Waiting for the unfolding of a new creation

3rd Week of Advent

In the beautiful contempletive music of Holden Evening Prayer, we hear a message of hope and anticipation.

Worship Liturgy

Order of Worship & lessons

WORSHIP VIDEO

Learning Resources

This Wednesday Advent Service will be available Dec. 16, starting at noon here.

Worship Liturgy

Holden Evening Prayer


Amen.

Learning Resources

Learn more with the additional resources in this post.  Click through this post to find the materials.

September 13 – Sunday – Seeing each other without judgement

September 13 – Sunday – Seeing each other without judgement

Let it go! In today’s second reading Paul questions why we judge one another, since we all stand before the judgment of God. Yet we do sin against one another, and Jesus’ challenge that we forgive seventy-seven times reveals God’s boundless mercy. When we hear the words of forgiveness in worship and sign ourselves with the cross, we are renewed in baptism to be signs of reconciliation in the world.  Sunday Worship 9:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship in person or via livestream All are...

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August 30 – Sunday – Sacrificial-giving for Complete joy

August 30 – Sunday – Sacrificial-giving for Complete joy

Giving our whole self The prophet Jeremiah speaks of the incurable wound of his suffering yet finds in God’s words the delight of his heart. When Peter doesn’t grasp Jesus’ words about suffering, Jesus tells the disciples they will find their lives in losing them. Such sacrificial love is described by Paul when he urges us to associate with the lowly and not repay evil with evil. In worship we gather as a community that we might offer ourselves for the sake of our suffering world.  Sunday...

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Offerings of Thanksgiving

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Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Acknowledgments:

 

We thank the following for today’s flowers:  

Pentecost 15, Lectionary 25, 9/13/2020 

Copyright texts may be a smaller font to fit more information on a slide. These copyright acknowledgments are in the approximate order they occur in the service.

Liturgy and Hymns, Arr. © 2020 Augsburg Publishing House, admin. Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS000406.

“All Creatures Worship God” Tune: Public Domain, Text. Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission, One License.Net # A-706744

New Revised Standard Version Bible, Copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

“Let Us Go Now  to the Banquet,” Text and music © 1994 GIA Publications, Inc., 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. www.giamusic.com. 800.442.3358. All rights reserved. Used by permission. One License.Net # A-706744

“Take My Life,” Text, Public Domain; Music, Music © 1999 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved, see above.