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1. Ascension Day
Luke 24:44-53
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader: Jesus opens minds. Congregation: Open our minds to resurrection-thinking, O Lord. Leader: Jesus blesses believers. Congregation: Bless our witness with ascension-living, O Lord. Prayer Father, like the first disciples, our understanding is in part and too shallow to sustain us. Our strength fails, and our witness falls silent. Jesus said he would send what you promised. Let it be...
2. Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4
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RobertT D. Ingram
Note: What reward do we seek from God? Financial security? Respect of others? Success in achieving our goals? What Jesus offers is eternal life in God's kingdom, starting now. Greeting Leader: Shhhhh. Don't attract attention from others. Come quietly before your Father in heaven, who sees in secret and will reward you. Congregation: We are here, Father, not to be praised by people but to praise y...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader: John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, for the forgiveness of sins. Congregation: Almighty Father, repentance does not come easy to us. Leader: Jesus came after John, is more powerful than John, and baptizes with the Holy Spirit. Congregation: Beloved Jesus, use your power to transform us. Leader: At Jesus' baptism, the heavens were torn...
4. AUGUST 14-20
John 6:25-59
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RobertT D. Ingram
Theme: John is very plain. Unless we eat and drink Jesus Christ, we will not live forever. GREETING The Choir sings the chorus, "Eat This Bread," that comes out of the Taize Community. Choir: (Sings the chorus.) People: You, Lord, are our living bread, giving your own flesh for the life of the world. Choir: (Sings the chorus.) People: You are our true food, our true drink. Abide in us, and let us...
5. August 7-13
John 6:25-59
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RobertT D. Ingram
Theme: Those whom God draws to Jesus Christ cannot help but bow down in thanksgiving, praise and service as they feast on the bread of life. Call to Worship Leader: "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' " Congregation: God of life, we come to be taught by you. Leader: Jesus said, "Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me." Congregation: We co...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader: Jesus said to Martha, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" Congregation: Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world. Leader: Jesus also said to Martha that if she believed she would see the glory of G...
7. Christ the King
John 18:28-40
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Ldr: Pilate had Jesus brought before him to ask if Jesus were the king of the Jews. Cng: Jesus, we have come before you to affirm your authority over our lives. Ldr: Jesus proclaimed that his kingship was not from this world. Cng: Jesus, bring your kingdom into our world, and let it come soon. Prayer Our Father, each time we receive your holy communion, a new surge of Jesus' royal blood ...
8. Christmas 2
Matthew 25:31-46
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RobertT D. Ingram
Note: There is a time to sit listening and asking questions in our Father's house, and there is a time to go out and be obedient. Greeting Ldr: When Jesus was twelve years old, his parents could not find him. So Mary and Joseph returned to Jerusalem, and found Jesus in the temple. Cng: We still find you in the temple, Lord. Ldr: Though only twelve, Jesus sat talking with the teachers in the templ...
9. Christmas Eve / Christmas Day
Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20
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RobertT D. Ingram
Call to Worship Leader: Jesus Christ is the Word from God who becomes flesh and blood. Cng: God of beginning, God who sends life, God who names us your children, we have gathered here to worship you. Ldr: Jesus Christ is the light from God who enlightens everyone. Cng: Word with God, Word in the beginning, Word who brings life, we have gathered here to worship you. Ldr: Jesus Christ is the grace a...
10. Coming Clean
Mark 7:1-23
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Use the hymn "O For a Heart to Praise My God" for the worshipers' response below. Leader: Jesus quoted the prophet Isaiah saying, "This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me." Congregation: God, save us from giving mere lip-service! Leader: Children of God, Jesus said, "It is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions c...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader: Jesus cannot hide. Congregation: People followed him to Tyre, where he cast the demon out of a woman's daughter. Leader: Everywhere Jesus goes, people follow. Congregation: People found him in the region of the Decapolis, where he healed a deaf man with a speech impediment. Leader: And we are still following Jesus. Congregation: We have found Jesus in this place, and here we find ...
12. Easter 5
John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14
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RobertT D. Ingram
Note: We have seen God, the almighty, omnipotent creator of the universe; because God looks like the One who opens his arms and dies for us. Greeting Leader: Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places.” People: Thank you, Father, for making a place for me in your house. Already I feel at home here with you and your people. Peace and joy fi...
13. Epiphany Day
Matthew 2:1-12
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RobertT D. Ingram
Call to Worship Leader: Bethlehem-born king of kings, your people have come to worship you. Right: Star-marked Savior, we bow before you. Left: Desire of prophecy and prayer, we offer you our worship. Right: Downfall of Herods everywhere, we bow before you. Left: Joy of wise men and women, we offer you our worship. Prayer Our holy Father, Creator of all life, we join our brothers and sisters in b...
14. Feeding The 5000
John 6:1-15, John 6:16-24
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RobertT D. Ingram
Theme: If the miracles are only signs pointing to Christ, how much greater he must be than these astounding miracles. Truly, the one before whom we bow is beyond human comprehension. GREETING Leader: With just five barley loaves and two fish, Jesus fed the crowd of five thousand people. Congregation: O God, feeding five thousand was nothing. Every day Jesus feeds millions with the living bread of...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader: Jesus said, "Whoever serves me must follow me." Congregation: Lead me, Lord, lead me in righteousness; make thy way plain before my face. For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only, that makest me dwell in safety. Leader: And Jesus said, "Where I am, there will my servant be also." Congregation: Lead me, Lord, lead me in righteousness; make thy way plain before my face. For it is thou,...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Note: Our rising or falling is determined by our response to the one whom Simeon and Anna saw presented in the temple as a child. Greeting Leader: Simeon saw Mary and Joseph bringing Jesus to the temple, and he prayed to God saying, "My eyes have seen your salvation." People: We too, Lord, have seen with our eyes, have heard with our ears, and know with our hearts and minds that Jesus Christ is t...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Note: To be forgiven and have our guilt lifted from our shoulders is about as great as a gift can be. No wonder such crowds gathered around Jesus. Greeting Leader: Men and women, children and youth, young and old, we are looking for people who have sinned. People: I have sinned, many times. My life has been crippled by sin. Leader: Then you have come to the right place. We are here so that you ma...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting: Ldr: The glory of Jesus is seen as he gives himself on the cross. Cng: And the glory of God is seen in the glory of God's gift to humankind. Ldr: "Little children," Jesus said, "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another." Cng: Just as Jesus has loved us, we also should love one another. Ldr: By this everyone will know that you are Jesus' disciples. Cng: Glorious God, let th...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting (The congregational response is the hymn "God of the Sparrow, God of the Whale") Leader: Children of God and disciples of Christ, listen. "The Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." People: (Sing verses 1 through 3.) Leader: The second greatest commandment is this, "Yo...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting (Put Leader2 and Leader3 together at a microphone that allows them to appear in opposition to Leader1. For example, put them at one side of the chancel and Leader1 at the other side.) Leader 1: This is Sunday, the day of the Lord's resurrection!Cng: Let us rejoice and be glad in it! Leader 2: Yes, this is Sunday, the Christians' sabbath. So, don't nag us with stories of hungry people. Le...
21. October 2-8
Mark 10:1-12
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader: Brothers and sisters, we are created in God's image. Congregation: Male and female, you created us, O God. Leader: As men and women, O God, we lift up one voice to praise you, our Creator. Congregation: What God has joined together, let no one separate. Greeting Leader: Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me... for it is to such as these that the kingdom belongs." Congre...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader 1: Brothers and sisters, have you heard the prophecies? Many who come in the name of Christ are saying the end is near! Congregation: "Beware that no one leads you astray." Leader 2: But I have heard that we are going to be pulled into war! And there are already so many wars between the nations! Congregation: "Do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come." ...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Theme: We bow in humble belief because the sign Jesus gives is his life on the cross. With this bread, our souls will never be hungry again. Greeting Leader: Jesus said, "Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life." People:: Jesus, teach us the difference. Leader: "I am the bread of life," Jesus said. "Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoev...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Leader: We have found the Savior! The one expected and foretold by the Old Testament is Jesus, son of Joseph from Nazareth. Come and see. Congregation: Lord, people have wondered whether anything good can come out of such a place. Leader: Jesus knows your hearts. Come and see. Congregation: I need for someone to know me, from my outward behavior to the depths of my soul. Leader: Jesus kno...
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RobertT D. Ingram
Greeting Ld1: The first disciples told Thomas, "We have seen the Lord." Ld2: But Thomas refused to believe until he had touched Jesus' wounds. Cng: God, save us from our own doubts. Ld1: Jesus appeared to Thomas and removed all his doubts. Ld2: Then Jesus said, "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." Cng: God, give us faith when we cannot see. Ld1: Open your holy script...
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