Here’s a call to worship for the first Sunday after
Epiphany (traditionally known as the Baptism of Christ). It was written by
Caela Wood, Pastor at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in
Manhattan, Kansas.
Call
to Worship
for
the first Sunday of Epiphany
(inspired by Matthew
3:13-17, Mark 1:4-11, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22)
The heavens open. The Spirit descends.
Jesus
emerges from the water.
And a voice echoes through the blue expanse.
"This
is my child, the Beloved, with whom I am well-pleased."
Jesus is named. Claimed.
We come to the water. We remember we are named. Claimed.
Can it be so? What a thing to be named. Claimed.
Let
us worship the one who names and claims us still.
~ written by Caela Wood, Pastor at the First
Congregational United Church of Christ, Manhattan, Kansas.
