14.09.07 Ordinary 23A Bilingual

Songs/Cantos:  ¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz! (Creación colectiva, Matanzas, Cuba / World Council of Churches)

El es nuestra paz (Creación colectiva, Matanzas, Cuba / World Council of Churches)

Prayer/Oración

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

Song/Canto:  O-so-so (Gyeong Lee / trilingual, Spanish by Frank Alton)

Invitation to the table/Invitación a la mesa

Prayer of Thanksgiving/Acción de gracias

Sanctus:  LAND OF REST

Communion/Comunión

Songs/Cantos:  Eat this bread (Taizé)

Hallelujah! We sing your praises (South Africa)

Prayer/Oración

The Peace/La Paz
Song/Canto:  La paz de Dios sea contigo (Collective creation, Matanzas, Cuba / World Council of Churches)*
Benediction/Bendición
Postlude/Posludio:  Jerusalem (Kristina Shtegman)

*seasonal for Ordinary Time

Forces:
Soprano cantor
Tenor cantor

Tenor/guitar

Tenor/bass guitar

Piano/Organ

Percussion

7 de septiembre de 2014 + September 7, 2014

Adorando Todos/as Juntos/as + All Together Worship

Song of Worship and Praise +

Canto de Adoración y Alabanza

¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz!

Uno/a + One:  ¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz!

Todos/as + All:  ¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz!

One + Uno/a:  May every season be a season of peace!

All + Todos/as:  May every season be a season of peace!

Todos/as + All:  //¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz!//

All + Todos/as:  //May every season be a season of peace!//

El es nuestra paz

Cantor:  Por Cristo tenemos entrada porque el es nuestra paz.

Todos/as + All:  Por Cristo tenemos entrada porque el es nuestra paz.

Cantor:  ¡Bienvenido, bienvenida!

Todos/as + All:  ¡Bienvenido, bienvenida!

Cantor:  Through Christ a new avenue opens, because he is our peace.

All + Todos/as:  Through Christ a new avenue opens, because he is our peace.

Cantor:  Welcome, brother, welcome, sister!

All + Todos/as:  Welcome, brother, welcome, sister!

¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz!

Uno/a + One:  ¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz!

Todos/as + All:  ¡Que todo el tiempo sea tiempo de paz!

One + Uno/a:  May every season be a season of peace!

All + Todos/as:  May every season be a season of peace!

Prayer + Oración

Welcome and Milestones +

Bienvenida y Acontecimientos

NOT ON PPT

9/7 Carol Reyes

9/7 Anita Tolbert

9/10 Carrie Rodriguez

9/12 Blanca Trochez

God grant them many years + Dios muchos años dales

THE EUCHARIST + LA EUCARISTIA

Offerings + Ofrendas

Song + Canto

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 Un@ + One: Es verdaderamente justo alabarte en todo lugar y tiempo, O Dios, nuestro Padre y Madre, dador de luz. Por eso creaste al hombre y al mujer y todo en este mundo glorioso, y nos enseño vivir juntos, amando por siempre. Y aunque nos alejamos de tu luz e hicimos guerras uno contra el otro, desperdiciando los dones de tu creación, hasta que no pudimos escapar de la oscuridad, y empecemos a morir, y toda la creación te suplicó por alivio – incluso entonces, no nos destruiste ni nos dejaste.  You called Abraham and Sarah on a journey of promise, and brought Israel out of captivity; you made Moses your friend, and taught him to grow in the truth. And in due time the new star of glory appeared, scattering the shadows of death and leading us on the road to peace. Our eyes at first were dim: we could not make him out. We wondered as he taught us the way of your kingdom; we fled in fear when he died for us, showing the fullness of love. But you raised him again, and in his new dawn the truth shone plainly for all to see. Now we have cast down our fears; we have turned our faces full to the light. And running together from all parts of the earth, we join in love once more, to follow his example and share his glorious life in the breaking of bread.

THIS COLUMN ON PPT One + Uno@:  It is truly right always and everywhere to praise you, Lord God our Father and Mother, Giver of light. For you made man and Woman and all things in a world of glory, and taught us to live together in love for ever. And though we turned from your light and made war on one another, wasting the gifts of your creation, until we could find no way out of the darkness, but began to die, and all things cried to you for release — even then you did not destroy or forsake us. Llamaste a Abraham y Sara en una jornada de promesa, y trajiste fuera de la cautividad a Israel; hiciste amigos con Moisés, y le enseñaste a crecer en la verdad. A su tiempo debido, la nueva estrella de la gloria llegó, dispersando las tinieblas de la muerte y guiándonos en el camino hacia la paz. Nuestr@s ojos eran oscuros: no podíamos verle a el. Nos maravillamos mientras que el nos enseo las maneras de tu reino; nos huimos cuando el murió por nosotr@s, demostrando la amplitud del amor. Pero lo resucitaste y en su nueva aurora, la verdad brillo plenamente para tod@s. Ya hemos dejado nuestr@s temores y hemos volteado nuestros rostros hacia la luz. Y uniendo de toda parte del mundo, nos unimos una vez mas en amor, para seguir su ejemplo y compartir su vida gloriosa en la partidura del pan.

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READ THIS COLUMN Un@ + One: Así que, Padre-Madre Dios, de todo lo que es tuyo, te ofrecemos estos, que son especialmente tuyos. Te los ofrecemos alegres, como nos mandó Jesús, dando gracias por su muerte y resurrección. Y moviendo aun mas hacia la luz del día, en que podemos ver que Cristo es todo, te alabemos y te bendecimos. Tod@s + All: Te alabemos, te bendecimos, te damos gracias, y oremos a ti, Oh nuestr@ Dios.  We praise you, we bless you, we give thanks to you, and we pray to you, Lord our God. One:  Now send us your Holy Spirit, to show that this bread and cup are the life-giving body and blood of your Son, and reveal your image in us, transforming our life to be like his. And bring us at last his kingdom of peace. Already we gather to welcome him; and lifting our voices with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we join in the Triumphal song:

THIS COLUMN ON PPT One + Un@:  Therefore, Father-Mother God, of all the things that are yours we offer you these, which are yours especially. We offer them gladly, as Jesus told us, giving thanks for his death and resurrection. And moving ever more toward the daylight, where we can see Christ is all in all, we praise you and we bless you. All + Tod@s:  Te alabemos, te bendecimos, te damos gracias, y oremos a ti, Oh nuestr@ Dios. We praise you, we bless you, we give thanks to you, and we pray to you, Lord our God. Un@: Envía ahora tu Espíritu Santo para revelar que este pan y esta copa son el cuerpo y sangre vivificantes de tu hijo, y revela tu imagen dentro de nosotr@s, transformando nuestras vidas para ser como la suya. Y traenos al fin, su reino de paz. Ya estamos reunid@s para darle bienvenida; y alzando nuestras voces con ángeles y arcángeles, con toda la multitud de los cielos, cantando a la eternidad el himno triunfal:

All + Tod@s:  Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might.  Heaven and earth are full of your glory.  Hosanna in the highest.

Bendito aquel que viene en el nombre de Dios.  Hosana en los cielos.  Hosana en los cielos.

BOTH COLUMNS ON PPT SIDE BY SIDE All: Our Father-Mother in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread; forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

BOTH COLUMNS ON PPT SIDE BY SIDE Todos/as: Padre y Madre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad, en la tierra como en el cielo. Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día, y perdona nuestra ofensas, como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden. Y no nos dejes caer en tentación, mas libranos de mal. Porque tuyo es el reino, el poder, y la gloria, por todos los siglos. Amén.

Communion Songs + Cantos de comunión

Eat this bread + Come esta pan

Eat this bread, drink this cup,

come to me and never be hungry.

Eat this bread, drink this cup,

trust in me and you will not thirst.

Come este pan, bebe este copa,

come y no más tendrás hambre.

Come este pan, bebe este copa,

bebe y no más tendrás sed.

Hallelujah!  We sing your praises + ¡Aleluya! te bendecimos

//Hallelujah!  We sing your praises, all our hearts are filled with gladness.//

Christ the Lord to us said:  I am wine, I am bread,

I am wine, I am bread, give to all who thirst and hunger.

//¡Aleluya!  te bendecimos, eres nuestra alegría//

Ya nos manda a salir, fuertes en nuestra fe,

fuertes en nuestra fe, anunciando la palabra.

//Hallelujah!  We sing your praises, all our hearts are filled with gladness.//

Jesus says to us still, “All who do the Lord’s will,

all who do the Lord’s will are my sisters and my brothers.”

¡Aleluya!  te bendecimos, eres nuestra alegría.

Hallelujah!  We sing your praises, all our hearts are filled with gladness.

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

La paz de Dios sea contigo + The peace of God be always with you

La paz de Dios sea contigo,

querida amigo, sea contigo.

Con este abrazo nos unimos,

querida amiga, en el camino.

//Hacia la paz y el verdad,

hacia el amor y la amistad.//

The peace of God be always with you,

beloved brother, God’s peace go with you.

With this embrace we are united,

beloved sister, while on the journey.

//And may your journey bring you peace,

may truth and love attend your way.//

Blessing + Bendición

Postlude + Posludio

14.09.07 Ordinary Time 23A Reflection

It is apparent that the new way of living that Jesus had in mind was a “here-now” rather than a “here-after” vision. Far from being a theoretical ideal or having a far-away location, this was to be a present reality, rooted in earthly space-time. It had to do with real relationships with real people, an inclusivity that disregarded cultural and religious convention and embraced a new way of living in response to the incomprehensible holy mystery Jesus called “Father.”

Judy Cannato, Field of Compassion

14.09.07 Ordinary 23A English

Prelude:  Canzona "La Spiritata" (Giovanni Gabrieli)
Hymn:  Christ has changed the world’s direction (Shirley Erena Murray / NEW DIRECTIONS, Barry M. Brinson)*
Call to Worship
Song:  Blowin’ in the wind (Bob Dylan)

Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise:  Glory to God (Paul Vasile)*

Prayer of the Day

Gospel Acclamation (Howard Hughes)

Gospel Reading:  John 3:1-17

Sermon:  (Rev. Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder)
Hymn:  God gives us a future (Elizabeth J. Smith / CAMBERWELL, Michael Brierley) 

Affirmation of Faith

Prayer Song:  Casa del Sol Prayer of Jesus (Philip J. Newell, based on the Lord’s Prayer / Daniel E. Poole)*
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Announcements

Song:  In the midst of every blessing (unknown / NETTLETON, Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music)

*Seasonal for Ordinary Time/September

Forces:
Soprano

Piano/Organ

September 7, 2014

23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

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.

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?

Call to Worship

One:  God beyond all names and images,
All:  we worship you in faith.
One:  God in the Christ with human face
All:  we worship you in truth.
One:  God who moves, draws, forms and enlightens our life,
All:  we worship you in Spirit.

God in relationship.
God the beginning and God the end,
you are our God.

One:  We pray:
Source of Life and Love we name God
in you we live and move and have our being.

Jesus, Companion and Liberator,
with you we walk the way of love.

Empowering and Imaginative Spirit,
through you we are made one.

God, trinity of love, we seek you in the dance of life.
We embrace your love.
We would dance.
This is the meaning of the resurrection, that we can dance.
All:  Alleluia.
Amen.

Please be seated

Song

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, 'n' how many times must a woman look up
Before she can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one woman have
Before she can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till she knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can we turn our heads,
and pretend that we just don't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Prayer of Confession

NOT ON PPT

God is always more eager to forgive than we are to confess.

Let us pray.

One:  Loving God, we confess that we never praise you enough, nor serve you well enough, nor love you deeply enough.

We try. Yet we falter. Always we fall short. Sometimes we realize our limitations, sometimes we don’t. Yet you, holy Friend, go on loving and nurturing us, not counting our sins but multiplying your grace and mercy.

All:  With your steadfast love, Holy One, have mercy on us again today.

With your saving love, Chosen One, have mercy on us today.

With all your enlivening love, Spirit of God, have mercy on us today.

We place in your hands all that we have been and what we are at the moment,

so that what we may yet become shall exceed our expectations.

To your eternal praise and glory.

Amen!

—silent reflection—

One:  People of God, be certain of this: Forgiveness is real. Starting afresh is real. The regeneration of our thoughts, feelings and motivations is real. Sisters and brothers in the family of God, we are a most fortunate people.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the friendship of the Holy Spirit, will save us from all evil and give us the final victory!

All:  Thanks be to God!

Please stand, all who are able.

Song of Praise

Glory to God, whose goodness shines on me,

and to the Son, whose grace has pardoned me,

and to the Spirit, whose love has set me free.

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.  Amen.

///World without end, without end.  Amen.///

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.  Amen.

Prayer

NOT ON PPT

God of delight,
your Wisdom sings your Word
at the crossroads where humanity and divinity meet.
Invite us into your joyful being
where you know and are known
in each beginning,
in all sustenance,
in every redemption,
that we may manifest your unity
in the diverse ministries you entrust to us,
truly reflecting your triune majesty
in the faith that acts,
in the hope that does not disappoint,
and in the love that endures. Amen.

Please be seated

Gospel Acclamation

Gospel Reading

John 3:1-17

NOT ON PPT

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Reader:  The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

All:  Thanks be to God!

Please be seated

Sermon

Please stand, all who are able.

Song

1.  God gives us a future
daring us to go
into dreams and dangers
on a path unknown.
We will face tomorrow
in the Spirit's power
we will let God change us
for new life starts now.

2.  We must leave behind us
sins of yesterday
for God's new beginning
is a better way.
Fear and doubt and habit
must not hold us back:
God gives hope, and insight
and the strength we lack.

3.  Holy Spirit, teach us
how to read the signs
how to meet the challenge
of our troubled times.
Love us into action
stir us into prayer
till we choose God's life, and
find our future there.

Affirmation of Faith

One:  Unpredictable, irrepressible,
dancing, laughing Spirit,
when we're tempted to be cautious and hesitate,
All:  Draw us forward
into the surprising and joyful future
you have waiting for us.
One:  Unpredictable, elusive Spirit,
when we're tempted to opt for certainty,
All:  Free our spirits to adventure and risk,
as your people have always done.
One:  Unpredictable, people-loving,
freedom-loving Spirit,
when we're tempted to be shackled to comfort and conformity,
All:  Enable us to leave such things behind,
call us through your people
into the surprise of each new day.
One:  Clear our vision, so we may see things,
to which we've paid no attention in the past.
All:  Sharpen our listening,
so we may hear pleadings and cries
we've never heard before.
One:  Strengthen our hands,
so we may do things we've previously not dared try.
All:  Put a new spring into our step,
so we may follow your leading into new situations.
Draw us dancing and laughing into tomorrow.

Please be seated

Prayer Song

Cantor:  Ground of all being,

All:  Ground of all being,

Cantor:  Mother of life,

All:  Mother of life,

Cantor:  Father of the universe, your name is sacred, beyond speaking.

May we know your presence,

All:  May we know your presence,

Cantor:  may your longings be ours,

All:  may your longings be ours,

Cantor:  our longings in heart and action.

May there be food

All:  May there be food

Cantor:  for the human family today,

All:  for the human family today,

Cantor:  for the whole earth’s community.

Forgive us the falseness

All:  Forgive us the falseness

Cantor:  of what we have done,

All:  of what we have done,

Cantor:  as we forgive those who are untrue to us.

Do not forsake us

All:  Do not forsake us

Cantor:  in our time of conflict,

All:  in our time of conflict,

Cantor:  but lead us into new beginnings.

For the light of life,

All:  For the light of life,

Cantor:  the vitality of life,

All:  the vitality of life,

Cantor:  and the glory of life are yours,

now and forever.

Amen.

All:  Amen.

Cantor:  Amen.

All:  Amen.

Silent Meditation

Prayers

News of the People

Not on ppt:

Welcome cards

Service concludes with bilingual celebration

9/7 Deacons offering

9/7 Newcomers lunch

9/7 Concert

9/13 Healing Center workshop

9/27 Presbytery mission gathering

9/28 Blood drive

Please stand, all who are able.

Song

1.  In the midst of every blessing

may my heart be filled with grace.

Streams of goodness, ever flowing

call for songs of highest praise.

May my words be filled with gratitude;

may my glad heart humble be.

As a holder of a blessing

May I share it gratefully.

2.  In the midst of every trial

may my heart be filled with grace.

Streams of comfort, ever flowing

call for songs of highest praise.

May I find the strength within me;

may I sense it everywhere.

As I face what must be handled

may I find truth I can share.

3.  In the midst of all our living

may our hearts be filled with grace.

Streams of goodness ever flowing

call for songs of highest praise.

May we seek and find encouragement;

may our choices worthy be.

As we journey on together,

may we know integrity.

Song

///You came down that we may have love,///

Hallelujah, forevermore.

///You came down that we may have peace,///

Hallelujah, forevermore.

///You came down that we may have joy,///

Hallelujah, forevermore.

///You came down that we may have life,///

Hallelujah, forevermore.