1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church Worship of the Lord’s Day February 26th, 2017 Transfiguration Sunday

2. Gathering Around the WORD Call to Worship (Psalm 99:1-5 and 9)
The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The LORD is great in Zion;
He is exalted over all the peoples.
Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Holy is he! Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. Extol the LORD our God; worship at his footstool.
Holy is he!
Extol the LORD our God, and worship at
his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy.

3. Gathering Hymn # 193 “Jesus, Take Us To the Mountain”
Jesus, take us to the mountain, where, with Peter, James, and John, we are dazzled by your glory, light as blinding as the sun. There prepare us for the night by the vision of that sight.

4. Gathering Hymn # 193 “Jesus, Take Us To the Mountain”
What do you want us to see there, that your close companions saw? Your divinity revealed there fills us with the selfsame awe. Clothed in flesh like ours you go, matched to meet our deadliest foe.

5. Gathering Hymn # 193 “Jesus, Take Us To the Mountain”
What do you want us to hear there, that your dear disciples heard? Once again the voice from heaven says of the Incarnate Word, "Listen, listen, everyone: this is my beloved Son."

6. Gathering Hymn # 193 “Jesus, Take Us To the Mountain”
Take us to that other mountain where we see you glorified, where you shouted "It is finished!" where for all the world you died. Hear the stunned centurion: "Truly this was God's own Son!"

7. Gathering Hymn # 193 “Jesus, Take Us To the Mountain”
We who have beheld your glory, risen and ascended Lord, cannot help but tell the story, all that we have seen and heard; say with Peter, James, and John: "You are God's beloved Son!"

8. Gathering Around the WORD Call to Confession (1 John 1:8-9) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Trusting in God’s steadfast love, let us confess our sins before God and in the company of our neighbors.

9. Gathering Around the WORD Prayer of Confession Glorious God, you are all wisdom and lamp to our feet, yet we fail to listen to you and neglect to follow your guidance. Forgive us, heal us, and lead us on, that we may walk in your ways and be happy in your refuge; in Jesus our Christ we pray. Amen.

10. Gathering Around the WORD Declaration of Forgiveness Jesus assures us that if we call upon the LORD, we will be answered and forgiven. Through Christ, we have been given a new life, a new hope and a new beginning. Thanks be to God, Amen

11. Gathering Around the WORD Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, Amen.

12. Gathering Around the WORD Passing of the Peace of Christ
Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” (John 14:27)

13. Proclaiming the WORD Message to the Youth/ Prayer of Illumination

14. Proclaiming the WORD Scripture Reading – Exodus 24:12-18
12The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” 13So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. 14To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them.”

15. Proclaiming the WORD Scripture Reading – Exodus 24:12-18
15Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud. 17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. 18Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights

16. Proclaiming the WORD Scripture Reading – Matthew 17:1-9
1Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 3Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

17. Proclaiming the WORD Scripture Reading – Matthew 17:1-9
5While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” 6When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. 7But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” 8And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.
9As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

18. Proclaiming the WORD (Exodus 24:12-18 and Matthew 17:1-9)
More Than Meets the Eyes

19. Proclaiming the WORD (Exodus 24:12-18 and Matthew 17:1-9)
More Than Meets the Eyes

20. Responding Hymn # 190 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory”
Swiftly pass the clouds of glory, heaven's voice, the dazzling light; Moses and Elijah vanish; Christ alone commands the height! Peter, James, and John fall silent, turning from the summit's rise downward toward the shadowed valley where their Lord has fixed his eyes.

21. Responding Hymn # 190 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory”
Glimpsed and gone the revelation, they shall gain and keep its truth, not by building on the mountain any shrine or sacred booth, but by following the Savior through the valley to the cross and by testing faith's resilience through betrayal, pain, and loss.

22. Responding Hymn # 190 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory”
Lord, transfigure our perception with the purest light that shines, and recast our life's intentions to the shape of your designs, till we seek no other glory than what lies past Calvary's hill and our living and our dying and our rising by your will.

23. Affirmation of Faith – Philippians 2:5-11
Responding to the WORD
Affirmation of Faith – Philippians 2:5-11
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death-- even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

24. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World Announcements &
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
The afternoon Bible Study Group will continue today in the basement, at 12:30pm. We are currently studying a new series on “365 Days with John Calvin” edited by Joel R. Beeke in commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation this year.
The Women's Group meets on every Wednesdays at 7:30pm over at the Manse (2048 E 14th Street). They are currently studying Gospel of Mark. For more information, please see Margaret and Cara.

25. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World Announcements &
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
An updated Church Directory is now available. You may pick up a copy on the back table. Please use this directory to keep the body in touch with one another.

26. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World Announcements &
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Next Sunday, we will be celebrating Women’s Sunday. Rev. Grace May will be our Guest Speaker.
Our next Session meeting will be Monday, 3/6 7pm.
Our Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner will be on Saturday, 3/18 6pm

27. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World Prayer of the People & The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven.
Halloweth be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts; as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptations, but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory forever. Amen.

28. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World Offering of our Gifts and our Lives

29. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World Doxology and Offertory Prayer

30. Sending Hymn # 275 “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing. Our helper he, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe. His craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate, on earth is not his equal.

31. Sending Hymn # 275 “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing, were not the right man on our side, the man of God's own choosing. Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he. Lord Sabaoth his name, from age to age the same, and he must win the battle.

32. Sending Hymn # 275 “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God hath willed his truth to triumph through us. The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him. His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure. One little word shall fell him.

33. Sending Hymn # 275 “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth. The Spirit and the gifts are ours through him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also. The body they may kill; God's truth abideth still. His kingdom is forever.

34. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World The Charge and Benediction

35. Bearing and Following the WORD into the World Benediction Response
# 540 “Farewell, Good Friends!”
Farewell, Good Friends!
Shalom, Shalom! Till we meet again, Till we meet again,
Shalom, Shalom.

36. Homecrest Presbyterian Church Worship of the Lord’s Day February 26th, 2017 Transfiguration Sunday