Adventures in Liturgy and Music + Aventuras en la liturgía y la musica: 14.06.01 Easter 7A English

Song: We worship Christ (Patrick Matsikenyiri, Mozambique)

Call to Worship
Song: When anyone is in Christ (Brian Wren / CHARLOTTESVILLE, Hal H. Hopson)
Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise: Themba Amen (Sunrise Hospice, Themba, South Africa)*

Prayer of the Day

Preparation Hymn: Christ has changed the world’s direction (verses 1-3) (Shirley Erena Murray / NEW DIRECTIONS, Barry M. Brinson)

Scripture Readings: 1 Samuel 16:7; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon: Heart disease (Rev. Grace Park)
Hymn: Christ has changed the world’s direction (verses 1, 4, 5) (Shirley Erena Murray / NEW DIRECTIONS, Barry M. Brinson)
Affirmation-Meditation in words of Maya Angelou

Prayer Song: Peace before us (based on a Navajo prayer / David Haas)*
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Announcements

Songs: Camina, pueblo de Dios (Cesar Gabaráin)

Come to the feast (Marty Haugen)

*seasonal for Easter

Forces:
Soprano
Tenor/Guitar

Tenor/Bass Guitar

Drums

June 1, 2014

7^th Sunday of Easter

Please stand, all who are able.

Song

One: We worship Christ!

All: //We worship Christ!//

There is no one who will ever be like him.

One: There is no one who will ever be like him.

All: There is no one who will ever be like him.

One: Christ is alive!

All: //Christ is alive!//

There is no one who will ever be like him.

One: There is no one who will ever be like him.

All: There is no one who will ever be like him.

One: Christ conquered death!

All: //Christ conquered death!//

There is no one who will ever be like him.

One: There is no one who will ever be like him.

All: There is no one who will ever be like him.

One: Hallelujah!

All: //Hallelujah!//

There is no one who will ever be like him.

Call to Worship

One: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

All: And also with you!

One: If any one is in Christ there is a new creation,

old things have passed away, the new has arrived!

All: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you loving people,

One: From now on, we don’t look at people as hopeless humans,

Christ has changed all that.

All: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you loving people,

Shout for joy, all you who are sincere in heart.

One: Let us worship God.

Please be seated

Song

One, then all: When anyone is in Christ,

there is a new creation:

the old is dead and gone.

Behold, the new has come.

One: Old evasions end,

and no one hides, or runs away;

the chain of blame is broken,

and men and women meet as friends.

All: When anyone is in Christ,

there is a new creation:

the old is dead and gone.

Behold, the new has come.

One: Ancient curses fade:

the ring of power is melted down,

the sword becomes a plowshare,

and men are freed to laugh and love.

All: When anyone is in Christ,

there is a new creation:

the old is dead and gone.

Behold, the new has come.

One: Old subjections fall:

the captives break the prison door;

the young and old see visions,

and women preach and prophesy.

All: When anyone is in Christ,

there is a new creation:

the old is dead and gone.

Behold, the new has come.

One: Dominations die:

The prince is kneeling at our feet,

the edge is at the center,

and little children lead us all.

All: When anyone is in Christ,

there is a new creation:

the old is dead and gone.

Behold, the new has come.

Prayer of Confession

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When we were dead in our sins, God made us alive with Christ.

Through our baptism, we were buried with Christ, so too are we raised with him by the power of God – so that we too may live a new life.

One: Do you accept God’s call to resist evil, injustice and oppression in whatever guise they present themselves?

All: We do.

One: Do you truly and earnestly recognize your human limits and brokenness and desire to grow in grace?

All: We do.

One: Do you accept Jesus as the symbol of unconditional grace, the source of your freedom to act – to act boldly – in this world?

All: We do.

—Silent reflection—

One: Merciful God, we pray that as we confront our weakness and limitations, we will continually be confronted by your grace.

All: Strengthen us when we doubt;

challenge us when we become too self-assured.

One: Let us struggle for justice and meaning and love;

and be filled and surrounded by your spirit.

All: And, O God, we pray especially that you will at all times

remind us that we are each others',

and that all of us are yours.

Amen.

Please stand, all who are able.

Song of Praise

Amen!

Prayer

NOT ON PPT

Eternal lover of your wayward humankind,
we praise you for your ever-open door.
You open your arms to accept us
even before we turn to meet your welcome; you invite us to forgiveness even before our hearts are softened to repentance.
Hold before us the image of our humanity made new, that we may live in Jesus Christ, the model and the pioneer of your new creation. Amen.

Please be seated

Preparation Hymn

sung by the music team

Christ has changed the world's direction!

Christ can change the human heart:

agents of the new creation

mend the people torn apart;

so are we

charged to be

go-betweens for unity.

Peace will be our way of thinking:

common wealth and common state.

Gone the wounds, the words and weapons

that conspire to hurt and hate,

and no power

shall devour

earth or air where peace might flower.

Debts and doubts will be forgiven,

cancelled in the name of God,

olive trees again be planted

there where soldiers' boots have trod,

hunger fed,

terror fled,

justice shining in its stead.

Scripture Readings

1 Samuel 16:7

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

NOT ON PPT

But the Holy One said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Holy One does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Holy One looks on the heart.”

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making God’s appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake God made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to you today.

All: Thanks be to God!

Sermon

Heart disease

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

sung by all

Christ has changed the world's direction!

Christ can change the human heart:

agents of the new creation

mend the people torn apart;

so are we

charged to be

go-betweens for unity.

What have we as commendation,

sent to speak, as speak we must?

Love will be our global language,

hands an enemy can trust,

faith to faith,

race with race,

all shall find a meeting place.

Envoys of a High Commission,

gifts of hope we find to share,

Christ the Spirit reconciling,

Christ our internet of care.

Though we stall,

fail or fall,

shall we now refuse God's call?

Affirmation-Meditation in words of Maya Angelou

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

I believed that there was a God because I was told it by my grandmother and later by other adults. But when I found that I knew not only that there was God but that I was a child of God, when I understood that, when I comprehended that, more than that, when I internalized that, ingested that, I became courageous.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.

I believe that each of us comes from the creator trailing wisps of glory.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

There is no place where God is not.

It's a wonderful thing to know that there is something greater than I am, and that is God itself.

Please be seated

Prayer Song

Peace before us,

peace behind us,

peace under our feet.

Peace within us,

peace over us,

let all around us be peace.

Christ before us,

Christ behind us,

Christ under our feet.

Christ within us,

Christ over us,

let all around us be Christ.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Silent Meditation

Prayers of the People

News of the People

Not on ppt:

Welcome cards

Service concludes with bilingual celebration

Please stand, all who are able.

Song