In secret, in darkness
the king, the powerful, plotted
seeking to hide, to extinguish
to blot out the light
Gathering, scheming
planning in secret
sending the Magi on
to find the Christ
Trying to deceive
to use the strangers
unwitting spies
to identify the child
In a dream, the plot illumined
going to their own land
led to another way
The same with the Christ-child
in a dream, a warning
the child moving in secret
the light saved for another day
January 2, 2010 and January 3, 2010
Matthew 2:1-12 Message Bible
Isaiah 60:1-6 NIV Bible
Matthew 2:13-15
Matthew 2:19-23
Worship Theme: “A Sudden Awareness”
Unison Prayer – “Epiphany”,
United Methodist Hymnal, #255
and sermon, “I Should Have Had A V8”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 3, 2010
Epiphany of the Lord Sunday
(Raymond A. Foss)
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