Showing posts with label Easter 5B. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

12.05.06 Easter 5B Reflection


And you, high eternal Trinity,
acted as if you were drunk with love,
infatuated with your creature.
When you saw that this tree could bear no fruit
but the fruit of death
because it was cut off from you who are life,
you came to its rescue
with the same love
with which you had created it:
you engrafted your divinity
into the dead tree of our humanity.
O sweet tender engrafting!
You, sweetness itself,
stooped to join yourself
with our bitterness.
~Catherine of Siena

12.05.06 Easter 5B English

Prelude:  Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536 (J. S. Bach)
Hymn:  Easter Gloria (Marty Haugen and EM/O FILII ET FILIAE, traditional French) GC

My verse:
Christ, the true vine, your branches are we,
cleansed by your word that we fruitful may be,
abiding in you eternally.
Alleluia!

Call to Worship
One:  God is the True Vine,
All:  And we are the branches.
One:  Connected to God;
All:  Connected to bear fruit!
One:  Connected to God;
All:  Or we wither away.
One:  Connected to God;
All:  Or useless!
One:  We come to worship God, who is the True Vine.
All:  God, teach us how to remain connected so that we might bear good fruit!

Song:  I am the vine (Shirley Erena Murray/Ron Klusmeier) NS
Prayer of Confession

One:  Jesus said: “I am the vine, you are the branches.” Let us pray.

One:  We thank you, gracious God, for Jesus Christ the true vine, with his roots eternally grounded in you. We rejoice that by grace we have been grafted into him, to be branches on a vine which bears the loveliest of all the fruits of earth. Yet we confess that all is not well with the way we live.

All:  Please forgive us for the occasions when we have been the ones to introduce disease into the vine, preferring its contamination to the vigor of health.
Forgive us for neglecting to draw deeply on the sap of Life, for our tendency to wander instead of growing on the framework your provide, for being content, and sometimes even proud of, a few sparse or undersized fruits, for the apathy which lets us to go through some seasons without bearing any fruit.

One:  Have mercy on us. Please do not lose patience or sever us completely from the true vine. Rather heal our diseases, discipline and train our wandering tendrils, prune our unfruitful branches and cut away our diseased ones. May we remain in Christ and he in us, through all the changing seasons of life. Let us delight in bearing the fruits of love which are our true purpose and joy. For your Name’s sake.
All:  Amen!

—Silent reflection—

One:  Jesus said: “If you reside in me, and my words reside in you, ask whatever you will and it shall be done for you.”  Friends, we have asked for forgiveness and correction. It has been truly done for us. It is being done for us. And it will be done for us.
All:  Thanks be to God!
Song of Praise:  Psalm 34, verse 1 (adapted John Bell/TALLA CRIOSDH, traditional Scots Gaelic) *
Prayer of the Day
VU
Creator of the universe,
you made the world in beauty,
and restore all things in glory
through the victory of Jesus Christ.
We pray that, wherever your image is still disfigured
by poverty, sickness, selfishness, war and greed,
the new creation in Jesus Christ may appear in justice, love, and peace,
to the glory of your name. Amen.

Sh'ma Israel (Max Helfman)
Reading from Hebrew Scripture:  Isaiah 27:2-6 (non-lectionary)

Alleluia (Indonesia)
Gospel Reading:  John 15:1-11
Sermon

Song:  God, bless your church with strength (John A. Dalles/DIADEMATA, George J. Elvey)


Affirmation of Faith
BDP
I believe in God, Source of all things seen and unseen:
in a universe where the basic reality is Spirit-Mind,
present in human beings as a reflection of this hidden Spirit,
         

I believe in Christ Jesus, God’s only true Son:
in grace which surpasses all our ideas of justice,
in suffering that redeems the previously unredeemable,
in life that bursts free from graves and all captivity.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, our immanent Friend:
in a world where no human being is ever alone,
in an inner light that opens our eyes to truth,
in a sap which makes the fruitless become fruitful.

I put my trust in God.
I put my trust in Christ.
I put my trust in Spirit.
Amen!
Prayer Song:  Psalm 34, verse 3 (adapted John Bell/TALLA CRIOSDH, traditional Scots Gaelic) *
Prayers of the People

Announcements

Song:  I am the vine
(Shirley Erena Murray/Ron Klusmeier) NS

*A cappella, the congregation singing the two supporting parts and the soprano cantor singing the melody.
**Sung by the music team in Spanish.

Forces:
Soprano
Tenor/Guitar
Tenor/Bass Guitar
Organ/Piano

12.05.06 Easter 5B Bilingual

Songs/Cantos:  Christ rose up (South African; English adapted by EM, Spanish by Magdalena Garcia) *
Cristo vive (Nicolás Martinez/Pablo Sosa) NCH *

Prayer/Oración

Welcome/Bienvenido

Milestones/Aconticimientos

Song/Canto:  God grant them many years/Dios muchos años dales (Russian polychronia) MfL

Offerings/Ofrendas

Canto:  Nuestra ofrenda (Creación Colectiva, Matanzas, Cuba) WCC

Invitation to the Table/Invitación a la mesa

Prayer of Thanksgiving/Acción de gracias EM & LL *


Pastor:  God dwells in you.
All:  And also in you.
Pastor:  Come to the table with thankful hearts.
All:  We open our hearts to God and to one another.

Generous creator God, you made order from chaos, light from darkness, the whole great unknowable majesty of the cosmos.  In the fullness of time, you made the Earth, our fragile island home, with all its wondrous beauty and diversity of life.  You gave us the gift of humanity—bodies, minds and souls—so that we could be faithful stewards of your bounteous gifts and gifts to one another.


Showered by blessings beyond measure, we continually turned away from you and against one another, rejecting your gifts and our giftedness and walked the lonely ways of temptation, death and destruction.

Prophets came to remind us of your limitless love and generosity, but in fear we rejected the their insight and understanding.

Then, in your fathomless generosity, you gave us Jesus, one of us and one with you, a sign and symbol of your freely-given redemption and grace.

So, together with those who have come before us and all the generations yet to come, we lift our voices to your everlasting praise:


Todos/as + All: 
Santo, santo, santo, Dios y Creador nuestro,
canta tu alabanza la entera creación;
junto con sus voces suba nuestro canto:
¡Hosana, hosana, hosana a nuestro Dios!

Holy, holy, holy God of all creation,
All together praise we now your wondrous works of love;
Saints and angels join us as we praise you glory:
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to our God!

Holy are you, God of majesty, and blessed is Jesus Christ, source of life and hope.  When he told stories of your grace; when his perfect nature showed us we could cast off sin’s fears; when he went down into the dust of death that we might be reshaped in your image, it was in those moments that the breadth and depth of your love were revealed for all time.


So, as we come to the table, as we remember Christ’s life and death and sing of his resurrection, we proclaim the mystery of faith:


All + Todos/as:
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
Cristo murió.
Cristo resucito.
Cristo vendrá nuevamente.

When we gather at the Table,
where your Spirit has been poured out upon the generous gifts of bread and cup;
 when we are strengthened by the bread, and then go forth to work so the poor can eat and be satisfied;  when grace overflows from the cup and like a roaring river, carries justice
into all the places of inequity and oppression; when your hope casts out all our fears,so we can stand beside our sisters and brothers:  it is in these moments  that your sanctifying love  is revealed for all time.

And when all moments have stopped, all the ends of creation will remember your grace;  when gifts and giver are joined as one around the feast of the lamb; our hearts will sing with everlasting love, God in community, Holy in One.


All + Todos/as:  Amen.
Pastor:  Dios habita en ustedes.
Todos/as:  Y también en ti.
Pastor:  Vengan a la mesa con corazones agradecidos.
Todos/as:  Abrimos nuestros corazones a Dios y unos a otros.

Generoso Dios creador, hiciste el orden desde el caos, luz de la oscuridad y la gran majestad desconocida del cosmos.
En la plenitud del tiempo creaste la tierra, nuestra frágil isla llamado hogar, con todas sus maravillosas bellezas y diversidad de vida.
Nos diste el regalo de la humanidad –cuerpos, mentes y almas- para que podamos ser fieles mayordomos de tus ilimitados regalos y ser regalos unos a otros.

Nos bañaste con bendiciones sin medida, pero continuamente caminamos lejos de ti y lejos de los unos a los otros, rechazando tus regalos y nuestros talentos y caminamos por los caminos vacios de tentación, muere y destrucción.

Los profetas vinieron a recordarnos de tu amor sin límite y generosidad pero en nuestro temor rechazamos su entendimiento.

Entonces en tu insondeable generosidad nos diste a Jesús, uno de nosotros y de tí mismo como señal de tu libre gracia y redención.

Así que junto con aquellos que han venido antes que nosotros y con aquellas generaciones que han de venir levantamos nuestras voces hacia ti en una eterna alabanza.

Todos/as + All: 
Santo, santo, santo, Dios y Creador nuestro,
canta tu alabanza la entera creación;
junto con sus voces suba nuestro canto:
¡Hosana, hosana, hosana a nuestro Dios!

Holy, holy, holy God of all creation,
All together praise we now your wondrous works of love;
Saints and angels join us as we praise you glory:
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to our God!

Santo eres tu Dios lleno de majestad y bendito tu hijo Jesucristo fuente de esperanza. Cuando el nos conto historias de tu gracia. Cuando en su naturaleza perfecta nos mostro que podíamos lanzar lejos los temores del pecado, cuando bajo al polvo de la muerta para que seamos cambiados a tu imagen, fue en esos momentos cuando la grandeza y la profundidad de tu amor fueron revelados para todos los tiempos.

Así que venimos a esta mesa recordando la vida y muerte y resurrección de Cristo y proclamamos el misterio de nuestra fe.

Todos/as + All:
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
Cristo murió.
Cristo resucito.
Cristo vendrá nuevamente.

Cuando nos reunimos a la mesa donde tu espíritu ha sido derramado en los regalos del pan y la copa.
Y cuando seamos reforzados por el pan vayamos a trabajar para que el pobre pueda comer y sea satisfecho y cuando la gracia que rebosa de la copa como un rio que lleva consigo justicia a todos los lugares de injusticia y opresión ; y cuando la esperanza arroje lejos todos nuestros temores para que podamos estar junto a nuestros hermanos y hermanas, es en esos momentos cuando tu amor santificador es revelado por todos los tiempos.

Y cuando todos los momentos paren, todos los confines de la creación recordaran tu gracia; cuando los regalos y los que dan sean unidos en uno solo alrededor del banquete del cordero de Dios; nuestros corazones cantaran con amor eterno Dios en comunidad, santo en uno.
Todos/as + All:  Amen.

Distribution of the elements/Distribución de los elementos
Canto:  Many are the lightbeams (Anders Frostenson/TJÄNSTERNA, Olle Widerstand)

Prayer/Oración

The Peace/La Paz

Canto:  Od yavo shalom (Seva) EM

Benediction/Benedición

Postlude/Posludio:  Diversion (Francis Jackson)



*languages are alternated with the opposite language projected on the screens.  This prayer was written for a stewardship season with the theme The Gifts of God for the People of God.  The Sanctus is sung to the tune NICAEA.

Forces:
Soprano cantor
Tenor cantor
Tenor/Guitar
Tenor/Bass guitar
Piano
Organ
Percussion

12.05.06 Easter 5B Español

Cantos:  Jubilosos te adoramos (Henry van Dyke/ODE TO JOY, Ludwig van Beethoven) EHP
Jesús, Jesús
(Tom Colvin/CHEREPONI, Ghana) EHP
Somos uno en Espíritu
(Peter Scholtes/ST. BRENDAN'S, Peter Scholtes) EHP
Invocación

Canto: 
Un mandamiento nuevo (William Loperena) EHP
Oración de confesión
RR
Uno/a: Oh Dios que eres todo amor, en estos momentos venimos ante ti para confesar las veces que hemos encontrado en nuestro camino a gente que necesita de ti y no hemos parado para compartir tu palabra. Nos avergüenza el pensar que tenemos algo que compartir con la gente que nos rodea, pero el silencio que provocan nuestros miedos y nuestra falta de tiempo es nuestro testimonio.
Todos/as:  Dios, no permitas que tu Palabra se quede en nuestros corazones y en nuestras mentes sin compartirla con otras personas que tanto la necesitan. Danos la valentía y la sabiduría para regar semilla, para dar fruto, y para compartir el amor que solamente podemos encontrar en Ti. En el nombre de Jesús oramos. Amén.

ORACIÓN DE CONFESIÓN SILENCIOSA

Uno/a: Amados y amadas, dice la Escritura que debemos permanecer en Dios. Separados de su amor y misericordia no podemos hacer nada. Solo en Dios encontramos el perdón a nuestros pecados y la vida perdurable. Escuchen las buenas nuevas. En Jesucristo somos perdonados y perdonadas.
Todos/as:  Demos gracias a Dios. Amén.
Canto de alabanza:  ¡Suelta la alegría! (Eseario Sosa Rodriguez) EHP *
Oración para iluminación 
MPB
Uno/a:  Oh Dios de Amor, Habla a nosotros hoy en las escrituras. Silencia toda voz menos la tuya, para que lo que escuchemos sea su palabra verdadera y vivificante. Amen.
Canto:  Dios es amor (J. Bayloch) EHP **
Escritura:  1 Juan 4:7-13, 18-21

Mensaje

Canto:  Cristo te necesita (Cesaréo Gabaraín) EHP


Afirmación de fé (Una breve declaración de fé)

Canto de oración:  Aleluya (Jesús Adrian Romero, arr. EM) *†

Oraciones del pueblo

Noticias
Cantos: 
Todos juntos (Brotes de Olivo, arr. EM) ††
Es mi mandamiento (Afro-Americano) 


*canciones de temporada (Pascua)
**solo
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Forces:
Tenor
Piano
Percussion