January 24, 2021 Service

 

PETALUMA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

THE WORSHIP PODCAST

January 24, 2021

The Order of Service

The 3rd  Sunday After the Epiphany

 

 

PRELUDE: “Just As I Am” Marilyn Lee, Organist

 

GREETING: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

                                                           

CALL TO WORSHIP: Sue Sarno

This is a day to celebrate new beginnings.

It is a day to lift our eyes to the horizon and to come together in the unity of the Spirit.

This is a moment when we are called to release our fears and our doubts.

This is the time of worship.

Come, let us worship God together!

 

OPENING HYMN: “Rock of Ages”(UMH 361) played by Marilyn Lee

1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 
let me hide myself in thee; 
let the water and the blood, 
from thy wounded side which flowed, 
be of sin the double cure; 
save from wrath and make me pure. 

2 Not the labors of my hands 
can fulfill thy law's demands; 
could my zeal no respite know, 
could my tears forever flow, 
all for sin could not atone; 
thou must save, and thou alone. 

 

CALL TO CONFESSION: Rob Bickmore

 

PRAYER OF CONFESSION: led by Sue Sarno

O God of love and justice, we live as a people caught in a storm. Around us rage the powers of anger and violence, the floods of rage and fear.  Around us grows a reality that would claim our allegiance and our love.  It is not easy to weather the storms, O God, and too often we find ourselves caught up in their fury. We begin to take on anger and frustration, and we participate in the brokenness and suffering which surround us. Forgive us, God of love. Have mercy on us for our unbending spirits and our willful ways. Forgive us, God of justice. Touch us with the newness of life we have in You, and create in us the power to declare Your justice with our lives. For in truth, it is You we claim as Sovereign, and it is to You that we give allegiance -- now and always in the name of Christ.  Amen.

 

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Rob Bickmore

 

SCRIPTURE READINGS:

Jonah 3:1-5,10                              

English, Charlotte Peterson

Fijian, Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraca

Mark 1:14-20                           

English, Sue Sarno

Fijian, Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraca

                                            

SERMON: “Fishing for People” Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE PASTORAL PRAYER: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER:     

English, Charlotte Peterson

Fijian,  Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraca

                                   

THE OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS AND TITHES: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

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OFFERTORY: “Morning Prayer” played by Marilyn Lee

 

PRAYER OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT:  Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

CLOSING HYMN: “Jesus Calls Us”  (UMH 398) played by Marilyn Lee

1 Jesus calls us o'er the tumult
of our life's wild, restless sea;
day by day his sweet voice soundeth,
saying "Christian, follow me."

2 As, of old, apostles heard it
by the Galilean lake,
turned from home and toil and kindred,
leaving all for his dear sake.

 

THE BENEDICTION: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

POSTLUDE: “Trumpet of Faith” played by Marilyn Lee