14.01.19 Ordinary 2A Reflection

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart – intelligence and goodness – shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.

~Martin Luther King Jr., from Strength to Love

14.01.19 Ordinary 2A Bilingual

Songs/Cantos:  Digo "Si', oh Dios (Donna Peña) 
Prayer/Oración
Welcome/Bienvenido
Milestones/Aconticimientos 
Song/Canto:  God grant them many years/Dios muchos años dales (Russian polychronia)
Offerings (regular and food)
Song/Canto:  Make them hear you (Lynn Ahrens / Stephen Flaherty; from Ragtime)
Invitation to the Table
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Sanctus:  David Hernandez (English, Spanish, Korean)
Communion
Song:  Cristo te necesita (Cesareo Gabaraín)
Prayer
The Peace/La Paz
Canto:  Shalom chaverim (Israeli traditional/Hebrew traditional, Spanish source unknown, English EM) *
Benediction/Bendición
Postlude/Posludio:  Toccata on Great Day (Adolphus Hailstork)

*seasonal for Ordinary Time

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

19 de enero de 2014 + January 19, 2014

Adorando Todos/as Juntos/as + All Together Worship

Song of Worship and Praise +

Canto de Adoración y Alabanza

Digo “Sí,” O Dios

Uno/a:  Al Dios de la eternidad, digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Uno/a:  Al Dios que me escucha, digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Al Dios de los oprimidos, digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Al Dios de la justicia, digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Digo “Si,” O Dios, en tiempos malos, en tiempos buenos,

Digo “Si,” O Dios a todo lo que hablas. 

One:  I’m a servant of the Lord, I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

One:  I’m a worker in the fields: I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

One:  Every day the choice is mine: I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

One:  In my words and in my deeds: I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

I say “yes”, my God, in all the good times, through the bad times;

I say “yes”, my God, to every word you speak.

Uno/a:  Por el sueño que tengo hoy, digo “Sí, O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Uno/a:  Para sanar a los que están sufriendo, digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Uno/a:  Para amar a mis enemigos, digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Uno/a:  Por la paz en los gobiernos, digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Todos/as:  Digo “Sí,” O Dios.

Digo “Si,” O Dios, en tiempos malos, en tiempos buenos,

Digo “Si,” O Dios a todo lo que hablas. 

One:  If my conscience speaks to me: I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

One:  When my choices carry a cost: I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

One:  If I go against the tide: I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

One:  When I am what you made me to be: I say “yes”, my God.

All:  I say “yes”, my God.

I say “yes”, my God, in all the good times, through the bad times;

I say “yes”, my God, to every word you speak.

Prayer + Oración

Welcome and Milestones +

Bienvenida y Acontecimientos

God grant them many years + Dios muchos años dales

THE EUCHARIST + LA EUCARISTIA

Offerings + Ofrendas

Song + Canto

Make them hear you

Elyse Willis

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 Es justo adorarte siempre y en todo lugar, Madre-Padre-Dios, amante de todo. Tu viento movió las aguas cuando nuestro mundo empezó y  hablaste la Palabra que siempre fue tu palabra. A través de esa Palabra todas las cosas fueron hechas  y la vida que esa Palabra encendió la  oscuridad no ha podido tragar. And when sin’s deadly shadow fell everywhere, Jesus your Word came in flesh to live with us. The world he made did not know him; his homeland refused him. Pero el cumplió tu propósito y nos amó hasta el final. En la cruz el entrego el espíritu de vida que fluye por siempre como el agua de un manantial vivo. Now all who receive Christ have power to become children of God: born from above, they blow through the world with your Spirit, bearing witness for the truth of your Word. All who believe in Christ have left death for new life. Todos quienes escuchan la voz de Cristo y le siguen, como las ovejas que siguen a su pastor, de manera verdadera y viva que lleva a Dios. Todos los que aman como Cristo amó viven como las ramas de una vid dando vida de la vida de aquel que dio su vida por sus amigos.

THIS COLUMN ON PPT One:  It is truly right always and everywhere to praise you, Mother-Father God, Lover of all. Your wind swept the waters when our world began, and you spoke the Word  that was always your Word. Through that Word all things came to be, and the life of that Word lightened every life with the light darkness could not swallow. Y cuando la sombra mortal el pecado cayó en todas partes, Jesús tu Palabra se hizo carne para vivir con nosotros. El mundo que el hizo no lo supo, su pueblo lo rechazo. But he fulfilled your purpose, and loved us to the end. On the cross he handed over the Spirit of life, flowing forever like water from a living spring. Ahora todos quienes reciben a Cristo tienen el poder de ser hijos e hijas de Dios: Nacidos de lo alto soplan por el mundo con tu Espíritu, siendo testigos de la verdad de tu Palabra. Todos quienes creen en Cristo han dejado la muerte por una nueva vida. All who hear Christ’s voice follow him, as sheep follow their own shepherd, on the true and living way that leads to God. All who love, as Christ loved, live like branches of a vine, drawing life from the one who laid down his life for his friends.

[WORDS OF INSTITUTION]

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 having seen the glory of the Chosen One, coming from God the Holy One, full of unending love, we praise you and we bless you. All:  We praise you, we bless you, we give thanks to you, and we pray to you, our God.  Te adoramos, te bendecimos, te damos gracias y oramos a ti, nuestro Dios. Ahora como Jesús nos prometió, envíanos tu espíritu d amor para hacer de este pan y esta copa el cuerpo que da vida y la sangre de tu Elegido y haznos perfectos en uno así como tú y Cristo son uno. Porque ahora la oscuridad de este mundo ha sido derrotad; y juntos con ángeles y arcángeles, y con toda la compañía del cielo cantamos la canción triunfal.

Por lo tanto Madre-Padre-Dios, de todas las cosas que son tuyas te ofrecemos estas que son tuyas especialmente. Te las ofrecemos gozosos como Jesús nos dijo, dándote gracias por su muerte y resurrección. Y habiendo visto la Gloria del Elegido, viniendo de la Gloria de dios el Único Santo, lleno de  amor infinito, te adoramos y bendecimos. Todos/as: We praise you, we bless you, we give thanks to you, and we pray to you, our God.  Te doramos, te bendecimos, te damos gracias y oramos a ti, nuestro Dios. Now, as Jesus promised, send us your loving Spirit, to make this bread and this cup the life-giving body and blood of your Chosen One, and to make us perfectly one, as you and Christ are one. For now the darkness of this world is overthrown; and together with angels and archangels, and all the company of heaven, we sing the triumphal song—

Todos/as:

//Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.//

God of power, God of might.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.

//Santo, santo, santo es nuestro Dios.//

Dios de gloria y poder.

Santo, santo, santo es nuestro Dios.

거룩 거룩 거룩하신 주

Gu- rook, gu-rook, gu- rook- ha- shin-joo

거룩 거룩 거룩하신 주

Gu- rook, gu- rook, gu- rook ha- shin-joo

주께 영광 돌리 세

Joo-gye young-gwang door-ri-seh

거룩 거룩 거룩하신 주

Gu-rook, gu-rook, gu-rook-ha-shin-joo

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.

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.

Distribution of the Elements + Distribución de los Elementos

Communion Song + Canto de comunión

Cristo te necesita + Christ needs you

Cristo te necesita para amar, para amar,

Cristo te necesita para amar.

Al que sufre y al triste, dale amor, dale amor,

al humilde y al pobre, dale amor.

No te importen las razas ni el color de la piel,

ama a todos como hermanos y haz el bien.

No te importen las razas ni el color de la piel,

ama a todas como hermanas y haz el bien.

Show your love to the neighbor at your side, show your love,

show your love to the one from far away.

If she speaks another language, show your love, show your love,

if his thinking is different, show your love.

Neither race nor the color of the skin counts at all,

love all people as your sisters and do good.

Neither race nor the color of the skin counts at all,

love all people as your brothers and do good.

Al amigo de siempre, dale amor, dale amor,

y al que no te saluda, dale amor.

Cristo te necesita para amar, para amar,

Cristo te necesita para amar.

No te importen las razas ni el color de la piel,

ama a todas como hermanas y haz el bien.

No te importen las razas ni el color de la piel,

ama a todos como hermanos y haz el bien.

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

Shalom chaverim

Shalom chaverim, shalom chaverim.  Shalom, shalom.

Lehitraot, lehitraot, shalom, shalom.

La paz de Dios contigo esté.  Shalom, shalom.

La paz de Dios contigo esté.  Shalom, shalom.

Shalom, my friends, shalom, my friends, shalom, shalom.

The peace of God be with you all, shalom, shalom.

Blessing + Bendición

Postlude + Posludio

14.01.19 Ordinary 2A English

Hymn: O for a thousand tongues to sing (Charles Wesley / AZMON, Carl G. Gläser) * 

Call to Worship: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Pledge of Nonviolence
Song:  We are going (Sol Amarfio)
Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise:  The storm is passing over (Charles Albert Tindley) *

Prayer of the Day

Sh'ma Israel (Tsvika Pik)

Reading from Hebrew Scripture:  Isaiah 49:1-7

Psalm 40:1-11 (antiphon:  Isaac Everett, The Emergent Psalter)

Reading from the Early Church:  1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon
Hymn:  Blessed be the God of Israel (Carl Daw / NKINGSFOLD, English traditional)  
Affirmation of Faith in words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prayer Song:  There's a light in the darkness (Beth Nielson Chapman) * 
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Song:  I have been to the mountain (John Carter) 

*seasonal for Ordinary Time


Forces:
Soprano
Organ/Piano

January 19, 2014

2^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

O for a thousand tongues to sing

my great Redeemer’s praise,

the glories ever echoing

the triumphs of God’s grace.

My gracious Savior and my God,

assist me to proclaim,

to spread through all the earth abroad

the honors of your name.

Jesus! the name that calms our fears,

that bids our sorrows cease

is music in the sinner’s ears,

is life, and health, and peace!

Glory to God, and love and praise

be ever, ever given

by all the saints in every age,

the church in earth and heaven.

Call to Worship

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, Pledge of Nonviolence

One:  As you prepare to march meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus

All:  Remember the nonviolent movement seeks justice and reconciliation, not victory.

One:  Walk and talk in the manner of love; for God is love.

All:  Pray daily to be used by God that all men and women might be free.

One:  Sacrifice personal wishes that all might be free.

All:  Observe with friend and foes the ordinary rules of courtesy.

One:  Perform regular service for others and the world.

All:  Refrain from violence of fist, tongue and heart.

One:  Strive to be in good spiritual and bodily health.

All:  This is our work.  This is our worship.  Amen!

Song

We are going
Heaven knows where we are going
We know we will

We will get there
Heaven knows how we will get there
We know we will
//It will be hard we know
And the road will be muddy and rough
But we'll get there
Heaven knows how we will get there
We know we will//

Prayer of Confession

One:  If we’re honest, compassion does not come easy to us, God;

We see others who struggle;

those without homes, or food;

All:  those dying from curable diseases, simply because

they can’t get access to the medicine they need;

One:  those who have lost loved ones through death or circumstance,

and long for human companionship;

All:  those who are persecuted and judged because of their difference;

One:  those who are facing the awful consequences

of bad choices they have made;

All:  and those who must live with the consequences

of choices that others make that impact their lives;

One:  It all just feels like it’s too much, and there’s nothing we can do.

All:  But, we know that’s not true – we know that compassion is enough;

that when we allow ourselves to feel,

compassion will lead us to do what we can,

and that this will make a difference.

One:  And so, we pray first for ourselves:

that you would soften our hearts,

and still our fears,

and lead us into those acts of compassion

that we are capable of doing.

All:  And then we pray for all of these others

whose lives can be changed

through small, simple acts of care;

that you would disturb us, and others like us,

until we finally step up and play our part

in the saving of your world;

and that enough of us would answer your call,

that the needs of the hurting ones

may be met.

In Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

Song of Praise

Have courage my soul, and let us journey on,

though the night is dark and I am far from home.

Thanks be to God the morning light appears.

//The storm is passing over, the storm is passing over,

the storm is passing over, hallelu.//

//Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallellujah,

the storm is passing over, the storm is passing over,

the storm is passing over, hallelu.//

Prayer of the Day

NOT ON PPT

Most wonderful God, most faithful Friend, please remove from us the rowdy chatter of the world, and open our ears to the still small voice of your Spirit as you witness to the truth of Christ Jesus. Enable us to hear clearly, to understand profoundly, to respond freely, to serve lovingly and to worship delightedly. For your name’s sake.

Amen!

Please stand, all who are able.

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 49:1-7

NOT ON PPT

Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Holy One called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb God named me. God made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of God’s hand I was hidden; God made me a polished arrow, in God’s quiver I was hidden away. And God said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Holy One, and my reward with my God.” And now the Holy One says, who formed me in the womb to be a servant of God, to bring Jacob back to God, and that Israel might be gathered to God, for I am honored in the sight of the Holy One, and my God has become my strength—God says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Thus says God, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, “Kings shall see and stand up, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of God, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Psalm 40:1-11

Cantor, then all:  You are my help and my rescuer.  My God, do not delay.

Cantor:  I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in theLord.

Happy are those who make the Lord their trust, who do not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods.

All:  You are my help and my rescuer.  My God, do not delay.

I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; see, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord.

I have not hidden your saving help within my heart, I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.

Do not, O Lord, withhold your mercy from me; let your steadfast love and your faithfulness keep me safe forever.

All:  You are my help and my rescuer.  My God, do not delay.

Reading from the Early Church

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

NOT ON PPT

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Mother, and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in God, in speech and knowledge of every kind—just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you— so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.  God will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful; by God you were called into the fellowship of God’s Child, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Reader:  The gospel of Jesus Christ.

All:  Thanks be to God!

Please be seated

Sermon

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

1.  Blest be the God of Israel,

the everliving Lord,

you come in power to save your own,

your people Israel.

For Israel you now raise up

salvation’s tower on high

in David’s house, who reigned as king

and servant of the Lord.

2.  Through holy prophets did you speak

your word in days of old,

that you would save us from our foes

and all who bear us ill.

On Sinai you gave to us

your covenant of love;

so with us now you keep your word

in love that knows no end.

3.  Of old you gave your solemn oath

to father Abraham;

whose seed a mighty race should be

and blest forevermore.

You vowed to set your people free

from fear of every foe,

that we might serve you all our days

in goodness, love, and peace.

4.  O tiny child, you name shall be

the prophet of the Lord;

the way of God you will prepare

to make God’s coming known.

You shall proclaim to Israel

salvation’s dawning day,

when God shall wipe away all sins

with mercy and with love.

5.  The rising sun shall set on us

to bring the light of day

to all who sit in darkest night

and shadow of the grave.

Our footsteps God shall safely guide

to walk the ways of peace,

whose name foreveremore be blest,

who lives and loves and saves.

Affirmation Based on the Writings of Dr. King

One:  I refuse to believe that we are unable to influence the events which surround us. 

All:  I refuse to believe that we are so bound to racism and war, that peace, brotherhood and sisterhood are not possible.  

One:  I believe there is an urgent need for people to overcome oppression and violence, without resorting to violence and oppression. 

All:  I believe that we need to discover a way to live together in peace, a way which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of this way is love. 

One:  I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.  I believe that right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. 

All:  I believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. 

One:  I believe that what self-centered people have torn down, other-centered people can build up. 

All:  By the goodness of God at work within people, I believe that brokenness can be healed.  "And the lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and everyone will sit under their own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid."  Amen.

Please be seated

Prayer Song

There’s a light, there’s a light in the darkness.

And the dark of the night cannot harm us.

We can trust not to fear for our comfort is near.

There’s a light, there’s a light in the darkness.

There is hope, there is hope in the darkness.

And the dark of the night cannot harm us.

We can trust not to fear for our comfort is near.

There is hope, there is hope in the darkness.

There is peace, there is peace in the darkness.

And the dark of the night cannot harm us.

We can trust not to fear for our comfort is near.

There is peace, there is peace in the darkness.

Silent Meditation

Prayers of the People

One: God of grace,

All:  hear our prayer.

News of the People

Not on ppt:

Welcome cards

Service concludes with bilingual celebration

Men’s group 1/25

Yoga classes

Building closed tomorrow

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn

Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,

       you have chosen me to be --

       you have drawn me to your wonder,

you have set your sign on me.

Like a mother you enfold me,

       hold my life within your own,

       feed me with your very body,

form me of your flesh and bone.

Like a father you protect me,

       teach me the discerning eye,

       hoist me up upon your shoulder,

let me see the world from high.

Friend and lover, in your closeness

       I am known and held and blessed:

       in your promise is my comfort,

in your presence I may rest.

Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,

       you have chosen me to be --

       you have drawn me to your wonder,

you have set your sign on me.