Hymn Sing
Gray Psalter Hymnal
# 473 To God Be the Glory, vs. 1, 3
# 571 Jesus Loves Me, vs. 1, 2
# 287 Have Thine Own Way, Lord, vs. 1, 3, 4
Call to Worship
Hymn # 469 A Mighty Fortress is Our God (Gray Psalter Hymnal)
Psalter: Psalm 99 (NRSV) Bert Chapman
1The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
2The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.
3Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is he!
4Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5Extol the LORD our God; worship at his footstool. Holy is he!
6Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the LORD, and he answered them.
7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his decrees, and the statutes that he gave them.
8O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
9Extol the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy.
Prayer for Illumination
New Testament Reading: Luke 9:28-36
28Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. 31They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. 34While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. 35Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” 36When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.
Lector: This is the Word of the Lord.
Congregation: Thanks be to God for His Word.
Choral Anthem The Light of Glory
You are the light of glory
You are the wondrous story
You are the author of our faith
You are the life eternal
You are the word supernal
You are the Lamb, the giver of grace
You are the mighty warrior
You are the great Redeemer
You are the chief and cornerstone
You are the sure foundation
You are the hope of nations
You are our God and God alone
You are the light of glory
You are the wondrous story
You are the maker of all things
You are the great creator
You are the Lord and Savior
You are the One, the King of kings
You are patient and kind
You are love divine
A treasure of priceless worth
Your kingdom endures forever
Your mercy faileth never
You are the joy of salvation
The light of the world
You are the Lord
You are the King
You are the light of glory!
Children’s Sermon
Hymn # 500 How Firm a Foundation (Gray Psalter Hymnal)
Old Testament Reading: Malachi 4:4-6
4Remember the teaching of my servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. 6He will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the hearts of children to their parents, so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse.
Sermon “Remember the Teaching” Pastor Andrew Winter
