January 8, 2012 – Epiphany Program of Worship

Karen Hopper Thank you for assisting in service. Here are a couple of notes to help you through
the service. Please light the candles before worship. The scripture readings are
included in this copy, but please read the scripture from a Bible. You may bring
your own or use the one in the pulpit. (If you wish to use a translation other than
the NRSV, please speak to Michael before the service.) Also, the microphone on the
pulpit is only on when you are speaking, so please stay at the pulpit during the first
hymn and the Song of Praise. If it is more comfortable, you may turn and watch the
monitors during the singing. Don’t worry; your singing will not go through the
sound system.
Chimes
Daniel News of the Mission of Crosswinds
Michael Scripture Reading Isaiah 60:1-6
Congregation on Opening Music "I am the Light of the World"
Chorus Following
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Karen Hopper *Call to Worship
(Come to the pulpit
before the music
Please stand if you are able and join me in the call to worship, found in the
ends) bulletin:
Leader: The magi came from faraway places, following a star.
People: We come to worship, and the star sheds light on our lives.
Leader: The magi brought gifts to offer the child,
People: We too bring gifts—ourselves, our hopes, our dreams.
Leader: Shepherds and magi—the meek and the mighty—all were welcome in
Bethlehem.
People: We too come to Bethlehem, and we will return to our homes
rejoicing. 
Piano & Flute on *Hymn #62 “Bring We the Frankincense of Our Love"
Verse
Guitar and Bells on
Refrain - (Light
piano on refrain -
music box style?)
Karen Hopper *Prayer of Brokenness & Reconciliation
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with
God, yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. Let us be honest
before God and join in a prayer of brokenness and reconciliation:
 Almighty God, Light of the World, you caused light to shine out of
darkness in the advent of Jesus our Christ; you continually open to us the
ways we are to prepare. We confess our unwillingness to see the light and
to walk in your ways. We have not always opened our eyes to the needs of
others, and our feet have wandered from the paths of justice and peace.
We ask that the Spirit of Christ be born anew within us, that our hearts
may be stirred to glorify the nativity with acts of compassion and service.
Amen.
The good news in Christ is that when we face ourselves and God with the

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 awareness of our need, we are given grace to grow, and courage to continue the
journey. Friends, believe the good news of the gospel. In Jesus Christ we are
forgiven!
Harmonica vs 1 *Song of Praise #68 "What Star is This, With Beams So Bright"
Flutes vs 2
(Verses 1 & 2)
Karen Hopper *The Peace
Leader: The peace of the world came with the birth of Jesus. May Christ’s
peace be with you all.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Let us share the peace of Christ with one another.
Traveling Music Time with Children
Michael H Morning Prayers
Prayers of the People
Lord’s Prayer—together
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.
Kate & Daniel? Offering and the Dedication of Our Gifts
Offertory
Karen Hopper Prayer of Dedication
(Come to the pulpit
before the music
Let us pray, Praise to you, O God; You bind our broken hearts, heal our inner
ends) wounds and love us so that we may love one another. May the gifts we bring today
serve as a light to those hovering in darkness, so that they may see your glory and
give you all the thanks and praise. Amen.
Michael A Meditation on the Second Chapter of Mathew
Prayer of Illumination
Harmonica "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
(Hymn #66 verse 1)
Verse 1 - Choir Sings with Congregation (Parts on Chorus)
Karen Hopper - Matthew 2:1-6
Be at the pulpit
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the
ready to read when
the music ends - East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?
Stay at the pulpit For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ 3When King
during the entire Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; 4and calling together all
mediation (your the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to
mike will be off be born. 5They told him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet:
during the music, so
you don't have to 6 “And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of
back away from the Judah;for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.” ’
pulpit) No
introduction of the
scripture
Solo Kate or "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Cheryl? on verse
Mandolin & Guitars
(Verse 2,Congregation on Chorus)
at Piano on Chorus -- Choir Sings Chorus only

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Karen Hopper Matthew 2:7-12
7 Then Herod secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when
the star had appeared. 8Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, ‘Go and search diligently
for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay
him homage.’ 9When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went
the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was.
10When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. 11On
entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid
him homage. Then, opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts of gold,
frankincense, and myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod,
they left for their own country by another road.

Verse 3 - unison on "We Three Kings of Orient Are"

verse. Parts on
Chorus
Verse 3 - Choir only, Melody on verse, Parts on Chorus
Karen Hopper Matthew 2:13-15
13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,
‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you;
for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.’ 14Then Joseph got up, took the
child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, 15and remained there until the death of
Herod. This was to fulfil what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, ‘Out of
Egypt I have called my son.’
Philharmonics "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Instrumental
Flutes & Bells?
(Philharmonics) - Instrumental No Choir
Karen Hopper Matthew 2:16-18
16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he
sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under,
according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. 17Then was fulfilled what
had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: 18 ‘A voice was heard in Ramah,
wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children;
she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.’
Solo Jim or "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Thomas? Mandolin
& Guitars at Piano
(Verse 4,Congregation on Chorus)
on Chorus -- Choir Sing Chorus only -
Karen Hopper Matthew 2:19-23
19 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt and said, 20‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for
those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.’ 21Then Joseph got up, took the child
and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archelaus was
ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being
warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee. 23There he made his home in a
town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be
fulfilled, ‘He will be called a Nazorean.’
Congregation "We Three Kings of Orient Are"
Harmonica
(verse 5)
Verse 5 - Choir Sings with Congregation (Parts on Chorus)
Michael H Message
Installation and Ordination of Officers- together
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 Almighty God: in every age you have chosen servants to speak your
word and lead your people. We thank you for these people whom you
have called to serve you. Give them the gifts to do your work, and fill
them with the Holy Spirit, so they may have the same mind that was
in Jesus Christ, and be faithful disciples to his ministry. Amen.
Harmonica verse *Hymn #525 "Here I Am, Lord"
Chorus
Michael H *Blessing
 
*Postlude