PREPARATION FOR THE WORD OF GOD 

PRELUDE                             The March of the Three Kings                            

R.Wilson

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTROIT  

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                      

Leader:  Welcome to Chapel by the Sea.

People:  We have come to be connected with one another.

Leader:  It is good to be here where we are one in Christ as brothers and sisters.

People:  We have come to be connected with God.

Leader:  It is good to be here, where we can worship and praise our God in Spirit and in truth.

People:  Let us worship God.

*HYMN OF PRAISE                                     476         

Oh Worship the King, All Glorious Above!  

CALL TO CONFESSION    

PRAYER OF CONFESSION    (Unison)                                            

Almighty God, You love us, but we have not loved You.  You call, but we have not listened.  We walk away from neighbors in need, wrapped in our own concerns.  We condone evil, prejudice, warfare, and greed. God of grace, help us to admit our sin, so that as You come to us in mercy, we may repent, turn to You, and receive forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.  Amen.

ASSURANCE OF Pardon   

*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.

proclamation of the word of god

 Anthem:                        

CHILDREN’S DEVOTIONAL   

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

THE SCRIPTURE lesson                                                                    

Leader:  This is the Word of the Lord.

People:  Thanks be to God.

 SERMON                  “Table Manners”             

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

OFFERING/ OFFERTORY  

*DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

INVITATION TO THE TABLE

We invite all baptized Christians to receive this Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

THE GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Leader:  The Lord be with you.

People:  And also with you.

Leader:  Lift up your hearts.

People:  We lift them to the Lord.

Leader:  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People:  It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Leader:  It is right and our greatest joy to give You thanks and praise.  You created the universe and breathed life into human form.  When we rejected You, You did not turn from us, but You sent Your prophets to call us back to Your way. By Your Holy Spirit You have led us in every age and place to do Your will. Therefore we praise You, joining our voices with choirs of angels, saying:

People:  Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of Your glory.

Leader: You are holy, O God of majesty, and You are worthy of praise.  In hope and expectation we gather around this Table.  Pour out Your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these Your gifts of bread and wine, that the bread we break and the cup we bless may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ.

People:  Through Christ we pray, Amen. 

*HYMN OF INVITATION                        513                                                             

WORDS OF INSTITUTION AND THE COMMUNION OF THE SAINTS

PRAYER OF GOD’S GRACE

*HYMN OF DEDICATION                        387          

*BENEDICTION  

  *CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE               536                       

Lord, make us more holy,  Lord, make us more holy,

Lord, make us more holy,  Until we meet again.

Holy, holy, holy, Until we meet again.

*POSTLUDE                                                                              

CONGREGATIONAL mEETING: Today immediately following the 10:00 am Worship service. The business includes the election of new elders and members of the Nominating Committee.  The pastor’s compensation is reviewed annually at these meetings.  There will also be an annual meeting of the corporation, which this year, as is usually the case, is to simply enter into the record that an annual meeting was held.

Offering Envelopes for the calendar year 2011 (January-December) are available on a table in the narthex (arranged in alphabetical order). Please pick up your envelopes and begin using them in January 2011.  If you did not find your name on a box of envelopes, and wish to have a set, please inquire at the office.

Chapel Chats: Chapel Chats returns in January!  Beginning Wednesday, January 12, at 10:00 am, Pastor Maynard will lead a 12 week study on the Gospel of Matthew. 

“Faithful and Fit” Spirituality As The Foundation Of Wellness. Sunday, January 16^th, 9:00-9:45 am. Join our Parish Nurse, Sheila Morales, to discuss achieving health and spiritual well being.

SERVICE for WHOLENESS: Next Sunday, immediately following the worship service, there will be a short service which will include prayer and intercessions for healing.  Physical, psychological, mental, spiritual, and relational problems all need to be healed in order to find wholeness and fully respond to God’s love for us.  If you don’t need special prayer, you may stay and pray for others.