Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director, Piano, Voice
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(Epiphany)
January 2, 2022
10:00am
Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12
Sermon: “Can It Be Christmas Without Herod?”
*Hymn: #167 “Arise! Your Light Is Come!” – (Songs of Spirit – green)
*Hymn: #161 “O Morning Star, How Fair And Bright” – (Songs of Spirit)
*Hymn: #160 “Go, Tell It On The Mountain” – (Songs of Spirit)
Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
*Call To Worship
One: God’s goodness is built into the foundation of Creation! God chose us in Christ
from the beginning. God calls us blameless, holy, and loved.
All: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all!
One: God has made an eternal promise to gather all things. God will reconcile all things
on earth and heaven in the fullness of time.
All: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all!
One: In Jesus Christ we have heard the word of Truth. In the Holy Spirit breathed on us
and diverse peoples throughout the world, God’s promise has been sealed.
All: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all!
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the
beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Hymn: #167 (Songs of Spirit – green)“Arise! Your Light Is Come!”
Scripture – Matthew 2:1-12 (read by Hal Gray)
Anthem – “With This Communion, We Thank You”
Sermon – “Can It Be Christmas Without Herod?” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise
God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
(If you want to give today, please find the offering plate at either entrance.)
*Prayer of Dedication
ALL: Most wise and wondrous God, we pray that soon and very soon your blessings
will cover the face of the earth like a mist, that divine offerings and the offerings of
human hands mingle imperceptibly as every need is satisfied. Amen.
Communion See Insert
*Hymn: #161 (Songs of Spirit) “O Morning Star, How Fair And Bright”
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer (using “debts:” turn to the bottom of page #271 in your hymnal)
*Hymn: #160 (Songs of Spirit) “Go, Tell It On The Mountain”
*Benediction by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction
Go now in peace, never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day. Go now
in faith steadfast strong and true, know he will guide you in all you do. Go now in love,
and show you believe, reach out to others so all the world can see. God will be there,
watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith and in love. Amen, amen, amen.
Postlude