Reign of Christ Sunday: Two Hymns

Sunday, November 20, 2022
10:30 AM 11:30 AM 10:30 11:30

Union Presbyterian Church 200 E Main St Endicott, NY, 13760 United States (map)

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Did you know that the Bible is filled with hymns? From the Book of Psalms to the Revelation to John, music saturates scripture, if only we are able to hear it. We celebrate the reign of Christ by considering two hymns we find in the New Testament: the canticle Zechariah sang when he understood his son would be prophet of the Messiah, and a hymn scrawled into the epistle to the Colossians.

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Two Hymns

Celebration of the Reign of Christ

Luke 1:68-79; Colossians 1:11-20

Union Presbyterian Church

November 20, 2022

Sharing the Light of Christ, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Liturgist: Pat Sullivan Preacher: Rev. Pat Raube

Prelude Choir

“Hidden Christ, Alive for Ever,” Brian Wren

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.    

Hidden Christ, alive forever, Savior, Servant, Friend and Lord,

Year by year, unseen, you offer life undying, love outpoured.

Day by day, you walk among us, known and honored, yet concealed,

Freeing, chiding, leading, guiding, till your glory is revealed.

Endless orbits by our planet spinning round its speeding star

Cannot trace creation’s secret: Why we live and whose we are.

Jesus, you alone uncover nature’s rhythm, reason, rhyme,

So your birthday is our center: Hinge of history and time.

Still your life and way of living, God-revealing, Spirit-blown,

Teaching, healing, sins forgiving, measure and inspire your own,

Loving earth’s despised, rejected, till with them you hang in pain,

Broken, buried, resurrected, life laid down, our life to gain.

Who can tell, through earthly eons, all your loving power has done,

Changing hearts and shaping nations, seeking all, rejecting none?

Speeches fail, but songs soar higher, tracing how, in every place,

Twice ten hundred years have numbered countless works of boundless grace!

Christ our hope, alive among us, take our love, our work, our prayer.

We will trust and tell your purpose, braving evil and despair,

In your name befriending, mending, making peace and setting free,

Showing, giving and acclaiming signs of joy and jubilee.

Welcome Rev. Pat Raube

Call to Worship Pat Sullivan

Let the heavens be glad

and the earth rejoice:

Christ will reign forever and ever.

The Lord is robed in majesty

and girded with strength.

Christ will reign forever and ever.

The kingdom of this world

has become the kingdom of our Lord.

Christ will reign forever and ever.

Hymn  #335 W & R “Christ the Eternal Lord” Timothy Dudley-Smith

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE. 

Christ the eternal Lord
Whose promise here we claim,
Whose gifts of grace are freely poured
On all who name your Name;
With thankfulness and praise
We stand before your throne,
Intent to serve you all our days
And make your glory known.

Christ the unchanging Word
To every passing age,
Whose timeless teachings still are heard
Set forth on Scripture's page;
Transform our thought and mind,
Enlighten all who read,
Within your word by faith to find
The bread of life indeed.

Christ the redeeming Son
Who shares our human birth,
And by his death salvation won
For every child of earth;
Inspire our hearts, we pray,
To tell your love abroad,
That all may honor Christ today
And follow him as Lord.

Christ the unfading Light
Of everlasting day,
Our morning star in splendor bright,
The Life, the Truth, the Way;
That light of truth you give
To servants as to friends,
Your way to walk, your life to live,
Till earth's brief journey ends.

Christ the ascended King
Exalted high above,
Whose praise unending ages sing,
Whom yet unseen we love;
When mortal life is past
Your voice from heaven's throne
Shall call your children home at last
To know as we are known.

Call to New Life Pat Sullivan

Prayer for Wholeness and Peace

Righteous God, you have crowned Jesus as Lord of all. We confess that we have not yielded our hearts or our lives to his Way. We give allegiance to the powers of this world and fail to be governed by his love, justice, and peace.

(Silent Prayer)

And we pray,

In your mercy, forgive and renew us. Lift us up so that we might follow in Jesus’ Way, and be instruments of his peace. We pray in his holy name. Amen.

Words of Assurance

With the whole church:

We affirm that we are made in God’s image,

befriended by Christ, and empowered by the Spirit.

With people everywhere:

We affirm God’s goodness at the heart of humanity,

planted more deeply than all that is wrong.

With all creation:

We celebrate the miracle and wonder of life and the unfolding purposes of God, forever at work in ourselves and the world. Thanks be to God. Amen!

Sharing of the Peace

May the peace of God be with you. 

And also with you.

Let us share a sign of God’s peace with one another.

Scripture Luke 1:68-79

Blessed are you, Lord, the God of Israel,
    you have come to your people and set them free.
You have raised up for us a mighty Savior,
    born of the house of your servant David.
Through your holy prophets you promised of old,
to save us from our enemies,

    from the hands of all who hate us,
to show mercy to our forbears,
    and to remember your holy covenant.
This was the oath you swore to our father Abraham:
    to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship you without fear, 

holy and righteous before you,
    all the days of our life.
And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,
    for you will go before the Lord to prepare the way,
to give God’s people knowledge of salvation
    by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God
    the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine upon those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
    and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Children’s Message Rev. Pat Raube

Music: “Alleluia No. 1” public domain

Scripture Colossians 1:11-20

May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn of all creation,

for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created,

things visible and invisible,

whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—

all things have been created through him and for him.

He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

He is the head of the body, the church;

he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,

so that he might come to have first place in everything.

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 

and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things,

whether on earth or in heaven,

by making peace through the blood of his cross.

Response  Holy Wisdom, Holy Word: 

Thanks be to God! 

Meditation

Anthem Choir

"Worthy, You Are Worthy,” Don Moen, Mary McDonald

Used by permission, CCLI License #CSPL068847

Worthy, You are worthy,

King of kings, Lord of lords, You are worthy.

Worthy, You are worthy,

King of kings, Lord of lords, I worship You.

Holy, You are holy,

King of kings, Lord of lords, You are holy.

Holy, You are holy,

King of kings, Lord of lords, I worship You.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!

Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.

Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Jesus, You are Jesus,

King of kings, Lord of lords, You are Jesus.

Jesus, You are Jesus,

King of kings, Lord of lords, I worship You.

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Jesus, You are Jesus!

Holy, You are holy!

Worthy, You are worthy!

King of kings, Lord of lords, I worship You,

I worship You.

Prayers of the People   

Response: Living Christ, Hear our prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer   

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 

Prayer Response  #475 W & R 

“Eternal Spirit of the Living Christ,” Frank von Christierson

Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE.    

Eternal Spirit of the living Christ,
We know not how to ask or what to say;
We only know our need, as deep as life,
And only you can teach us how to pray.

Call for Offering

Doxology  

“Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow,” Brian Wren  

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Praise God from whom all blessings flow; 

Praise God, all creatures high and low. 

Praise God, in Jesus fully known: 

Creator, Word, and Spirit one. 

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn  #321 W & R

“At the Name of Jesus,” Ralph Vaughan Williams

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At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess him King of glory now.

‘Tis the Father’s pleasure we should call him Lord,

Who from the beginning was the mighty Word.

Humbled for a season to receive a name

From the lips of sinners unto whom he came.

Faithfully he bore it, spotless to the last,

Brought it back victorious when from death he passed.

In your hearts enthrone him, there let him subdue

All that is not holy, all that is not true.

Crown him as your sovereign in temptation’s hour,

Let his will enfold you in its mighty power.

Christians, this Lord Jesus shall return again

With the Father’s glory, when he comes to reign.

For all earthly powers soon to him must bow,

So let us confess him King of glory now.

Benediction

Go into the world in peace.

Have courage!

Hold fast to what is good.

Return no one evil for evil.

Strengthen the faint-hearted,

support the weak,

help the suffering.

Honor all people.

Love and serve the Lord your God,

rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.

And may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God,

and the sweet communion of the Holy Spirit,

be with each and all of us,

This day and forevermore.

The Spirit is among us, so go in peace.

Thanks be to God. Amen

Postlude  Colin DeLap

“O Worship the King,” Charity Book Putnam

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“W & R” ~ the red Worship and Rejoice hymnal.

“PH” ~ the blue Presbyterian Hymnal