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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Time of the Church 13

We Gather in God's Name

Call to Worship: The Bells of Taize

<mp3>http://www.taize.fr/IMG/mp3/bells.mp3</mp3>


Opening Song: Wait For the Lord

<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/WaitfortheLord.mp3</mp3>


Wait for the Lord
Whose day is near
Wait for the Lord
Be bold; take heart.

We Hear God's Word

from Psalm 146

My soul, give praise to the Lord;
I will praise the Lord all my days,
make music to my God while I live.

They are happy who are helped by Jacob’s God,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
who alone made heaven and earth,
the seas and all they contain.

It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,
who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is God who gives bread to the hungry,
the Lord, who sets prisoners free.

The Lord who gives sight to the blind,
who raises up those who are bowed down,
the Lord, who protects the stranger
and upholds the widow and the orphan.

It is the Lord who loves the just
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
Zion’s God, from age to age.

Song: O Lord, Hear My Prayer

O Lord, hear my prayer
O Lord, hear my prayer
When I call, answer me
O Lord, hear my prayer
O Lord, hear my prayer
Come and listen to me



Ephesians 3:14-19

Paul wrote: For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

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


A Time of Silence

This time is the heart of the Taize service -- please use it to meditate or reflect silently on all the prayers that have been voiced, as well as those that remain unvoiced.


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.


We Go in Peace

Closing Song: The Kingdom of God

<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/TheKingdomofGod.mp3</mp3>


The Kingdom of God is justice and peace
And joy in the Holy Spirit.
Come, Lord, and open in us
The gates of your Kingdom.

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation