Gathering
Music For Meditation
Great Is the Lord, R. Robinson, traditional American melody
Organ Prelude
Three Miniatures: Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult (Galilee), Wm.
Jude
Chiming of the Hour
Setting the Table
Welcome Home
Call To Worship
One: We gather for the worship of God. And we thank God on this day for the prophetic life and transformative labor of Martin Luther King Jr.
Many: Thanks be to God.
One: “Then God said, Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness…”
Many: “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” [MLK, Jr.]
One: “I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts…”
Many: “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” [MLK, Jr.]
One: “You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.‟
Many: “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” [MLK, Jr.]
One: “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
Many: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at time of challenge and controversy.” [MLK, Jr.]
One: May God one day find us faithful toward justice where injustice prevails against the common bond of humanity.
Many: We pray that our hearts are inclined, our minds are enlightened, and our hands are outstretched. May it be so. May it be so
Music
Glorify Your Name, D. Atkins
*Morning Prayer
*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.
*Children’s Time
Special Music
Ombra Mai Fu, G. F. Handel
Gospel Lesson
John 1:43-51
Prayer for Illumination
Sermon
Giving Our Gifts to God
Music For Response
Entrance, K. Jenkins
Prayer of Dedication
Benediction
Postlude
Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult (Galilee), J. Jones
Thank you to our musicians in today’s service including: Ella Torres, soprano; Steven Dong, piano; Samuel Baker, organ; David Labman, piano, director.