7th Week of the Easter Season

5.12.2018

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Subtitle

Celebrate Last Week's Benevolence

May 5 Offering: $154.00

directly toward doing good

JustChurch's intentionally minimal operational expenses

Overview of Worship

Welcome

Song

Prayer

Offering

Eucharist

Prayer for Illumination

Readings

Sermon

Song

Creed

Prayers

Peace

Blessing

Song

Dismissal

Meditation Bowl

Three times throughout the service, when the bowl rings, you are invited to find expansiveness

through silence.

God is Here

Veni,

Sancte Spiritus

This sung Prayer for Illumination

comes from the Taize Community,

an ecumenical monastic community in France.

A reading from the book of Acts (1:15-17, 21-26)

Word of God; Word of Life. Thanks be to God.

Psalm 1

Happy are those
   who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or take the path that sinners tread,
   or sit in the seat of scoffers;
but their delight is in the law of the Lord,
   and on his law they meditate day and night.
They are like trees
   planted by streams of water,
which yield their fruit in its season,
   and their leaves do not wither.
In all that they do, they prosper.

A reading from 1 John (5:9-13)

Word of God; Word of Life.

Thanks be to God.

John 17:6-19

John 17:6-19

Were there words or phrases that touched you?

Word of God; Word of Life.

Thanks be to God.

Juan Gris (Spanish, Madrid 1887–1927 Boulogne-sur-Seine),

Woman Reading, ca. 1927, oil and pencil on canvas.

We complete the sermon together

What strength have you gathered from "mothers" in your life, and how might you apply this in the world both individually and as a participant in JustChurch?

For All the

Faithful Women

Prayers of Intercession

• For the Church throughout the World
  • Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
• For all of God's creation
  • Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
• For the nations/world
  • Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
• For those in need
  • Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
• For this community
  • Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

The Peace of Christ be with you always. And also with you.

$ Offering

operates the

institutionally-light JustChurch

directly toward doing good

Eucharist

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

...we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

Holy, holy, holy Lord,

God of power and might,

heaven and earth are full of your praises.

Syria, 3rd century--oldest, extant sanctus in a Eucharistic prayer

...through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Creator, now and forever.

Our Father in heaven,
    hallowed be your name,
    your kingdom come,
    your will be done,
        on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
    as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
    and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,
    now and forever. Amen.
 

These are the gift of God for you--the people of God. Come, the banquet is ready.

Gluten-free &

dairy-free  bread

at big table

Bread (gluten) at side tables

White

grape juice

Red wine

When you give someone bread,  say,

“The body of Christ given for you.”

When you give someone the cup, say,

“The blood of Christ shed for you.”

Song: Lamb of God

God Be with You Till We Meet Again

Go in peace

to know Jesus and

to do Justice.

Acknowledgements 

• Liturgical texts, hymns, and prayers reprinted from SundaysandSeasons.com, ©2014 Augsburg Fortress.  All rights reserved.
• Reprinted with permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #23534 and  OneLicense.net License #A-703442.
  
• Eucharistic Welcome, Liturgical texts; St. John's Lutheran Church; Atlanta, GA
• Eucharistic Prayer, Liturgical texts; St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church; San Francisco, CA
• Biblical texts from New Revised Standard Version Bible. All rights reserved. 

Worship leads to the world.

• Meet a new friend.
• Greet someone who differs from you.
• Deepen a connection.
• Help finish the wine and bread.
• Enter the world, belly and spirit nourished, to boldly do justice in the name of Jesus.

• Every Saturday @5 @MERGE: Worship
• In late July/early August: Group discernment regarding JustActions
• Starting in the fall (check out the "gathering" webpage of JustChurch.com):
  • Pints of Grace
  • Breathing Space
  • Ancient Spiritual Practices
  • Justice Seminar