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Song of Invocation: "The Lord Be With You"
One: Come to us today, O God.
All: Come to us with Light.
Speak to us today, O God.
Speak to us your truth.
Dwell with us today, O God.
Dwell with us in love.
Renew us today, O God.
Renew us by your Holy Spirit.
Sung Response: "The Lord Be With You"
Song of Praise—“Oh, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus”
Prayer for Illumination: “Listen to the Word”
Salvation Belongs to the Lord: The Story of Jonah
“ ‘El Chanun”
Ninevah’s Violence and Jonah’s Flight
Ninevah’s Repentence and Jonah’s Flight
“ ‘El Chanun”
Prayers of the People
Responses:
One: We lift this prayer to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
One: We lift this praise to the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Sung refrain: “Prayer: Out of the Depths”
Closing Sentences
One: God of love,
as in Jesus Christ you gave yourself to us,
so may we give ourselves to you,
living according to your holy will.
Light our lamps with love
All: that Christ may shine in us.
Make our mouths speak your story,
that Christ may be known through us.
Keep our feet firmly in the Way,
that Christ may walk with us.
And fill us with the Holy Spirit
that we may know Christ’s peace.
Amen.
Song of Blessing: “ ‘El Chanun”
Benediction
One: May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace,
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Bless the Lord.
The Lord’s name be praised.
Go in peace.
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
