Welcome to Worship

January 9, 2022
Epiphany Sunday

 Join us here for a live-stream beginning at 9:15am

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS – Rev. Andy Bachmann  

PRELUDE – “Minuet,” by Ravel – Offered by the Dalirusa Fling Quartet: Sally Simonis and Lisa McElwee-White, flute; Ruth Swartz, viola; David Turner, cello 

CALL TO WORSHIP 

Searching for a glimpse of change,
seeking liberation from colonizing forces,
the magi journeyed,
crossing foreign lands and borders
with only a star as their guide.

The same glimmer of hope
that guided their way
calls to us today.
Through night skies and morning dew. 

Through community and in silent meditation.
Through songs, ancient and new.
Through art and bodies and creation.
Through collectives of people who dare to break rules
in the direction of a better world.

It calls us 
to come and share our resources equitably,
to come and delight in love enfleshed,
to come and join in the spirit of deliverance
birthed far from the centers of power. 

At the birth-site of God,
the way is revealed.                         – Rev. M. Barclay, for enfleshed

TIME FOR CHILDREN AND BIRTHDAYS – “Home by Another Way,” by Barbara Brown Taylor. Offered by Rev. Bromleigh McCleneghan 

SPECIAL MUSIC – “We Three Kings,” from A Claymation Christmas Celebration

READING – “Wise Women Also Came” – Rev. Talia Raymond 

Wise women also came. The fire burned in their wombs long before they saw the flaming star in the sky. They walked in shadows, trusting the path would open under the light of the moon. Wise women also came, seeking no directions, no permission from any king. They came by their own authority, their own desire, their own longing. They came in quiet, spreading no rumors, sparking no fears to lead to innocents’ slaughter, to their sister Rachel’s inconsolable lamentations. Wise women also came, and they brought useful gifts: water for labor’s washing, fire for warm illumination, a blanket for swaddling. Wise women also came, at least three of them, holding Mary in the labor, crying out with her in the birth pangs, breathing ancient blessings into her ear. Wise women also came, and they went, as wise women always do, home a different way.  – Jan Richardson

SCRIPTURE READING – Malachi 3:10 

“Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.”

SERMON – “Another Way,” Rev. Bromleigh McCleneghan 

SPECIAL MUSIC & OFFERING – “Maruntel,” by Bartok – Offered by the Dalirusa Fling Quartet: Sally Simonis and Lisa McElwee-White, flute; Ruth Swartz, viola; David Turner, cello 

PRAYER 

Epiphany is stronger
Than insurrection

That was the point
Herods

So be frightened
Our path will continue to be
A different way
Lit by the Star of Peace

Your sneakiness & violent ways
Are no match for our God
Thank Sweet Baby Jesus
Amen.                            — Rev. Katy Stenta

CLOSING SONG – “Arise, Your Light Has Come” #164, vs. 1-2

BENEDICTION 

ALLELUIA 

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