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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.
BE THOU MY VISION
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light
Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art
Oh, God, be my everything, be my delight
Be, Jesus, my glory My soul’s satisfied
Oh, God, be my everything, be my delight
Be, Jesus, my glory My soul’s satisfied
High King of Heaven, my victory won
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heav’n’s Sun
Heart of my own heart, whate’er befall
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all
Oh, God, be my everything, be my delight
Be, Jesus, my glory My soul’s satisfied
Oh, God, be my everything, be my delight
Be, Jesus, my glory My soul’s satisfied
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 today for the leadership of our country. We pray for the President-Elect Joe Biden and the Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. After a contentious election cycle and a week of unknown outcomes, they are certainly fatigued and yet surely grateful. We ask that they would be both humbled and honored by their new roles. We ask that you hold them up in their fatigue and grant them fresh energy to lead our country with integrity and generosity.
As both the House and the Senate experience change, we pray for stability, clarity, and service to be the guiding principles by which they operate. And for our Supreme Court justices, three of whom have been added in the last few years, we pray that they would rule with diligence, fairness, kindness, and compassion.
May everyone serving our country in the highest offices resist self-interest, corruption, and divisiveness.
EVERYONE: May they know the weight of their responsibility and the levity of your grace.
LEADER: We pray for the growing number of American’s being diagnosed with COVID 19 this past week and the hospitals who will care for them, we pray that our country may come together to fight this virus and we pray for those working in essential business roles, working on the front lines, and those whose lives have been radically changed due to the closing of schools and businesses.
EVERYONE: Lord, hear our prayers.
LEADER: We pray for our parish, the City of Englewood; for which we are taking spiritual and social responsibility. We offer prayers for the leadership of Englewood Schools. We pray for our School Superintendent Wendy Rubin, the School Board, and the principals, teachers and staff of Englewood schools. Give them wisdom, strength, and lift them up with your grace.
EVERYONE: May they be wise, kind, and gracious; cultivating love and generosity in this community.
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.
ALL WHO ARE THIRSTY
All who are thirsty
All who are weak
Come to the fountain
Dip your heart in the stream of life
Let the pain and the sorrow
Be washed away
In the waves of His mercy
As deep cries out to deep
(We sing)
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
All who are thirsty
All who are weak
Come to the fountain
Dip your heart in the stream of life
Let the pain and the sorrow
Be washed away
In the waves of His mercy
As deep cries out to deep
(We sing)
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Come Lord Jesus come
Holy Spirit come
Holy Spirit come
Holy Spirit come
Holy Spirit come
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 | Generosity | Nathan Hoag
Galatians 6:1–10
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load. Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor.
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
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