14.05.18 Easter 5A Bilingual

Song/Canto:  Nuestro Dios es la forza (Juan Antonio Espinosa, English by EM)
Prayer/Oración

Welcome/Bienvenido
Milestones/Aconticimientos 
Song/Canto:  God grant them many years/Dios muchos años dales (Russian polychronia)
Offerings/Ofrendas

Song/Canto:  Alleluia No. 1 (Donald Fishel)

Invitation to the table/Invitación a la mesa

Prayer of Thanksgiving/Acción de gracias

Sanctus:  EASTER HYMN (EM)

Communion/Comunión

Song/Canto:  Somos el barco (Lorre Wyatt)

Prayer/Oración

The Peace/La Paz
Canto:  Canto de esperanza (Argentina)*
Benediction/Bendición
Postlude/Posludio:  Offertoire “L’Eclatante” (Michel Corrette)

*seasonal for Easter

Forces:
Soprano cantor
Tenor cantor
Tenor cantor/guitar/percussion
Tenor cantor/bass guitar/percussion
Piano/Organ

Percussion

18 de mayo de 2014 + May 18, 2014

Adorando Todos/as Juntos/as + All Together Worship

Song of Worship and Praise +

Canto de Adoración y Alabanza

Nuestro Dios es la fuerza

//Nuestro Dios es la fuerza, la roca y salvación.//

Dios nos guía por sendas de justicia, nos enseña la verdad.

Y nos da el valor para la lucha, sin miedo avanzaré.

//God is my strong salvation, my fortress and my rock.//

God illumines in the shadows of our living, gives light to show the way.

Though I walk in the valley of the shadow, I shall not be afraid.

//Nuestro Dios es la fuerza, la roca y salvación.//

Yo confío el destino de mi via al Dios de mi salud.

A los pobres eseña el camino su escudo solo es El.

//God is my strong salvation, my fortress and my rock.//

Jesus, you are our strength and liberation, a very present help.

We have courage to live our lives with hope, secure in your strong power.

//Nuestro Dios es la fuerza, la roca y salvación.//

Prayer + Oración

Welcome and Milestones +

Bienvenida y Acontecimientos

NOT ON PPT

5/18 Nyla Charles

5/20 Aaron Baker

5/21 Brian Gaeta Symonds

5/21 Simon del Rosario

5/22 Victor Breña

5/22 Oswaldo Garcia

5/26 Robert van Engers

God grant them many years + Dios muchos años dales

THE EUCHARIST + LA EUCARISTIA

Offerings + Ofrendas

Song + Canto

Alleluia, give thanks + Aleluya, demos gracias

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give thanks to the risen Christ.

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give praise to Christ’s name.

Jesus, we love and praise your name;

first born of all creation.

!Aleluya! ¡Aleluya! demos gracias a nuestro Dios;

aleluya, aleluya, alabemos a Dios.

¡Resucitó Jesús con poder!  La buena nueva anunciemos doquier.

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give thanks to the risen Christ.

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give praise to Christ’s name.

We have been crucified with Christ.

Now we shall live for ever.

!Aleluya! ¡Aleluya! demos gracias a nuestro Dios;

aleluya, aleluya, alabemos a Dios.

Dios prometió a la humanidad vida abundante y su don celestial.

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give thanks to the risen Christ.

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give praise to Christ’s name.

Jesus is making all things new—

in us, around us and through us.

!Aleluya! ¡Aleluya! demos gracias a nuestro Dios;

aleluya, aleluya, alabemos a Dios.

Vengan, cantemos a nuestro Dios himnos que alaben su gran majestad.

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give thanks to the risen Christ.

Alleluia, alleluia!  Give praise to Christ’s name.

Invitation to the Table + Invitación a la Mesa

Prayer of Thanksgiving + Acción de gracias

Uno/a:  Dios habita en ustedes.

Todos/as:  Y también en ti.

One:  Come to the table with thankful hearts.

All:  We open our hearts to God and to one another.

READ THIS COLUMN It is right to give you thanks, Creator of all, for your voice alone brought light and life to birth when all began. You called each one of us to be, and named us with the name that you alone could speak. Tu llamaste a nosotr@s a amar la creación, y a querer a otros como tu nos quieres a nosotr@s. Pero traicionamos tu confianza, y así fuimos victimas del engaño. El lazo de confianza se convirtió en la esclavitud del división: hombre y mujer, Judio y Gentíl, esclavo y libre, opresor y oprimido. Nuestras corazones se rodearon por demonios; el pecado y enfermedad nos tomaron cautivo, y nuestr@s propios parientes nos expulsaron. Yet you in your love did not desert us, but instead sent your Beloved to seek us out, to gather in the lost and outcaste. He did not turn away from us, but called us to your table and made us sharers in your life. He threw open the doors of freedom, casting out the darkness of our hearts and greeting us as God’s beloved friends and children. In place of judgment, he gave us compassion; in place of condemnation, healing. Así como llegó para compartir nuestro sufrimiento, el nos llamo a ser sus testigos; a seguir en el camino que conduce a la cruz; y para ver con nuestros propios ojos la profundidad de tu perdón. And when the night was darkest, and our loss complete, he broke upon us like the coming of the dawn, and shattered death itself within the empty tomb. He called us once again by name, and chose us to be bearers of his Word. [blank slide here for words of institution] Así que, Amoroso Dios, de todo lo que es tuyo, te ofrecemos estos dones que son especialmente tuyos. Te ofrecemos los con alegría, como el nos dijo, acordando de su muerte y resurrección. Y como hemos visto la gloria del resucitado, te alabamos y te bendecimos: All + Todos/as: Te alabemos, te bendecimos, te damos gracias, y oramos a ti, Señor nuestro Dios. We praise you, we bless you, we give thanks to you and we pray to you, Lord our God. Now, as he promised, send us your loving Spirit, to make this bread and this cup the life-giving body and blood of your Christ, and to make us one with him in your covenant of love. Give us courage not to cling to what is past, but to proclaim the freedom of new life, as together with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven, we sing the triumphal song --

THIS COLUMN ON PPT Es justo de darte gracias, Creador de todo, porque tu voz así solo trajo vida, dando luz cuando todo empezó. Tu llamaste a cada un@ de nosotr@s a existir, y nos nombraste con el nombre que solo tu podías pronunciar. You called us to be lovers of creation, and to care for each other as you had cared for us. But we betrayed your trust — and we in turn became the victims of betrayal. The bond of trust became the bondage of division: male and female, Jew and Gentile, slave and free, oppressor and oppressed. Our hearts became the haunt of demons; sin and sickness held us captive; and our own kin cast us out. Pero en tu amor, tu no nos dejastes, pero mandaste a tu hijo amado a buscarnos, reunir a los perdidos y marginados. El no nos dio la espalda, sino que nos llamó a tu mesa y nos hizo partícipes en tu vida. El abrió las puertas de la libertad, arrojando la oscuridad de nuestras corazones y abrazandonos como amados amig@s e hij@s de Dios. En vez de juzgamiento, nos extendió compasión; en vez de condenación, sanación. And even as he came to share our suffering, he called us to be witnesses to his; to follow in the way that led him to the cross; and to see with our own eyes the depths of your forgiveness. Y cuando la noche era mas oscura, y nuestro perdida complete, el estalló como el amanecer, y quebró a la muerte mismo en la tumba vacía. El nos llamó otra vez por nombre, y nos escogió como cargadores de su palabra. [blank slide here for words of institution] Therefore, Loving God, of all the things that are yours, we offer you these, which are yours especially. We offer them gladly, as he told us, giving thanks for his death and resurrection. And having seen the glory of the Risen One, we praise you and we bless you: All + Todos/as: Te alabemos, te bendecimos, te damos gracias, y oramos a ti, Señor nuestro Dios. We praise you, we bless you, we give thanks to you and we pray to you, Lord our God. Ahora, como el prometió, manda su espíritu de amor, para hacer de este pan y esta copa el cuerpo y sangre de tu Cristo, que nos da vida, y haznos uno con el en su promesa de amor. Danos valentia para no adherirnos al pasado, sino proclamar la libertad de la nueva vida, mientras que cantemos el canto triunfal con angeles, arcángeles y toda la compañía del cielo:

All + Todos/as:

Holy, holy, holy God:  Alleluia!

God of power, God of might:  Alleluia!

Glorious in the heavens and earth:  Alleluia!

Hosanna in the highest:  Alleluia!

Bendito aquel que viene:  ¡Aleluya!

en el nombre del gran Dios:  ¡Aleluya!

Hosana en las alturas:  ¡Aleluya!

Santo, santo, santo Dios:  ¡Aleluya!

Distribution of the Elements + Distribución de los Elementos

Communion Song + Canto de comunión

Somos el barco

Todos/as + All:

Somos el barco, somos el mar.  Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi.

We are the boat, we are the sea.  I sail in you, you sail in me.

Cantor:

The stream sings it to the river, the river sings it to the sea,

The sea sings it to the boat that carries you and me.

Todos/as + All:

Somos el barco, somos el mar.  Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi.

We are the boat, we are the sea.  I sail in you, you sail in me.

Cantor:

El barco en que navagamos fue heco por muchos manos;

Y el mar que ahora surcamos muchas tierras tocara.

Todos/as + All:

Somos el barco, somos el mar.  Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi.

We are the boat, we are the sea.  I sail in you, you sail in me.

Cantor:

The voyage has been long and hard and yet we’re sailing still.

With a song to help us pull together, if we only will.

Todos/as + All:

Somos el barco, somos el mar.  Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi.

We are the boat, we are the sea.  I sail in you, you sail in me.

Cantor:

Con nuestra esperanzas altas velas levantamos

Y con nuestro corazones nuevas rutas exploramos.

Todos/as + All:

Somos el barco, somos el mar.  Yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi.

We are the boat, we are the sea.  I sail in you, you sail in me.

Prayer + Oración

The Peace + La Paz

One + Uno/a:  The peace of Christ be with you all.

All + Todos/as:  And also with you.

Uno/a + One:  La paz de Cristo esté con ustedes.

Todos/as + All:  Y con tu espíritu.

Song + Canto

Canto de Esperanza + Song of Hope

¡Dios de la esperanza, danos gozo y paz!

Al mundo en crisis, habla tu verdad.

Dios de la justicia, mándanos tu luz,

Luz y esperanza en la oscuridad.

Oremos por la paz,

Cantemos de tu amor.

Luchemos por la paz,

Fieles a Ti, O Dios.

May the God of hope go with us every day,

Filling all our lives with love and joy and peace.

May the God of justice speed us on our way,

Bringing light and hope to every land and race.

Praying, let us work for peace,

Singing, share our joy with all,

Working for a world that’s new,

Faithful when we hear Christ’s call.

Blessing + Bendición

Postlude + Posludio

14.05.18 Easter 5A Reflection

Wherever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being “disturbers of the peace” and “outside agitators”…. Things are different now. The contemporary church is often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch-supporter of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church’s silent and often vocal sanction of things as they are.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

14.05.18 Easter 5A English

Song:  We worship Christ (Patrick Matsikenyiri, Mozambique)* 

Call to Worship
Song:  Christ invites all to make a circle round (Jann Aldredge-Clanton / African-American)
Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise:  Themba Amen (Sunrise Hospice, Themba, South Africa)*

Prayer of the Day

Preparation Song:  In Christ there is a table set for all (Robert J. Stamps)

Reading from the Early Church: Acts 2:42-47

Sermon
Song:  We are one in the Spirit (Peter Scholtes / ST. BRENDAN, Peter Scholtes)
Affirmation of faith

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

Songs:  Invitation (Shawn Whelan)

Come to the feast (Marty Haugen)

*seasonal for Easter

Forces:
Soprano
Piano

May 18, 2014

5^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:  For our community gathered here,
for the spirit that called us together and drew us to this place:
All:  Let us give thanks.

One:  For moments we have shared with others;
for times when we have reached out across barriers of distance and fear;
for times when others have reached out to us:
All:  Let us again give thanks.

One:  For our weaving together out of many separate selves
this hour of celebration and reflection:
All:  We give thanks this day.

One:  We have gathered in this sacred place, again.
May we continue to create here a circle of love,
ever expanding,
ever growing.
A place of wisdom.
A place of connection.
A place of hope.

All:  Amen!

Please be seated

Song

//Christ invites all to join a circle wide.//

With our arms open wide we will join in a feast of love

with Christ-Sophia beside.

//We will find healing in the circle wide.//

With our arms open wide we will join in a feast of love

with Christ-Sophia beside.

//May this circle keep growing deep and wide.//

With our arms open wide we will join in a feast of love

with Christ-Sophia beside.

Prayer of Confession

NOT ON PPT

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

Spirit of life, in us and around us,
here is our chance, once again,
to live like we wish the world would live.

May we find within ourselves
the courage to be who we are.

May we know when it is time to listen
and when it is time to speak.

May we trust ourselves to be the ones to find
the words that need to be said
or to do what needs to be done.

May we trust one another
and know there are many ways to go through life.

May we know that
though we cannot change some of what life gives to us,
we can choose how we deal with what we are given.

We are coming into our power,
and together we can make possible justice and love.
We are all connected;
we depend upon one another more than we know.

We are one body.
So be it.
Blessed be.

[Silence]

There is a moment when noise ceases.
When the busy world is quiet
and the day's work is done.

In that moment... in this silence...
may we know God's presentness and God's peace.

Preparation 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.//

Reading from the Early Church

Acts 2:42-47

NOT ON PPT

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Holy One added to their number those who were being saved.

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

All:  Thanks be to God!

Sermon

Please stand, all who are able.

Song

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord;

we are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord,

and we pray that all unity may one day be restored:

and they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,

yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand,

we will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand,

and together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land:

and they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,

yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

We will work with each other, we will work side by side;

we will work with each other, we will work side by side,

and we’ll guard human dignity and save human pride:

and they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,

yes they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

To our motherly father all praises we bring,

and to Christ who redeems us, bring  our glad offering;

to the spir it of union, let us joyfully sing:

And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,

Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

Affirmation: The life that ignores limits

One:  It hides in every corner,

it crosses every boundary;

All:  Your life, O God, ignores limits.

One:  We know it in the safe ones we love and enjoy;

but, if we look, it appears in those who are different,

challenging,

frightening,

unknown,

strange;

All:  Your life, O God, ignores limits.

One:  It's easy to see in those who are healthy and comfortable;

vibrant, joyful and privileged to have access

to the wonder-inspiring experiences that life offers;

but, if we look, it appears in those who seem lost to life,

poor and weak,

sick and broken and unable to move

beyond their limited horizons;

All:  Your life, O God, ignores limits.

One:  And so we celebrate your life, wherever it may be found,

and we commit ourselves to be life-seekers,

discerning and acknowledging life

in every person, every moment and every space.

All:  Amen.

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.

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

1.  God has laid a feasting table.

All her guests are gathered round.

From the highways and the byways

all the lost have now been found.

//When we hear the invitation

will we lay our burdens down?//

2.  At this table all are welcome.

No one need be left behind.

God is greater than our difference.

Christ can see where we are blind.

//When we hear the invitation

will we love all humankind?//

3.  God is crying out for justice.

Christ is weeping in the street.

When will be the time for laughter?

When will all have food to eat?

//When we hear the invitation

will we make God’s will complete?//

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1.  Ho, everyone that thirsts:

Come to the waters!

here is an end to hunger:

Come to the feast!

and everyone who labors:

Come to the waters!

All you who have no money:

Come to the feast!

For this is life:

the waters of the Jordan:

for this is life:

the waters of your birth:

for this is life:

the waters that renew you:

O come to the feast.

O come to the feast.

2.  Let all who seek their God:

Come to the waters!

heed now the One who calls you:

Come to the feast!

the everlasting stream:

Come to the waters!

drink deep the Cup that saves you:

Come to the feast!

For this is life:

the floods that overwhelm you:

for this is life:

the streams of death and life:

for this is life:

the waters that sustain you:

O come to the feast.

O come to the feast.

3.  And all who are oppressed:

Come to the waters!

this is the feast of justice:

Come to the feast!

and you, the last and broken:

Come to the waters!

this is the feast of healing:

Come to the feast!

For this is life:

to die and rise in Jesus:

For this is life:

to share the life of Christ:

For this is life:

the bread and wine of justice:

O come to the feast.

O come to the feast!