ORDER OF WORSHIP - FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026

ORDER OF WORSHIP

FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026 10:30 AM

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

**Kindly stand if you are able

PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONE before Worship Service unless NECESSARY for medical reasons.

PRELUDE              “Now We Pray unto Thee” - Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)        John Coates

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP (Adapted from Psalm 2)

LEADER: I will tell of the decree of the LORD:

PEOPLE: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.

LEADER: Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the

earth your possession.

PEOPLE: You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a

Potter’s vessel.”

LEADER: Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

PEOPLE: Serve the LORD with fear. Happy are all who take refuge in him.

INVOCATION

Even though we can find God’s presence everywhere, we come together in this place

because we feel especially close to God. May the Holy Spirit reside with us today.

**OPENING HYMN                   “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”          Red #694

CALL TO CONFESSION

As we live, we fall short of the commandments of God. Let us confess our sins and

ask for God’s understanding together.

PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING

Lord, we come to you ashamed and with bended knee. We have all we need to live lives of peace and community, but we instead choose to ignore your commands. We hoard rather than share. We divide rather than unite. We injure rather than heal. Worst of all, we turn away from you. Bless us and help us to fulfill your will and bring reconciliation to your world.

(A moment for silent personal confession)

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS

We need not worry whether our prayers for forgiveness will be answered. Jesus died

for our sins and his death assures our salvation.

**GLORIA PATRI                                                                                          Red #805

DEACON ORDINATION – Vivian Thain

**HYMN OF PRAISE                “Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies”            Red #562

**PASSING OF THE PEACE

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from the Nicene Creed)

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Lord, bless the reading of your word and let the wisdom contained fill our hearts and

minds.

SCRIPTURE READINGS

OLD TESTAMENT                   Exodus 24:12-18                                Theresa Cotanche

NEW TESTAMENT                  2 Peter 1:16-21

GOSPEL                                  Matthew 17:1-9              

SERMON MESSAGE               “What is the Transfiguration?”             James Phillips

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE, THE CHURCH & THE LORD’S PRAYER

And Lord we pray for those in our own hearts whose names you already know, for their

own healing and comfort, in your name and that of our redeemer Jesus Christ, who

taught us to pray, saying:

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.

OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

Let us return to God the offerings of our life and the gifts of the earth. May our gifts be

a blessing to those who receive them. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

OFFERTORY                            ”God in His Love for Us“                                   Red #385

**DOXOLOGY                          Avery & Marsh (Back of the Red hymnal)

**PRAYER OF THANKS

We thank you, our Lord for those gifts to us that we send to you for your work and ours

in congregation, community, and culture. Guide us in good use as we ask in Jesus’

name. Amen.

**HYMN OF PARTING              “God Be with You”                                        Red #840

BENEDICTION

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet

really not small) gifts.

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

POSTLUDE                               “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”                               Red #552

James Phillips

Union Church

44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh NY 12550

https://www.newburghpresby.org

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