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Order of Worship
Prelude What Child is This? / Greensleeves (Traditional English Folksong)
Welcome
Interview with the Band
Introit After the Rain John Coltrane
Prayer of Confession and Lord’s Prayer
God of starlight, shine your love into the dimness of our lives.
Preoccupied with ourselves, we express our opinions without listening to each other. We ignore the voices of the oppressed and those who are held back by structural racism. May your love give us ears to hear and a renewed resolve to listen well this year…
(silent 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. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen.
*HCC recognizes the power of language, while also respecting traditional practices. We acknowledge a God that transcends all human ideas of gender, identity, and ability. Please pray in whatever way is most comfortable to you.
Hymn We Three Kings of Orient Are PH 143
We three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse a far
Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.
O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.
Boarn a King on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown him again,
King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign.
O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.
Frankincense to offer have I, Incense owns a deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, all men raising, Worship him, God on high.
O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.
Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom:
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.
O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.
Glorious now behold him arise, King and God and Sacrifice;
Alleluia, alleluia! Sounds through the earth and skies.
O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.
Pastoral Prayer Daryl Denelle
Scripture: Proverbs 18, selected verses
Sermon Listen Rev. Dr. Peter Allen
Music Take the Coltrane John Coltrane
Sacrament of Communion
Invitation
Prayer of Preparation
Words of Institution
Sharing the Bread and Cup
Prayer of Thanksgiving (unison)
Thank you, God, for life in the Spirit of Jesus; for love that cannot
die; for peace the world cannot give; for joy in the company of
friends; for the glory of creation; for the mission of justice you have
made our own. Give us the gifts of this Holy meal: oneness of heart,
love for neighbors, forgiveness of enemies, the will to serve every
day, and life that never ends. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen
Benediction
Postlude Come Sunday Duke Ellington
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