Estes Park United Methodist Church
January 23, 2022
Calendar
Sunday 1/23
9:45 AM Zoom Worship
3:00 PM Easy Hiking Group
Monday 1/124
1:00 PM Bridge Group
Tuesday 1/25
8-10:30 AM Office Open
10:00 AM Easy Hiking Group
4:00 PM Women’s Devotional Group
Wednesday 1/26
10:00 AM Zoom Book Study
6:00 PM Zoom Book Study
Thursday 1/20
8-10:30 AM Office Open
Friday 1/21
3:00 PM Easy Hiking Group
Order of Worship
Prelude
Greeting/Welcome
Call to Worship
Leader: God, you who are the gift-giver, you call us together,
People: with our different gifts, our different ideas, our different tastes.
Leader: You call us together,
People: to share what makes us special, to build each other up, to serve each other in love.
Leader: You call us together,
People: knowing that we need all parts of the body if we are to be whole.
Opening Prayer (Unison)
Spirit of the living God, we praise you for empowering us to claim membership of the body of Christ, a gift received through the fullness of your grace. Empower us anew, we pray. Remind us that we are all members of the one body and if one member suffers, we all suffer. May we, as the body of Christ in this place, be the best evidence of your love by declaring and witnessing to this as the year of the Lord’s favor for all people. We give thanks that all of us are Christ’s body, and rejoice in each one being a part of it. Amen
Opening Hymn
To God Be The Glory
Prayer of Confession
Together, we are the Body of Christ, but we are more inclined to act alone. Apart: one may see, but may not hear. Apart: one may reach out, but may not walk. We confess that we have not always cared for one another. We confess that have belittled our own expressions of faithfulness in light of another’s. Strengthen us in who you, our Creator, have created us to be so that we may function as the Body of Christ in this world. Amen.
(Silent Prayer)
Words of Assurance
Leader: With the love of Jesus, we are the body of Christ! We have been freed from our fears and doubts. Rejoice, dear friends! In Jesus’ name, we are forgiven and healed. Amen.
People: Thanks be to God, Amen!
Offering
Prayer of Blessing
Pastoral Prayer
Gospel Lesson
I Corinthians 12:12-31a
Sermon
We Are the Body of Christ
Closing Hymn
Jesus Shall Reign
Benediction
Postlude
Service Participants:
Pastor: Rev. Ann Steiner Lantz
Recorded Worship Liturgist: Cay Lacey
Zoom Worship Liturgist: Barbara Bailey
Director of Music: Jim Flanigan
Pianist: Nancy Gunter
Videographer: Jim Ecklund