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Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
  
4th Sunday in Advent
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Christmas 2
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Event====
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====Call to Worship: The Bells of Taize====
We will open by traveling to get the Holy figures and bring them to our sanctuary
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<mp3>http://www.taize.fr/IMG/mp3/bells.mp3</mp3>
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*[http://www.taize.fr/IMG/mp3/bells.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
  
[All gather outside the sanctuary doors and travel to The Holy Heretic]
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====Opening Song:  In the Lord, I'll Be Ever Thankful====
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<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/InTheLord.mp3</mp3>
  
[Retrieve the Holy family and return to 1PCSL]
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In the Lord, I'll be ever thankful
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In the Lord, I will rejoice
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Look to God, do not be afraid
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Lift up your voices; the Lord is near!
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Lift up your voices; the Lord is near!
  
 
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*[http://mrlocke.net/files/InTheLord.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
'''Person passing the Holy Family''' (Reader A):
 
 
 
In the name of heaven I ask you for shelter. This family is tired and can go no farther:
 
 
 
'''Member of the community receiving the Holy Family''' (Reader B): 
 
 
 
We are no inn-keepers; you cannot stay here! Scoundrels you may be, who would make a fray here!
 
 
 
'''Person passing the Holy Family''' (Reader A): 
 
 
 
Can you refuse shelter to the Queen of Heaven? Have you no room, for just for one night even?
 
 
 
'''Member of the community receiving the Holy Family''' (Reader C): 
 
 
 
She's a queen and yet goes forth at night all alone? Here she's not wished for, hoped for or known.
 
 
 
'''Person passing the Holy Family''' (Reader A): 
 
 
 
Here's Joseph the carpenter. Don't refuse him, your brother! His wife is Mary, she is God's own mother!
 
 
 
'''Member of the community receiving the Holy Family''' (Reader D): 
 
 
 
You bring Joseph and Mary there beside you? We knew you not. Enter! and may good betide you!
 
 
 
[We bring the Holy Family into the sanctuary.]
 
 
 
[All enter the sanctuary, and the exchange is made]
 
 
 
'''All''' :  We welcome Mary, Joseph, and Child.
 
 
 
====Opening Prayer====
 
Let us pray:
 
 
 
Eternal God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, You are always present in our homes; unseen and often not acknowledged.  May Christ and his family find rest among us tonight and may we take great joy in their presence.  May we also know that He has prepared a place for us and will one day welcome us into his eternal kingdom.
 
 
 
Amen.
 
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Scripture Reflection====
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====Psalm 150====
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Praise God in his holy place,
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sing praise in the mighty heavens.
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Sing praise for God’s powerful deeds,
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praise God’s surpassing greatness.
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Sing praise with sound of trumpet,
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sing praise with lute and harp.
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Sing praise with timbrel and dance,
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sing praise with strings and pipes.
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Sing praise with resounding cymbals,
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sing praise with clashing of cymbals.
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Let everything that lives and that breathes
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give praise to the Lord. Alleluia!
  
''Luke 1:46-55''
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====Song: Nada Te Turbe====
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Nada te turbe
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL--Cli_BQ0 Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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Nada te espanta
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%201:46-55&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at Biblegateway.com]
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Quien a Dios tiene
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Nada le falta
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Nada te turbe
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Nada te espanta
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Solo Dios basta
  
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go1-BoDD7CI Click here to watch video on YouTube]
  
====Advent Candle Lighting and Reflection====
 
'''4th Advent
 
Lighting the Advent Candle'''
 
  
Today we light four candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
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====John 15:9-13====
 
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Jesus said: As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
'The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
 
 
 
The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
 
 
 
The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.
 
 
 
Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.
 
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
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.
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====A Time of Silence====
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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.
  
Give us this day our daily bread,
 
  
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.   
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====The Lord's Prayer====
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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.
  
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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=We Go in Peace=
 
 
Amen.
 
  
===Closing Prayer===
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====Closing Song: Jesus Remember Me====
Dear God
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<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/JesusRememberMe.mp3</mp3>
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*[http://mrlocke.net/files/JesusRememberMe.mp3 Click here for link to mp3]
  
As we celebrate the birth of your son may our eyes be opened
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Jesus, remember me
to see the world in the light of Jesus Christ.  
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  When you come into your kingdom
 
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Jesus, remember me
As you chose the lowly, the outcasts, and the poor
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When you come into your kingdom.
 
 
to receive the greatest news the world had ever known,  
 
 
 
so may we worship you with meekness in our hearts.
 
 
 
May we also remember our brothers and sisters
 
 
 
less fortunate than ourselves in this season of giving.
 
 
 
Amen
 
 
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
  
 
====Passing of the Peace====
 
====Passing of the Peace====
  
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====

Revision as of 23:21, 29 December 2012

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas 2

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: In the Lord, I'll Be Ever Thankful

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


In the Lord, I'll be ever thankful
In the Lord, I will rejoice
Look to God, do not be afraid
Lift up your voices; the Lord is near!
Lift up your voices; the Lord is near!

We Hear God's Word

Psalm 150

Praise God in his holy place, 
sing praise in the mighty heavens. 
Sing praise for God’s powerful deeds, 
praise God’s surpassing greatness.

Sing praise with sound of trumpet, 
sing praise with lute and harp. 
Sing praise with timbrel and dance, 
sing praise with strings and pipes.

Sing praise with resounding cymbals, 
sing praise with clashing of cymbals. 
Let everything that lives and that breathes 
give praise to the Lord. Alleluia!

Song: Nada Te Turbe

Nada te turbe
Nada te espanta
Quien a Dios tiene
Nada le falta

Nada te turbe
Nada te espanta
Solo Dios basta


John 15:9-13

Jesus said: As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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: Jesus Remember Me

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


Jesus, remember me
When you come into your kingdom
Jesus, remember me
When you come into your kingdom.

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation