Hymn: God, we thank you for our people (Ruth Duck / HOLY MANNA, William Morris) *
Call to WorshipSong: Come healing (Leonard Cohen)
Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise: Ain't-a that good news (African-American) *
Prayer of the Day
Alleluia in 5 (Tim & Tom Zehnder)
Gospel Reading: Mark 2:1-12Sermon
Hymn: Wounded world that cries for healing (Shirley Erena Murray / NETTLETON / Wyethe's Repository of Sacred Music)
Affirmation of Faith
Prayer Song: From you I receive, to you I give (Joseph and Nathan Segal) *
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Announcements
Songs: Enviado soy de Dios (Cuba)
City of God (Daniel Schutte)
*seasonal for Ordinary Time
Forces:
Soprano
Organ/Piano
February 2, 2014
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Please stand, all who are able.
Song
1. God, we
thank you for our people, roots dug deep within the soil,
Hardy spirits, rich in loving, strong for
struggle, bold for toil.
Faithful Rock of generations, you whom parents’
parents praised:
Here in hope as we remember may our song to you be
raised.
2. Thank
you, God, for gentle pleasure: lessons
learned and secrets told,
Hopes and memories saved as treasure, passed to
young ones by the old,
Pranks and glories, songs and stories, food by
loving hands prepared.
God, we bless you for your presence in our tears
and laughter shared.
3. Still we
must confess before you, sometimes, Savior, we have failed;
Though we worship and adore you, sometimes love
has not prevailed.
Tempers racing, devil chasing, hearts estranged by
ice or flame
You transform by ways forgiving. Grace amazing! Grace, your name!
4. By your
Spirit of creation keep us bold for risking still,
Eager in anticipation, ever strong to do your
will.
Bind us close to one another, sharing life and
death and birth,
Welcoming as sister, brother, all your children on
the earth.
Call to Worship
One: This is the house of God,
and we are, by Christ’s invitation the guests.
All: Yes, this is the house of God,
and we are, by saving grace, the guests.
One: Sing to God who is our strength!
Shout and cheer the God of deepest joys!
All: Lift up our songs, make joy with keyboard,
strum the guitar and let the drums roll!
One: This is the house of God
All: and we are, by grace, the guests.
Please be seated
Song
Come healing (Leonard Cohen)
sung by Elyse, Tom and Tim
Prayer of Confession
Loving and caring God,
you have searched us out and know
us,
all that we are is open to you.
(pause)
One: Look not upon our sin but upon
our faith.
Break down all barriers which we erect against your love.
Cover us with the blanket of your peace.
And let your justice reach to the ends of the earth.
All: So that we come glad to this celebration.
One: For that which has been stultified
locked up
trapped and frozen in our reverence of the traditional,
All: we lament.
One: For those outdated customs that have
immunised against the new and on the edge
and diluted our passion,
All: we lament.
One: For choices that strangle rather than free us,
All: we lament.
One: For old ways of doing things
which are now out of place yet still live within us
and cause us anxiety and insecurity,
All we lament.
One: For all the ways that we are restricted,
bound, held back, and trapped,
All: we lament.
—silent personal reflection—
Break down all barriers which we erect against your love.
Cover us with the blanket of your peace.
And let your justice reach to the ends of the earth.
All: So that we come glad to this celebration.
One: For that which has been stultified
locked up
trapped and frozen in our reverence of the traditional,
All: we lament.
One: For those outdated customs that have
immunised against the new and on the edge
and diluted our passion,
All: we lament.
One: For choices that strangle rather than free us,
All: we lament.
One: For old ways of doing things
which are now out of place yet still live within us
and cause us anxiety and insecurity,
All we lament.
One: For all the ways that we are restricted,
bound, held back, and trapped,
All: we lament.
—silent personal reflection—
One: Dear Mother God...
All: Dear Mother God,
your wings are warm around us.
We are enfolded in your love and care.
Safe in the dark,
your heartbeat's pulse surrounds us.
You call to us,
for you are always there.
Please stand, all who are able.
Song of Praise
//I ‘ve got a crown up in-a the Kingdom
Ain’t-a that good news.//
I’m going to lay down this world
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
Ain’t-a that good news.//
I’m going to lay down this world
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
//I ‘ve got a harp up in-a the Kingdom
Ain’t-a that good news.//
Ain’t-a that good news.//
I’m
going to lay down this world
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
//I ‘ve got a robe up in-a the Kingdom
Ain’t-a that good news.//
Ain’t-a that good news.//
I’m
going to lay down this world
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
//I ‘ve got a Savior in-a the Kingdom
Ain’t-a that good news.//
Ain’t-a that good news.//
I’m
going to lay down this world
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
Going to shoulder up my cross
Goin’ to take it home to Jesus
Ain’t that good news
Prayer of the Day
NOT ON PPT
Faithful God,
you are the hope of all the oppressed,
and the source of freedom for those held captive.
Make us strong to witness to your liberating power,
in generosity of life and in humility of spirit,
that all the world may delight in your goodness. Amen.
you are the hope of all the oppressed,
and the source of freedom for those held captive.
Make us strong to witness to your liberating power,
in generosity of life and in humility of spirit,
that all the world may delight in your goodness. Amen.
Alleluia
Gospel Reading
Mark 2:1-12
NOT ON PPT
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
it was reported that he was at home. So many gathered around that there
was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking
the word to them. Then some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,
carried by four of them. And when they could not bring him to Jesus
because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and after having dug through
it, they let down the mat on which the paralytic lay. When Jesus saw their
faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Now some
of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, “Why does
this fellow speak in this way? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God
alone?” At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing
these questions among themselves; and he said to them, “Why do you raise such
questions in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins
are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and take your mat and walk’? But so
that you may know that the Chosen One has authority on earth to forgive sins”
—he said to the paralytic— “I say to you, stand up, take your mat and go
to your home.” And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out
before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We
have never seen anything like this!”
Reader: The
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
All: Thanks
be to God!
Please be seated
Sermon
Please stand, all who are able.
Hymn
Wounded
world that cries for healing –
here we hold each other’s pain,
wounded systems, bruised and bleeding
bear the load, the scars of strain;
dollars ration out compassion,
hard decisions rule the day,
Jesus of the healing Spirit,
free us to an other way!
here we hold each other’s pain,
wounded systems, bruised and bleeding
bear the load, the scars of strain;
dollars ration out compassion,
hard decisions rule the day,
Jesus of the healing Spirit,
free us to an other way!
Through
our nation’s spent frustration,
through the corridors of stress
may there move a kindlier wisdom
all may feel, and all may bless;
tax and tithe are for a purpose
shared to shield the poor and weak:
past the symptoms of our sickness
let the voice of justice speak.
through the corridors of stress
may there move a kindlier wisdom
all may feel, and all may bless;
tax and tithe are for a purpose
shared to shield the poor and weak:
past the symptoms of our sickness
let the voice of justice speak.
Honour
those whose loving spirit
nurses hope, restores and heals,
towel and basin used in service
like the Christ who comes and kneels;
in the tending, in the mending
may we see the right and fair,
in our common quest for wholeness
heal each other by our care.
nurses hope, restores and heals,
towel and basin used in service
like the Christ who comes and kneels;
in the tending, in the mending
may we see the right and fair,
in our common quest for wholeness
heal each other by our care.
Affirmation
of Faith
We believe in Christ Jesus.
all
lovely and all loving,
the
very image of the invisible God.
We believe we are a called people,
to
share in the healing of salvation
and
celebrate the love of the invisible God.
We believe we are a sent people,
called
to love others as we are loved
through
the Spirit-power of the invisible God.
Amen.
Please be seated
Prayer Song
From you I receive, to you I give,
together we share, and from this we
live.
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
One: God of grace,
All: hear
our prayer.
News of the People
Not on ppt:
Welcome cards
Service concludes with bilingual celebration
Please stand, all who are able.
Song
//Sent
out in Jesus' name, our hands are ready now
to make
the earth the place in which the kingdom comes.
Sent out
in Jesus' name, our hands are ready now
to make
the earth the place in which the kingdom comes.
The
angels cannot change a world of hurt and pain
into a
world of love, of justice and of peace.
The task
is ours to do, to set it really free.
O help
us to obey and carry out your will.//
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Let
us build the city of God
May
our tears be turned into dancing!
Jesus
Christ, our light and our love,
has
turned the night into day!
Awake from your slumber!
Arise from your sleep!
A new day is dawning
for all those who weep.
The people in darkness
have seen a great light.
The Lord of our longing
has conquered the night.
Let
us build the city of God
May
our tears be turned into dancing!
Jesus
Christ, our light and our love,
has
turned the night into day!
We are daughters of morning;
we are sons of the day.
The one who has loved us
has brightened our way.
The God of all kindness
has called us to be
a light for the people
to set their hearts free.
Let
us build the city of God
May
our tears be turned into dancing!
Jesus
Christ, our light and our love,
has
turned the night into day!
O comfort my people;
make gentle your words.
Proclaim to my city
the day of her birth.
O city of gladness,
now lift up your voice!
Proclaim the good tidings,
that all may rejoice!
Let
us build the city of God
May
our tears be turned into dancing!
Jesus
Christ, our light and our love,
has
turned the night into day!
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