THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
- Hymn: Awake, Awake, Fling off the Night (Common Praise #599)
- Greeting, Land Acknowledgment & Collect of the Day
- First Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5 (reading in French)
- Psalmm 36:5-15 – In your light, O God, we see light
- Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
- Hymn: The Kingdom of God is Justice and Joy (Common Praise #631)
- Gospel: John 2:1-11
- Sermon: Gary van der Meer
- Anthem: Cantate Domino – G. Pitoni
- Prayers of the People: Erin Biggs
- The Lord’s Prayer (sung)
- Doxology & Blessing
- Hymn: My Life Flows on in Endless Song (Common Praise #401)
- Dismissal
Sermon References for Further Reading:
- John Roth, The Theodicy of Protest: http://thatrswebsite.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-theodicy-of-protest-john-k-roth-part-1.html?m=1. This site contains the link for part 2.
- David Bentley Hart, The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss; Yale University Press, 2013. Especially Chapter 1: ‘“God” Is Not A Proper Name’.
- Richard Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics, HarperOne, 2021.
- Richard Hays on how he changed his mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PouxSSGCB_k
- Richard Hays and Christopher Hays, The Widening of God’s Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story, Yale University Press, 2024.
