CALL TO WORSHIP (Exodus 34:29-35 & Luke 9:29-36):
Shining face … words of covenant … below the mountain, we fall on our faces.
To be here … it is good for us.
Star-led to the light of the world, in lowly manger reposing … between the mountains, we kneel to worship.*
To be here … it is good for us.
Dazzling brightness … law-giver and prophet, Chosen Son … atop the mountain, we stand in awe.
To be here … it is good for us.
Today, the light which shone from Moses’ face … the brilliance which led the Magi … and which woke up the disciples, so long ago …
Today, from Jesus, this same glory is radiant.
Today … to be here … it is good for us.
Give praise unto God!
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* Bethlehem is approximately half-way between Mount Tabor (the traditional site of the Transfiguration) and Mount Sinai (where Moses received the Law).