to hear Your word and move forward in faith. Amen.

Children’s Chat 
 
Scripture – 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 6:17-26
Pastor: The Word of God for the people of God. 
People: Thanks be to God 
 
Series: “Where You Are: Far Horizons”
Message: “Embracing the Familiar”
 
Tithes and Offering 
Offertory -   Requiescant in Pace-Gordon Young
*Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #94 
 
Prayers of the People - Joys and Concerns 
 
*Prayer Hymn – “Because He Lives” #364
 
Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer 

Reaffirmation of Our Baptism
 
*Closing Hymn – “Through It All” # 507
 Action Steps and Benediction 
 Postlude -   Fugue-J. S. Bach