February 14, 2021 Service

PETALUMA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

THE WORSHIP PODCAST

February 14, 2021

The Order of Service

Transfiguration  Sunday After the Epiphany

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PRELUDE:  “Peace Never Ceasing” Played by Marilyn Lee, Organist

 

GREETING: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

                                                           

CALL TO WORSHIP: Sue Sarno

Holy and marvelous God, still our hearts, we pray, so that we might hear the whispers of your yearning for our lives.   Calm our anxious spirits and lighten our burdens so that in this moment we might receive you in praise and thanksgiving.  AMEN.

 

OPENING HYMN:  “Hail to the Lord’s Anointed” (UMH 203) Played by Marilyn Lee

1. Hail to the Lord's Anointed,
   great David's greater Son!
   Hail in the time appointed,
   his reign on earth begun!
   He comes to break oppression,
   to set the captive free;
   to take away transgression,
   and rule in equity.
2. He comes with succor speedy
   to those who suffer wrong;
   to help the poor and needy,
   and bid the weak be strong;
   to give them songs for sighing,
   their darkness turn to light,
   whose souls, condemned and dying,
   are precious in his sight.

 

CALL TO CONFESSION: Sue Sarno

Come, let us lay down our burdens before God so that we might be able to open our arms to embrace God’s grace.  Let us pray.

 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION: Nora Tallent

Holy God, if we pause long enough to notice, we will see that change is built into everything in your whole Creation.   The change of seasons and the changes that come with age;  the change of hearts and minds, and the change of our communities.   We confess, Holy One, that we are not always open to change.   We admit that change unsettles and frightens us.   Forgive us, we pray.  Have mercy on us for not being open to the ways of your changing creation.  Create in us a responsive spirit and give us a child like joy so that we might walk with you across the landscape of change and new beginnings.   We pray this, we ask this in Jesus’ name.  AMEN.

 

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Sue Sarno

 

SCRIPTURE READINGS:

Psalm 50:1-6   Nora Tallent

Mark 9:2-9      Sue Sarno

                                    

SERMON:  “Focusing on the Right Thing”  Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE PASTORAL PRAYER:   Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER:     

Led in English by Charlotte Peterson

Led in Fijian by Vacatawa  Sekuri Yadraka

 

THE OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS AND TITHES: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

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OFFERTORY:  “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” Played by Marilyn Lee

 

PRAYER OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT:  Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

CLOSING HYMN:  “Open My Eyes That I May See” (UMH 454) Played by Marilyn Lee

 

1 Open my eyes that I may see
glimpses of truth thou hast for me.
Place in my hands the wonderful key
that shall unclasp and set me free.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my eyes, illumine me,
Spirit divine!

2 Open my ears that I may hear
voices of truth thou sendest clear,
and while the wave notes fall on my ear,
ev’rything false will disappear.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my ears, illumine me,
Spirit divine!

 

THE BENEDICTION:  Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE POSTLUDE: “Forward in Faith”  Played by Marilyn Lee