Prelude:                      

Jelly Roll Blues

Music by Jelly Roll Morton; Arranged by Stockton Helbing
Stockton Helbing’s New Orleans Band

Music by Jelly Roll Morton 
Arranged by Stockton Helbing

Call to Worship

Cathedral of Hope, we come together seeking the face of God.

We gather in gratitude for the light of God’s love showered on all,

We give thanks for the blessings of friendship and fellowship,

And we strive to reflect to the world the fullness of what God has done for us. 

So rise, Church, in body or spirit. Sing to our loving God! 

**Processional Hymn:

I Saw the Light

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin.

 I wouldn’t let me dear Savior in.

 Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night.

 Praise the Lord, I saw the light.

I saw the light, I saw the light,

 no more in darkness, no more in night.

 Now I’m so happy, no sorrow in sight.

 Praise the Lord, I saw the light.

Just like a blind man I wandered along,

 worries and fears I claimed for my own.

 Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight.

 Praise the Lord, I saw the light.

I saw the light, I saw the light,

 no more in darkness, no more in night.

 Now I’m so happy, no sorrow in sight.

 Praise the Lord, I saw the light.

I was a fool to wander and stray,

 straight is the gate and narrow the way.

 Now I have traded the wrong for the right.

 Praise the Lord, I saw the light.

I saw the light, I saw the light,

 no more in darkness, no more in night.
Now I’m so happy, no sorrow in sight.
Praise the Lord, I saw the light.

Words and Music: Hank Williams
© 1948, renewed 1975, Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. & Hiriam Music/Hal Leonard Publishing Corp

Welcome and Life of the Church

**Sharing of the Peace

Hebrew Lesson: Exodus 24:12-18

Our Hebrew Lesson is from the 24^th Chapter the book of Exodus. 
Hear these words:

God said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them.” Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the Most High God settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day God called to Moses out of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of God was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.



May God bless the hearing of these ancient words. Amen.

**Gospel Procession  

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Just a closer walk with thee, grant it, Jesus, is my plea.

Daily walking close to thee, let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

I am weak but thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong.

I’ll be satisfied as long as I walk, let me walk close to thee.

Just a closer walk with thee, grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to thee, let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

Words and Music: Anonymous
Traditional North American Hymn

**Gospel Lesson:

Matthew 17:1-9

One: God be with you.

All:    And also with you.

One: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
 
All:    Glory to you, O God.

Six days later, Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And Jesus was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Then Peter said, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While Peter was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Own, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests; listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Chosen One has been raised from the dead.”

One:  This is the Gospel of Hope.

All:     Praise to you, Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit.

**Response                                   

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Through this world of toil and snares, if I falter, Lord, who cares?

Who with me my burden shares? None but thee, dear Lord, none but thee.

Just a closer walk with thee, grant it, Jesus, is my plea.

Daily walking close to thee, let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

Sermon

Offering Call

Offertory

Oh Happy Day

Words and Music by Edwin R. Hawkins
Arranged by Mark Hayes

Eddie G. Waite, soloist
Sanctuary Choir
Stockton Helbing’s New Orleans Band

Words and Music by Edwin R. Hawkins
Arranged by Mark Hayes
© 1969 Kama-Rippa Music, Inc. and Edwin R. Hawkins Music Co./EMI U Catalog Inc. and 
Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc.
This Arrangement © 2011 Kama-Rippa Music, Inc. and Edwin R. Hawkins Music Co.



Communion

Words of Institution

Prayer of Consecration

Invitation

Music during Communion

Jesus Paid It All

Music by Robert Lowry; Arranged by Stockton Helbing
Stockton Helbing’s New Orleans Band

Music: John T. Grape, 1868
Arranged by Stockton Helbing 

Nothing But the Blood

Music: Robert Lowry, 1876
Arranged by Stockton Helbing 

**Prayer of Thanksgiving 

**Recessional

When the Saints Go Marching In

Oh, when the saints go marching in,
oh, when the saints go marching in,
Lord, how I want to be in that number
when the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call,
oh, when the trumpet sounds its call,
Oh, how I want to be in that number
when the trumpet sounds its call.

And when God’s new world is revealed,
and when God’s new world is revealed,
I want to be there on that morning,
when God’s new world is revealed!

And when the saints go marching in,
and when the saints go marching in,
Oh, Lord I want to be in that number
when the saints go marching in!

Words and Music: African American Spiritual

**Benediction

Postlude for Dismissal

Beale Street Blues

Music by W.C. Handy; Arranged by Stockton Helbing
Stockton Helbing’s New Orleans Band

Music by W.C. Handy
Arranged by Stockton Helbing

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