This is the lesson and sermon from Sunday, January 31, 2010.
January 2010 Archives
THE FIRST LESSON Luke 4:21-30
THE SECOND LESSON 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
SERMON "The Light of the Body of Christ: Love and Rage"
Worship Notes
Today is the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany. Like Westminster, many reformed congregations observe a liturgical season of Epiphany until Transfiguration Sunday, which is celebrated on the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday (February 14). The liturgical color for the season of Epiphany is white.
"Light" is the common liturgical symbol for the season of Epiphany. Just as the wise men followed the light of the star to Bethlehem, so, too, do we symbolically follow the light of the Christ Candle into the sanctuary during the processional hymn, and out of the sanctuary into the world during the recessional hymn.
The meditation on God's Word today reflects on the love found within this community of Christ. The spiritual gifts God has given may make us each unique, but it is God's love for us, and our love for each other, that unites us.
The music through which we worship accentuates the theme of Christian love and the work of the Holy Spirit among us. In the processional hymn, we sing of God's love, which is greater than all other loves humanly known. In response to the Word proclaimed, we sing to acknowledge we are called to partner in Christ's service through ministries of love and grace. The offertory is a setting by contemporary American composer, Hal Hopson, of today's Epistle text. Finally, as our worship ends, and as we prepare to enter into the Annual Meeting of our congregation, we unite our voices to offer a song of thanksgiving for the blessed tie that binds us to God and to one another in Christian love.
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