THE PEOPLE OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GATHER
THE WORSHIP JANUARY 25, 2015
OF
GOD
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
11:00 A.M.
We are an ecumenical, multi-racial, multi-ethnic Christian body that reaches out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. To that end we strive to be welcoming, responsive, trusting and prayerful in everything we do. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
THE STORY OF JESUS CALLING HIS FIRST DISCIPLES isn’t really a story about them—or us. Rather, it “is a story about the power of God—to walk right up to a quartet of fishermen and work a miracle: creating faith where there was no faith, creating disciples where there were none just a moment before." — Barbara Brown Taylor Walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw the brothers Simon and Andrew casting their net into the water. “Follow me,” Jesus called out, “and you’ll be fishing for people!” And, immediately, they went with Jesus. ...Mark I:I6-I8
“IF WE ANSWER THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP, where will it lead us? What decisions and partings will it demand? To answer this we shall have to go to Jesus, for only he knows the answer. Only Jesus, who bids us follow him, knows the journey’s end. But we do know that it will be a road of boundless mercy. Discipleship means joy.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
G ATHERING FOR WORSHIP PRELUDE
O Mensch, bewein‘ dein‘ Sünde gross Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) John Dautzenberg, Organ
During the Prelude, please prepare for worship by centering your heart with this prayer of St. Augustine. After a life of running from God, Augustine opened his heart to love and to grace. His prayer speaks to that conversion. Late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient, so new. Not knowing the love with which you loved me, I was misshapen and conflicted, ever seeking acceptance and wholeness. But, though I was not with you, always you were with me. You called, you shouted, you shattered my deafness. You sparkled, you blazed, you broke through my blindness. You shed your fragrance—I gasped, and now I long for you. I tasted your goodness, and forever I hunger, I thirst for you. You touched me, and I now burn with desire for your peace. Amen. LIGHTING THE ALTAR CANDLES WELCOME
Rachel Alcazar, Acolyte Reverend Glaze
Congregation standing; la congregación se pone de pie. Congregational responses in bold. Audio enhancement devices available for use during worship. Please ask an usher for assistance. Respuestas congregacionales en negrita. Para Biblias en español o traducción del servicio en español, por favor hablar con un ujier.