THE GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS Moment for Mission..............................................Owen Cayton The Offertory............

JuBELLation Breathe by Marie Barnet arr. For handbells by Derek K. Hakes

*The Doxology...Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow..... No. 47

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts: Creator Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen. *The Thanksgiving for Tithes and Offerings........Owen Cayton THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDS SUPPER The Call to Commune Together.......................Sondra Ladd The Hymn of Preparation..................No. 419 All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly The Prayer of the Elder for the Bread................Charles Rogers The Prayer of the Elder for the Cup............................................Nancy Crenshaw
Distribution: All believers are invited to partake of the Bread when it is passed. Retain the Cup, and we will partake together after reciting John 3:16 in unison.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. THE INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP *THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT.................No. 463 Renew Your Church *THE BENEDICTION THE POSTLUDE.........................David Hughes "Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (the 'Cathedral')" Johann Sebastian Bach
Our Lenten series is entitled Dancing in the Darkness. The season of Lent is not marked by sadness, but by disciplined reflection on our lives all of our lives and how they are made new in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. So dancing in the darkness is about, on the one hand, recognizing the tough, sad, sometimes shameful, hurts, and all around bad parts of life. If we begin to name those, the joy we understand at Easter may begin to make sense. On the other hand, even the Sundays in Lent are mini-Easters. So they are in some way celebrations hence the dancing. Many times our pains and difficulties dont go away quickly or easily, but God joins us in our journey to help us find ways of dancing in the darkness.

ORDER OF WORSHIP First Sunday in Lent February 17, 2013 at 9:00am

THE PRELUDE...................David Hughes "When in the Hour of Utmost Need" Johann Sebastian Bach
*Please stand if you are able.

THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH...............Owen Cayton

*THE CALL TO WORSHIP..............................Ashley Nance Leader: How good it is to give thanks to the Lord. People: To sing in honor of the Most High God. Leader: The Lord's mighty deeds make us glad. People: Because of what the Lord has done, we sing for joy. All: Praise be to God! *THE HYMN OF PRAISE AND ADORATION.............................No. 180 Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days *THE INVOCATION AND LORDS PRAYER (In Unison) God of our ancestors and our God, too, down through the ages you have cared for your people. When they were held in bondage in Egypt you heard their cries and freed them from slavery. You sent your Son, Jesus, to live among us, to be crucified for us, and to be resurrected that we might share in his eternal life. Give us refuge and life this Lenten season that we may find ways to dance in the darkness and be prepared to receive joy in the light. We pray this in the name of Jesus who taught us to pray for your Kingdom saying, 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. * THE KYRIE.........No. 300 Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

THE SCRIPTURE READING.............................Laura Sharp Deuteronomy 26:1-11 THE ANTHEM.......Chancel Choir Call to Remembrance Richard Farrant
Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercy and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old. O remember not the sins and offenses of my youth, but according to thy mercy think thou on me, O Lord, for thy goodness. Psalm 25:6-7

*THE GOSPEL....................Owen Cayton Luke 4:1-13 THE MESSAGE...Owen Cayton Dancing in the Darkness: Gifts of Grief THE PRAYER HYMN.....................No. 86 Great Is Thy Faithfulness THE JOYS/CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH..................Owen Cayton

THE PASTORAL PRAYER...................Owen Cayton

THE PRAYER RESPONSE...Hear Our Prayer, O Lord.. No. 306 Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.