Welcome to our online worship for Sunday, January 17, 2020
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 Water Into Wine
​The Season of Epiphany



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Prelude
Brian Turner
In The Bleak Midwinter
Special Music
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
I Sing the Mighty Power of God
Words: Issac Watts 
Music from Gesangbuch der Herzogl
arr. by Larry Moore
  A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition 
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I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen  ​
​Scripture
John 2:1-11 NIV
Jesus Changes Water Into Wine

​2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Water Into Wine 
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A wedding in Jesus’ day was a week-long festival. Banquets were prepared for many guests and the week was spent celebrating the new life of the married couple. To run out of wine at such an event would be a great embarrassment! Mary the mother of Jesus alerts Jesus “They have no more wine.” She tells Jesus about the need and His response is not encouraging; “my time has not yet come.” Mary then tells the servants “do whatever he tells you.” This is a good example of what the prayer of asking is. We simply tell Jesus what we need or what someone else needs. Then we leave it in the Lord’s hands. I John 5:14 says “And this is the confidence that we have that if we ask anything in accordance to His will, he will hear us.” Be sure to take time to pray this year. Our Lord is a miraculous prayer answering God!
Message 
Pastor John Fowler
Water Into Wine ​

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Offertory
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
Jesus, Come! For We Invite You
Words: Christopher M. Idle
Music: Henry T Smart 
REGENT SQUARE

1 Jesus, come! for we invite you,
Guest and Master, Friend and Lord;
now, as once at Cana's wedding,
speak, and let us hear your word:
lead us through our need or doubting,
hope be born and joy restored.
2 Jesus, come! transform our pleasures,
guide us into paths unknown;
bring your gifts, command your servants,
let us trust in you alone:
though your hand may work in secret,
all shall see what you have done.
3 Jesus, come in new creation,
heaven brought near in power divine;
give your unexpected glory
changing water into wine:
rouse the faith of your disciples --
come, our first and greatest Sign!
4 Jesus, come! surprise our dullness,
make us willing to receive
more than we can yet imagine,
all the best you have to give:
let us find your hidden riches,
taste your love, believe, and live!
Children's Message
Kim Garland
Attributes of God for Kids
Lesson 3
Special Music
Brian Turner
Ye Servants Of God
Postlude 
Brian Turner
Rock of Ages