WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION

PRELUDE                 “Be Thou My Vision”         arr. Douglas Wagner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

*CALL TO WORSHIP – from Psalm 99:1-3

The Lord is our ruler; let the peoples tremble!

God sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

The Lord is great in Zion; God is exalted over all the peoples.

Let them praise Your great and awesome name.  Holy is God!

Let us praise God’s holy name!

*PRAYER OF THE DAY

*HYMN 1            Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!   

PRAYER OF CONFESSION                    

God of compassion, in Jesus Christ you reveal the light of your glory, but we turn away, distracted by our own plans.  We confess that we speak when we should listen, and act when we should wait.  Forgive our aimless enthusiasms.  Grant us wisdom to live in your light and to follow in the way of your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior...

Silent Prayers of Confession

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS – based on 2nd Corinthians 3:17-28

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.” In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and transformed! 

Thanks be to God!

*GLORIA PATRI         “Glory Be to the Father”          #581

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE LESSONS: Exodus 24:12-18, 34:29-32; Matthew 17:1-9

SERMON                                                           Rev. Barrett Ingram

*HYMN 451              Open My Eyes, That I May See  

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH                               The Apostles’ 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.  

*“catholic” (little c) is translated as “universal” and is not a reference to the Roman Catholic Church.

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

OFFERTORY ANTHEM  

 “Be Thou My Vision”          Graham Godfrey

RECEIVING OF GOD’S TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*DOXOLOGY – Hymn 606 

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

*HYMN 804              Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart! 

*BENEDICTION  

*POSTLUDE              “Immortal, Invisible”                 Dan Forrest

*Those who are able are invited to stand.