The Third Sunday after Epiphany

The Gift of Holy Curiosity

January 25, 2026

Prelude:                      

Shout to the Lord

Words and Music by Darlene Zschech
Arranged by Jay Rouse
Les Holben, piano
Cathedral of Hope Orchestra

Words and Music by Darlene Zschech
This Arrangement by Jay Rouse
© 1993 Darlene Zschech/Hillsong Publishing/Integrity’s Hosanna! Music

Call to Worship

Cathedral of Hope, we come today to meet our God:

The One who knows us thoroughly and loves us completely,

Who calls us beloved children, and invites us to seek wisdom 
and understanding.

So let us offer our lives, our hands, and our voices as we rise in body or spirit to sing to the God of many names. 

**Processional Hymn:

Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated     

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days; let the flow in ceaseless praise,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands and let them move all the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee,
swift and beautiful for thee.

Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect and use ev’ry pow’r as thou shalt choose,
ev’ry pow’r as thou shalt choose.

Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store. 
Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee,
ever, only all for thee.

Take my will and make it thine, it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is thine own, it shall be thy royal throne,
it shall be thy royal throne.

Words: Frances R. Havergal
Music: Henri A. Cesar Malan

Welcome and Life of the Church

**Sharing of the Peace

Hebrew Lesson:

Proverbs 2:1-6

Our Hebrew Lesson is from the Second Chapter of the Book of Proverbs. Hear these words:

My child, listen to what I say and remember what I command you. Listen carefully to wisdom; set your mind on understanding. Cry out for wisdom and beg for understanding. Search for it like silver and hunt for it like hidden treasure. Then you will understand respect for God, and you will find that you know God. For God gives wisdom; from the mouth of God comes knowledge and understanding.

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

**Gradual

Speak, O Lord

Choir:          Speak, O Lord, as we come to you
to receive the food of your Holy Word,
Take your truth, plant it deep in us;
shape and fashion us in your likeness.

ALL:              That the light of Christ may be seen today
in our acts of love and our deeds of faith.
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us
all your purposes for your glory.

**And by grace we’ll stand on your promises,
and by faith we’ll walk as you walk with us.
Speak, O Lord, ‘til your church is built
and the earth is filled with your glory.
Come and fill the earth with your glory.

Words and Music: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
© 2005 Thankyou Music/ worshiptogether.com songs

**Gospel Lesson:

Luke 2:41-52    

One: God be with you.
All:    And also with you.
One: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.
All:    Glory to you, O God.

Every year the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the child Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but Mary and Joseph did not know it. Assuming that Jesus was in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find Jesus, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three days they found Jesus in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard the child were amazed at his understanding and his answers. When Mary and Joseph saw Jesus they were astonished; and Mary said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety.” Jesus said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Abba's house?” But they did not understand what he said to them. Then Jesus went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. And Mary treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years and in divine and human favor.

One:  This is the Gospel of Hope.

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

Glory to God  

Glory to God in the highest, and to all creation, peace!

O God Almighty, we thank you and give praise to you for your glory.

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God, you take away our sin;

for you alone are the Holy One; you alone are Most High.

To Jesus Christ, at God’s right hand, and Holy Spirit, evermore

Be blessing and honor and glory; be all blessing and honor and glory.

Amen, Amen, Amen!   

Words adapted from the Latin Mass by Danny Ray
Music: Danny Ray
©1985 Danny Ray

Sermon

The Gift of Holy Curiosity

Offering Call

Offertory

Be Thou My Vision
Traditional Irish Hymn; trans. by Mary E. Byrne
versified by Eleanor H. Hull
Traditional Irish Melody; arranged by Bruce Greer

 Lara Lignitz, soloist

Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

Traditional Irish Hymn; trans. By Mary E. Byrne; versified by Eleanor H. Hull
Traditional Irish Melody; arranged by Bruce Greer
© 2002 Word Music, Inc.

Communion

Words of Institution

Prayer of Consecration

Invitation

Music during Communion

Praise You

Lord, I come to you today with a simple prayer to pray.
In everything I do, let my life, oh Lord, praise you.
Praise you, praise you; let my life praise you.
Praise you, praise you; let my life, oh Lord, praise you.

Lord, you formed me out of clay. And for your glory I was made.
Use this vessel as you choose. Let my life, oh Lord, praise you.
Praise you, praise you; let my life praise you.
Praise you, praise you; let my life, oh Lord, praise you.
Let my life, oh Lord, praise you.

Words and Music: Wayne and Elizbeth Goodine 
© New Spring Publishing/ASCAP

Seek Ye First

Seek ye first the presence of God and God’s righteousness,
And all these things shall be added unto you; Allelu, alleluia.

Busquen primero el reino de Dios y su perfecta justicia,
y lo demás añadido será; Allelu, alleluya.

Words and Music: Karen Lafferty
© 1972 Maranatha! Music

Shout to the Lord

My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you;

All of my days I want to praise the wonders of your mighty love.

My Comfort, my Shelter, Tower of refuge and strength,

Let ev’ry breath, all that I am, never cease to worship you.

**Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing,
power and majesty, praises we bring.

Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of your name.

I sing for joy at the work of your hands, forever I’ll love you, forever I’ll stand;

Nothing compares to the promise I have in you!

Words and Music: Darlene Zschech
© 1993 Darlene Zschech/Hillsong Publishing/Integrity’s Hosanna! Music

**Prayer of Thanksgiving 

**Recessional

Praise the Source of Faith and Learning

Praise the Source of faith and learning that has sparked and stoked the mind
with a passion for discerning how the world has been designed.
Let the sense of wonder flowing from the wonders we survey
keep our faith forever growing and renew our need to pray.

God of wisdom, we acknowledge that our science and our art
and the breadth of human knowledge only partial truth impart.
Far beyond our calculation lies a depth we cannot sound
where your purpose for creation and the pulse of life are found.

As two currents in a river fight each other’s undertow
till converging they deliver one coherent steady flow.
Blend, O God, our faith and learning till they carve a single course,
till they join as one, returning praise and thanks to you, their Source.

Words: Thomas H. Troeger
© 1987 Thomas H. Troeger
Music: Anonymous American Melody
Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, Harrisburg, 1813

**Benediction

Postlude for Dismissal

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The Flowers on the chancel are given by John Castro in honor of Bryan Harris and in celebration of their one year of declaring their love for one another.

Bryan, you are the beat of my pulse!