14.07.06 Ordinary Time 11A English

Prelude on MATERNA (Calvin Hampton)

Song:  Lift every voice and sing (James Weldon Johnson / J. Rosamond Johnson) 

Call to Worship
Hymn:  You are the Lord, giver of mercy (Richard D. Wetzel, based on an Appalachian melody)
Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise:  I am that great and fiery force (Hildegard of Bingen / EM)*

Prayer of the Day

Sh’ma Israel (Tsvika Pik)

Reading from Hebrew Scripture:  Isaiah 42:1-7

Psalm 36:5-11 (antiphon by Isaac Everett, The Emergent Psalter)

Reading from the Early Church:  Acts 10:34-39

Gospel Acclamation:  (Honduras)

Gospel Reading: Luke 6:46-49

Sermon:  Strong foundations
Hymn:  My hope is built on nothing less (Edward Mote / SOLID ROCK, William B. Bradbury)
Affirmation of faith

Prayer Song:  God be in my head (Sarum Primer / Susan Bloomfield)*
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Announcements

Song:  My eyes have seen the glory (Heidi Blythe / CANAAN’S HAPPY SHORE, William Steffe)

*seasonal for Easter

Forces:
Soprano
Piano/Organ

July 6, 2014

11^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring,

ring with the harmonies of liberty;

Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,

let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the harsh past has taught us,

Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,

let us march on till victory is won.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,

God who has brought us thus far on the way;

God, who by your might, led us into the light,

Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Les our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met you,

Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, forget you;

Shadowed beneath your hand, may we forever stand,

True to our God, true to our native land.

Call to Worship

One: Give honor to the LORD, you angels;

give honor to the LORD for his glory and strength.

All: Give honor to the LORD for the glory of his name.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

One: The voice of the LORD echoes above the sea.

The God of glory thunders. The LORD thunders over the mighty sea.

All: The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

One: The voice of the LORD splits the mighty cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon's mountains skip like a calf and Mount Hermon to leap like a young bull.

All: The voice of the LORD strikes with lightning bolts.

One: The voice of the LORD makes the desert quake;

the LORD shakes the desert of Kadesh.

All: The voice of the LORD twists mighty oaks and strips the forests bare.

In his Temple everyone shouts, "Glory!"

Please be seated

Song

One, then all:

You are the Lord, giver of mercy.

You are the Christ, giver of mercy.

You are the Lord, giver of mercy.

Prayer of Confession

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Love and mercy always awaits those who turn to God.

Let us pray.

One:  God of the weak willed and God of the strong, of the clever and the foolish, the humble and the powerful, please continue to have mercy on your people.

Forgive the weak for giving in too easily when the pressures of work, family or community wear them down until they become irritable.

Forgive the strong for pushing ahead with scant regard for those in their way, and for despising those who can’t push back.

Forgive the foolish for rushing into poor decisions, and then berating others when things go drastically wrong.

Forgive the clever for using their skills and knowledge to overwhelm lesser intellects in order to get their own way.

Forgive the humble for using their lowly status as an excuse for the evasion of responsibility when challenged by your Holy Spirit.

Forgive the powerful for becoming arrogant, and insensitive to the needs and troubles of those who are effected by their decisions.

All:  Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy.

One:  Most loving God, bring to bear on our lives the saving grace of Christ Jesus. Give us the desire and the courage to repent, and help us not to be too proud to accept a mercy which asks nothing but our acceptance of it. Enable us to put right whatever we can, and to let go of the remainder, leaving it in your hands. Through Christ our Lord.

All:  Amen!

—silent reflection—

One:  “As far as the east is from the west, so far has God removed our sins from us”. Jesus came “preaching peace to those who are near, and peace to those who are a long way off.”

My friends we are set free: to be a forgiven people, and to become a forgiving people in all our dealings with those who sin against us.

All:  Thanks be to God.

Please stand, all who are able.

Song of Praise

1.  I am that great and fiery force

the spark in every thing that lives;

in shining of the river's course,

in greening grass that glory gives.

2.  I shine in glitter on the seas,

in burning sun, in moon and stars.

In unseen wind, in verdant trees

I breathe within, both near and far.

3.  And where I breathe there is no death,

and meadows glow with beauties rife.

I am in all, the spirit's breath,

the thundered word, for I am Life.

Prayer

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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.

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

Isaiah 42:1-7

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Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.  He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will

faithfully bring forth justice.  He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching.  Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:  I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

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

All:  Thanks be to God!

Psalm 36:5-11

One, then all:  All may take refuge, feast on abundance, drink from the fountain of life.

All may take refuge, feast on abundance, in your light we see light.

One:  Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.

All:  All may take refuge, feast on abundance, drink from the fountain of life.

All may take refuge, feast on abundance, in your light we see light.

One:  How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

All:  All may take refuge, feast on abundance, drink from the fountain of life.

All may take refuge, feast on abundance, in your light we see light.

One:  O continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your salvation to the upright of heart!

Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me, or the hand of the wicked drive me away.

All:  All may take refuge, feast on abundance, drink from the fountain of life.

All may take refuge, feast on abundance, in your light we see light.

Reading from the Early Church

Acts 10:34-39

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Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.  You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ-- he is Lord of all.  That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John

announced:  how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.  We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

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

All:  Thanks be to God!

Please stand, all who are able.

Gospel Acclamation

All:  Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,

Alleluia, alleluia, raise a joyful song to God.

One:  Christ Jesus, make your word plain to us, make our hearts burn with love when you speak.

All:  Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,

Alleluia, alleluia, raise a joyful song to God.

Gospel Reading

Luke 6:46-49

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Jesus spoke, and said:  "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I tell you?  I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.  That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.  But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and great was the ruin of that house."

Reader:  The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

All:  Thanks be to God!

Please be seated

Sermon

Strong foundations

Please stand, all who are able.

Song

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.

Affirmation

All:  In spite of a thousand unanswered questions,

and in the face of pervading secular cynicism,

   God of grace, we believe.

We believe that you are with us in history,

   bringing liberty to the oppressed and salvation to the lost.

We believe that you chose nations and people

   to receive your Light and to share it.

We believe that in the face of Messiah Jesus

   your Light shines with inextinguishable grace.

We believe that all your hopes rested in him

   and that one day they will be all fulfilled.

We believe that your Christ continues with us,

   and that nothing done in his name can ever be lost.

In spite of a thousand unanswered questions,

   in the face of pervading secular cynicism,

   God of grace, we believe.

Please be seated

Prayer Song

God be in my head, and in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at mine end, and at my departing.

Silent Meditation

Prayers of the People

News of the People

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Welcome cards

Service concludes with bilingual celebration

7/6 Newcomers lunch

8/9 Potluck and talent show

Please stand, all who are able.

Song

My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!

You will find her sowing seeds of love where grapes of wrath once poured.

May we, two or three together, raise God’s justice high once more:

God’s truth still marches on.

Glory, glory Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah!

God’s truth still marches on.

I have read a fiery gospel of unmitigated love,

Of a Christ who is within, without, below, around, above.

Let me be the one who turns my cheek when push has come to shove:

God’s truth still marches on.

Glory, glory Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah!

God’s truth still marches on.

Christ has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat

Bidding each of us to sit and serve at one another’s feet.

Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer, see the Christ in all I meet:

God’s truth still marches on.

Glory, glory Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah!

God’s truth still marches on.

God is coming to the people on a tidal wave of peace,

Bringing wisdom to the mighty, that all needless strife may cease.

May we listen to each other, and by hearing find release:

God’s truth still marches on.

Glory, glory Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah,

Glory, glory, Hallelujah!

God’s truth still marches on.

Song

//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.//