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TRUTH: In Hard and Soft SHADOWS ... Transfiguration Sunday
10:45 - Leader's Meeting
11:00 - Coffee Hour in 11 Minutes
(Sip your coffee and discuss 1 Kings or 2 Corinthians or Mark 9 ... and how God might reach a Wide Range of People through us during the upcoming season of Lent ... or what does COMPANIONSHIP mean for you during this unique New Year?)
11:11 - WORSHIP BEGINS
A) PRELUDE: Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
B) 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1-10 read by #1
1) I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.
I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.
Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
B) First Hymn: Softly and Tenderly, from Reflections, led by Fountainview Academy
Please MUTE and SING (lyrics are in the video)
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
To Serve as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
about being a VEHICLE
that will deliver CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, and COMPANIONSHIP
to a tremendously anxious COMMUNITY,
remembering that God is our REFUGE & STRENGTH.
I) THIS Sunday is the Transfiguration Sunday, the end of Epiphany
Light ... OF THE WORLD - January 3
Light ... IN THE DARKNESS - January 10
Light ... YET TO COME - January 17
Light ... LET IT SHINE - January 24
Truth ... NEW TEACHING/With Authority - January 31
Truth ... THAT SILENCES/Condemnation - February 7
Truth ... HARD TO HANDLE/In Shadows - February 14
Wednesday, February 17 is ASH WEDNESDAY
Sunday, February 21 is the First Sunday in LENT
Sunday, April 4 is EASTER Sunday
II) THIS Wednesday, February 17 is ASH WEDNESDAY at 7 PM
When My Lament Becomes Praise
HERE I STAND/When Powers Assail Me
Being Treated As LESS THAN Another
has helped me remember how God's Grace is MORE THAN sufficient
1) Wednesday, February 24 ... Like the Woman at the Well
2) Wednesday, March 3 ... Like Tamar (either one)
3) Wednesday, March 10 ... Like Rahab
4) Wednesday, March 17 ... Like Mary Magdalene
5) Wednesday, March 24 ... Like Stephen
Maundy Thursday, April 1 ... Pastor Todd leads Seder Meal
6) Good Friday, April 2 ... Led by Laity or Partnership with another Church
III) Reports from the EZEKIEL 44:5 EXPERIMENT
EVERYONE is a part of one Project or the Other:
1) Clean HANDS Project ... Pantry Snack Pack Distribution updates
Meet at 9 AM on Wednesdays for 11 AM Distribution
Meet at 10 AM on Saturdays for 11 AM Distribution
2) Clean HEART Project ... Black History Month Celebration
Sunday, February 28 with St. John's
Planning Meetings after church at 1 PM (2/4 & 2/11)
2) Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.”
3) But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
4) The company of prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take your master away from you?”
3) And Elisha said, “Yes, I know; keep silent.”
2) Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.”
3) But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.”
4) So they came to Jericho. The company of prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take your master away from you?”
3) And he answered, “Yes, I know; be silent.”
2) Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.”
3) But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
4) Fifty men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.
2) Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground. When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may do for you, before I am taken from you.”
3) Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.”
2) He responded, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it will not.”
4) As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven.
3) Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks Be to God!!
D) LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING leading into our MESSAGE for the YOUNG at HEART, a special edition for Black History Month, led by Sydney Bryant and Za'kiyiah & La'Niyiah Goffney, and directed by Yarlette Bryant
E) KYRIE, led by Carlos Leggett
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For the peace from above, and for our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
For this holy house, and for all who offer here their worship and praise, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
Amen.
5) The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
AND ALSO WITH YOU
6) We gather together and share a CREED to remember that in God, we have a Companion who will never fail us and will be with us always. It is a CREED that reminds us that death is never the final answer, and the hope springs eternal for those who follow the God of Resurrection and Life.
I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY
Creator of heaven and earth.
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST,
God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.* On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
5) We take this moment to confess our sins: Do you confess that you are captive to sin and cannot free yourself from this trap of sin and death, at least not in this life? Do you confess that you have sinned against God in anger, rebellion, frustration, doubt and fear.
WE DO.
6) Do you confess that, because your neighbor fails to love in the way that God commands, that you also have not loved your neighbor as yourself? Do you confess that you struggle to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength?
WE DO.
5) Do you ask, with the help of Jesus Christ, Forgive us, Lord, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name.
WE DO. AMEN.
6) Brothers and sisters hear this grace: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you and for His sake, God forgives you all of your sins. As a called disciple of Christ I declare the entire forgiveness of all of your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
AMEN.
F) GOSPEL LESSON: Mark 9:2-9, led by #7
Halle, Halle, Halle-lujah, led by Tanya Browne & Dolphene Davis
Our Gospel Lesson comes from Mark in the 1st Chapter.
GLORY TO YOU, O LORD!
7) Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
PRAISE TO YOU, OH CHRIST
G) SECOND SONG "I Won't Go Back" led by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Please Mute and Sing Along (No Lyrics)
H) SERMON: "Was he Bathed in HARD Light or SOFT Light?" shared by Pastor Todd
SERMON SERIES:
Epiphany: We SEE the TRUTH ...
1) NEW TEACHING/With Authority - January 31
2) THAT SILENCES/Condemnation - February 7
3) HARD TO HANDLE/In Shadows - February 14
Lent: HERE WE STAND ... With Jesus
Wilderness or Fulfillment? - February 21
Rebuked, Provoked, or Gracious? - February 28
G) THIRD SONG: Shackles (Praise Him), led by Mary, Mary, (the Lyrics version), Shackles (Praise Him), led by Mary, Mary, (the Official Video version), Shackles (Praise Him), led by Mary, Mary, (the Dance version)
Please MUTE and SING along (lyrics are in video:)
K) LITURGY of HOLY COMMUNION (Google Drive) This is the Feast of Victory (Dropbox) .... Led by Carlos Leggett & Tanya Browne
This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia!
Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God.
Power, riches and wisdom and strength, and honor and blessing and glory are his.
This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia!
Sing with all the people of God and join in the hymns of all creation.
Blessing and honor and glory and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen.
This is the feast of victory for our God. For the Lamb who was slain has begun his reign. Alleluia, Alleluia!
GREAT THANKSGIVING & Preface by #7
Please UNmute & RESPOND
The Lord be with you,
AND ALSO WITH YOU
Lift up your hearts
WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD!
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE OUR THANKS AND PRAISE.
It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, Holy Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who on this day overcame death and the grave and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so with the Church on Earth and all the hosts of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD, Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he, who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, in the highest.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & Lord's Prayer, led by #7
The Words of Institution are recorded for us in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke as well as by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:
“Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night in which He was betrayed, took bread and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: ‘Take and eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.’
“In the same way also He took the cup after supper, gave thanks, and gave it to them saying: ‘Drink of it all of you; this cup is the New Covenant in My blood, which is shed for you and for all people, for the remission of sins. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'”
When the disciples didn't know how to PRAY in the face of the challenges ahead of them, they asked Jesus for help. He said, "Pray this way!" Will you share with me the Lord's Prayer?
Please UNMute & RESPOND
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, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
1) Lamb, Of God, led by Dolphene Davis
2) Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior, led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
1) Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us (repeat) ... Lamb of God, you take away, the sins of the world, grant us peace ... grant us peace.
* AND *
Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by
Pass me not, O gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry, While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by
Let me at Thy throne of mercy, Find a sweet relief, Kneeling there in deep contrition, Help my unbelief
Trusting only in Thy merit, Would I seek Thy face, Heal my wounded, broken spirit Save me by Thy grace
Thou the spring of all my comfort, More than life to me, Whom have I on earth beside Thee? Whom in Heav'n but Thee?
L) Post Communion Blessing & Prayer led by #7
ALL: May the body and blood of our Risen Lord, Jesus the Christ, strengthen you and keep you in His grace, now and always. Amen.
Let us pray. Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ’s resurrection you send light to conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of life to nourish your people. Help us to stand with Jesus as witnesses to your Son’s resurrection, that we may show your glory to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. AMEN.
M) BENEDICTION: We are Called (Come, Live in the Light), led by Luther College Virtual Choir, We are Called, version with LYRICS, We are Called, led by Notre Dame Folk Choir (in Chapel), We are Called, led by Notre Dame Folk Choir (in Rehearsal), Christ Be Our Light, led by Notre Dame Folk Choir
Please MUTE and SING along (lyrics in Video and below)
We are called to act with justice, We are called to love tenderly We are called to serve one another, To walk humbly with God
Come, live in the light, Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord We are called to be light for the kingdom, To live in the freedom of the city of God
Come, open your heart, Show your mercy to all those in fear We are called to be hope for the hopeless, So all hatred and blindness will be no more
Sing, sing a new song, Sing of that great day when all will be one God will reign and we'll walk with each other, As sisters and brothers united in love
SENDING: Led by led by #7
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
TO SERVE as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
Go in Peace and Serve the Lord!
Thanks be to God!! And WE WILL!!
Companionship is a ministry of PRESENCE, a relationship responding to isolation and suffering and supportive of healing and recovery.
Companionship welcomes the stranger, building a CIRCLE of CARE with individuals who are facing emotional and mental health challenges.
Companionship is rooted in our natural capacities as human beings to be sensitive, compassionate and concerned.
POSTLUDE 1: Kids Explain Black History Month by Global Citizen
POSTLUDE 2: Shackles (Praise Him), led by Mary, Mary, (the Lyrics version), Shackles (Praise Him), led by Mary, Mary, (the Official Video version), Shackles (Praise Him), led by Mary, Mary, (the Dance version)
POSTLUDE 3: We are Called (Come, Live in the Light), led by Luther College Virtual Choir, We are Called, version with LYRICS, We are Called, led by Notre Dame Folk Choir (in Chapel), We are Called, led by Notre Dame Folk Choir (in Rehearsal), Christ Be Our Light, led by Notre Dame Folk Choir
Please MUTE and SING along (lyrics in Video and below)
We are called to act with justice, We are called to love tenderly We are called to serve one another, To walk humbly with God
Come, live in the light, Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord We are called to be light for the kingdom, To live in the freedom of the city of God
Come, open your heart, Show your mercy to all those in fear We are called to be hope for the hopeless, So all hatred and blindness will be no more
Sing, sing a new song, Sing of that great day when all will be one God will reign and we'll walk with each other, As sisters and brothers united in love
POSTLUDE 5: This Little Light of Mine, led by the NFL Choir