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Bulletin for Sunday, February 27, 2022
Epiphany Week Eight – Pets, Diapers and Bathroom Mirrors
Who is this King of Glory - Lyrics
Who is this King of Glory
Who is this love amazing?
Came reaching down to save me
Making all things new
His goodness overwhelms me
With mercies new each morning
Now I can’t help but sing
You are worthy
King of glory, King of glory
Forever worthy
King of glory, King of glory
Open up, open up
you ancient gates
Open up, open up
for the King is coming
Who is this King of glory
The Lord so strong and mighty
He’s always faithful to forgive
His favor goes before me
His perfect love surrounds me
Now I can’t help but sing
You are worthy
King of glory, King of glory
Forever worthy
King of glory, King of glory
Open up, open up
you ancient gates
Open up, open up
for the King is coming
Open up, open up
you ancient gates
Open up, open up
for the King is coming
You are worthy
King of glory, King of glory
Forever worthy
King of glory, King of glory
Great Things - Lyrics
Great Things
Come let us worship our King
Come let us bow at His feet
He has done great things
See what our Savior has done
See how His love overcomes
He has done great things
He has done great things
Oh, hero of Heaven
You conquer the grave
You free every captive
and break every chain oh God
You have done great things
We dance in Your freedom
awakened to life
Oh Jesus, our Savior
Your name lifted high oh God
You have done great things
You’ve been faithful through every storm
You’ll be faithful forevermore
You have done great things
And I know You will do it again
For Your promise is “Yes and amen”
You will do great things
God, You do great things
Oh, hero of Heaven
You conquer the grave
You free every captive
and break every chain oh God
You have done great things
We dance in Your freedom
awakened to life
Oh Jesus, our Savior
Your name lifted high oh God
You have done great things
Hallelujah God – above it all
Hallelujah God – unshakable
Hallelujah – You have done great things
Hallelujah God – above it all
Hallelujah God – unshakable
Hallelujah – You have done great things
You have done great things
Oh, hero of Heaven
You conquer the grave
You free every captive
and break every chain oh God
You have done great things
We dance in Your freedom
awakened to life
Oh Jesus, our Savior
Your name lifted high oh God
You have done great things
You have done great things
God, You have done great things
Walk With Me - Lyrics
Walk With Me
Walk with me, Lord
Walk with me
Walk with me, Lord
Walk with me
While I’m on this tedious journey
I want Jesus
to walk with me
Hold my hand, Lord
Hold my hand
Hold my hand, Lord
Hold my hand
While I’m on this tedious journey
I want Jesus
to hold my hand
Walk with me, Lord
Walk with me
Walk with me, Lord
Walk with me
While I’m on this tedious journey
I want Jesus
to walk with me
Old Testament Readings
Exodus 34:29-35
29 When Moses came down Mount Sinai carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, he wasn’t aware that his face had become radiant because he had spoken to the Lord. 30 So when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses’ face, they were afraid to come near him.
31 But Moses called out to them and asked Aaron and all the leaders of the community to come over, and he talked with them. 32 Then all the people of Israel approached him, and Moses gave them all the instructions the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. 33 When Moses finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil. 34 But whenever he went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the Lord, he would remove the veil until he came out again. Then he would give the people whatever instructions the Lord had given him, 35 and the people of Israel would see the radiant glow of his face. So he would put the veil over his face until he returned to speak with the Lord.
Psalm 99
Psalm 99
1 The Lord is king!
Let the nations tremble!
He sits on his throne between the cherubim.
Let the whole earth quake!
2 The Lord sits in majesty in Jerusalem,
exalted above all the nations.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Your name is holy!
4 Mighty King, lover of justice,
you have established fairness.
You have acted with justice
and righteousness throughout Israel.
5 Exalt the Lord our God!
Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests;
Samuel also called on his name.
They cried to the Lord for help,
and he answered them.
7 He spoke to Israel from the pillar of cloud,
and they followed the laws and decrees he gave them.
8 O Lord our God, you answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,
but you punished them when they went wrong.
9 Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem,
for the Lord our God is holy!
Leader: The word of the Lord.
Everyone: Thanks be to God.
My World Needs You - Lyrics
My World Needs You
Show me your face
Fill up this space
My world needs you right now
My world needs you right now
I can’t escape
Being afraid
Fill me with you right now
My world needs you right now
Power fall down
Bring with it a sound
That points us to you right now
Erase substitutes right now
Fix what I see
And God please fix me
My world needs you right now
Let us see you right now
Show me your face
Fill up this space
My world needs you right now
My world needs you right now
Storms may come
but when we call your name
All things change
Kingdoms fall
One thing forever reigns
Is your name
The anchor that holds me in my pain
stays the same
Oh how sweet to know that your great name
Will never change
Storms may come
but when we call your name
All things change
Kingdoms fall
One thing forever reigns
Is your name
The anchor that holds me in my pain
stays the same
Oh how sweet to know that your great name
Will never change
Show me your face
Fill up this space
My world needs you right now
My world needs you right now
New Testament Readings
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
12 Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold. 13 We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so the people of Israel would not see the glory, even though it was destined to fade away. 14 But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ. 15 Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand.
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
4:1 Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up. 2 We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.
Luke 9:28-37
28 About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30 Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking with Jesus. 31 They were glorious to see. And they were speaking about his exodus from this world, which was about to be fulfilled in Jerusalem.
32 Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him. 33 As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave, Peter, not even knowing what he was saying, blurted out, “Master, it’s wonderful for us to be here! Let’s make three shelters as memorials—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 34 But even as he was saying this, a cloud overshadowed them, and terror gripped them as the cloud covered them.
35 Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.” 36 When the voice finished, Jesus was there alone. They didn’t tell anyone at that time what they had seen.
37 The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.
Leader: The word of the Lord.
Everyone: Thanks be to God.
Epiphany Week Eight - Pets, Diapers and Bathroom Mirrors
Jesus is what God has to say. — Brian Zahnd“The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.” — Luke 9:37
“Faithful Families is a thoughtful, practical guide to teaching by doing—to integrating prayer, tradition, Scripture, and ritual into the routines of a normal, busy family. What I love about this book, and about Traci’s work, is how it illuminates the sacred in the everyday, how it invites us to turn a lazy Saturday morning breakfast, a long car ride, the death of a pet, or the end of a stressful day into an opportunity to look for God, hiding in plain sight.” — Rachel Held Evans
Here was your good creature, O Lord, Pondered and called to Life by your own compassionate design. Here was your good creature, and here were the spaces and the days we shared, enjoying the Glad company and cheerful Fellowship of a fellow-creature. We made room in our lives, room in our home, room in our hearts, to welcome your unique creation. And we gave your good creature the name Kona. We were filled with a right and fond affection for another living thing your hands had made delighting daily in its presence. Now this season of our shared lives is ended by death. Our hearts are unprepared for such loss, and we are deeply grieved. Even so, Heavenly Father, we are grateful for the life that was, for the gift of a living thing so easily loved. — Douglas Kaine McKelveyHeavenly Father, in such menial moments as this, the changing of a diaper, I would remember this truth. My unseen labors are not lost, for it is these repeated acts of small sacrifice that, like bright, ragged patches, are slowly being sewn into a quilt of loving-kindness that swaddles this child.
I am not just changing a diaper. By love and service I am tending a budding heart that, rooted early in such grace-filled devotion, might one day be more readily inclined to bow to your compassionate conviction, knowing itself then as both a receptacle and a reservoir of heavenly Grace.
So this little act of diapering, though in form sometimes felt as base drudgery, might be better described as one of ten thousand acts by which I am actively creating a culture of compassionate service and selfless love to shape the life of my home and my beloved child.
So take this unremarkable act of necessary service, O Christ, and in your economy let it be multiplied into that greater outworking of worship and of faith, a true investment in the incremental advance of Your Kingdom across generations.
Open my eyes that I might see this act for what it is from the fixed vantage of eternity.
O Lord, how the changing of a diaper might sit upstream of the changing of a heart; how the changing of a heart might sit upstream of the changing of the world. Amen.
— Douglas Kaine McKelvey
“Sometimes the difference between drudgery and epiphany is just seeing things from the right angle, a frame that reframes everything, even the mundane. You don’t need more to do in a day. Instead, reframe the everyday as an extension of worship, and folding the laundry, washing dishes, and even commuting become habitations of the Spirit.” — James K.A. SmithTo gather joyfully is indeed a serious affair, for feasting and all enjoyment gratefully taken are, at their heart, acts of war.
In celebrating this feast we declare that evil and death, suffering and loss, sorrow and tears, will not have the final word. But the joy of fellowship, and the welcome and comfort of friends new and old, and the celebration of these blessings of food and drink and conversation and laughter are the true evidences of things eternal, and are the first fruits of that great glad joy that is to come and that will be unending.
So let our Feast this day be joined to those sure victories secured by Christ, let it be to us now a delight and a glad foretaste of his eternal Kingdom. Bless us, O Lord, in this feast.
— Douglas Kaine McKelvey
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Good Good Father - Lyrics
Good Good Father
Oh, I’ve heard a thousand stories
of what they think You’re like
But I’ve heard the tender whisper
of love in the dead of night
And You tell me that You’re pleased
And that I’m never alone
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who You are
it’s who You are
it’s who You are
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who You are
it’s who You are
it’s who You are
And I’m loved by You
It’s who I am
it’s who I am
it’s who I am
Oh, and I’ve seen many searching for answers far and wide
But I know we’re all searching
For answers only you provide
Cause you know just what we need
Before we say a word
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who You are
it’s who You are
it’s who You are
And I’m loved by You
It’s who I am
it’s who I am
it’s who I am
You are perfect in all of Your ways
You are perfect in all of Your ways
You are perfect in all of Your ways
To us
You are perfect in all of Your ways
You are perfect in all of Your ways
You are perfect in all of Your ways
To us
Oh, this love so undeniable
I, I can hardly speak
Peace so unexplainable
I, I can hardly think
As you call me deeper still
As you call me deeper still
As you call me deeper still
Into love, love, love
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who You are
it’s who You are
it’s who You are
And I’m loved by You
It’s who I am
it’s who I am
it’s who I am
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who You are
it’s who You are
it’s who You are
And I’m loved by You
It’s who I am
it’s who I am
it’s who I am
