Liturgy | OCT 18 | Vision

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Generosity Prayer

All that we have we have received from God. We bring nothing into this world and we take nothing out of it. We choose to follow the way of Jesus and increase in generosity until it can be said, ”there is no one in need among us.” We choose to be faithful stewards of all our resources: relationships, time, possessions, and money. We choose to be generous because our Father is generous, and as his daughters and sons we want to show the world what He is like.

Here I raise my Ebenezer

Hither by Thy help I’ve come

And I hope by Thy good pleasure

Safely to arrive at home

Jesus sought me when a stranger

Wandering from the fold of God

He to rescue me from danger

Interposed His precious blood

Oh, to grace how great a debtor

Daily I’m constrained to be

Let Thy goodness like a fetter

Bind my wandering heart to Thee

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it

Prone to leave the God I love

Here’s my heart, oh, take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts above

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing

Tune my heart to sing Thy grace

Streams of mercy, never ceasing

Call for songs of loudest praise

Teach me some melodious sonnet

Sung by flaming tongues above

Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it

Mount of Thy redeeming love

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE – Part 1

LEADER: Our Father, loving maker of heaven and earth, we come before you with a posture of gratitude for all you have created and all you are creating in, around, and through us. We open our hands and our hearts to what you have in store for us. We thank you for your love and mercy that gives us life; may the name of Jesus be blessed above all names!

EVERYONE: We love because you first loved us.

LEADER: We offer prayers for the leadership of our country. We pray that our President, Donald Trump, the women and men of Congress, and our Supreme Court justices would rule with diligence, fairness, and kindness. We pray that they would resist and oppose deceitfulness, divisiveness, and self interest.

EVERYONE: May they know the weight of their responsibility and the levity of your grace.

LEADER: We lift up prayers for the many candidates on every level of government during this election season. May they be gracious and kind, acting and speaking in selflessness and wisdom, while navigating the many challenges and temptations that come with their positions of influence. We pray for truth and light to overcome deceitfulness and darkness. 

EVERYONE: Lord, hear our prayers.

LEADER: We pray for every person exercising their right to vote. We pray for clarity to break through confusion, peace to overcome chaos, and for wisdom and knowledge to outweigh fear and doubt during this tumultuous election season. May information and support be accessible to everyone so that each and every person can use their best judgement to elect our leaders. 

EVERYONE: Guide us, oh Lord.

EVERYONE: Lord, hear our prayers.

LEADER: We pray for the mistreated in our parish; for those experiencing oppression and injustice on the basis of race, gender, and income. We pray against the spiritual and human systems, institutions, and laws that keep people down and hold people back.

EVERYONE: For the oppressed we pray for justice; for the oppressor we pray for repentance.

I EXALT THEE

For Thou, O Lord, art high above all the earth

Thou art exalted far above all gods

For Thou, O Lord, art high above all the earth

Thou art exalted far above all gods

I exalt Thee, I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee, O Lord

I exalt Thee, I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee, O Lord

For Thou, O Lord, art high above all the earth

Thou art exalted far above all gods

For Thou, O Lord, art high above all the earth

Thou art exalted far above all gods

I exalt Thee, I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee, O Lord

I exalt Thee, I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee, O Lord

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE – Part 2

LEADER: We offer prayers for our friends and family; for our loved ones, those who have been given to us, and to whom we have been given: [NAME]

LEADER: Bless them by drawing them near to Christ.

EVERYONE: Bless them, keep them, and grant them peace.

LEADER: We lift up those who don’t know you, that you may reveal yourself to them with your pursuing love and adopt them as your daughters and sons: [NAME]

LEADER: Draw them near to you, oh Lord.

EVERYONE: Invite them into your family just as you have invited us.

LEADER: And for those we know who face particular trials and tests this day: [NAME]

LEADER: Grant them grace and peace, oh Lord.

EVERYONE: Satisfy them and free them from their troubles.

LEADER: Make us a people who move out towards our city, making disciples as you have commissioned us.

EVERYONE: Strip from us our complacency and apathy, which prevent us from joining you in establishing your kingdom and will in Englewood as it is in heaven.

LEADER: Now with all your people on earth, we pray the prayer that Jesus taught those he called brothers and sisters and friends.

EVERYONE: 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory; forever and ever, amen

DOXOLOGY

Praise God from whom all blessings flow

Praise him all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heav’nly hosts

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

HOMILY | Nathan Hoag

John 13:1-17

It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

² The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. ³ Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; ⁴ so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵ After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷ Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

⁸ “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁹ “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

¹⁰ Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” ¹¹ For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.

¹² When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ¹³ “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴ Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. ¹⁶ Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

WHAT: Healthy relationships are core to who we are as Christians.

WHY: Our primary association with Jesus is displayed in our love for each other.

HOW: Healthy relationships require selfless service (non-reciprocal) and acts of welcome or hospitality (role-reversal)

LAMENT & CONFESSION

LEADER: God of grace, you have always called your people to weep with those who weep and mourn with those who mourn;  

We join our voices together today in lament, confession, and celebration for all that has been done and all that remains undone.  

The effects of sin and brokenness are deep and wide: racism, sexism, abuse, economic disparity, violence, slavery and oppression of every kind.  

Let’s take a few seconds to reflect on this question: 

How have you recently observed the world or yourself to be incomplete, lacking, or broken?

May your grace and love heal with greater depth and width than any evil thing created or allowed by us.  

LEADER: Lord, have mercy.

EVERYONE: Christ, have mercy.

LEADER: Most merciful God, we confess that we sinned against you, our neighbors, friends, family, and strangers by what we have done and what we have left undone.  

Let’s take a few seconds to reflect on this question: 

In what ways, internal or external, have you wronged another person, God, your environment, or yourself?

May your grace and love fill us and make us whole in spite of our propensity toward disobedience.  

LEADER: Lord, have mercy.  

EVERYONE: Christ, have mercy.

LEADER: Jesus, your yoke is easy and your burden is light. We are weary and we are broken. 

EVERYONE: Will you stand in our place? Will you hold us up? Reconcile us with God, with our neighbor, and with ourselves, we pray.

The Blessing

The Lord bless you
And keep you
Make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn His
Face toward you
And give you peace

Amen, amen, amen
Amen, amen, amen

COMMUNION

The Bread 

LEADER: The Lord is here

EVERYONE: His Spirit is with us.

LEADER: Lift up your hearts.

EVERYONE: We lift them to the Lord.

LEADER: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

EVERYONE: It is right to give Him thanks and praise

LEADER: We cling to the promise of the resurrection

EVERYONE: Christ Has Died, Christ Is Risen, Christ Will Come Again.

The Cup

LEADER: We celebrate with courage all You have done today And hold on to hope for all You will do tomorrow.

EVERYONE: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and forever shall be. World without end! Amen!

BENEDICTION