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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
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====Sunday, April 28, 2024====
  
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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
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====The Fifth Sunday of Easter====
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
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====Opening Reflection====
 
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Clarence Jordan (1912-1969)
 
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A son of the American South, Clarence Jordan was troubled by his people's comfortable embrace of both Jesus and racism.  After studying for a doctorate in New Testament at the Southern Baptist Seminary, Jordan and his family returned to Georgia in 1942 to start Koinonia Farm, an interracial community in the heart of the Jim Crow South.  Greeted by Ku Klux Klan members who told him, "We don't let the sun set on people like you around here," Jordan smiled and replied, "Pleased to meet y'all.  I've been waiting all my life to meet someone who could make the sun stand still."
 
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[silent reflection]
 
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Leader: May a great move of God spread
 
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'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
 
  
 
====Opening Song====
 
====Opening Song====
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"From You Comes My Praise"
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''Amazing Grace''
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0h1Qce3hvc Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
 
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
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====Psalm 140:1-3, 7-9====
 
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[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=187018249 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
 
  
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Leader: May a great move of God spread
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====1st Scripture Reading====
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"Acts 8:26-40"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGEqn7_teFo</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGEqn7_teFo Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+8%3A26-40&version=NIV Click here to read the scripture at Biblegateway.com]
  
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'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
 
  
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====Ezra 10:1-17====
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====2nd Scripture Reading====
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[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=187018562 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
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"Psalm 22:25-31"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TiIJZVgajU</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TiIJZVgajU Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+22%3A25-31&version=NIV Click here to read the scripture at Biblegateway.com]
  
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Leader: May a great move of God spread
 
  
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'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
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====3rd Scripture Reading====
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"John 15:1-8 "
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0yu1qyevwE</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0yu1qyevwE Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A1-8&version=NIV Click here to read the scripture at Biblegateway.com]
  
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====Titus 1:1-16====
 
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[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=187018715 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
 
  
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Leader: May a great move of God spread
 
  
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'''People: through earth, as through the heavens.'''
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=We Respond in Prayer=
  
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=We Respond in Prayer=
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
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Clarence Jordan wrote, "Jesus has been so zealously worshiped, his deity so vehemently affirmed, his halo so brightly illumined, and his cross so beautifully polished that in the minds of many he no longer exists as a man.  By thus glorifying him we more effectively rid ourselves of him than did those who tried to do so by crudely crucifying him."
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
  
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====Prayers for One Another====
 
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(Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.)
 
  
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  
  
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.   
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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,
  
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Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.   
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and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.   
  
 
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
 
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
  
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for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
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for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.  
  
 
Amen.
 
Amen.
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===Closing Prayer===
 
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God, you never fail to dazzle us with your grace and mercy.  We pray for the boldness to await the fulfillment of life that you promise, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.
 
  
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  
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===Passing the Peace of Christ===
 
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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]'''
 
  
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'''at the wonders he has shown you, [name]'''
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===Closing Prayer Song===
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"Still – Hillsong "
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pz4HPZbP90</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pz4HPZbP90 Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
  
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'''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]'''
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====Passing of the Peace====
  
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'''once again into our doors, [name].'''
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====Fellowship & Conversation====

Latest revision as of 14:10, 27 April 2024

Sunday, April 28, 2024

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Song

"From You Comes My Praise"

We Hear God's Word

1st Scripture Reading

"Acts 8:26-40"


2nd Scripture Reading

"Psalm 22:25-31"


3rd Scripture Reading

"John 15:1-8 "


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 Peace

Closing Prayer Song

"Still – Hillsong "

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation

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