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Easter 3C
Earth Day Sunday
(Second
Sunday after Easter)
We invite you to maintain a spirit of silence as the prelude begins our service
OUR
APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude
Introit "All Things Bright and Beautiful”
Welcome
Call
to Worship: Pygmy prayer, Zaire
O God, you have formed heaven and earth;
YOU HAVE GIVEN US ALL THE GOODS THAT THE EARTH BEARS!
Here is your part, my God.
TAKE IT!
*Hymn 64 "All Creatures of Our God"
Let
us be before our God in
silence.
Unison Prayer: Psalm 80
YOU BROUGHT A VINE FROM EGYPT,
CLEARED OUT NATIONS TO PLANT;
YOU PREPARED THE GROUND
AND MADE IT TAKE ROOT TO FILL THE LAND.
TURN OUR WAY, GOD OF MIGHT,
LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN;
TEND THIS VINE YOU PLANTED,
CHERISH IT ONCE MORE.
REST YOUR HAND UPON YOUR CHOSEN ONE
WHO DRAWS STRENGTH FROM YOU.
Kyrie
(sung)
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY ON US.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
A Word of Assurance: Isaiah
11:6-9
The
Summary of God's
Law (Mark
12:29b-31)
This is the
first commandment:
HEAR O
ISRAEL,
THE LORD OUR GOD,
THE LORD IS ONE!
THEREFORE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
WITH ALL YOUR MIND,
AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
This is the
second commandment:
YOU SHALL LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.
There
is no greater commandment
than these.
Anthem "In the Garden" C. Miles
THE WORD OF
GOD
*Responsive Reading: A Chinook Blessing
Chinook Blessing Litany
We call upon the earth, our planet home.
WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL DEPTHS AND SOARING HEIGHTS, ITS VITALITY AND ABUNDANCE OF LIFE,
We call upon the mountains, the Cascades & the Olympics, the high green valleys,
MEADOWS FILLED WITH WILD FLOWERS, THE SNOWS THAT NEVER MELT, THE SUMMITS OF INTENSE SILENCE,
We call upon the waters that rim the ear, horizon to horizon,
THAT FLOW IN OUR RIVERS & STREAMS, THAT FALL UPON GARDENS & FIELDS.
We call upon the forests, the great trees reaching strongly to the sky with the earth in their roots
AND THE HEAVENS IN THEIR BRANCHES, THE FIR AND THE PINE AND THE CEDAR.
We call upon the creatures of the fields & forests & the seas, our brothers & sisters the wolves & deer,
THE EAGLE & DOVE, THE GREAT WHALES & THE DOLPHIN, THE BEAUTIFUL ORCA WHO SHARE OUR NORTHWEST HOME.
We call upon the moon & the stars & the sun, who govern the rhythms & seasons of our lives and
REMIND US THAT WE ARE A PART OF A GREAT WONDROUS UNIVERSE.
We call upon all those who have lived on this earth, our ancestors & our friends, who dreamed
THE BEST FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND UPON WHOSE LIVES OUR LIVES ARE BUILT: WE GIVE THEM THANKS.
We call upon all that we hold most sacred, the presence and power of the Great Spirit of love
AND TRUTH WHICH FLOWS THROUGH ALL THE UNIVERSE TO BE WITH US, TO TEACH US, AND SHOW US THE WAY!
*Gloria
Patri (Hymn No. 623)
GLORY BE
TO THE FATHER
AND TO THE SON
AND TO THE HOLY GHOST.
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE,
WORLD WITHOUT END,
AMEN, AMEN!
Announcements and Children's Moment
*Hymn 578 "All Things Bright & Beautiful"
Scripture
Lessons:
First Reading: Acts
of the Apostles 9:1-6
Epistle: Revelation
5:11-14
Alleluia! ALLELUIA!
Gospel: John
21:1-19
Sermon
OUR
RESPONSE TO GOD
*Hymn 58 "This is My Father's World"
The Offering
We stand as the offering comes forward, singing:
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM
ALL BLESSINGS FLOW;
PRAISE GOD ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;
PRAISE GOD ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOSTS;
PRAISE FATHER (CREATOR), SON (CHRIST) AND HOLY GHOST. AMEN.
Dedication Prayer over the Gifts
A Time of Giving Thanks & Praise
The Prayer of the People & the Lord’s Prayer
*Hymn 560 "For the Beauty of the Earth"
*Benediction
*Choral Response
Postlude
*Please stand if you are able.
News
- 25th April 2004
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