First Presbyterian Church
Monticello, Arkansas
   The Order of Worship
   
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
   Sunday, February
12, 2012
   11:00 AM

We Assemble In God’s Name

Prelude         His Kingdom Is Forever        Wilson

Announcements and Greetings                Amy McGhee
Members, guests, and visitors are asked to please sign the Friendship Pad in the pew.
This is for the attendance records kept in the church office.

Choral Introit        At This Morning Time of Worship        Dunlap

Call to Worship                
Leader:        O Lord our Constant God, through all our lives you have been a place of refuge to us.
People:        Loving God, you allow us to shelter in your presence.
Leader:        In all your upright powers, hear our cries, O God, as once again we come to you for security.
People:        Save us from all the fears that separates us  from our loving and saving God.
Leader:        You, O God, are our strong fortress, our place of safety from all that threatens us.
People:        Today, we come in prayer and praise, to honor and worship you and to forever praise your holy name. Amen.

Prayer of Adoration

*Hymn  No 466        O For A Thousand Tongues  To Sing        Blue Hymnal

Call to Confession
Almighty Father; we enter your presence confessing the things we try to conceal from you and the things we try to conceal from others. We
confess the heartbreak, worry, and sorrow we have caused, that make it difficult for others to forgive us, the times we have made it easy for
others to do wrong, the harm we have done that makes it hard for us to forgive ourselves. Lord have mercy and forgive us through Christ. Amen.

Prayer of Confession (in unison)
God, our creator and redeemer, you never grow weary or faint but we have doubted your will or ability to care for us. We have said, “My
way is hidden from the Lord and my right is disregarded by my God.” We have let anxiety consume us and we have let fear paralyze love
for the poor and lonely. Forgive us for holding to our doubt. Free us to walk in faith and the strength of your mercy, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen

Silent Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Pardon
Hear the good news! Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ, and Christ died for us, Christ rose for us, Christ prays for us. Anyone who is
in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun. Know that you are forgiven and be at peace. Amen.

*Hymn No. 579         Gloria Patri        Blue Hymnal

Anthem        Peace Like A River/Amen!        Wagner

We Proclaim God’s Word

Prayer of Illumination
Prepare our hearts, O God, to accept your Word. Silence in us any voice but your own, that, hearing, we may also obey your will through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


First Lesson        2 Kings 5:1-14        Page 323, Pew Bible

*Hymn No 477        Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim        Blue Hymnal

Second Lesson        1 Corinthians 13:1-12        Page 1000, Pew Bible

Sermon        All You Need Is Love        Bart Bynum

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People

We Give Thanks To God

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory        Melodia da Chiesa        Handel/Thompson

*Doxology No. 592        Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow        Blue Hymnal

*Prayer of Dedication
O most merciful and gracious God, from whose open hand we all have received much: We ask you to accept this offering of your people.
Remember in your love those who have brought it. Remember also those persons and purposes for which it is given. So follow this
sacrifice with your blessing that it may promote peace and good will, and advance the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in
whose name we pray; Amen.

*Affirmation of Faith        Apostle’s Creed        
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.  And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose
again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy catholic church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  Amen.
The Sending

*Hymn  No 155        Rejoice the Lord’s King        Blue Hymnal

Charge and Benediction

Choral Benediction        The Gift of Song        Bailey

*Postlude        Praise to the Lord        from “Praxis Pietatis, Melica”
Bulletin