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TRANSITION TIME
Prelude: “The Longer I Serve Him,” William Gaither
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Meditation
Responsive Call to Worship: “Directions,” (Native American, USA)
Opening Hymn: #172 We Three Kings
First Reading: Matthew 2:1-16, 19-23 Lonnie Grillo
Word for All Ages: Matthew’s Story
Joys & Concerns, Congregational Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Offering:
Invitation
Offeratory: “Christ, Thou Art Our Day and Night” Georg Boem (1161-1733)
Song of Praise #49
Second Reading: Matthew 3:13-17
Meditation: Return to Ordinary Time: Jesus’ Baptism Lyn Pickhover
Closing Hymn: #393 One Bread, One Body
Benediction
Postlude: “Pastoral,” Francois Couperin (1668-1733)