NOTE:  Pg #s refer to the BAS

The Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor and release to the captives. -Luke 4:18

Processional Hymn: #427 All Beautiful March of Day

All beautiful the march of days,
as seasons come and go.
the hand that shaped the rose has wrought
he crystal of the snow,
has sent the hoary frost of heav'n,
the flowing waters sealed,
and laid a silent loveliness
on hill and wood and field.

O'er white expanses, sparkling pure,
the radiant morns unfold;
the solemn splendors of the night
burn brighter through the cold.
life mounts in ev'ry throbbing vein,
love deepens round the hearth,
and clearer sounds the angel hymn,
"Good will to all on earth."

O thou, from whose unfathomed law
the year in beauty flows,
thyself the vision passing by
in crystal and in rose,
day unto day shall utter speech,
and night to night proclaim,
in ever changing words of light,
the wonder of your name.

Welcome & Acknowledgment of Land

Call to Worship:
For all that God can do within us, for all that God can do without us,
Thanks be to God.
For all in whom Christ lived before us, for all in whom Christ lives besides us, Thanks be to God.
For all the Spirit wants to bring us, for where the Spirit wants to send us,
Thanks be to God.
Listen, Christ has promised to be with us in the world as in our worship. Amen  (Wild Goose Worship Group, Iona Community)

(We prepare our hearts for worship in silence)

The Gathering of the Community (Service begins on p. 185)

Glory to God p. 186

Kyrie Eleison p. 186

Collect: Almighty God, by grace alone you call us and accept us in your service. Strengthen us by your Spirit, and make us worthy of your call; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

The Proclamation of the Word  (Led by Dr. Joyce Bainbridge)
First Reading:    NEHEMIAH 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
PSALM 19    R:  The words of the Lord are spirit and life
Second Reading:    1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-31A

Gospel Hymn: MV 154.  Deep in Our Hearts
Deep in our hearts there is a common vision;
Deep in our hearts there is a common song;
Deep in our hearts there is a common story,
telling Creation that we are one.

Deep in our hearts there is a common purpose;
Deep in our hearts there is a common goal;
Deep in our hearts there is a sacred message,
justice and peace in harmony.

The Gospel:    LUKE 4:14-21

Gospel Hymn: MV 154.  Deep in Our Hearts  (cont’d)
Deep in our hearts there is a common longing;
Deep in our hearts there is a common theme;
Deep in our hearts there is a common current,
flowing to freedom like a stream.

Deep in our hearts there is a common vision;
Deep in our hearts there is a common song;
Deep in our hearts there is a common story,
telling Creation that we are one.

Homily: 

Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed     p. 189 (please stand as able)

Prayers of the People    (Led by Dr. Doug Shantz)

Confession and Absolution p. 191

The Peace    p. 192

Offertory Hymn:  #466  How Clear Is Our Vocation 

How clear is our vocation, Lord,
When once we heed your call:
To live according to your word,
And daily learn, refreshed, restored,
That you are Lord of all,
and will not let us fall.

But if, forgetful, we should find
Your yoke is hard to bear;
If worldly pressures fray the mind,
and love itself cannot unwind
Its tangled skein of care:
Our inward life repair.

We mark your saints how they became
In hindrances more sure;
Whose joyful virtues put to shame
The casual way we wear your name,
And by our faults obscure
Your power to cleanse and cure.

In what you give us, Lord, to do,
Together or alone,
In old routines and ventures new,
May we not cease to look to you, 
The cross you hung upon -
All you endeavored done.

Prayer over the Gifts: Loving God, before the world began you called us. Make holy all we offer you this day, and strengthen us in that calling. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen

The Celebration of the Eucharist 

The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharist prayer # 3)     p. 198

The Lord’s Prayer (sung)        p. 211

The Breaking of the Bread (prayer # 2)     p. 212

Agnes Dei (sung) O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us… Grant us Thy peace. 

The Communion (all are welcome to receive communion, or to come up to the altar for a blessing)

Communion Hymn: #73  One Bread, One Body
Refrain
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
One cup of blessing which we bless -
and we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.

Gentile or Jew, servant or free,
woman or man, no more.
Refrain

Many the gifts, many the works,
one in the Lord of all.
Refrain

Grain for the fields, scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.
Refrain

Prayer after Communion: Gracious God, our hands have taken holy things; our lives have been nourished by the body of your Son. May we who have eaten at this holy table be strengthened for service in your world. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen 

Doxology (Old 100th): Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Praise him all creatures here below! Praise him above ye heavenly hosts! Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen

The Blessing

Closing Hymn: #484  In Christ There is No East and West 

In Christ there is no east or west,
in Christ no south or north,
but one great fellowship of love
throughout the whole wide earth.

In Christ shall true hearts ev’rywhere
their high communion find.
whose service is the golden cord
close-binding humankind.

Join hands, disciples of the faith,
whate’er your race may be;
who serves my god in truth and love
is surely kin to me.

In Christ now meet both east and west,
in Christ meet south and north.
All faithful souls are joined as one
throughout the whole wide earth.

The Dismissal    p. 215