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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
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Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Reflection====
 
  
Clarence Jordan (1912-1969)
 
  
A son of the American South, Clarence Jordan was troubled by his people's comfortable embrace of both Jesus and racism. After studying for a doctorate in New Testament at the Southern Baptist Seminary, Jordan and his family returned to Georgia in 1942 to start Koinonia Farm, an interracial community in the heart of the Jim Crow South. Greeted by Ku Klux Klan members who told him, "We don't let the sun set on people like you around here," Jordan smiled and replied, "Pleased to meet y'allI've been waiting all my life to meet someone who could make the sun stand still."
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====Opening Song====
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''Calling Out Your Name''
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3jGntN7hws Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
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====Opening Sentences====
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[silent reflection]
 
  
Leader: May a great move of God spread
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Leader: The Lord be with you.
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'''People: And also with you.'''
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Leader: Lift up your hearts.
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'''People: We lift them up to the Lord.'''
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Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord, Our God.
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'''All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.'''
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====Opening Prayer====
  
'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
 
  
====Opening Song====
 
  
''Amazing Grace''
 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0h1Qce3hvc Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
 
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Psalm 140:1-3, 7-9====
 
[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=187018249 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
 
  
Leader: May a great move of God spread
 
  
'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
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====Old Testament Scripture====
  
====Ezra 10:1-17====
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''Psalm 78''
[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=187018562 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
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Leader: May a great move of God spread
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLf4xJodmA Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
  
'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
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*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+78&version=NLT Click here to read the  
  
====Titus 1:1-16====
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passage at BibleGateway.com]
[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=187018715 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
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====New Testament Scripture====
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''1 Thessalonians 4:13-18''
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*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Thessalonians+4%3A13-18&version=NLT Click here
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to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
Leader: May a great move of God spread
 
  
'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
 
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
Clarence Jordan wrote, "Jesus has been so zealously worshiped, his deity so vehemently affirmed, his halo so brightly illumined, and his cross so beautifully polished that in the minds of many he no longer exists as a man.  By thus glorifying him we more effectively rid ourselves of him than did those who tried to do so by crudely crucifying him."
 
  
====Prayers for One Another====
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(Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.)
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
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====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 
 
  
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.   
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on  
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earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we
  
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.   
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forgive our debtors.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the
  
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
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kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.  Amen.
  
for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. 
 
  
Amen.
 
  
 
===Closing Prayer===
 
===Closing Prayer===
God, you never fail to dazzle us with your grace and mercy.  We pray for the boldness to await the fulfillment of life that you promise, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.
 
  
=We Go in Peace=
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(Offered by a member of the community)
  
 
===Passing the Peace of Christ===
 
===Passing the Peace of Christ===

Revision as of 19:17, 6 November 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011


Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time


We Gather in God's Name

Opening Song

Calling Out Your Name


Opening Sentences

Leader: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.


Leader: Lift up your hearts.

People: We lift them up to the Lord.

Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord, Our God.

All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.



Opening Prayer

We Hear God's Word

Old Testament Scripture

Psalm 78

passage at BibleGateway.com]


New Testament Scripture

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]


We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.


The Lord's Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on

earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we

forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the

kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.


Closing Prayer

(Offered by a member of the community)

Passing the Peace of Christ

(Each person says a line of the blessing, adding the name of someone present at the end of the line. If there are more than 8 people present, two or more names may be added at the end of a line).

May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, [name]

wherever he may send you, [name]

may he guide you through the wilderness, [name]

protect you through the storm, [name]

may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]

at the wonders he has shown you, [name]

may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]

once again into our doors, [name].