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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
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Sunday, August 2, 2020
  
3rd Sunday in Advent
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The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
'''Welcome'''
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====Opening Prayer====
  
= A Cry from the Heart =
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
== Psalm 22 ==
 
  
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====First Reading:Genesis 32:22-31====
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=h0gffK-8nzk Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%22&version=NIV Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGWwsINIQMQ Click here to watch on youtube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+32%3A22-31&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
= Lifting Our Burdens to God =
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====Second Reading: Psalm 17:1-7, 15====
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOAgz7uwKhI Click here to watch on youtube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+17%3A1-7%2C+15&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
== The Gospel Lesson ==
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====Third Reading: Matthew 14:13-21====
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'''Matthew 11:28-29'''
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh5Z1P7B7Jk Click here to watch on youtube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+14%3A13-21&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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=We Respond in Prayer=
  
== Candle Lighting Litany of Remembrance ==
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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.
ONE: We light this Advent candle to remember those persons who have been loved and lost. We pause to remember their name, their face, their voice. We give thanks for the memory that binds them to us this season which anticipates Christmas.
 
  
ALL: '''MAY GOD'S ETERNAL LOVE SURROUND THEM'''
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===='''The Lord's Prayer'''====
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 
  
ONE: We light this second candle to redeem the pain of loss: the loss of relationships, the loss of jobs, the loss of health. As we gather up the pain of the past, we offer it to You, O God, asking that into our open hands, You will place the gift of peace.
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  
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Give us this day our daily bread,  
  
ALL: '''REFRESH, RESTORE, RENEW US, O GOD, AND LEAD US INTO YOUR FUTURE.'''
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and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.  
 
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ONE: We light this third candle to remember ourselves this Christmas time. We pause and remember the past weeks, months and for some of us, years of down times. We remember the poignancy of memories, the grief, the sadness, the hurts, the pain of reflecting on our own mortality.
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Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
 
 
ALL: '''LET US REMEMBER THAT DAWN DEFEATS DARKNESS'''
 
 
 
ONE: This fourth candle is lit to remember our faith and the gift of hope which God offers to us in the Christmas story. We remember that God who shares our life, promises us a place and time of no more pain and suffering.
 
 
 
ALL: '''LET US REMEMBER THE ONE WHO SHOWS THE WAY AND WHO GOES WITH US INTO OUR TOMORROWS.'''
 
 
 
== Prayers of the People: ==
 
 
 
This is a time to lift specific prayers for yourself or others carrying heavy burdens. It can be as simple as a name. At the end of each prayer, please say, “Loving God, hear our prayer.” Everyone else can respond “And in your merciful love, answer.”
 
 
 
= Affirming God's Presence =
 
 
 
== Psalm 121==
 
  
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for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70_DcSEwMjw& Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%121&version=NIV Read the passage at biblegateway.com]
 
  
== Lighting Personal Candles ==
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Amen.
  
People are invited to light a personal candle in acknowledgment of whatever burden they want to give to God.
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=We Go in God's Name=
  
== Final blessing ==
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====Closing Prayer Song: Allison Krause  - Down to the River to Pray====
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====Passing of the Peace====
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD6bmFvj4Bg& Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
  
Deep peace of the running wave to you.
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====Fellowship====
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
 
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
 
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
 
Deep peace of the gentle night to you.
 
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.
 
Deep peace of Christ.
 
Christ the light of the world.
 
Deep peace of Christ to you.
 

Revision as of 17:09, 2 August 2020

Sunday, August 2, 2020

The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

We Hear God's Word

First Reading:Genesis 32:22-31

Second Reading: Psalm 17:1-7, 15

Third Reading: Matthew 14:13-21

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.

We Go in God's Name

Closing Prayer Song: Allison Krause - Down to the River to Pray

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship