WELCOME AND CONCERNS OF THE CONGREGATION

PRELUDE     Fugue on “Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty”

                                                                                    Edward Beals

*CALL TO WORSHIP– – from Psalm 99:1-3

Leader: The Lord is Sovereign; let the people tremble in awe.

People: God is enthroned upon the cherubim; 

                   let the earth shake.

Leader: The Lord is great in Zion and is high above all peoples.

People: Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God,

                   and worship God upon the holy mountain.

*PRAYER OF THE DAY

*HYMN 667              When Morning Gilds the Skies

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 

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. (2 Corinthians 3:17-18) In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and transformed!

Thanks be to God!

*GLORIA PATRI        

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE LESSONS 

Exodus 34: 29-35; 2 Corinthians 3: 12 – 4: 2; Luke 9: 28-36   

SERMON                    “Radiance”             Rev. Barrett Ingram   

*HYMN 662              Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH        The Apostles’ Creed             pg. 35

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER 

OFFERTORY ANTHEM     “Jesus, on the Mountain Peak”

                                                                            Michael Burkhardt          

RECEIVING OF GOD’S TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*DOXOLOGY

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

*HYMN 450               Be Thou My Vision

*BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE                    “St. Denio”                   Rosalie Bonighton      

                        *Those who are able are invited to stand.