FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

January 14, 2007

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 A.M.

The Second Sunday after Epiphany

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                 Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.           

(Please pass the red pew pads now. If you are a guest this Sunday,

we would love to greet you following the service or at coffee hour in the Social Hall.)

 

PRELUDE                      Meditation on an African-American Spiritual                              Owens

                                                                       

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

                                                                       

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                          Rev. Samuel R. Schaal

Liturgist:    The Lord be with you.

People:     And also with you.

Liturgist:    This is the day that the Lord has made.

ALL:         Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

 

*HYMN 251                        Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty

 

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

 

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

Come among us, Lord. You whom the angels worship and children welcome. You who hurled the stars into space and shaped the spiders weaving. You who walked the long road to Bethlehem and lit a flame that dances forever. Come and meet us here as we gather in the name of your Son, who taught us to pray:

 

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.

 

*GLORIA PATRI

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON    Isaiah 62:1-5                                      Bible, page 678

 

*THE PSALMODY (sung)             Adaptation of Psalm 36           to the tune “He Leadeth Me”

{Children ages 3 through 8th grade are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.}      

 

Thy gifts, O LORD, surpass the heav’ns,

Thy faithfulness, the clouds above;

How matchless is Thy righteousness;

How dear is Thy redeeming love.

 

Beneath the shadow of Thy wings,

Thy people banquet at Thy board;

They drink the cup of pure delights

And taste the pleasure of the LORD.

God is the wellspring of my life,

And in God’s light, I light shall see;

The pure of heart true favor find,

And in God’s law their liberty.

 

He leadeth me, he leadeth me,

By his own hand he leadeth me;

His faithful follower I would be,

For by his hand he leadeth me. Amen

 

                                                                                                                                               


THE GOSPEL LESSON                      John 2:1-11                               Rev. Robert J. Brink

                                                                                                                        Bible, page 967

 

SERMON                              “God’s Most Annoying Miracle”                              Rev. Brink

 

THE ANTHEM                       Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled                                         Jones

 

THE CALL TO PRAYER AND SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

THE ANTHEM                                   Abide With Me                                           arr. Bertalot

                                                                                                                                               

*DOXOLOGY

 

*HYMN 391                                      Be Thou My Vision                                                         

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

*THE POSTLUDE                                  Toccatina                                                        Nevin                                               

 

*You are invited to stand, if able.

 

The Chancel flowers are given by Rich and Sharon Koenings in celebration of the marriage of

 J.B. and Amara Koenings on January 13, 2007, in Colorado Springs.

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, January 21, 2007

Next Sunday: Rev. Steven Peay, Ph.D. will deliver the sermon entitled, “Your Mission…”

 Thomas Gregory is the organist.

Kimberly Williams directs the Jubilation Ringers at 8:45.

Roxanne Trump-Miles directs the Junior Choir at 11:00.

Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45 and the Chancel Choir at 11:00.

 

 

 

Pilgrim Choir Anthems

 

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14:1-4

 

Let not your heart be troubled:

ye believe in God, believe also in me.

In my Father's house are many mansions:

if it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come again, and receive you unto myself;

that where I am, there ye may be also.

And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

 

Abide with Me

Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847

 

Abide with me; fast fall the eventide;

The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide;

When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,

Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

 

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;

Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;

Change and decay in all around I see;

O thou who changest not, abide with me.

 

I need thy presence ev'ry passing hour;

What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?

Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?

Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

 

I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless;

Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.

Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?

I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

 

Hold thou thy Cross before my closing eyes,

Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;

Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;

In life and death, abide with me. Amen.