Transfiguration Sunday
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Senior Pastor………..……….……...…..Rev. Michelle Torigian Director of Faith Formation & Care………...…..Craig Bielke
Music Director ………..……….…...……….………Dr. Bill Wade Director of Non-Traditional Music………..….John Posth
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St. Paul
United Church of Christ
Transfiguration Sunday
February 14, 2021 9:00 am
____________________________________________________________ WELCOME
PRELUDE This Little Light of Mine
arr. John Behnke (b. 1953)
ENTRY INTO WORSHIP
We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permissionto do the same. So let us celebrate the richness and diversity of life.
INVOCATION
God of Steadfast Love and Mercy, help us to pull back the veil to notice how You are at work in our lives and in the world around us. Help us to find Your secret notes for us in the turning leaves and new buds and shoots. Guide us to find Your hidden messages in the
snowprints of Your creatures and the dripping icicles. Lead us to the knowledge of Your love in the care and compassion of our neighbors and friends, and help us to share Your love messages with others in our own acts of mercy and forgiveness. You are at work, in us and through us and around us; help us to reveal Your works to the world. Amen.
CALL OF RECONCILIATION
Peter, James, and John went up on the side of a mountain with Jesus and experienced glory. But then Peter wanted to stay.
“It’s good for us to be here. Let’s get comfortable.” We are also often tempted to keep the experience of the Divine to ourselves, to enjoy the company of the saints instead of going back down the mountain to continue the work of the Kingdom of God. God knows this temptation of our hearts, so let us confess and pray for forgiveness.
PRAYER OF RECONCILIATION
God of glory and light,
forgive us when we are complacent and comfortable with keeping the riches of your love to ourselves. Keep calling us down from our mountains of privilege. Keep expecting more of us as your disciples.
Keep reminding us to listen to your Son, in whose name we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Whether we hear a voice from the heavens
or a still small voice in our hearts, listen carefully for the love of God. Believe and accept God’s love and live in God’s freedom.
SCRIPTURE Mark 9:2-9
SERMON Impermanence
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
ANTHEM Christ, Upon the Mountain Stands
Text: Mark Schweizer, Music: Robert Lehman
St. James Music Press License #17755
1 Christ, upon the mountain stands, vision of the Father's blessing; blazing forth to all the lands, saints and angels now professing. Alleluia, alleluia!
2 Law and prophets have their place in the cloud of wondrous glory; chosen witnesses of grace, there to see and tell the story. Alleluia, alleluia!
3 God, in majesty, descends, then proclaims to all before him: This is my beloved Son!
nations, come now and adore him. Alleluia, alleluia!
4 Faithful hearts we lift on high, joyful strains, our voices raising for this vision's mystery,
songs of wonder, hymns of praising.
REFLECTION OF GIVING
The needs of our world are too numerous to name. Shelter, food, clean air and water...
Our gifts touch these needs, but the biggest gift we can give is to love the world so much that we give of ourselves. Nothing will transform need more than sacrificial love.
May God now bless our hopes and dreams and gifts.
We pray together:
Bless these gifts, we pray. May they represent just the
beginning of our journey to show forth your glory to the world. Amen.
Information about today’s service: All St. Paul United Church of Christ services may be recorded. Hymns used with permission
through OneLicense.net License #A-715913 Entry Into Worship from
https://www.rexaehuntprogressive.com/liturgy_collection/year_a_liturgy_collection/year_a_christmasepiphany/ transfiga2322020.html
Invocation from
http://rev-o-lution.org/worship-resources-for-february-14th-2021-transfiguration-sunday/
Call to Reconciliation, Prayer of Reconciliation, Assurance of Grace, Reflection on Giving, and Benediction from “The Indescribable Radiance of Love”: Service Prayers for Transfiguration Sunday written by the Rev. Dr. David Bahr, pastor of Park Hill Congregational United Church of Christ in Denver, Colorado.
BENEDICTION
May God now send us back down the mountain of our worship. We have been changed.
We can’t be silent anymore.
We have seen the Light of the World. Go and share the radiance of love!
POSTLUDE God of Grace and God of Glory
Question:
In 1899, the St. Paul pastor threatened to resign,
refusing a salary raised by the sale of beer at a picnic.
He did leave later that year, because of methods of raising
money for church expenses. Who was this pastor?
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