Sunday January 8, 2023
Prelude
Announcements
Opening Hymn – #156 I Love to Tell the Story (4 verses)
Opening Prayer
1st Scripture Reading – Isaiah 49:1-7 (OT pg. 644)
Choir Anthem – “All That Lasts”
Children’s Time
Joys & Concerns / Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Hymn – #349 Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus (2x)
Loving the Wider World through Our Giving
2nd Scripture Reading – John 1:29-42 (NT pg. 87)
Pastor’s Message “Come and See” – Pastor Devin
Communion
Praise Music – “Open Up The Heavens” – Nathan
Benediction
Postlude
1st Scripture Reading – Isaiah 49:1-7 (OT pg. 644)
The Servant’s Mission
1 Listen to me, O coastlands;
pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born;
while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.
2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
in his quiver he hid me away.
3 And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the Lord
and my reward with my God.”
5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—
6 he says,
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
7 Thus says the Lord,
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations,
the slave of rulers,
“Kings shall see and stand up;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
2nd Scripture Reading – John 1:29-42 (NT pg. 87)
The Lamb of God
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks
ahead of me because he was before me.’
31
I myself did not know him, but I came baptizing with
water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32And John testified, “I saw the Spirit
descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33
I myself did not know him, but
the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend
and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
34And I myself have seen and have
testified that this is the Chosen One.”
The First Disciples of Jesus
35 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and as he watched Jesus
walk by he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this,
and they followed Jesus. 38When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What
are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are
you staying?”
39He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying,
and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon. 40One of the
two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41He first
found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated
Anointed). 42He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of
John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).