Communion Jan 5 2020

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THEME: “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning!


Text: Matthew 5:16

PREPARATION
(As soft music is being played, reflect on this Bible passage: )
Jesus reminds us today: “In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good
deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”

INVITATION TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: On this day we remember the gift of God’s Word
People: Who gathers us together from everywhere to worship in Joy and hope.
Liturgist: On this day, we remember the gifts of bread and wine,
People: the simple gifts that are shaped into God’s nourishing grace.
(A young plant is brought in and laid on the altar.)

FOCUSING
Voice 1: Born in the light of the Bright and Morning Star, we are new. Not patched, not mended…. But
new like a newborn…. Like the morning
Voice 2: The guilt blotched yesterdays are gone; the soul stains are no more! There is no looking back,
there are no regrets. In our newness we are free.
Voice 1: In the power of God’s continuing creation, we are:
Voice 2: new shoots from the root of Jesse,
Voice 1: new branches from the One True Vine,
Voice 2: new songs breaking through the world’s deafness.
Voice 1: This, then, is a new day,
Voice 2: new shoots,
Voice 1: new branches,
Voice2: New songs, new day..
People: Bathed in the promise of God’s new creation, we begin

HYMN OF PRAISE* No. 18 (All vs.)


“Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”

 Invocation* Liturgist
 Gloria Patri*
 Greetings and Reminders Minister
 Song of Praise LBC Kids

UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION


You, Oh God, are Eternal Patience. We confess the lives we truly live. Gifted with open ears, we listen to
the sales pitches of the world. Not to your whispers of grace. We delight in the temptations we are
offered, while ignoring your hopes for us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy
on us.

THE ABSOLUTION
Minister: The good news is not kept hidden from us but revealed in the gift of Jesus Christ. The One who
calls us is also the One who forgives us.
People: Grant us Your peace, loving God, and live with us forever. Amen

ATTUNING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO THE WORD


 From the Scripture* with Intercessory Prayer -Rev. J. Hupanda
 From the Song LBC Choir
 Homily Rev. J. Hupanda

GIVING EVIDENCE TO OUR OBEDIENCE


Offering Our Treasures
Offertory Sentence: Truly creativity is found in sacrificial giving. When Jesus came, He creatively
presented God to our finite minds. When He gave Himself in sacrifice, He carried us to the heart of God.
Doxology* Thanksgiving Prayer*

GATHERING AROUND THE LORD’S TABLE


 Hymn of Preparation No. 58 (Vs. 1&2)
“Jesus Paid It All”

 Words of Institution
 Partaking the Elements
 Reading if the Church Covenant

EXPRESSING OUR COMMITMENT FOR THE NEW YEAR


Hymn of Dedication*
“Another Year Is Dawning”
(Benevolence Offerings will be brought to the Altar)

Receiving the Blessings* Minister


Sevenfold Amen LBC Choir
Moment of Silent Prayer
The Going Forth

AS WE SERVE
“Reflecting over the history of trials our church family faced, much like jeremiah remembered his
“affliction” and “wandering” (Lam. 3:19); whatever we’d face in the years to come, as members of
interdependent body of Christ, we could rely on the Lord. And as we continue to seek Him and support
one another, we can, as did Jeremiah, find our hope being ratified by faith-building memories of God’s
unchanging character and dependability.”
- O.D.B.

Looking Forward
Start our 2020 with God’s Word Powers!
Attend our Sunday School Classes 

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