/Bulletins http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins en-us Sat, 4 Sep 2010 22:22:11 GMT Caravel CMS RSS App Worship 12.06.2009 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=Worship 12.06.2009.rtf@CB3 ``At the root of all war is fear: not so much the fear men have of one another as the fear they have of everything. It is not merely that they do not trust one another; th ey do not trust themselves …They cannot trust anything, because they have ceased to believe in God. It is not only our hatred of others that is dangerous but also and above all our hatred of ourselves: particularly that hatred of ourselves which is too deep and too powerful to be consciously faced. For it is this which makes us see our own evil in others and unable to see it in ourselves.''   --- Thomas Merton

Prelude
Special Music (Connie Warkentin)
        Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand.
         Ponder nothing earthly minded, for with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to earth decendeth, our full homage to demand.
 Call to Worship
Light Candle for Dick Lehman
        
Leader: We live in troubled times. Ceaseless wars, gun violence in the streets, violence as entertainment, and domestic violence all deepening our sense of despair and darkness. Take heart!
 All: The Lord our God will come to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Chant: Zechariah's Song (Luke 1:68-79)

Lighting the First Advent Candle
         `` I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
 That is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.''--- Martin Luther King Jr.

Hymn: Hope is a candle STS #15
Offering
A Time for All God's Children*
Hymn: Christ is coming! Let creation HWB #295
Scripture Reading: Malachi 3:1-4
Scripture Reading: Luke 3:1-6
Sermon:
Sermon Response:
Congregational Reading:
Leader: ``The Lord's coming `to judge,'' i.e., to set things right, will be soon, but not right now.
 It does not bypass our ongoing struggle; yet the criterion guiding us in the struggle is not
whether we win, not whether we can implement lesser-evil calculations to get there,
 but whether we keep the faith.'' --- John Howard Yoder
All: ``Have mercy on those who wait for you, Lord,
 and you shall find your prophets keeping faith.'' ---From monastic liturgy

Hymn:    Put peace into each other's hands       STJ #87
 Sharing Our Lives and Sharing our Prayers
Sending
Hymn: I want to walk as a child of the light STJ #95
Benediction
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:58:54 GMT Worship 12.13.2009 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=Worship 12.13.02009.rtf@CB3
Then Elijah arose, a prophet like fire, and his words burned like a torch.       -- - Sirach 48:1
Prelude
Special Music: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
       
 Call to Worship

 Light Candle for Dick Lehman
         
Leader:          We live in troubled times, waiting for God's light to burst into our dark world.
Reader:          O God, whose will is justice for the poor and peace for the afflicted,
                  Let your herald's urgent voice pierce our hardened hearts
                           and announce the dawn of your kingdom.
                           Before the advent of the one who baptizes with the fire of the Holy Spirit,
                           let our complacency give way to conversion,
                           oppression to justice,
                           and conflict to acceptance of one another in Christ.
Leader:  Rejoice! God is coming in mercy to turn us around.
All: O Come, O Come, Immanuel HWB 172

Lighting the First Advent Candle

Congregation:    Let us live by justice and by mercy
and wait with bright hope for the Lord to come. ---Monastic liturgy
Hymn: Hope is a candle STS #15
Offering
A Time for All God's Children*
Hymn: Praise the One STS #1
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 12:1-6
Scripture Reading: Luke 3:7-18
Sermon: A prophet like fire
Sermon Response: The Desert Speaks by Elizabeth Boyle
Sharing Our Lives and Sharing our Prayers
Hymn: The Angel Gabriel HWB #180
Benediction
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:01:08 GMT Worship 12.20.2009 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=Worship 12.20.2009.rtf@CB3
We are all meant to be mothers of God. For God is always needing to be born. (Meister Ekhart)
Prelude
Special Music: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Call to Worship

 Light Candle for Dick Lehman
         
Leader: We live in troubled times, but God's light bursts forth in our dark world.
All:     God delivers on promises. We feel the stirring of a new age.
Scripture Reading: Luke 1:39-45
Chanting the Magnificat: Luke 1:46-55

Hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus HWB #178

Lighting the Fourth Advent Candle
        
         O God our deliverer,
         You cast down the mighty,
         And lift up those of no account:
         As Elizabeth and Mary embraced
                  With songs of liberation,
         So may we also be pregnant with your Spirit,
         And affirm one another in hope for the world,
                  Through Jesus Christ. Amen. (Janet Morley)

Hymn: Hope is a candle STS #15

 Offering
A Time for All God's Children*
Scripture Reading: Micah 5:2-5a
Sermon
Sermon Response:
         Leader: Lord, have mercy on us.
         All:     Lord, make us ready.

Hymn:    You are salt for the earth HWB #226
Sharing Our Lives and Sharing our Prayers
Hymn:    Wonder of wonders HWB #62
Bendiction

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:01:43 GMT Worship 1.03.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=Jan. 3 2010.rtf@CB3
BURSTING IN AND BREAKING OUT
Leader: In the morning sun:
Christ, our light.
People: In the shining stars:
Christ, our light.
Window Side: In the burning bush:
Christ, our light.
Organ Side: In the pillar of fire:
Christ, our light.
Unison: In the tongues of flame:
Christ, our light.

 THE STAR

THE JOURNEY

THE DESTINATION

SHARING
Our money
Our lives
Prayer

BENEDICTION

It is not over, this birthing.
There are always newer skies into which God can throw stars.
When we think that we can predict the Advent of God,
that we can box the Christ in a stable in Bethlehem,
that's just the time that God will be born
in a place we can't imagine and won't believe.
Those who wait for God watch
with their hearts and not their eyes,
listening, always listening.
- Ann Weems, Kneeling in Bethlehem
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:42:50 GMT Worship 1.10.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=1.10.2010.rtf@CB3
``In prayer we can be ourselves completely.'' --- Jan Bots

Prelude
Call to Worship
         Congregational Reading
         God, guide us into worship.
         Christ, guide us into peace.
         Spirit, guide us into wisdom. Amen.
Hymn: Like a tender breath, stirring STS #106
Prayer
         Abide in our minds that we might think of you.
         Abide in our intuition that we might trust you.
         Abide in our speech that we might honor you.
         Abide in our decisions that we might serve you.
         Abide in our actions that we might
Weave mercy, justice, and peace into one fabric of love. Amen.
Hymn:    Be thou my vision       HWB #545
Offering
Scripture Reading: Genesis 12:1-4a / Exodus 3:1-6 / 1 Sam 3:8-10
A Time for All God's Children
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8
Gospel Reading: John 1:35-39a
Homily

Silent Reflection

The Congregational Process of Call and Discernment Explained

Hymn:    Lord of light, your name outshining HWB #410 (verses 1 & 4)

Sharing our Lives Sharing our Prayers

Hymn:    Guide my feet HWB #546

Benediction
Congregational Reading:
         Often, God, we do not see as you do.
         Grant us vision to perceive your Kingdom Coming into our world.
         God, guide us into the world.
         Christ, guide us into the way of peace.
         Spirit, guide us into the way of wisdom. Amen

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:43:46 GMT Worship 1.17.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=Jan 17 2010.rtf@CB3 Prelude
Lighting of candle for Dick Lehman
Call to Worship

All: God, guide us into worship.
Christ, guide us into peace.
Spirit, guide us into wisdom. Amen.

Hymn: Like a tender breath, stirring STS #106
 Prayer
Hymn: Lord, Listen to your children praying HWB 353
Offering

Scripture Reading
A Time for All God's Children*
Scripture Reading : from Genesis, Exodus and I Samuel
Gospel Reading: John 1:35-42a
Message
Silent Reflection
Hymn: Teach me, O Lord, Thy Way of Truth HWB 487

Sharing our Lives, Sharing our Prayers
Hymn: Guide My Feet HWB 546
Benediction--Congregational Reading:

      Often, God, we do not see as you do.
     Grant us vision to perceive your Kingdom coming into our world.
     God, guide us into the world.
     Christ, guide us into the way of peace.
      Spirit, guide us into the way of wisdom. Amen.
* childcare provided after children's time for children 4 years and younger
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:44:26 GMT Worship 1.24.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=1.24.2010.rtf@CB3 Prelude
Call to Worship
All: God, guide us into worship.
Christ, guide us into peace.
Spirit guide us into wisdom. Amen.
Hymn: Like a tender breath, stirring STS 106
Prayer
Hymn: Move in our midst HWB 418
Offering
Readings from Commitment Statement
Hymn: Will you let me be your servant HWB 307
A Time for All God's Children*
Scripture Readings: Acts 2:42-47a , Hebrews 10:23-25 , 1 Tim 11b-12 , & Sirach 51:29

Sermon
Silent Reflection
Response Hymn: Heart with loving heart united HWB 420
Sharing Our Lives, Sharing our Prayers
Benediction - Congregational Reading
Often, God, we do not see as you do.
Grant us vision to perceive your Kingdom coming into our world.
God, guide us into the world.
Christ, guide us into the way of peace.
Spirit, guide us into the way of wisdom. Amen.

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:44:57 GMT Worship 2.7.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=February 7.rtf@CB3
Prelude
Hymn: Here in this place HWB #6
 Prayer
         Leader:  May this meal satiate our need for love,
                           And leave us hungry for justice.
                           The meal is prepared and made ready for you.
         All:              Blessed are those who share a meal in the kingdom of God. Amen

 Eating Together

Hymn: Will you let me be your servant HWB #307

 Scripture Reading : Psalm 110 (from Psalms for Praying)
Sharing the Bread and the Cup
Hymn: Ubi caritas et amor HWB #452

 A Time for all God's Children

Congregation Reading:
         Leader: Listen, heed well, O people of the earth.
 Serve the Beloved with reverence;
bow your heads and embrace love.

          All: Blessed are all who dwell in Love! (from Psalm 2)

Words of Reflection from the Congregation about Southside Fellowship

Acknowledging leadership changes at Southside Fellowship

Receiving New Members

Reading Southside Fellowship Commitment Statement

Hymn: In the bulb there is a flower HWB #614

Signing our Names Committing ourselves to the Fellowship

Praying: The Prayer of Saint Francis (SSF song book pg. 19)

Sharing Our Lives Sharing Our Prayers
The Lord's Prayer        ( SSF song book pg 22. Version 2)
        
Hymn: Something which is known (SSF song book pg. 2)

 Benediction                                                  
Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:40:59 GMT Worship 2.21.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=February 21 2010.rtf@CB3
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
---
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

GATHERING
Prelude
Call to worship - Psalm 91
Response for Holding On: In you alone will I trust.
Response for Letting Go: For you deliver me.

HOLDING ON
Affirmation of faith: HWB 710

Congregational singing
Theme Song for Lent: Slowly turning, Ever turning STJ 23
Hymn
Children's Time*


HEARING GOD'S WORD
Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 26: 1-11; Luke 4:1-13
Readers's Theater: based on Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Luke 4:1-13
Sermon
Musical interlude

LETTING GO
Confession:
Lord, strip us of any illusions that would block our way to you.
                        ( Silence)
Let your Word within us comfort, disturb, and convert us. Amen.
Assurance: HWB 709
Congregational singing
Hymn
Hymn
Offering
Sharing our joys and sorrows

SENDING
From Romans 10:8b-13
The word is near you,on your lips and in your heart.
. . . if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For one believes with the heart and so is justified,
and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
The scripture says, ``No one who believes in him will be put to shame.''
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek;
the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.
For, ``Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.''

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:35:39 GMT Worship 02.28.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=February 28.rtf@CB3

February 28, 2010                          Lent 2: Hanging on, Letting go
``If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey.'' --- Rufus M. Jones
GATHERNG
Prelude
Call to Worship
         One: Sometimes we stumble in deep darkness.
         All: Even then, God is our shelter.
          One: Sometimes we clutch the things of this world.
         All: Even then, the Spirit can pry us loose.
          One: Sometimes we insist on staying the way we are.
         All: Even then, Jesus can transform our lives.
HOLDING ON
 Affirmation of Faith: HWB 711
Theme Song for Lent: Slowly Turning, Ever Turning STJ 23
Hymn: The Lord is my light STJ 97
Children's Time*
HEARING GOD'S WORD
Scripture Reading: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
Scripture Reading: Luke 13:31-35
Reader's Theater: based on the scriptures for the day
Sermon
Musical Interlude
LETTING GO
Confession:
         God of Truth, often the darkness is of our own making.
         We find that we have fallen in love with the shadows,
         And would rather blame someone else than face our weakness.
                  (Silence)
         Help us to open our eyes to you, the source of light.
Assurance: HWB 707
Hymn: I want to walk as a child in the light STJ 95
Hymn: I am weak and need thy strength HWB 553
Offering
Sharing our joys and sorrows

SENDING
         One: God of light, you are the source of all true seeing.
         All: Let our families see your light.
          One: Let our communities see your light.
         All: Let your light spread throughout the world. Amen.
God of the day and of the night, in me there is darkness, but with you there is light. I am alone, but you will not leave me. I am weak, but you will come to my help. I am restless, but you are my peace. I am in haste, but you are the God of infinite patience. I am confused and lost, but you are eternal wisdom and you direct my path; now and forever. Amen. --- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:37:01 GMT Worship 03.07.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=March 7.rtf@CB3

O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, and return to Him in repentance:
He will send you the skies pouring abundant rain, and add strength to your strength .
( The Koran / Surah 11 :52)

GATHERING
Prelude
Call to worship
         Leader:  Like parched ground waiting for rain,
         People:          we long for God, body and soul.
         Leader:          My soul will be sated as with a sumptuous feast.
         People:  You r love is better than life.
         Leader:  God is the one we seek,
         People:  the one we will hold on to.

HOLDING ON
         Affirmation of Faith
                  Hymn:    My soul is filled with joy STJ #13
Congregational singing
                 Hymn: Nothing is lost on the breath of God       STS #121
                 Hymn: Amazing Grace HWB #143 (verses 1-3, 6)
Children's Time*

HEARING GOD'S WORD
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 55:1-9 / Luke 13:1-9 / 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Readers's Theater: based on today's readings
Sermon
Musical interlude

LETTING GO
Confession:
        All:     Source of everything good, we have worshiped other gods,
                  And hungered and thirsted for things that do not satisfy.
                  (Silence)
         Leader: Do not test us beyond our strength,
         All:     but restore us in Jesus' name. Amen.
                  (Silence)
Assurance:
         Leader: Be satisfied. Be at peace. You are forgiven.
Congregational singing
Theme Song for Lent: Slowly turning, Ever turning STJ 23
Offering
Sharing our joys and sorrows

SENDING
         Leader: Let us look to God.
         People: Let us be satisfied in our love for one another.
         All: Let us share what we have received.
Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:25:14 GMT Worship 3.14.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=March 14.rtf@CB3
Oh, what JOY for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!
Yes, what JOY for those whose record the L ORD has cleared of guilt,
whose lives are lived in complete honesty! (Psalm 32: 1-2)

GATHERING
Prelude
Call to Worship
         Leader: Envy and fear have choked our vision.
          People: We yearn for the sight of grace.
         Leader: Look. Christ shows us the path of mercy.
         People: In this we can rejoice.
        
HOLDING ON
Affirmation of Faith: I Sing the Mighty Power of God HWB 46
                           Jesu Tawa Pano STJ 6
Children's Time*

HEARING GOD'S WORD
Scripture Reading: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32
         Slowly Turning, Ever Turning v.1 ( STJ 23 )
Readers' Theater: based on Luke 15
         Slowly Turning, Ever Turning v.2
Scripture Reading: II Corinthians 5: 16-21
         Slowly Turning, Ever Turning v.3
Sermon
Musical Interlude

LETTING GO
Prayer Ritual
Assurance: from St. John of the Cross
         ``What is grace?'' I asked God.
                  And he said, ``All that happens.''
Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say HWB 493
Offering
Sharing our joys and sorrows

SENDING
         Leader: God created us and said we are good.
         People: We accept this high calling.
Leader: God breathed the Spirit into us.
 People: We cherish and listen to the Spirit.
         All: We go now to serve a world that needs Grace.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:23:11 GMT Worship 3.21.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=March 21.rtf@CB3

Martha was serving; Lazarus was sharing; Mary was adoring; Judus was complaining. They were all involved in this process of dynamic movement, for none of us stands still in life. We have to move backwards or forwards, not only in our great decisions, but in the simple acts of ordinary living. --- Brother Ramon

 GATHERING
Prelude
Teaching time for "Brothers and Sisters of Mine'', HWB #142
Call to Worship
         Leader:  When God restored us, it was like a dream;
         People:  we laughed aloud and shouted for joy.
         Leader:  Those around us noticed the difference:
         People:  they saw what God had done.
         All:              This is what we long for: God's saving presence, always.

HOLDING ON
Prayer (Al l )
East[window]                       Circle me O God, Keep hope within, Despair without.

South[podium area]                Circle me O God, Keep peace within, Keep turmoil out.

West [nursery/foyer]              Circle me O God, Keep calm within, Keep storms without.

North stairs/sound system]       Circle me O God, Keep trust within, Keep fear without.

Hymn:    Veni Sancte Spiritus HWB #298  
Hymn:    Dona nobis pacem Domine HWB #294
A Time for All God's Children*

Hearing God's Word
Scripture Reading        Philippians 3:4b-14 and John 12:1-8
Reader's Theater         Mary's Monologue (based on John 12:1-8)
Sermon
Musical Interlude        Byron Warkentin

LETTING GO
Confession
        Leader:  L oving God, some silences are nourishing.
                  But there are also silences in which our spirits waste away, times we feel unloved, useless.
Assurance
         Leader:         G od's mercy before you. Christ's love around you.
                           Spirit's life within you. In the name of God be whole,
                           Be at peace, And be free.
Hymn: Slowly turning, ever turning STJ #23
Hymn: Brothers and sisters of mine HWB #142
Offering

SENDING

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:38:04 GMT Worship 3.28.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=March 28.rtf@CB3 March 28, 2010                              Lent 6: Holding On, Letting Go
GATHERING
Prelude
Call to worship
 Leader: We bear witness to Jesus who became obedient unto death.
 People: May we, too, become obedient.
Leader: We lift up Christ who emptied himself and became a servant.
 People: May we, too, become servants.
All: We celebrate Jesus, our model.
Opening Prayer
Dramatic scripture presentation and children's time
Hymn: Hosanna, loud hosanna HWB 238

 HOLDING ON
Confession: STS 168
Hymn:

 HEARING GOD'S WORD
Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11
Message
Musical Interlude

 LETTING GO
Hymn: Slowly turning, ever turning STJ 23

 SHARING TIME & OFFERING
SENDING
Hymn: Ah, holy Jesus HWB 254 (sing first verse only several times)
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:48:46 GMT Worship 4.04.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=April 4.rtf@CB3 April 4, 2010 : Easter Worship

That it is how it is with us Christians: As we gaze at the Sun, that has risen high over the darkness and cold of our Good Friday,
all well-chosen words are useless. We can only stammer out our Alleluia of wonder and jubilation. ---Balthasar Fischer ( 1912-2001)

Gathering
Prelude
Call to Worship: John 19:40-42
Opening Prayer
Oh God, Now on this day Jesus rests in the tomb . Having finished the work you gave him to do.
Oh Christ, We long to see you again. We long for you to walk with us.
Oh Spirit, break our fear of death. Empower us to receive new life. Amen
Prayer Pilgrimage
Jesus, remember me HWB 247
Hymns: Low in the grave he lay HWB 273
 I Know that my Redeemer lives HWB 277
         
Confession
         Voice from the congregation
         A Prayer from Japan
 Scripture: John 20: 19b-20
Hymn: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain HWB 265 (omit vs. 1)
A time for all God's Children

Flowering of the cross
Psalm 118: 1-4
Leader: We give thanks to You, O God.
All: Your steadfast love endures forever!
Leader: Let every nation proclaim,
All: Your steadfast love endures forever.
Leader: Let all the people cry,
All: Your steadfast love endures forever.
Leader: Let those who reverence You sing,
All: Your steadfast love endures forever.
Hymns
         In the Bulb there is a Flower HWB 275
         Lift your glad voices HWB 275
        
Communion
Hymn: I come with joy to meet my Lord HWB 459 (vs. 1,2 & 3)
Scripture: Luke 24: 30-31a
Sharing in the Feast
Hymn: Christ the Lord is risen today HWB 280 (omit vs. 4)
Prayer
 All: Christ is in the midst of us!
                 He is, and ever shall be! ---from a Russian Orthodox Liturgy

Sharing and offering

Benediction
Christ who is risen from the dead will have mercy on us.
Go into the world and do likewise. For this is a God who loves us all.

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:27:34 GMT Worship 4.11.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=April 11.rtf@CB3 April 11, 2010 ``Becoming Bread: Open Your Hand''

GATHERING
Prelude
 Call to worship
Leader: People of God, if you are hungry, come to receive bread.
 Followers of Christ, if you are thirsty, come and satisfy your thirst.
 Why spend your money on what is not bread, and why labor on what does not satisfy?
 Come and be filled; let God satisfy your deepest longings.
 ALL:      We will listen to the Lord and eat what is good;
We will delight ourselves in the rich food of God's word.
We will worship God with thankful hearts.
Song sung as bread brought forward: Let us Break Bread Together

PRAISING GOD
Hymn : Praise to God, immortal praise HWB 91
Hymn : God of the Bible STJ 27

Offering

 CONFESSING OUR HUNGER AND RECEIVING GOD'S GRACE
Prayer of confession:
 Generous God, we confess that we are often afraid we won't have enough;
enough food, enough friends, enough time, enough work, enough to meet our needs.
We forget your goodness.
We forget that you uphold the weak and care for those in distress.
Help us to trust you and to be as generous as you are.
Become bread to us and fill us with your love.
We pray in the name of Jesus, bread of life. Amen.
 Words of assurance:
``Blessed are you who are hungry now so you will be filled.'' Luke 6:21

HEARING AND RESPONDING TO THE WORD
A time for all God's children
 Child Dedication
 Scripture Readings: 2 Kings 4:42-44; John 6:1-14
Message
Sharing the Bread

 SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS
Commissioning of new Care Committee Members
 Jan Atwood & Connie Warkentin

 SENDING
Leader: Christ's food in our souls
 ALL: our food shared like his.
Leader: Christ's life in our hands,
 ALL: our lives shaped like his.
Leader: Christ's love in our hearts,
 ALL: our love warmed through his.
Leader: Christ's peace on our path,
 ALL: our path following his.
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:34:55 GMT Worship 04.25.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=April 25.rtf@CB3
We didn't walk 2,200 miles, it's true, but here's the thing: we tried.
--Bill Bryson from A Walk in the Woods
GATHERING
CALL TO WORSHIP 1Kings 19:4-8
 Leader: Full of fear, Elijah went a day's journey into the wilderness.
 He sat down under a broom tree andprayed that he might die.
Left: ``I have had enough, Yahweh,'' he said.
 ``Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.''
 Leader: He lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep.
Right: Suddenly, an angel of Yahweh touched him and said, ``Get up and eat.''
Left: He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals,
 and a jar of water. He ate the cake and drank the water and then lay down again.
 Leader: The angel of Yahweh came back a second time and touched him and said,
All: ``Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.''
 Right: So he got up and ate and drank.
 All: Strengthened by that food, Elijah traveled for forty days and forty nights
 until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
 Hymn: HWB 472 I am the bread of life

THE SHARING OF BREAD
Procession of the Bread
Song: Breaking of the Bread
Gospel: John 6:48-51
One: I am the bread of life.
 All: Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
One: This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
All: I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
One: Whoever eats of this bread, will live forever
 All: And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
 Words of Invitation: Get up and eat for the journey is too much for you
 Communion
          Alleluias
              AlleluiaSTJ 41
               Prayer STS 166
              Alleluia STS 17
SHARING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

HEARING & RESPONDING TO THE WORD
A Time for All God's Children
Hymn: STJ 2 Come walk with us
Message
Responding to the Word
Sharing our Lives and Sharing our Prayers
SENDING
Hymn: HWB #422 Bwana awabariki
 Benediction

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:18:01 GMT Worship 5.02.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=May 2.rtf@CB3
Eat, O friends, and drink and be inebriated, my brethren.
But this inebriation makes people sober.
This inebriating is one of grace, not of intoxication.
 Ambrose (337- 397 A.D.)


GATHERING
Prelude
Welcome
Call to Worship
Scripture Reading:Deut 8:2-3
Procession of the Bread
Theme song for our series: Let us break bread together (insert below)
Opening Prayer

PRAISING GOD
Hymn: STS 110 Alleluia! Gracious Jesus (vs. 1, 3, & 4)

CONFESSING OUR HUNGER AND RECEIVING GOD'S GRACE
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Hymn: HWB 474 I hunger and I thirst (vs. 1, 2, & 4)
HEARING AND RESPONDING TO THE WORD
Gospel Reading: John 6:51-58
A Time for all God's Children*
Scripture: Proverbs 9:1-6 / Sirach 14:20-15:4
The Message

RESPONDING
Receiving the bread
Hymn: SJ 29 You are all we have
Sharing our tithes and Offerings
Sharing our lives, sharing our prayers

SENDING
Hymn: SJ 76 The Lord bless you
Benediction
Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:29:56 GMT Worship 5.09.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=May 9.rtf@CB3
May 9, 2010: Eat and Live



Invitation into Worship
Reading from Take this Bread by Sarah Miles
Hymn: Come My Way, My Truth, My Life HWB 587
Breath

Invitation into Reflection
Reading: ``A Man in his Life'' by Yehuda Amichai
Hymn: Come, Ye Disconsolate HWB 497

Invitation into Communion
Reading: John 6: 54-58
A Time for All God's Children*
Pastoral musings

Communion
Silent reflection: What does the phrase ``eat and live'' mean to you?
How do you envision yourself translating this into concrete action?
Communion, as you feel led
Hymn: There is More Love Somewhere STJ 109
Prayer

Invitation into Sharing
         Sharing our offerings
         Sharing our lives

Benediction

Fri, 7 May 2010 15:47:27 GMT Worship 5.16. 2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=May 16.rtf@CB3 May 16, 2010 The Seventh Sunday after Easter: Ascension Sunday
God's reign is already present on our earth in mystery. When the Lord comes, it will be brought to perfection. That is the hope that inspires Christians. We know that every effort to better society, especially when injustice and sin are so ingrained, is an effort that God blesses, that God wants, that God demands of us.
 -- Archbishop Oscar Romero(from a homily given on March 24, 1980)
 Prelude 
Words of Gathering
Call to Worship
          Leader:  Do you have any wild hopes, or tame ones for that matter?
                           The possibility of acorns becoming towering oaks,
                           Or caterpillars blossoming into butterflies,
                           Or that dawn will chase away midnight fears?
                           Wild hopes!

         People:  That all creation will learn the dance of joy,
                           That all humanity might taste the wine of peace,
                           That our loving God will become transparent through love.

          All:              Recast the earth, O Lord,
                           And move our hearts with wild hopes.
(From Resurrection to Pentecost by Robert F. Morneau)
Hymn
Hymn
Reading: Hope by Vaclav Havel (2003)
Offering        

HEARING THE WORD
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11
A Time for All God's Children
Scripture: Luke 24:44-53
Message
Response:
         Leader:  Today and tomorrow,
                           Lo, I am with you always.
         ALL:              WHEN WE TRY TO DO YOUR WILL,
         Leader:  I am with you always.
         ALL:              WHEN WE GO WHERE WE DO NOT KNOW,
         Leader:  I am with you always.
         ALL:              WHEN WE MEET ONE WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE,
         Leader:  I am with you always.
         ALL:              WHERE FAITH ENDS AND DOUBT BEGINS,
         Leader:  I am with you always.
         ALL:              AND SHOULD WE FORGET YOU…
         Leader;  I am with you always.
         ALL:              TODAY AND TOMORROW, YOU ARE WITH US ALWAYS
                           TO THE END OF THE WORLD. AMEN.
Hymn
Responses and Time of Sharing
Hymn
 Sending: A poem by Denise Leverto
 Fri, 14 May 2010 15:49:31 GMT Worship 5.23.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=May 23.rtf@CB3 God's Spirit beckons. There are thing to do and places to go!
Romans 8:14 (The Message)


GATHERING
Prelude
Call to worship
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Prayer

PRAISING
Hymns: God sends us the Spirit HWB 293
Holy Spirit, Truth Divine STS 105
Offering
Special Music

GATHERED AROUND THE WORD
Scripture Reading from John 14:15-18
Time for God's Children*
Scripture Reading: Acts 2:1-12
Prayer by Jan Berry
Silent Reflection
GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE
Scripture: Romans 8:14
Communion
Singing during communion

SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS

BENEDICTION                                                   
Romans 8:14

Thu, 20 May 2010 14:14:20 GMT Worship 5.30.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=May 30.rtf@CB3
         May 30, 2010: Hymn Sing


PSALM 100
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
 2 Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
 5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Call to Worship

Songs of Gathering (congregational requests)

 Songs for Children

Special Music

Songs of Praise (congregational requests)

 Offering

Songs of Community (congregational requests)

 Sharing our Lives

Song of Sending

Benediction
Thu, 27 May 2010 14:42:00 GMT Worship 6.06.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=June 6.rtf@CB3 God's works will never be finished; and from God health spreads over all the earth. -- Sirach 38:8b

Prelude
Call to Worship
         Opening Words
Silent Reflection
Hymn:    Healer of our Every Ill HWB #377
         (Sing the refrain, verse 1, the refrain)
PRAISING
         Chanting Psalm 30
Silent Reflection
Hymn:    Healer of our Every Ill HWB #377
         (Sing the refrain, verse 2, the refrain)
CONFESSION
         Congregational Prayer:
         We bear the weight of our own chaos, within us and around us.
         We have sought to deny our humanness and our limitations.
         We have made idols of our small knowledge, and we fear the expanse of what we do not know.
         Of our selves we are not just; we are not merciful, we are not humble.
         Have mercy on us.

         Silent Reflection
         Words of Assurance:
         May the God of justice transform your actionswith righteousness.
         May the Christ of mercy transform your heart with compassion.
         May the Spirit of humility transform your ego with peace.

         Hymn:    Healer of our Every Ill HWB #377
                  (Sing the refrain, verse 3, the refrain)
Offering
HEARING THE WORD
         Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 20:1-6
         A time for All God's Children
         Poetry - A reading from Hope by Philip Booth
         A Reflection in the Question: What is Healing? - Peter Carney
         Response
         Hymn:    Healer of our Every Ill HWB #377
                  ( Sing the refrain, verse 4, the refrain )

SHARING OUR LIVES, SHARING OUR PRAYERS
Hymn: God be merciful and gracious HWB #424
Benediction

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:57:27 GMT June 13.rtf http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=June 13.rtf@CB3 God's works will never be finished; and from God health spreads over all the earth. -- Sirach 38:8b

Prelude
Call to Worship
Hymn:    Come and be light for our eyes SJ #5
 Opening Words
Silent Reflection

PRAISING
         Words of Praise
         L: I will exalt the Lord who lifts me
         from the depths of sin and shame!
         P: It is the Lord who heals my spirit and body!
         L: All you saints, sing your hearts out to God!
         Praise his holy name!
         P: It is the Lord who brings rejoicing in the morning
         and turns my wailing into dancing.
         L: Join with thousands upon thousands of angels in heaven,
         and every breathing creature on earth,
in praise to the Lamb who was slain and rose again.
         P: Worthy is the Lamb to receive honor, glory and praise.
          L: It is the Lord!
 All: It is the Lord!

 Hymn:    Alleluia SJ #41
Silent Reflection

CONFESSION
         Words of Confession
         Hymn:    Healer of our Every Ill HWB #377
OFFERING
HEARING THE WORD
         Scripture Reading: Numbers 21: 6-9
         A time for All God's Children*
 Scripture Reading: Mark 1:32-34
         A Reflection in the Question: What is Healing?
         Silent Reflection
        
SHARING OUR LIVES, SHARING OUR PRAYERS
Hymn: Our Father, which art in heaven SJ #424
Benediction
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:52:50 GMT June 20.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=JUne 20.rtf@CB3
God's works will never be finished;
and from God health spreads over all the earth. -- Sirach 38:8b


Prelude

Praising
 Call to Worship
          Hymn Love divine all loves excelling HWB 592 vs 1&3

 Praying
          Prayers of healing hwb 722
         Hymn: Help us to help each other HWB 362

Stories of Healing
          Scripture: Matt 8:12-17
 Story
Hymn: Just a closer walk with thee STJ 106
 A time with All God's Children*
Story
Prayer HWB 746
          Scripture: Luke 4:38-41
         Story
         Hymn: Healer of our every ill HWB 377 (vs 1&4)
Sharing our lives and our Prayers
 Offering
          Benediction Hymn O God thou faithful God HWB 376
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:34:46 GMT Worship 06.27.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=June 27.rtf@CB3
God's works will never be finished;
and from God health spreads over all the earth. -- Sirach 38:8b

PRELUDE
PRAISING
Call to worship
Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy HWB 75
Theme song Healer of our every ill HWB 377
 HEARING THE WORD
A time for all God's Children - Luke 17: 11-19
Scripture Reading from I Kings 8
Hymn: Oh Lord, within my Soul Red Hymnal 590 (special music)
Sermon
Silent Reflection
Hymn: Kryie eleison HWB 144
CELEBRATING THE HOPE OF HEALING
Special Music
Anointing
Psalm 30
The Celebration of Healing

 SHARING OUR LIVES IN PRAYER
Offering

 BENEDICTION

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:40:44 GMT Worship 7.04.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=July 4.rtf@CB3
`Shalom' defines how things should be.
- Perry Yoder
Shalom: The Bible's Word for Salvation, Justice, and Peace . Pp. 16.

PRELUDE

CALL TO WORSHIP
 Hymn: What is this Place HWB #1
 An Invitation into Silence
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
                           There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
                           There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
                           There must be peace in the heart.
- Lao Tzu
 A time for all God's children* What do you hear outside? What do you hear inside?

HEARING THE WORD
First Reading:   Ezekiel 34:23-31
 Reflections on Ezekiel 34:23-31                 
Second Reading: Ezekiel 34:23-31
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
What are you being invited to through these reflections and the hearing of this word?
Coming out of the silence: Praying the Prayer of St. Francis HWB #733
 Offering
Sharing our Lives & Sharing our Prayers
Sending: Go now in peace HWB #429

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:47:55 GMT Worship 7.18.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=July 18.rtf@CB3
The streams were clear
The forests all around us
Were deep and strong
And few believed
That Nature could be wounded . - Anne Porter

PAYING ATTENTION
 Call to Evening ``Let Evening Come,'' by Jane Kenyon
One: Let the light of late afternoon shine through chinks in the barn,
                 moving up the bales as the sun moves down.
Let the cricket take up chafing as a woman takes up her needles and her yarn.
 All: Let evening come.
Left Side: Let dew collect on the hoe abandoned in long grass.
Let the stars appear and the moon disclose her silver horn.
Right Side: Let the fox go back to its sandy den.
Let the wind die down. Let the shed go black inside.
 All: Let evening come.
Left Side: To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats,
to air in the lung, let evening come.
One: Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid.
God does not leave us comfortless,
 All: so let evening come.

Evening hymn

CELEBRATING CREATION
Psalm 148 Cantor: Rebekah Short
T heme Son: Let all creation dance #122 STS

LAMENTING DESTRUCTION
We have forgotten who we are. . .
Hymn: Silence my soul (with gong) STS 97

LISTENING
A time for all children*
Message

CENTERING PRAYER
God has given me the power to change my ways.
- Mechtild of Magdeburg(13th Century)

SHARING OUR LIVES

A FINAL BLESSING
Excerpts from Song of the Three Young Men

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:06:50 GMT Worship 7.25.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=July 25.rtf@CB3


"When the glossy domes (of mountains) swim into the alpenglow, wet after rain,
you conceive how long and imperturbable are the purposes of God."
- Mary Austin in The Land of Little Rain
 Paying Attention
 Leader: We arise this day
 All: Through the strength of heaven;
Leader: Light of the sun,
 All: Radiance of moon,
Leader: Splendor of fire,
 All: Speed of lightning,
Leader: Swiftness of wind,
 All: Depth of sea,
Leader: Stability of earth,
 All: Firmness of rock.

Hymn

Lamenting Destruction
"And yet there is damage - to my place, and to me. I have carried out, before my own eyes and against my intention, a part of the modern tragedy: I have made a lasting flaw in the face of the earth, for no lasting good.

"Until that wound in the hillside, my place, is healed, there will be something impaired in my mind. My peace is damaged. I will not be able to forget it." - Wendell Berry in Damage, from What are People For?

 Hymn
Prayer

Listening
 Scripture: Psalm 62 and Luke 19: 37-40
Reading
A Time for All God's Children: Listening to Rocks*
Reflections

Centering Prayer - In God alone is my soul at rest. God alone is my rock, my stronghold.
 Hymn

Sharing Our Life
 Pastoral Prayer
Hymn

Final Blessing
 Lord, help us to hear the rock, the earth,
The fish, the beast, the bird,
The multitudinous elements
And may we be
Tender as the opening leaf
That answers to your call. Amen. - Euanie Tippett, Earthsong
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:32:01 GMT Worship 8.1. 2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=August 1.rtf@CB3
August 1, 2010 Worship

"In the woods, we return to reason and faith."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
PAYING ATTENTION

CELEBRATING CREATION
Psalm 148 Cantor: Rebekah Short
        Dear mother earth, who day by day
        Unfolds rich blessing on our way,
O praise God! Alleluia!
The fruits and flowers that verdant grow,
Let them his praise abundant show.
O praise God, O praise God,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
-St. Francis of Assisi

Hymn: Let all creation dance #122 STS

LAMENTING DESTRUCTION
       O Lord, grant us the grace to respect and care for Your creation.
         Lord, hear our prayer.
O Lord, bless all of your creatures as a sign of Your wondrous love.
         Lord, hear our prayer.
O Lord, help us to end the suffering of the poor and bring healing to all of Your creation.
         Lord, hear our prayer.
O Lord, help us to undo the damage we have done to Your creation and to sustain Your gift of nature.
         Lord, hear our prayer.
       Hymn

LISTENING
     A time for all children*
     Scripture: Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life …
On each side of the river stood the tree of life. (from Revelation 22:1-2)
     When I am among the trees - Mary Oliver

      Scripture: See the flowers of the field. Consider how they grow. (from Matt. 6:28)
The Pasture Rose - Anne Porter

CENTERING PRAYER
Help me, God, to hear your voice in every tree and green living thing.
Offering

SHARING OUR LIVES

A FINAL BLESSING
     Hymn: You shall go out with joy #427 HWB
 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:34 GMT Worship 8.08.2010 http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=August 8.rtf@CB3 Worship for Sunday, August 8
Theme: Listening to Creation

We suffer from the repression of the sublime.
Roberto Assagioli

GATHERING
Prelude
Introduction to the Theme: Rivers and Fishing, Restoration and Delight
Gathering Hymn: Shall We Gather at the River, HWB 615

ON RESTORATION
Reading from Isaiah 43: ``I will make rivers in the dry wasteland.''
Brief Reflection on Rivers and Restoration: Suzanne Ehst
Song for Reflection: ``Raging River'' by Chuck Neufeld, performed by Ryan Miller

ON DELIGHT
Poem: from ``The Fish,'' by Elizabeth Bishop
Brief Reflection on Fishing and Delight: Mark Goertzen
Children's Time: Jacob Near and his catfish
Hymn: Joys Are Flowing Like a River, HWB 301

COMMUNITY TIME
Sharing our Offerings
Sharing our Joys
Prayer

SENDING
Now on Land and Sea Descending, HWB 655




 Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:55:22 GMT August 15 worship order.rtf http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=August 15 worship order.rtf@CB3 August 15, 2010
SSF Worship Service
``The Celts were familiar with the practice of being guided by the creatures.
The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, the animals of the earth had not lost their senses.
They were viewed as still being alive to the deepest rhythms of creation
and to the interrelationship between all things.''
J. Philip Newell in Christ of the Celts

Paying Attention
Cantor of Psalm 148 Rebekah Short

A reading from Christ of the Celts by J. Philip Newell

Hymn: Over my head STJ 18
Hymn: Let All Creation Dance STS 122

Lamenting Destruction
 Whose Land is This? by James Lee Burke in Sojourners, August 2010

Response: Sing the Journey 141

Hymn: Nothing is lost on the breath of God       STS 121 (v. 1, 3)

Listening
Scripture:       Psalm 104: 1-4, 10-13
                 
Scripture:       Matthew 6:26 A quotation from Jesus
Poem:             Three Birds by Anne Porter
Brief reflection from Harley Yoder

Time for All God's Children* David Moser

Scripture:       John 3:8 A quotation from Jesus
Poem:    Wherever the Wind Shall Wander by Karen L. Ruskoski

Sharing Our Life
Offering

Sharing by the congregation

Final Blessing
Hymn: The peace of the earth be with you         STJ 77


 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:15:28 GMT August 22.rtf http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=August 22.rtf@CB3 August 22, 2010
 For humans, and Israel in particular, blessing God is a moral act. It is something we learn to do, and by doing it we are formed or reformed according to our true nature. Blessing is essentially the transformative experience of knowing and honoring God as the Giver; it means valuing the steady flow that sustains the world even above the gift of life that each of us receives and is in time constrained to relinquish. -Ellen Davis
PAYING ATTENTION
Prelude
Call to Worship
         Leader: Let the light fall warm and red on the rock, let the birds sing their evening song
                  and let God's people say Amen.
          ALL: AMEN.
         Leader: Let the tools be stored away, let the work be over and done
and let God's people say Amen.
         ALL: AMEN
         Leader: Let the flowers close and the stars appear,
                  let hearts be glad and minds be calm and let God's people say Amen.
          ALL: AMEN                
Psalm 148
                                                                                         
CELEBRATING LIFE
Hymn : Over My Head STJ 18
Hymn : Here, O Lord, Your Servants Gather HWB 7
Offering
        
LAMENTING DESTRUCTION
Isaiah 24:1-6
Confession Leader: O God, your fertile earth is slowly being stripped of its riches,
                  ALL: OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE.
                  Leader: O God, your living waters are slowly being choked with chemicals,
                   ALL: OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE.
                  Leader: O God, your clear air is slowly being filled with pollutants,
                   ALL: OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE.
                  Leader: O God, your creatures are slowly dying and your people are suffering.
                   ALL: OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE.
                  Leader: God our maker, so move us by the wonder of creation,
                   A LL: THAT WE REPENT AND CARE MORE DEEPLY.
                  Leader: So move us to grieve the loss of life,
                  ALL: THAT WE LEARN TO CHERISH AND PROTECT YOUR WORLD.

LISTENING
         A Time for God's Children                         
         An interview with Shaun Warkentin
         Special Music Connie Warkentin

SHARING OUR LIVES

A FINAL BLESSING
         This we know, the earth does not belong to us,
                   WE BELONG TO THE EARTH.
         This we know, all things are connected,
                   LIKE THE BLOOD THAT UNITES ONE FAMILY
         This we know, we did not weave the web of life,
                   WE ARE MERELY A STRAND IN IT.
         Let us give thanks for the gift of creation,
                   LET US GIVE THANKS THAT ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER IN CHRIST.
Hymn Now on land and sea HWB 655
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:25:51 GMT August 29 Worship.rtf http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=August 29 Worship.rtf@CB3 August 29, 2010
SSF Hymn Sing Worship
The woods and every fragrant tree have shaded Israel at God's command.
For God will lead Israel with joy,
in the light of God's glory,
with the mercy and justice that come from the Most High.
-Baruch 5:8-9

Prelude

Call to worship A reading from Julian of Norwich ( 1342 1416)

Hymns: Here in this placeHWB #6
New Earth, Heavens New HWB #299

Open Selection of Hymns

A Time for All God's Children*

Offering
Hymn: My Soul Is Filled With Joy STJ #13

 Open Selection of Hymns

Sharing our Lives Sharing our Prayers

The Lord's Prayer (Hand out )

 Sending: The Lord Lift You Up STJ #73

 Benediction:
         
 All: ``We could say more but could never say enough;
                   In the end: God is everything.
                  Where can we find the skill to sing God's praises?
                  God is greater than all creation.'' Amen.
                                     (Sirach 43:27-28)
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:12:52 GMT September 5 Worship http://www.ssfelkhart.org/Worship/Bulletins:CB2=September 5.rtf@CB3
September 5, 2010 Worship Order

`` I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. ''
 --Henry David Thoreau

Prelude
Call to worship
PRAISING
Hymns: Sing praise to God who reigns above HWB 59
 To God be the glory HWB 102
Offering
A Time for God's Children*
HEARING THE WORD
Prayer
Scripture text : Luke 1:68-79
Zachariah's Canticle (sung with cantoring)
R eflection on the Word
Scripture text - Luke 1:68-79

RESONDING TO THE WORD
``What are your questions, wonderings and insights from this Word?''
Prayer

SHARING OUR LIVES
         Father, let be made holy your name.
         Let come your kingdom.
         Our bread , our everyday bread, keep on giving to us, today.
         And release for us our sins,
         As we also release anyone obligated to us.
         And do not bring us into testing. Amen. (translation by Mary Schertz)

BENEDICTION
Re lease us into new life.
Let us go in peace.
                                                     


Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:01:18 GMT