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Sunday, September 21, 2025

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

Opening Song

"Holy Holy Holy"

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We Hear God's Word

First and Second Scripture Readings

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Luke 16:1-13 NRSV

Third Scripture Reading

1 Timothy 2:1-7

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

The Song of Blessing

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-Sunday, November 13th, 2011
+Sunday, September 21, 2025
-Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
+th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 =We Gather in God's Name=
-====Opening Reflection====
+====Opening Prayer====
-Watchman Nee (1903-1972)
-Watchman Nee was a Chinese church leader in the early twentieth century. He was born into a Methodist family on November 4, 1903. Nee was a courageous pastor and writer who saw a great revival in china.  He had no formal theological training, but with a deep commitment, he undertook thirty years of ministry in the underground church in China.  Eventually he was imprisoned for his faith and remained in prison for two decades until his death in 1972.
-[silent reflection]
-Leader: Be not far away, O Lord
-'''People: you are my strength; hasten to help me.'''
 ====Opening Song====
+"Holy Holy Holy"
+<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8D5_XmJUrU&list=RDu8D5_XmJUrU</embedvideo>
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8D5_XmJUrU&list=RDu8D5_XmJUrU Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
-''Poor Wayfaring Stranger''
-<videoflash>XDczSMKQFVw</videoflash>
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDczSMKQFVw Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
 =We Hear God's Word=
-====Psalm 22:12-17====
+====First and Second Scripture Readings====
-[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=188233185 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
+''Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Luke 16:1-13 NRSV''
+<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIuJ-SrE9EU</embedvideo>
-Leader: May a great move of God spread
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIuJ-SrE9EU Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
+*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%208%3A18-9%3A1%3B%20Luke%2016%3A1-13&version=NRSVUE Click here to read the passage at Biblegateway.com]
-'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
-====Joel 2:1-11====
-[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=188233242 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
-Leader: Be not far away, O Lord
-'''People: you are my strength; hasten to help me.'''
-====Revelation 9:13-21====
-[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=188233321 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
-Leader: Be not far away, O Lord
+====Third Scripture Reading====
+''1 Timothy 2:1-7''
+<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Erxl1GRss</embedvideo>
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Erxl1GRss Click here to watch the video at youtube.org]
+*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%202%3A1-7&version=NRSVUE Click here to read the passage at Biblegateway.com]
-'''People: you are my strength; hasten to help me.'''
 =We Respond in Prayer=
-Salvadoran martyr Rutilio Grande said, "It is a dangerous thing to be a Christian in our world."
+====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
+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.)
 ====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.
+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,
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 ===Closing Prayer===
-Lord, remind us that we are resident aliens, called to be in the world but not of it.  Show us today what it means to live as though your kingdom has come, while trusting that it is still coming.  Amen.
+''The Song of Blessing''
+<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqgTNysxjR0&list=RDGqgTNysxjR0</embedvideo>
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqgTNysxjR0&list=RDGqgTNysxjR0 Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 =We Go in Peace=
-===Passing the Peace of Christ===
+====Passing of the Peace====
-(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].'''

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