Welcome and Call to Worship
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Leader: God of light, light of light, true God of true God
ALL: We bless You
Leader: God of new beginnings, hope of hope, as we reach for this new year
ALL: We bless You
Leader: God of joy, delight of delight, as we give thanks for all that is good
ALL: We bless You
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 trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
for ever.
Amen.
HymnOn Jordan’s Banks, the Baptist’s Cry
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh.
Awake and harken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of kings!
Then cleansed be every life from sin:
make straight the way for God within,
and let us all our hearts prepare
for Christ to come and enter there.
We hail you as our Savior, Lord,
our refuge and our great reward.
Without your grace we waste away
like flowers that wither and decay.
Stretch forth your hand, our health restore,
and make us rise to fall no more.
O let your face upon us shine
and fill the world with love divine.
All praise to you, eternal Son,
whose advent has our freedom won,
whom with the Father we adore,
and Holy Spirit, evermore.
ScriptureGenesis 1:1-5, Mark 1:4-11
Meditation
Special Music
Offering
Prayer of Intercession
Intimations
HymnOut of the Flowing River
(Leith Fisher/Timothy Redman)
Out of the flowing river
Jesus ascends
baptised by John
waiting the sign.Out of the open heavens
God’s Spirit comes
down like a dove
in peace and power.
Out speaks the voice from heaven:
“You are my Son,
chosen and loved,
my own delight.”
Out through the life of Jesus
God’s word of love,
calling in grace,
comes to our lives.
Out in the world we live in
we will make known
the love revealed
through God in Christ.