Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Andrew Koehler – Piano
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
January 15, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: John 1:29-42 read by Judy Dunnan
Sermon: “Come and See” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #230 (Songs of Spirit) Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song
*Hymn: #476 (Songs of Spirit) We Shall Overcome
*Hymn: #481 (Songs of Spirit) Lift Every Voice and Sing
Prelude: “I Should Care” by Bill Evans
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: There are no words for what this testimony means only the wonder at how it feels like grace.
All: We celebrate the prophets and visionaries; in story and song, we awaken to the sound of one voice.
One: There is no way to know what this following will take only the hope that it is leading us deeper into the heart of love.
All: We cherish the risk-takers and the tide-turners: in prayer and praise, we witness to the sound of voices two.
One: There is no telling when the struggle will end, only the faith in a future we cannot yet behold.
All: We become the movement and the liberation: in worship and wrestling, we create the sound of all of us.
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: #230 (Songs of Spirit) Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song
Scripture: John 1:29-42 read by Judy Dunnan
Anthem Prelude in C Major (BWV 846) – Johann Sebastian Bach
Sermon: “Come and See” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
Offertory
*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.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
“All life is interrelated” – Praise!
“We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality” – Praise!
“We are tied in a single garment of destiny” – Praise!
Use our gifts to empower us to lean into this reality and this calling, more and more fully, until we become the salvation we are dreaming of. May it be so.
Amen.
*Hymn: #476 (Songs of Spirit) We Shall Overcome
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer (using “debts:” turn to the bottom of page #271 in the green hymnal)
*Hymn: #481 (Songs of Spirit) Lift Every Voice and Sing
*Benediction by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction
“We are Building a New World” (tune of “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder”, #500 NCH),
“We are building up a new world, We are building up a new world, We are building up a new world, Builders must be strong!”“Rise, shine and give God glory, Rise, shine and give God glory, Rise, shine and give
God glory, Children of the Light.”
Postlude: Peasant Song (Op 208 No 5) – Friedrich Baumfelder
Our Church’s Wider Mission:
As we support Our Church’s Wider Mission, we lift up the work of Reverend Miguel Tomás Castro, the General Pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, who’s ministry of solidarity and pastoral accompaniment focuses on families affected by poverty and by the restriction of citizens’ rights in El Salvador.