14.06.29 Ordinary 10A English

Hymn:  Praise to God, the world's creator (Jan Berry / NETTLETON, Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music) * 

Call to Worship
Song:  All you who are thirsty (Michael Connolly)
Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise:  Amen siakudumisa (Xhosa) *

Prayer of the Day

Sh'ma Israel (Tsvika PIk)

Reading from Hebrew Scripture:  Jeremiah 28:5-9

Alleluia (Caribbean)

Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:40-42
Sermon
Hymn:  In Christ there is a table set for all (Robert J. Stamps)  
Affirmation of Faith
Prayer Song:  Pray through me, Christ (David McNeish) * 
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Announcements
Offerings (regular and food)
Song:  Cuando el pobre (J. A. Olivar / Miguel Manzano)
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Hymn:  My hope is built on nothing less (Edward Mote /SOLID ROCK, William B. Bradbury) 

*seasonal for Ordinary Time


Forces:
Soprano
Organ/Piano

June 29, 2014

10^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

1.  Praise to God, the world’s creator,

source of life and growth and breath,

cradling in her arms her children,

holding them from birth to death.

In our bodies, in our living,

strength and truth of all we do,

God is present, working with us,

making us creators too.

2.  Praise to God our saving wisdom,

meeting us with love and grace,

helping us to grow in wholeness,

giving freedom, room and space.

In our hurting, in our risking,

in the thoughts we dare not name,

God is present, growing with us,

healing us from sin and shame.

3.  Praise to God, Spirit in us,

prompting hidden depths of prayer,

firing us to long for justice,

reaching out with tender care.

In our searching, in our loving,

in our struggles to be free,

God is present, living in us,

pointing us to what shall be.

Call to Worship

One:  The smallest thing, under the influence of God,

is made infinitely precious and eternal.

If we come to worship focusing on our needs,

All:  we will go away feeling let down.

One:  If we come wanting a God made in our own likeness,

All:  we will be disappointed.

One:  If we come rigid in our ideas and set in our ways,

All:  we will leave as barren as we arrived.

One:  If we put God first,

All:  we shall never worship in vain.

One:  Listen to this, you people of God:

            The Lord your God is One

            and you shall love the Lord your God

            with all your heart

            with all your mind

            and with all your strength.

Please be seated

Song

All:

All you who are thirsty,

come to the water;

all you who hunger,

come receive grain;

all without money,

come without paying;

all you who heed me,

come for rich fare.

Cantor:

Come now and listen that you may have life;

my covenant I will renew,

this covenant shall be eternal,

as I promised to David.

All:

All you who are thirsty,

come to the water;

all you who hunger,

come receive grain;

all without money,

come without paying;

all you who heed me,

come for rich fare.

Cantor:

Why spend your money for what is not bread,

your wages for what fails to satisfy?

Heed my commandments and you shall eat well;

you shall delight in rich fare.

All:

All you who are thirsty,

come to the water;

all you who hunger,

come receive grain;

all without money,

come without paying;

all you who heed me,

come for rich fare.

Cantor:

Drink of this water abundant with life

and eat of the bread I provide.

I am the bread and the water am I;

put hunger and thirsting aside.

All:

All you who are thirsty,

come to the water;

all you who hunger,

come receive grain;

all without money,

come without paying;

all you who heed me,

come for rich fare.

Prayer of Confession

NOT ON PPT

One:  In the Name of the Creator, the Redeemer, and the Sustainer.

All:  Amen

One:  The Holy One calls for our repentance.

  O God...

All:  you send your prophets and your word

  you call us to repent,

    yet we wait for our feelings of regret before listening.

You place us into communities of faith

  to share our mutual witness,

    but we insist on our own selfish ways.

You promise us great reward for lives of discipleship

  so we set our sights on a heavenly treasure

    and overlook living our faith daily.

Forgive us Lord the sins we know in our hearts.

Save us Lord from the sins we hide from ourselves.

—silent reflection—

One:  God’s love is established forever. God rescues us from impurity and iniquity through our Savior: Jesus Christ. For Christ's sake our sins are forgiven. Christ set us free from sin so that we may become obedient from our heart. The Holy Spirit sanctifies us and we may present ourselves to God as instruments of righteousness. To the glory of the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer.

All:  Amen.

One:  The peace of God be with you always!

All:  And also with you!

Please stand, all who are able.

Song of Praise

Cantor:  Masithi!

All:  //Amen, we praise your name, O God!//

Amen, amen.  Amen, amen.

Amen, we praise your name, O God.

Cantor:  Masithi!

All:  //Amen, siakudumisa!//

Amen, bawo.  Amen, bawo.

Amen, siakudumisa!

Cantor:  Masithi!

All:  //Amen, we praise your name, O God!//

Amen, amen.  Amen, amen.

Amen, we praise your name, O God.

Prayer

NOT ON PPT

Faithful God,
your love stands firm from generation to generation,
your mercy is always abundant.
Give us open and understanding hearts,
that having heard your word,
we may seek Christ's presence in all whom we meet. Amen.

Please be seated

Sh’ma Israel

Cantor, then all:

//Sh’ma Israel Adonai eloheinu, Adonai echad.//

Cantor:

Baruch shem k’vod, shem k’vod malchuto l’olam vaed.

Reading from Hebrew Scripture

Jeremiah 28:5-9

NOT ON PPT

Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of God; and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Holy One do so; may God fulfill the words that you have prophesied, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of God, and all the exiles. But listen now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Holy One has truly sent the prophet.”

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

All:  Thanks be to God!

Please stand, all who are able.

Gospel Acclamation

All:  ///Halle, halle, hallelujah.///

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Cantor:  O God, to whom shall we go?

You alOne have the words of life.

Let your words be our prayer

and the song we sing:

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

All:  ///Halle, halle, hallelujah.///

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 10:40-42

NOT ON PPT

Jesus spoke, and said:  “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the One who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”

Reader:  The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

All:  Thanks be to God!

Please be seated

Sermon

A prophet’s journey

Please stand, all who are able.

Song

Welcome all you noble saints of old,
As now before your very eyes unfold
The wonders all so long ago foretold.
//In Christ there is a table set for all.//

Elders, martyrs, all are falling down;
Prophets, patriarchs are gath’ring round,
What angels longed to see now we have found.
//In Christ there is a table set for all.//

Beggars, lame, and harlots also here;
Repentant publicans are drawing near;
Wayward ones come home without a fear.
//In Christ there is a table set for all.//

Who is this who spreads the vict’ry feast?
Who is this who makes our warring cease?
Jesus, Risen Savior, Prince of Peace.
//In Christ there is a table set for all.//

When at last this earth shall pass away,
When Jesus and his church are one to stay,
The feast of love is just begun that day.
//In Christ there is a table set for all.//

Affirmation

All:  I believe in the God of Abraham and Jesus,

            of sinner and saint, doubter and believer.

I believe in God who does not require costly offerings,

            but love, loyalty and truth.

I believe in God who loves our dear Ones

            better than we can ever love them,

            yet asks us to put them second,

            so that we may better love them.

I believe in the God of love, mercy and peace,

            whom to serve is perfect freedom.

I believe that what I believe today is only a fraction

            of the glory that is to come.

Please be seated

Prayer Song

///Pray through me Christ that we may be One.

Pray through me Christ until your work is dOne.///

Silent Meditation

Prayers of the People

News of the People

Not on ppt:

Welcome cards

Service concludes with bilingual celebration

7/6 Newcomers lunch

Offerings

(regular and food)

Song

1.  When the poor ones who have nothing share with strangers,

when the thirsty water give unto us all,

when the crippled in their weakness strengthen others,

then we know that God still goes that road with us,

then we know that God still goes that road with us.

2.  When at last all those who suffer find their comfort,

when they hope though even hope seems hopelessness,

when we love though hate at times seems all around us,

then we know that God still goes that road with us,

then we know that God still goes that road with us.

3.  When our joy fills up our cup to overflowing,

when our lips can speak no words other than true,

when we know that love for simple things is better,

then we know that God still goes that road with us,

then we know that God still goes that road with us.

4.  When our homes are filled with goodness in abundance,

when we learn how to make peace instead of war,

when each stranger that we meet is called a neighbor,

then we know that God still goes that road with us,

then we know that God still goes that road with us.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

My hope is built on nothing less

than Jesus’ love and righteousness;

I dare not trust this earthly frame,

but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand,

all other ground is sinking sand.

When shadows veil my Savior’s face,

I rest upon unchanging grace;

in every high and stormy gale,

my anchor holds within the veil.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand,

all other ground is sinking sand.

Christ’s oath and covenant and blood

support me in the rising flood;

when all around my soul gives way,

Christ then is all my hope and stay.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand,

all other ground is sinking sand.

When Christ shall come with trumpet sound,

oh, may I then in Love be found,

dressed in God’s righteousness alone,

faultless to stand before the throne.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand,

all other ground is sinking sand.

//Great day!  Great day, the righteous marching.

Great day!  God’s going to build up Zion’s walls.//

Cantor:  Chariot rode on the mountaintop;

All:  God’s going to build up Zion’s walls.

Cantor:  My God spoke and the chariot did stop.

All:  God’s going to build up Zion’s walls.

//Great day!  Great day, the righteous marching.

Great day!  God’s going to build up Zion’s walls.//

Cantor:  This is the day of jubilee;

All:  God’s going to build up Zion’s walls.

Cantor:  Our God has set all people free.

All:  God’s going to build up Zion’s walls.

//Great day!  Great day, the righteous marching.

Great day!  God’s going to build up Zion’s walls.//