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January 19, 2025

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"Out of Water Came Wine”

Order of Worship

Second Sunday after the Epiphany

BOLD indicates congregational SPEAKING participation

GATHERING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST


Prelude

  "O the Depth of Love Divine"

 UMH #627


Welcome and Sharing of Announcements


A Time to Make Connections


Meditation Time


Introit

 “The Celebration Song” 

Adult Choir

arr. Brent Chambers


Call to Worship

Liturgist: Be still for a moment. What do you hear? What do you smell? What do you feel under your feet? Beloved, God is here.

People:  In the familiar and unfamiliar, God is here with us.  

Liturgist: Take a moment to look around. Whom do you notice? Who isn’t here that you expected to see? Whether this community feels brand new or familiar to you, God is here.

People: In the familiar and unfamiliar, God is here with us.

Liturgist: Take a deep breath. We share this air, this space, this worship home together. In our breathing and worshiping in this time and place, God is here.

People: In the familiar and unfamiliar, God is here with us.

Liturgist: God is here. May we pay attention and discern how God brings us together in the familiar and the unfamiliar to be and become the Body of Christ.

People: May we notice and join in God’s work of forming us for community as we worship today. Amen.    

(Resource comes from umcdiscipleship.org)  


Opening Prayer

God, our God, As you were with the wedding party in Cana of Galilee, be with us here today. The wine of our lives and souls has run out. Fill this place with the presence of your Holy Spirit. Fill the water pots of our souls this day with new and fresh wine from your wine cellar. The wine of yesterday is gone; it is stale; it is old. Today, God, send your anointing power in this place and in the lives of your people that we may find strength to hold on and hold out. Help us to know that the best wine is yet to come, and we can taste and see your goodness. Show yourself to be powerful, empowering, and awesome this day and for all times to come. In the name of Jesus the Christ, we pray. Amen.  

(Resource comes from umcdiscipleship.org


Opening Hymn

“Surely the Presence of the Lord”  

UMH #328


Children's Time

     Courtney Till  


Joys and Concerns


Lord's Prayer


Prayer Response

  “Jesus, Name above All Names” 

 TFWS #2071 (1 time)   

     based on Matthew 1:23 & Philippians 2:9


ATTENTION TO THE WORD OF GOD

*Scripture Readings

John 2:1-11


1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you?[a] My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the person in charge of the banquet.” So they took it. 9 When the person in charge tasted the water that had become wine and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), that person called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. (NRSV) 


Liturgist: The word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God.  


Message

“Out of Water Came Wine” 

Pastor Jinyong

WE RESPOND


Offertory Hymn

"Spirit of the Living God"

UMH #393 (2 times)


*Doxology

UMH #94


*Offertory Prayer

Generous God, who turns water into wine and scarcity into abundance, we offer our gifts to you with grateful hearts. May these offerings be transformed, just as you transform our lives with your grace. Guide us to use these resources to meet the needs we see around us, to share your love, and to build your kingdom. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. (Resource comes from umcdiscipleship.org)


*Closing Hymn

    “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” 

UMH #334


*The Blessing and Sending Forth 

Go now, with your trust in Christ

who has quenched your thirst with the wine of God’s love.


Do not be silent about God’s faithful love,

but shelter in the warmth of God’s wings

and keep your hearts honest.


And may God rejoice over you and call you “My Delight”;

May Christ Jesus bring out the best in you, to his glory;

And may the Spirit equip you all with gifts for the common good.


We go in peace to love and serve the Lord,

In the name of Christ. Amen.


Benediction Response

“Lead me, Lord in Thy Righteousness”  

Adult Choir

by Samuel Sebastian Wesley 

(based on Psalm 4:8 & Psalm 5:8)


Postlude

"Voluntary"

     Samuel Wesley

In-Person Services:


Usher/Greeter: Nancy and Brian Kendall

Organist: Matt Cron

Sound: Ron Aldenberg

Liturgist: Nancy Keelan

Projection: Sharon Lipp


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