Sunday February 1, 2026
Message: Rev. Ray Thomas
Liturgist: Frank Horton
†CALL TO WORSHIP: (Isaiah 60: 1-2)
One: Arise! Shine! Your light has come;
All: The Lord’s glory has shone upon you.
One: Though darkness covers the earth and gloom the nations,
All: The Lord will shine upon you; God’s glory will appear over you.
†OPENING HYMN: Blue #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”
CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
Eternal God, in whom we live and move and have our being, whose face is hidden from us by our sins, and whose mercy we forget in the blindness of our hearts: cleanse us from all our offenses, and deliver us from proud thoughts and vain desires, that with reverent and humble hearts we may draw near to you, confessing our faults, confiding in your grace, and finding in you our refuge and our strength; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Hear us now as we confess our sins in silence.
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION: In Jesus’ name, Amen
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
†PASSING OF THE PEACE
†CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE: Blue# 579 “Gloria Patri”
TIME FOR ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION:
Your word is a lamp upon our feet and a light for our journeys. As we prepare our hearts to listen and our feet to follow, open our vision to clearly recognize your illuminating voice; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
SCRIPTURE READINGS: Isaiah 9: 1-4 Matthew 4: 12-23
One: This is the word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: “Here it Comes” Rev. Ray Thomas
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: (Romans 8: 31-39)
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is a the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ our Lord.
SPECIAL MUSIC
CALL FOR GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERING
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
†CLOSING HYMN: Blue : #332 “Live Into Hope”
†BENEDICTION
†MUSICAL DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING: “Let There Be Peace on Earth”
One: Arise! Shine! Your light has come;
All: The Lord’s glory has shone upon you.
One: Though darkness covers the earth and gloom the nations,
All: The Lord will shine upon you; God’s glory will appear over you.
†OPENING HYMN: Blue #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”
CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
Eternal God, in whom we live and move and have our being, whose face is hidden from us by our sins, and whose mercy we forget in the blindness of our hearts: cleanse us from all our offenses, and deliver us from proud thoughts and vain desires, that with reverent and humble hearts we may draw near to you, confessing our faults, confiding in your grace, and finding in you our refuge and our strength; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Hear us now as we confess our sins in silence.
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION: In Jesus’ name, Amen
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
†PASSING OF THE PEACE
†CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE: Blue# 579 “Gloria Patri”
TIME FOR ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION:
Your word is a lamp upon our feet and a light for our journeys. As we prepare our hearts to listen and our feet to follow, open our vision to clearly recognize your illuminating voice; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
SCRIPTURE READINGS: Isaiah 9: 1-4 Matthew 4: 12-23
One: This is the word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: “Here it Comes” Rev. Ray Thomas
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: (Romans 8: 31-39)
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is a the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ our Lord.
SPECIAL MUSIC
CALL FOR GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERING
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER
†CLOSING HYMN: Blue : #332 “Live Into Hope”
†BENEDICTION
†MUSICAL DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING: “Let There Be Peace on Earth”