Sunday, September 21, 2014

14.09.21 Ordinary Time 25A 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:  Huapango del pan (RedCrearte/World Council of Churches)
Invitation to the table/Invitación a la mesa
Prayer of Thanksgiving/Acción de gracias
Sanctus:  LAND OF REST
Communion/Comunión
Songs/Cantos:  Oh Dios, renueva tu paz (Collective creation, Matanzas, Cuba / World Council of Churches)
El mundo pide paz (Collective creation, Matanzas, Cuba / World Council of Churches)
Aum, Shanti, Peace, Shalom (Susan Weber)
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:  Minuet (from Suite Gothique) (Léon Boëllmann)

*seasonal for Ordinary Time


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


21 de septiembre de 2014 + September 21, 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

9/21 Vivian Palencia
9/22 Cupertina Quesada
9/27 Mary Lou Busch

BYE BYE TO:
Tony De La Rosa
Alma Lorenzo


God grant them many years + Dios muchos años dales

THE EUCHARIST + LA EUCARISTIA

Offerings + Ofrendas
Song + Canto
Huapango del pan
Queremos recordar en este tiempo
de tantos odios, de desigualdad
a aquellos que deambulan por las calles
pidiendo sólo una oportunidad.
Queremos ver tus manos poderosas
con nuestra manos hoy en unidad
por eso te pedimos presurosos
que en nuestra tierra y no falte más.
El pan de cada día
sustento de la vida
que trae saciedad y dignidad,
el pan bien repartido
libera al oprimido
y es nuestra garantía de la paz.

In times so full of pain, so deeply troubled
by hatred and injustice, fear and dread,
some wander endless streets, alone and hungry;
they look for life, a chance to earn their bread.
To you we pray in protest and in crisis,
for you have always sided with the poor:
unite our hands with yours, O God of justice,
that those who hunger live in want no more.
For daily food brings justice,
brings dignity and gladness,
a guarantee of peace in every creed.
May we, O God, now labor
with love for every neighbor
that all may have this day their daily bread.

Invitation to the Table + Invitación a la Mesa

Prayer of Thanksgiving + Acción de gracias
One + Uno/a: El Dios de la paz esté con ustedes.
Tod@s: Y también con ti.
One + Uno/a:  Come to the table of reconciliation and peace.
All:  We open our hearts to the peace which passes all understanding.

READ THIS COLUMN

One + Uno/a:  Glory to you, O God in the highest heaven, and peace among those whom you favor.  Having created your garden of peace with all its riches of beauty and life you breathed life into woman and man and put it into our care. 

Around this your holy table we are emboldened to move beyond ourselves, to find the courage to lay down our swords and shields and welcome new and renewed life. 


El salmista nos urgió a buscar la paz y ejercerlo; tus profetas nos enseñaron que la justicia y la paz son inseparables, y que en el nuevo mundo de Dios, naciones convertirán sus espadas en arados y sus lanzas en hoces. Pero fuimos incapaces de mantener tu santa paz, riñendo con nuestros prójimos y familias, perdiendo la visión de la paz interior y exterior que tú habías diseñado por nosotros.

Entonces, cuando cumplió el plazo, mandaste a tu hijo Jesús, Príncipe de la Paz, anunciando buenas nuevas, porque el mismo es nuestra paz.

And so, in concert with prophets and martyrs, angels and archangels, saints and sinners, and all who seek the way of peace, we lift our praise to you.

THIS COLUMN ON PPT

One + Uno/a:  Gloria a ti, Oh Dios en los altísimos cielos, y paz entre los que favoreces. Después de crear tu jardín de paz con todas las riquezas de la belleza y vida, respiraste la vida en la mujer y el hombre, confiándolo a  nuestro cuidado.

Alrededor de esta tú mesa sagrada, somos atrevidos para mover mas allá de nosotros mismos, a encontrar la valentía para dejar nuestras espadas y escudos y ver a la vida nueva y renovada.

The psalmist urged us to seek peace and pursue it; your prophets taught us that justice and peace are inseparable; and that in God’s new world nations will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  But we were unable to maintain your holy peace, squabbling with neighbor and family and losing sight of the inner and outer peace you designed us for.

So, in the fullness of time, you sent your son Jesus, Prince of Peace, announcing the good news of peace, for he himself is our peace.

Así que, en concierto con profetas y mártires, ángeles y arcángeles, santos y pecadores, y todos que busquen la paz, alzamos nuestras alabanzas a ti.


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.

One + Uno/a:  So, as we come to the table, as we remember Christ’s life and death, and sing of his resurrection and the peace he leaves us, we proclaim to all the generations to come:

All + Todos/as:  Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord.  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!
Bendito es el rey que viene en el nombre de Dios. Paz en los cielos y gloria en lo alto!

One + Uno/a:  Gracious God, remind us yet again that the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.  Send down that same Spirit on all those who do your reconciling work, on all of us gathered around this table, and on the gifts of the bread and the cup, that they might make us your faithful and loving children. 

Y cuando el lobo vive con el cordero, el leopardo se echa con el cabrito, y juntos andan el ternero y el cachorro de león, y un niño pequeño los guía, entonces nuestras corazones estarán en paz, morando en tu amor, Oh Dios en Comunidad, Santo y Uno.

All + Todos/as:  Amen.

One + Uno/a: Ahora, viniendo a la mesa, recordemos a la vida y muerte de Cristo, cantemos de su resurrección y la paz que el nos deja, y proclamamos a las generaciones que vendrán:

All + Todos/as: Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord.  Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!Bendito es el rey que viene en el nombre de Dios. Paz en los cielos y gloria en lo alto!

One + Uno/a:  Dios de Gracia, recuérdanos de nuevo que tu reino no es solo comer y beber, sino también rectitud, paz y gozo en el Espíritu Santo. Envía ese mismo Espíritu sobre todos que hacen tu trabajo de reconciliación, sobre nosotros reunidos en esta mesa, y sobre los dones del pan y de la copa, que nos harán tus hij@s amadas y fieles.


And when the wolf lives with the lamb, the leopard lies down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child leads them;
our hearts will be at peace forever, abiding in your love,
God in Community, Holy in One.

All + Todos/as:  Amen.


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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
Oh Dios, renueva tu paz
//Oh Dios, renueva tu paz en medio de tu pueblo.//

//O God, renew your peace in the midst of all your people.//

Amén.

El mundo pide paz
//El mundo pide paz,
el mundo pide luz,
el mundo pide amor, ¡oh Dios!//
//¡Escucha el clamor de tu pueblo, oh Dios!//

//All people long for peace,
all people long for light,
all people long for love, O God!//
O God, hear your people as they cry to you.//

Aum, Shanti, Peace, Shalom
Aum, Shanti, Peace, Shalom,
Aum, Shanti, Peace, Shalom,
O may it be our home,
Aum, Shanti, Peace, Shalom.

Aum, Shanti, Paz, Shalom,
Aum, Shanti, Paz, Shalom,
Lo dejó ser nuestro hogar,
Aum, Shanti, Paz, Shalom.

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


14.09.21 Ordinary Time 25A Reflection

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace, it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.
~Corazon Aquino, political leader and president (1986-92) of the Philippines

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
~Martin Luther King Jr.

14.09.21 Ordinary Time 25A English

Hymn:  Christ has changed the world’s direction (Shirley Erena Murray / NEW DIRECTIONS, Barry M. Brinson)*
Call to Worship
Song:  Si fui motive de dolor (Sara M. de Hall / Pablo Sosa)
Prayer of Confession
Song of Praise:  Glory to God (Paul Vasile)*
Prayer of the Day
Gospel Acclamation (Howard Hughes)
Gospel Reading:  Matthew 18:21-35
Sermon:  (Rev. Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder)
Hymn:  There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (Frederick William Faber / IN BABILONE, Dutch traditional) 
Affirmation: Random acts of peace
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
Hymn:  God gives us a future (Elizabeth J. Smith / CAMBERWELL, Michael Brierley) 

*Seasonal for Ordinary Time/September

Forces:
Soprano
Piano/Organ


 September 21, 2014
25th 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:  Today is not like any other day, and this hour not like any other hour.

Each is unique and unrepeatable; we will not be able to visit it again.

Therefore let us delight in this opportunity, explore its dimensions,
and find in its depths the God who is perpetual love mercy and peace.

The joy of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!
All:  And also with you.
One:  God is our strength and our song
All:  and has become our salvation.

Please be seated

Song
If I have been the source of pain, O God;
if to the weak I have refused my strength;
if, in  rebellion, I have strayed away;
forgive me, God.

If I have spoken words of cruelty;
if I have left some suffering unrelieved;
condemn not my insensitivity;
forgive me, God.

If I’ve insisted on a peaceful life,
far from the struggles that the gospel brings,
when you prefer to guide me to the strife,
forgive me, God.

Receive, O God, this ardent word of prayer,
and free me from temptation’s subtle snare,
with tender patience, lead me to your care.
Amen, Amen.

Prayer of Confession: The tyranny of vengeance
NOT ON PPT

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

Let us pray.


One:  Here we are again, God
With all that makes us who we are,
all that fills our lives;
Carrying into this place of joy and freedom
the burdens we just can’t seem to lay down,
The weight of all the scores we long to have settled,
the justice we want to demand
for the wrongs we have suffered

All:  Yet we also know what would happen if you were to deal with us justly;
with our greeds and violences, our betrayals and lusts.
If justice was served in our lives we could not stand.

One:  So forgive us our wrongs, God,
forgive us as we do not deserve;
forgive us against the demands of justice;
And forgive our obsession that justice be done
to those who have wronged us.

All:  May our worship lead us to the place
where our hunger for grace and mercy may be filled,
And where we may be freed from the tyranny of vengeance.

—silent reflection—

One:  Amen.

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

To our souls made brittle by constant score keeping
You are the moisture that softens
and washes the record clean;

To our hearts exhausted from carrying the burden of being right
You are the bed that beckons us to rest
and slip into the dream of being loved;

To our minds confused by the logic of law
You are the unreasonable child
who leads us to dance impishly across the lines;

For all this we praise You,
and for the shocking freedom it brings we thank You.

Amen.


Please stand, all who are able.

Gospel Acclamation

Gospel Reading
Matthew 18:21-35

NOT ON PPT

Then Peter came and said to Jesus, “Sir, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.“  For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and payment to be made. So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’ Then his fellow slave fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he would pay the debt. When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’ And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt. So my heavenly Father-Mother will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”


Reader:  The Gospel of Jesus Christ.
All:  Thanks be to God!

Please be seated

Sermon

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy,
like the wideness of the sea;
there’s a kindness in God’s justice,
which is more than liberty.
There’s no place where earthly sorrows
are more felt than in God’s heaven;
there’s no place where earthly failings
have such kindly judgment given.

For the love of God is broader
than the measures of our minds;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more faithful,
we would gladly trust God’s word;
and our lives would show thanksgiving
for the goodness of our God.

Affirmation: Random acts of peace making
One:  In a world where violence seems to rule,
All:  we commit, O God, to small random acts of peace making.

One:  Where people are oppressed
because they look, act, speak, think or love differently
All:  we will affirm their freedom.

One:  Where people are exploited
because they lack the strength or resources to refuse,
All:  we will seek to create alternatives.

One:  Where people are controlled
through threat and fear,
All:  we will offer safety and hope.

One:  Where people believe their violence and power
give them the right and ability to act as they please
All:  we will call them to account.

One:  Wherever violence is done to another,
through physical force, manipulation of truth,
or the subtle workings of power,
All:  we will opt out,
we will speak out,
and we will stand out in opposition,
through small, random acts of peace making.

In Jesus' Name.

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
9/27 Presbytery mission gathering
9/28 Blood drive
10/4 Women’s gathering
10/11 Disaster preparedness workshop

Offerings
(regular and food)

Song
Dona nobis pacem (Grant us peace)

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Please stand, all who are able.

Hymn
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.

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.