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| − | + | =We Gather in God's Name= | |
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| + | While walking to evening prayer in New Delhi, India, Mohandas Gandhi was shot five times at point blank range and died almost immediately. Gandhi was the primary political and spiritual leader of India during his country's independence movement. He was one of the first in India to practice mass civil disobedience and nonviolence against the tyranny in his country, inspiring a host of twentieth-century activists. | ||
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| − | + | Leader: Living Christ means a living cross | |
| − | + | '''People: Without it, life is a living death.''' | |
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| + | ====Opening Song==== | ||
| − | + | ''Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence'' | |
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| + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep9ZXHpxUlE Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com] | ||
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=We Hear God's Word= | =We Hear God's Word= | ||
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| − | + | ====Ephesians 6:1-9==== | |
| + | [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206:1-9&version=NIV Read passage online at biblegateway.com (NIV)] | ||
| + | Leader: Living Christ means a living cross | ||
| − | + | '''People: Without it, life is a living death.''' | |
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=We Respond in Prayer= | =We Respond in Prayer= | ||
| − | ====Prayers | + | Gandhi said, "If I have read the Bible correctly, I know many men who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ or have even rejected the official interpretation of Christianity who will, probably, if Jesus came in our midst today in the flesh, be owned by him more than many of us." |
| − | Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor. | + | |
| + | ====Prayers for One Another==== | ||
| + | (Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.) | ||
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| + | ====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. | |
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| + | Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, | ||
| − | + | for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. | |
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| + | Amen. | ||
| + | ===Closing Prayer=== | ||
| + | We know, Lord, that the world will never cease to return hatred for love and violence for peace. Still we pray for the courage and confidence to walk in love and peace for the sake of those who have never known love or peace, for the sake of our own treacherous hearts. Amen. | ||
=We Go in Peace= | =We Go in Peace= | ||
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| − | + | (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). | |
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| + | '''May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, [name]''' | ||
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| + | '''wherever he may send you, [name]''' | ||
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| + | '''may he guide you through the wilderness, [name]''' | ||
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| + | '''protect you through the storm, [name]''' | ||
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| + | '''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]''' | ||
| − | + | '''at the wonders he has shown you, [name]''' | |
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| − | + | '''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]''' | |
| − | + | '''once again into our doors, [name].''' | |
Revision as of 18:32, 29 January 2012
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Contents
We Gather in God's Name
Opening Reflection
While walking to evening prayer in New Delhi, India, Mohandas Gandhi was shot five times at point blank range and died almost immediately. Gandhi was the primary political and spiritual leader of India during his country's independence movement. He was one of the first in India to practice mass civil disobedience and nonviolence against the tyranny in his country, inspiring a host of twentieth-century activists.
[silent reflection]
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
People: Without it, life is a living death.
Opening Song
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
People: Without it, life is a living death.
We Hear God's Word
Psalm 146:5-9
Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
People: Without it, life is a living death.
Ephesians 6:1-9
Read passage online at biblegateway.com (NIV)
Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
People: Without it, life is a living death.
We Respond in Prayer
Gandhi said, "If I have read the Bible correctly, I know many men who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ or have even rejected the official interpretation of Christianity who will, probably, if Jesus came in our midst today in the flesh, be owned by him more than many of us."
Prayers for One Another
(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
We know, Lord, that the world will never cease to return hatred for love and violence for peace. Still we pray for the courage and confidence to walk in love and peace for the sake of those who have never known love or peace, for the sake of our own treacherous hearts. Amen.
We Go in Peace
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].
