6th Week of the Easter Season

5.5.2018

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Subtitle

Celebrate Last Week's Benevolence

April 28 Offering: $270.00

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.

Wade in the Water

Wade in the Water

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 (10:44-48)

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

Psalm 98

The conference room side reads the light print

The window side leads the bold print

O sing to the Lord a new song,
   for he has done marvellous things.

His right hand and his holy arm
   have gained him victory.

He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have seen
   the victory of our God.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
   break forth into joyous song and sing praises.

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
   with the lyre and the sound of melody.

With trumpets and the sound of the horn
   make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.

Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
   the world and those who live in it.

Let the floods clap their hands;
   let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the Lord,

   for he is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness,
   and the peoples with equity.  

A reading from 1 John (5:1-6)

Cornel West

Word of God; Word of Life.

Thanks be to God.

John

15:9-17

John 15:9-17

Were there words or phrases that touched you?

Word of God; Word of Life.

Thanks be to God.

Käthe Kollwitz, "Solidarity," 1932

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

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

We complete the sermon together

What disorientation do you notice/experience that calls for a reorientation to solidarity?

In what ways are you hesitant/ready to participate in solidarity?

When Our Song Says Peace, and the World Says War

Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,
           the Father, the Almighty,
           maker of heaven and earth,
           of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
           the only Son of God,
           eternally begotten of the Father,
           God from God, Light from Light,
           true God from true God,
           begotten, not made,       

 of one Being with the Father;
           through him all things were made.
           For us and for our salvation
                  he came down from heaven,
                       was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary
                       and became truly human.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
     he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
     in accordance with the scriptures;
     he ascended into heaven
     and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

    who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
    who with the Father and the Son

          is worshiped and glorified,
    who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,
       and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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

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.
 

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

Let Us Build a House Where Love Can Dwell

Go in peace

to know Jesus and

to do Justice.

Thanks be to God.

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
• Starting THIS WEEK (check out the "gathering" webpage of JustChurch.com):
  • Pints of Grace
  • Breathing Space
  • Ancient Spiritual Practices
  • Justice Seminar
• In late July/early August: Group discernment regarding JustActions