Prelude: Toccata
on NUN FREUT EUCH (Hans-Friedrich Micheelsen)
Song: Down to the river (U.S.
traditional)
Prayer
of the Day
Gospel
Acclamation: (Arabic)
Gospel
Reading: Luke
3:15-22
Sermon: (Matthias
Peterson-Brandt)
Song: Here at Jordan’s river (Ruth Duck / NOËL NOUVELET, French)
Song: Here at Jordan’s river (Ruth Duck / NOËL NOUVELET, French)
Affirmation
of Faith
Prayer
Song: Within our darkest night (Taizé)*
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Announcements
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
Announcements
Offerings
(regular and food)
Song: Can’t be long (The Enablers)
Prayer
of Thanksgiving
Song: I’ve just
come from the fountain (African-American)
The service was abbreviated to allow more time for the congregational meeting in the bilingual segment.
Forces:
Soprano
Piano/Organ
Soprano
Piano/Organ
January 13 2013
Baptism of Jesus
Please stand, all who are able.
Song
Down to the river
As I went down to the river to pray,
Studying about that good ol' way,
And who shall wear the robe and
crown,
Good Lord show me the way.
Oh sisters let's go down, let's go
down,
Don't you want to go down?
O brothers let's go down,
Down to the river to pray.
As I went down to the river to pray,
Studying about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the robe and
crown,
Good Lord show me the way.
Oh sinners let's go down, let's go
down,
Don't you want to go down?
Oh Christians let's go down,
Down to the river to pray.
Prayer of the Day
NOT ON PPT
You speak, God – you always speak,
if we will but listen;
All we need to do is pause, and turn our attention
to the song singing from the heavens,
and whispering in the wind;
to the flight of the dove,
and the touch of its wings on our heads;
to the giggling of the water,
and the mark it leaves in our hearts;
Your voice comes to us in faithful surround sound,
beckoning us to join the chorus,
share in the dance,
and extend the invitation into all the earth.
You speak, God – you always speak;
and joyfully, we are listening.
Amen.
Please stand, all who are able.
Alleluia
All: Alleluia, alleluia …
|
Cantor: You
are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.
All: Alleluia, alleluia …
|
Gospel Reading
Luke
3:15-22
NOT ON PPT
As the people were filled with expectation, and
all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the
Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but
one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong
of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His
winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the
wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” So,
with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people. But
Herod the ruler, who had been rebuked by him because of Herodias, his brother’s
wife, and because of all the evil things that Herod had done, added to them all
by shutting up John in prison.
Now when all the people were baptized, and when
Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the
Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came
from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Reader: The
gospel of Jesus Christ.
All: Thanks
be to God!
Please be seated
Sermon
Please stand, all who are able.
Song
Here at Jordan’s river
all is washed away.
As God’s reign draws
nearer, nothing is the same.
Gone are class and
status; gone, degrees and fame.
Grace alone can save us
on God’s judgment day.
We at Jordan’s river
meet on level ground.
Valleys are uplifted;
mountains fall to earth.
None dare trust their
lineage;
None need doubt their
worth.
Still the prophet asks
us, “Will you turn around?”
God, reform, renew, us;
turn us toward your will.
Till our hearts for
learning; root us in your word.
May the fruits of action
grow from all we’ve heard.
As we lose our old
lives, God, be with us still.
Affirmation
All: I
believe in the God of Jesus of Nazareth, who blesses the meek, the poor and the
persecuted, exalts the least and saves the lost..
I believe in the Holy One whose dearest Child,
Jesus the Christ, pleased God far more than tongue or pen can ever tell.
I believe in the baptised Christ, and the
community of love and hope which grew around his word and witness.
I believe that he is the first citizen of a new
race, where the entry fee is Divine grace, and the ground rules are shaped by
love.
I believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, by
whom old things find new birth, and new things grow on to maturity, and the
dead receive regeneration.
I believe in one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and
in the limitless life which flows for the healing of the nations.
Amen!
Please be seated
Prayer Song
Within our darkest night
///Within our darkest night, you
kindle the fire that never dies away,
never dies away.
Within our darkest night, you kindle
the fire that never dies away,
never dies away.///
Silent Meditation
Prayers of the People
One: God of grace,
All: hear
our prayer.
News of the People
Not on ppt:
Welcome cards
Service concludes with bilingual celebration
Offerings
(regular and food)
Offertory Song
Can’t be long (The Enablers)
Please stand, all who are able.
Song
I’ve
just come from the fountain,
I’ve
just come from the fountain, yes,
I’ve
just come from the fountain,
that
name’s so sweet.
Oh
yes, I’ve just come from the fountain,
I’ve
just come from the fountain, yes,
I’ve
just come from the fountain,
that
name’s so sweet.
Cantor: O
sisters, do you love Jesus?
All: Yes,
yes, I do love my Jesus.
Cantor:
Brothers, do you love Jesus?
All: His
name’s so sweet.
I’ve
just come from the fountain,
I’ve
just come from the fountain, yes,
I’ve
just come from the fountain,
that
name’s so sweet.
Oh
yes, I’ve just come from the fountain,
I’ve
just come from the fountain, yes,
I’ve
just come from the fountain,
that
name’s so sweet.
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1. O sing a
song of Bethlehem, of shepherds watching there,
And of the news that came to them from angels in the air.
The light that shone on Bethlehem fills all the world today;
Of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth the angels sing alway.
And of the news that came to them from angels in the air.
The light that shone on Bethlehem fills all the world today;
Of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth the angels sing alway.
2. O sing a
song of Nazareth, of days of joy and sun;
O sing of fragrant flowers’ breath, and of the sinless One.
For now the flowers of Nazareth in every heart may grow;
Now spreads the fame of His dear Name on all the winds that blow.
O sing of fragrant flowers’ breath, and of the sinless One.
For now the flowers of Nazareth in every heart may grow;
Now spreads the fame of His dear Name on all the winds that blow.
3. O sing a
song of Galilee, of lake and woods and hill,
Of One who walked upon the sea and bade the waves be still.
For though like waves on Galilee, rough seas of trouble roll,
When faith has heard the Savior’s word, falls peace upon the soul.
Of One who walked upon the sea and bade the waves be still.
For though like waves on Galilee, rough seas of trouble roll,
When faith has heard the Savior’s word, falls peace upon the soul.
4. O sing a
song of Calvary, its glory and dismay,
Of One who hung upon the tree, and took our sins away.
For Christ who died on Calvary is risen from the grave,
God’s sovereign child, who reconciled, is mighty now to save.
Of One who hung upon the tree, and took our sins away.
For Christ who died on Calvary is risen from the grave,
God’s sovereign child, who reconciled, is mighty now to save.
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