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Do not be satisfied with the mediocre when the vintage tastes fabulous

January 16, 2022 by 2

Sunday 16 January 2022 is the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.

Main scripture for today

John 2:1-11 (New International Version)
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 realise 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.

Order of service

Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship
Praise: MP13(i) All hail the power of Jesus’ name
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
Children’s Address
Praise: KS201 Jesus is the lighthouse
MP99 Come on and celebrate

Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5 & Psalm 36:5-10
Praise: CH4 336 Christ is our light!
Readings: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 & John 2:1-11
Sermon
Praise: MP37 As the deer
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Praise: MP624 Take my life, and let it be
Benediction & Threefold Amen

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Would you not prefer your neighbour to see a Church which proclaims, advocates, serves, loves, expresses and imagines, in no particular order? That’s what is presented to us at Cana in Galilee.

REV. GEOFF MCKEE
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