1 Samuel 3:1-20 | It’s not too uncommon for people to joke about “selective hearing.” In certain situations, we hear what we want to hear, and we find ourselves better able to hear when we want to listen. So when it comes to listening to God, do we want to hear what God has to say? Throughout Scripture, God speaks to people time and time again. But, as we hear in the story of Samuel, what God had to say wasn’t always the easiest thing to hear. So, in our walk of discipleship, are we willing to hear what God has to tell us? Even if it’s something we didn’t expect? Or, if it’s something that might challenge us? As we venture into the season of Epiphany, we invite you to join us as we consider what it means to open ourselves to hear God’s Word for us, and as we lean into to follow after this one who has come to redeem and save us.
Sunday, January 21, 2024, Third Sunday of Epiphany Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: Lord Let My Heart be Good Soil. Text and Music: Handt Hanson, b. 1950. Text and Music: © 1985 Prince of Peace Publishing, Changing Church, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. & A Place at the Table. Text and Music: Lori True, Shirley Erena Murray. Text and Music: © 2001 GIA Publications, Inc. Hope Publishing Company. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: Listen, God Is Calling. Text: Tanzanian traditional; tr. Howard S. Olson, b. 1922. Music: Tanzanian tune; arr. Austin C. Lovelace, b. 1919. Text: © 1968 Lutheran Theological College, Makumira, Tanzanie, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Music: © 1968 Austin C. Lovelace. Covered under One License subscription.
Hymn of the Day: Here I Am, Lord. Text and Music: Daniel L. Schutte, b. 1946. Text and Music: © 1981 OCP Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Offering Song: Will You Let Me Be Your Servant. Text and Music: Richard Gillard, b. 1953, & arr. Betty Pulkingham, b. 1928. Text and Music: © 1977 Scripture In Song, admin. Integrity Music. Covered under CCLI subscription. Communion Song: Lord, Be Glorified. Text and Music: Bob Kilpatrick, 1952. Text and Music: © 1978 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: Send Me, Jesus. Text and Music: South African. Text and Music: Public Domain.
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