HEBRON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

February 9, 2020 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 11:00 AM

PRELUDE Joel VanderZee

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP “Make Us One, Lord” Chancel Choir

*RESPONSIVE CALL TO WORSHIP

L: Let the ends of the earth remember and turn to God.

May all families of the nations worship together. P: Dominion belongs to God who rules over all.

We will bow down to the dust and rise up to live.

L: My friends, have confidence to enter the sanctuary.

Come with true hearts in full assurance of faith.

P: We seek to encourage one another and perform good deeds.

We will encourage one another to hope in God.

*UNISON OPENING PRAYER

Holy God, you created the world and all that is in it. The wind and the sea obey your

Son. You are the source of our strength and our confidence is in you. All praise be to

you, our stronghold and savior. Amen.

*HYMN “Fairest Lord Jesus” #87

RESPONSIVE CALL TO CONFESSION ~

L: The Holy One, who opens eyes and ears, makes the mute to speak, and delivers the

tormented from demons within, invites us to seek the healing we need. P: God reigns in us but longs for our participation.

L: Let us confess our estrangement from the One who offers us true freedom.

(Silent prayer and personal confession)

UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION ~

O Lord, we confess that our good intentions have gone astray. We favor the people

who are like us, and honor those we deem to be important. We dishonor the poor,

write off those with whom we disagree, sow injustice on our hands. It is so much easi-

er to give advice than to do good. We plead for your forgiveness and for a depth of

faith that will make a difference in us and in our world.

RESPONSIVE ASSURANCE OF PARDON

L: When we show mercy, we are able to accept God’s mercy which triumphs over judge-

ment. P: God opens our minds and hearts to hear and understand those who need our

help. Now let us go and sin no more.

*GLORIA PATRI #813

ANTHEM “Beautiful Savior” Chancel Choir

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON ~ Deuteronomy 24:10-15 page 173 in the pew Bible "When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge; when the sun goes down, you shall restore to him the pledge that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God. "You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brethren or one of the so-journers who are in your land within your towns; you shall give him his hire on the day he earns it, before the sun goes down (for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it); lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin in you.

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON ~ Ephesians 4:26-32 page 1019 in the pew Bible Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity

to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with

his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need. Let no evil talk come out of your

mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace

to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for

the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put

away from you, with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one

another, as God in Christ forgave you.

L: This is the word of the Lord; P: Thanks be to God!

SERMON “Before the Sun Goes Down” Mark Wilson

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed Inside front cover of Hymnal

*HYMN “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind” #639

OFFERING AND OFFERTORY Joel VanderZee

*DOXOLOGY #815

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

MORNING PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (...debts/debtors…)

*HYMN “Take the Name of Jesus with You” #235

*BENEDICTION

*CHORAL RESPONSE “Precious Name, O How Sweet Chancel Choir

POSTLUDE Joel VanderZee

*Those who are able may stand.

BOLDFACE TYPE indicates words spoken or sung by the congregation.

Hebron Presbyterian Church 423 Hebron Road

Staunton, VA 24401 Telephone: 540-885-1648

Email: myhebronpc@gmail.com February 9, 2020 ~ 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Class of 2022

Hannah Bush Charles Buchanan Mike Fallin Robert Christian

Allen Martin Lorrie Dean Gail Mayer Tom Cook

Tracy Mayer, Clerk Theresa Moore Joyce Obenschain Sandy Showalter

Doug Trimble Robin Ruleman Anita Tuttle