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Welcome
Choral Introit: “Comfort, Comfort Now My People” with Psalm 42
Text: Psalter Hymnal © 1987 Faith Alive Christian Resources; Johannes G. Olearius, tr. Catherine Winkworth, P.D.
Music (FREU DICH SEHR/GENEVAN 42): Louis Bourgeois, harm. Johann Cruger, P.D.; arr. David M. Cherwien © 2023 David M. Cherwien
All rights reserved. Used by permission of David M. Cherwien and under OneLiscense.net A-703303.
Call to Worship
Based on Lamentations 3
Song: “O God Beyond All Praising”
Text: Michael Perry © 1982, 1987 Hope Publishing Company
Music (THAXTED): Gustav Holst, arr. Richard Proulx © 1988 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Call to Lament and Confession:
Sung Prayer of Lament and Confession: “In Deepest Night”
Text: Susan Palo Cherwien © 1995 Susan Palo Cherwien, admin. Augsburg Fortress
Music (ROSE MARY): David Schwoebel © 2010; arr. Mark Edwards © 2019 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc.
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Assurance of Pardon
From Isaiah 43
Song of Response: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923, © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company
Music (FAITHFULNESS): William M. Runyan, 1923, © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company
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Sung Prayer for Illumination: “Lord, to Whom Shall We Go”
Text and Music: John 6:68; The Iona Community © 1987, 1995 Wild Goose Resource Group, Iona Community, Scotland, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive North American agent
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Scripture: Ezekiel 47
Sermon
Prayer of Application
Choral Response: “Jesus Cristo, esperança do mundo / Jesus Christ, Hope of the World”
Text: Portuguese text by Silvio Meincke © 1982 Silvio Meicke; Spanish and English translations by Pablo D. Sosa © 1988 GIA Publications, Inc.
Music (ESPERANZA DEL MUNDO): Edmundo Reinhardt and João Gottinari © 1982 Edmundo Reinhardt and João Gottinari; arr. Greg Scheer © 2022 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Prayers of the People
Choral Prayer: “Peace Prayer of St. Francis”
Text: Belle prière à faire pendant la Messe, P.D.; adapt. Peter Latona © 2016 Birnamwood
Music: Peter Latona © 2016 Birnamwood
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Parting Blessing (in multiple languages)
2 Corinthians 13:13
Closing Song: “The Lord Bless You and Keep You”
Text: Numbers 6:24-26
Music (BENEDICTION): Peter Christian Lutkin, P.D.
In this episode, Robby Kiley of Saint Pius X Parish in Granger, Indiana, shares how a grant project focused on welcome at the Mass for people across the spectrum of abilities extended beyond worship into a wider embrace of people in community and participation.
In this episode, Katie Callaway of Christian Temple Christian Church, in Catonsville, Maryland, shares how her congregation explored and deepened their understanding of worship by experimenting with godly play.
In this episode, Nathan Longfield, pastor of Emmaus Church, a newer worshiping community, talks about their year-long project that explored embodiment and trauma-informed practices to more deeply engage in worship as a congregation and community.
In this episode, Robby Kiley of Saint Pius X Parish in Granger, Indiana, shares how a grant project focused on welcome at the Mass for people across the spectrum of abilities extended beyond worship into a wider embrace of people in community and participation.
In this episode, Katie Callaway of Christian Temple Christian Church, in Catonsville, Maryland, shares how her congregation explored and deepened their understanding of worship by experimenting with godly play.
In this episode, Nathan Longfield, pastor of Emmaus Church, a newer worshiping community, talks about their year-long project that explored embodiment and trauma-informed practices to more deeply engage in worship as a congregation and community.
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