second sunday after epiphany

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANyJanuary 15th

2012

Service with Communion

The Service – Sing the Feast

(ChatawaySetting)

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Opening sentence

M: Jesus found Philip and said to him:C: Follow me!M: Philip found Nathaniel and said to

him:C: Come and see!

PREPARATIONM: In the name of the Father and of

the Son † and of the Holy Spirit.C: Amen

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Opening HymnWe sing our opening hymn:

Open now Your gates of beauty v.1,2,5 LH 507 CAL293Tut mir auf die schöne PforteBenjamin Schmolck 1672-1737Tr Catherine Winkworth (1863)and David Schubert (1999)

Open now Your gates of beauty

1. Open now your gates of beauty,Zion, let me enter there.Where my soul in joyful dutyWaits for Him who answers prayer:O how blessed is this place,Filled with solace, light, and grace.


2. Gracious God, I come before you;come with blessing now to me.Where we find you and adore you,there a heaven on earth must be.Come to me and let my heartbe your temple, set apart.


5. Speak, my God, and I will hear you;let your loving will be done;may I in true faith draw near you,finding rest in you alone.Here is food and drink indeed,here is comfort in all need.

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CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION

M: Friends in Christ: Let us confess our sins to God our Father and ask him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us.


C: We confess that we are born in bondage to sin

And cannot free ourselves.We have sinned against you in

thought, word, and deed,By what we have doneAnd by what we have failed to do.


We have not loved you with our whole heart,

And we have not loved our neighbor as ourselves.

We deserve your eternal punishment.


For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ,

Have mercy on us.Forgive us, renew us, and lead us,

so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.


M: I ask each of you in the presence of God who searches the heart: Do you confess that you have sinned, and do you repent of your sins?

C: I do.


M: Do you believe that Jesus Christ has redeemed you from all your sins, and do you desire forgiveness in his name?

C: I do.


M: Do you intend with the help of the Holy Spirit to live as in God’s presence, and to strive daily to lead a holy life, even as Christ has made you holy?

C: I do.


M: As a called and ordained servant of the word, I announce the grace of God to all of you. On behalf of my Lord Jesus Christ, and by his command, I forgive the sins of all of you who repent and believe, in the name of the Father and of the Son † and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

♫ Lord Have MercyC: ♫ Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

♫ HYMN OF ADORATION: GLORY TO GOD IN THE

HIGHESTC: ♫ Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God's people on

earth.Lord God, heavenly king,almighty God and Father,we worship you, we give you thanks,

we praise you for your glory.

♫ Glory to God : 2Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of

the Father,Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the

world:have mercy on us; you are seated at the right

hand of the Father:receive our prayer.

♫ Glory to God : 3For you alone are the holy

one, you alone are the Lord,you alone are the most high,Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,in the glory of God the Father.

Amen.

Liturgy of the word

GREETINGM: The Lord be with you.C: And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAYM: Let us pray that we follow Jesus. C: Jesus Christ, Son of God,

we thank you for calling us to be your disciples.

PRAYER OF THE DAYOpen our eyes to recognise you

as the promised Messiah, and draw us to follow you wherever you lead. For you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

FIRST READING1 Samuel 3:1-20

The Lord reveals himself to Samuel

R: The first reading for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany is written in chapter 3 of 1st Samuel beginning at verse 1.

1 Samuel 3:1-20 1-2Samuel served the LORD by helping

Eli the priest, who was by that time almost blind. In those days, the LORD hardly ever spoke directly to people, and he did not appear to them in dreams very often.

1 Samuel 3:1-20 But one night, Eli was asleep in his

room, 3and Samuel was sleeping on a mat near the sacred chest in the LORD'S house. They had not been asleep very long 4when the LORD called out Samuel's name.

"Here I am!" Samuel answered. 5Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am. What do you want?”

1 Samuel 3:1-20 "I didn't call you," Eli answered. "Go

back to bed."Samuel went back.6Again the LORD called out Samuel's

name. Samuel got up and went to Eli. "Here I am," he said. "What do you want?"

Eli told him, "Son, I didn't call you. Go back to sleep.”

1 Samuel 3:1-20 7The LORD had not spoken to Samuel

before, and Samuel did not recognize the voice. 8When the LORD called out his name for the third time, Samuel went to Eli again and said, "Here I am. What do you want?"

Eli finally realized that it was the LORD who was speaking to Samuel.

1 Samuel 3:1-20 9So he said, "Go back and lie down! If

someone speaks to you again, answer, 'I'm listening, LORD. What do you want me to do?'

Once again Samuel went back and lay down.

1 Samuel 3:1-20 10The LORD then stood beside Samuel

and called out as he had done before, "Samuel! Samuel!"

"I'm listening," Samuel answered. "What do you want me to do?”

1 Samuel 3:1-20 11The LORD said: Samuel, I am going to do something in

Israel that will shock everyone who hears about it! 12I will punish Eli and his family, just as I promised. 13He knew that his sons refused to respect me, and he let them get away with it, even though I said I would punish his family forever.

1 Samuel 3:1-20 14I warned Eli that sacrifices or offerings

could never make things right! His family has done too many disgusting things.

15The next morning, Samuel got up and opened the doors to the LORD'S house. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said. 16But Eli told him, "Samuel, my boy, come here!”

1 Samuel 3:1-20 "Here I am," Samuel answered. 17Eli said, "What did God say to you?

Tell me everything. I pray that God will punish you terribly if you don't tell me every word he said!"

18Samuel told Eli everything. Then Eli said, "He is the LORD, and he will do what's right.“

1 Samuel 3:1-20 19As Samuel grew up, the LORD helped

him and made everything Samuel said come true. 20From the town of Dan in the north to the town of Beersheba in the south, everyone in the country knew that Samuel was truly the LORD'S prophet.

This is the Word of the Lord.C: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 139:1-6,13-18CEV

R: The Psalm is Psalm 139. 1You have looked deep into my heart, LORD, and you know all about me.

C: 2You know when I am resting or when I am working, and from heaven you discover my thoughts

Psalm 139:1-6,13-18CEV

R: 3You notice everything I do and everywhere I go.

C: 4Before I even speak a word, you know what I will say,

R: 5and with your powerful arm you protect me from every side.

C: 6I can't understand all of this! Such wonderful knowledge is far above me.

Psalm 139:1-6,13-18CEV

R: 13You are the one who put me together inside my mother's body,

C: 14and I praise you because of the wonderful way you created me. Everything you do is marvellous! Of this I have no doubt.

R: 15Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together deep in the earth below,

Psalm 139:1-6,13-18CEV

C: 16but with your own eyes you saw my body being formed. Even before I was born, you had written in your book everything I would do.

R: 17Your thoughts are far beyond my understanding, much more than I could ever imagine.

Psalm 139:1-6,13-18CEV

C: 18I try to count your thoughts, but they outnumber the grains of sand on the beach. And when I awake, I will find you nearby.

C: Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

As it was in the beginning is now and will be for ever. Amen.

SECOND READING

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 CEV

Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 R: The second reading is written in

chapter 6 of 1st Corinthians beginning at verse 12.

12Some of you say, "We can do anything we want to." But I tell you that not everything is good for us. So I refuse to let anything have power over me.

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 13You also say, "Food is meant for our

bodies, and our bodies are meant for food." But I tell you that God will destroy them both.

We are not supposed to do indecent things with our bodies. We are to use them for the Lord who is in charge of our bodies.

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 14God will raise us from death by

the same power that he used when he raised our Lord to life.

15Don't you know that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? Is it right for me to join part of the body of Christ to a prostitute? No, it isn't!

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 16Don't you know that a man who

does that becomes part of her body? The Scriptures say, "The two of them will be like one person." 17But anyone who is joined to the Lord is one in spirit with him.

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 18Don't be immoral in matters of sex.

That is a sin against your own body in a way that no other sin is. 19You surely know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God. You are no longer your own.

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 20God paid a great price for you. So

use your body to honour GodThis is the Word of the Lord.C: Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL

John 1:43-51

We have found the Messiah

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John 1:43-51 M: The Holy Gospel is written in chapter

one of the Gospel according to St John beginning at verse 43.

C: Glory to You O Lord.

John 1:43-51 43-44The next day Jesus decided to go to

Galilee. There he met Philip, who was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. Jesus said to Philip, "Come with me.“

John 1:43-51 45Philip then found Nathanael and said,

"We have found the one that Moses and the Prophet wrote about. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth."

46Nathanael asked, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"

Philip answered, "Come and see.“

John 1:43-51 47When Jesus saw Nathanael coming

toward him, he said, "Here is a true descendant of our ancestor Israel. And he isn't deceitful."

48"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, "Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.“

John 1:43-51 49Nathanael said, "Rabbi, you are the

Son of God and the King of Israel!" 50Jesus answered, "Did you believe me

just because I said that I saw you under the fig tree?

John 1:43-51 You will see something even greater.

51I tell you for certain that you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man."

This is the Gospel of the Lord.C: Praise to you, O Christ.

PRAYER AFTER THE GOSPEL

M: Lord Jesus, thank you for calling us to be your followers.

Help us to listen to you and to believe in you.

C: Amen.

NICENE CREEDC: We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth,of all that is, seen and unseen.

NICENE CREEDC: We believe in one Lord,

Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,true God from true God,begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made.

NICENE CREEDC: For us* and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and

became truly human.For our sake he was crucified

under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.

* This means: us human beings

NICENE CREEDC: On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,and his kingdom will have no end.

NICENE CREEDC: We believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the

Father and the Son,who with the Father and the Son

is worshipped and glorified,who has spoken through the prophets.

NICENE CREEDC: We believe in one holy

catholic† and apostolic church.We acknowledge one baptism

for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrection

of the dead, and the life of the world to come.

Amen.† or: Christian; 'catholic' here means 'universal'

We sing:

A new heart, Lord, create in me v.1,2,4

LH 364 CAL 293Ein reines Herz, Herr, schaff in mirHeinrich Georg Neuss 1654-1716

tr Frances Elizabeth Cox 1812-97, alt

A new heart, Lord, create in me

1. A new heart, Lord, create in me,a heart from sin and guilt set free;O close the gate and guard the door,that sin may enter in no more.


2. To you my soul I open wide;come, Jesus, and in me abide,and from the temple of my heartmake all unrighteousness depart,


4. Thus to my cleansed and contrite heart

your heavenly riches, Lord, impart;so that your wisdom, truth, and

gracemay make my heart a fruitful place.

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SERM

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We Sing:

God has spoken by his prophets

LHS 822 CAL 293George Wallace Briggs 1875-1959, alt.


1. God has spoken by his prophets,spoken his unchanging Word,each, from age to age proclaimingGod, the one, the righteous Lord.Mid the world’s despair and turmoilone firm anchor holds us fast:God is king, his throne eternal,God the first, and God the last.


2. God has spoken by Christ Jesus,Christ, the everlasting Son,brightness of the Father’s glory,with the father ever one;spoken by the Word incarnate,God from God, ere time began,Light from light, to earth descending,Man, revealing God to man.


3. God is speaking by his Spirit,speaking to the hearts of men,in the age-long Word expounding,God’s own message, now as then,through the rise and fall of nationsone sure faith yet standing fast; God still speaks, his Word unchanging,God the first, and God the last. †

♫ OFFERTORY SONG : ♫ C: Create in me a clean heart, O

God,and renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from your

presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free Spirit.

OFFERING PRAYERC: Thank you, Lord, for calling us to

be your followers.Lead us to serve you in all that we do

by trusting you and doing your will.Use us and our possessions for your

purposes.Amen.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCHCall to prayer

M: Jesus has called us to follow him. So let us follow where he leads us, and pray to God our Father for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, and for all people according to their needs.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCHResponse

M: Lord God, in your grace,C: hear the prayer of your people.

Concluding prayer

M: Lord God, since you have called us and received us as your disciples, keep us true to our calling.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCHBuild us up in trust in you, and in love

towards each other, until we finally see you face to face. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C: Amen.

Liturgy of thelord’s supper

♫ PrefaceM: The Lord be with you.♫C: And also with you.M : Lift up your hearts.♫ C: We lift them to the Lord.M : Let us give thanks to the Lord

our God.♫ C: It is right to give our

thanks and praise.

PREFACEM: It is indeed right and good,

Lord God, holy Father, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to you, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

PREFACEYou have sent your only Son to appear

among us as a human being, and through him you have fully revealed

the light of your presence to us. And so, with angels and archangels,

and with all the company of heaven, we adore and praise your glorious name:

You have sent your only Son to appear among us as a human being, and through him you have fully revealed the light of your presence to us.

♫ HOLY, HOLY, HOLYC: ♫Holy, holy, holy Lord,

God of power and might,heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER & WORDS OF INSTITUTION

M: All praise and thanks be to you, eternal God, holy Father, together with your only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who unites your people in love. We thank you for creating all things. We thank you for calling and rescuing your chosen people.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER & WORDS OF INSTITUTIONM: Above all we thank and praise

you for keeping your promise to the people of old and sending your Son Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection for our salvation we remember as he comes to us in this holy meal.

C: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

WORDS OF INSTITUTIONM: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the

night when he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, and said,

WORDS OF INSTITUTIONM: Take and eat; this is † my body,

which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

WORDS OF INSTITUTIONM: In the same way he took the

cup, after the supper, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said,

WORDS OF INSTITUTIONM: Drink of it, all of you; this is †

my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.

Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

C: ♫ Christ has died.Christ is risen.Christ will come again.

M: Send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen our faith so that we who receive the body and blood of Christ may live as true members of the body of your Son.

C: Amen. Come, Holy Spirit.

M: Join our prayers with those of your servants of every time and every place, and unite them with the ceaseless petitions of our great high priest until he comes as victorious Lord of all.

C: Through him, with him, in him,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,all honour and glory is yours,almighty Father, now and forever. Amen.

LORD’S PRAYERC: Our Father in heaven,Hallowed be your name,Your kingdom come,Your will be done, on earth as in

heaven.Give us today our daily bread.Forgive us our sins as we forgive

those who sin against us.

LORD’S PRAYERLead us not into temptation, but

deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power, and the

glory are yours,Now and forever. Amen

COMMUNION INVITATION

M: Jesus says:'The bread that God givesis he who comes down from heavenand gives life to the world.'C: Thanks be to GodM: Come, everything is ready.

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♫ Lamb of GodC: ♫ Lamb of God,

you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; grant us your peace.

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DISTRIBUTIONDuring the distribution the Minister or his assistant says:

Take and eat, this is the body of Christ, given for you.

Take and drink, this is the blood of Christ, shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.

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DISMISSALM: The body and blood

of our Lord Jesus Christ make you strong in body and soul to life eternal.

Go in peace.†C: Amen.

♫ POST-COMMUNION SONG:

C: ♫ Thank the Lord and sing his praise; tell everyone what he has done.Let all who seek the Lord rejoice and proudly bear his name.

♫ POST-COMMUNION SONG:

C: ♫ He recalls his promises and leads his people forth in joywith shouts of thanksgiving. Alleluia. Alleluia.

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POST-COMMUNION Prayer

M: Let us pray.C: Almighty and merciful God,

it is by your loving kindness alonethat you accept us and call us to serve you.

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POST-COMMUNION Prayer

Strengthen us by this sacramentand make us worthy of our calling.

We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

CONCLUSIONBLESSING

M: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you

and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favour,†

and give you peace. C: Amen.

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DISMISSAL M: Go in peace, as followers of the

Lord.C: In the name of Christ. Amen.

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We Sing our Closing Hymn:

O Jesus I have promised v.1,4,5

LHS 371 CAL 293John Ernest Bode (1816-1874)

O Jesus I have promised1. O Jesus, I have promisedTo serve You to the end;O Be for ever near me,My master and my friend.I shall not fear the battleIf You are by my side,Nor wander from the pathwayIf You will be my guide.

O Jesus I have promised4. O Jesus, You have promisedTo all who follow You,That where You are in gloryThere shall You servant be;And, Jesus, I have promisedTo serve You to the end;O give me grace to follow,My master and my friend.

O Jesus I have promised5. O let me see You footmarks,And in them plant mine own:My hope to follow dulyIs in Your strength alone.O guide me, call me, draw me,Uphold me to the end;And then in heaven receive me,My Saviour and my friend.

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