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Welcome and Opening

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THE WORD OF GOD

 

Opening Hymn

 The Hymnal 1982 # 657                           “Love Divine All Loves Excelling”

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1 Love divine, all loves excelling,

   joy of heaven, to earth come down,

   fix in us thy humble dwelling,

   all thy faithful mercies crown.

   Jesus, thou art all compassion,

   pure, unbounded love thou art;

   visit us with thy salvation,

   enter every trembling heart.

 

 2 Come, almighty to deliver,

   let us all thy life receive;

   suddenly return, and never,

   nevermore thy temples leave.

   Thee we would be alway blessing,

   serve thee as thy hosts above,

   pray, and praise thee without ceasing,

   glory in thy perfect love.

 

 3 Finish then thy new creation;

   pure and spotless let us be;

   let us see thy great salvation

   perfectly restored in thee:

   changed from glory into glory,

   till in heaven we take our place,

   till we cast our crowns before thee,

   lost in wonder, love, and praise.

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Celebrant

Hear the words of the prophet Jeremiah.

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth; but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:23-24

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Celebrant            Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins;                                                      

All                       God’s mercy endures for ever.  

Deacon               Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him. Let                                us then renounce our willfulness and ask God’s mercy. 

                                

A period of SILENCE is kept.

 

Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

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The Collect of the Day  
Celebrant    The Lord be with you.

Response    And also with you.

Celebrant     Let us pray. 

                     Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ delivered and saved the                         world: grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross we may triumph in the power of his victory;                           through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,                           one God, now and for ever.   Amen.  

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First Reading:  Ezekiel 37:1-14
   The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
   So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.
   Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’ Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act,” says the Lord.  

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Lector    The Word of the Lord

All          Thanks be to God

 

Psalm   130      Read responsively by whole verse

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1 Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord;
   Lord, hear my voice; *
   let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.
2 If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss, *
   O Lord, who could stand?
3 For there is forgiveness with you; *
   therefore you shall be feared.
4 I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; *
   in his word is my hope.
5 My soul waits for the Lord,
   more than watchmen for the morning, *
   more than watchmen for the morning.
6 O Israel, wait for the Lord, *
   for with the Lord there is mercy;
7 With him there is plenteous redemption, *
   and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins

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Second Reading:  Romans 8:6-11
   To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law-- indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
   But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.  

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Lector     The Word of the Lord

All           Thanks be to God

 

Praise Before the Gospel   

“Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”      Rick Founds

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Lord I lift Your name on high
Lord I love to sing Your praises
I'm so glad You're in my life
I'm so glad You came to save us 

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You came from heaven to earth to show the way
From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay
From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky 

Lord I lift Your name on high

Lord I lift Your name on high
Lord I love to sing Your praises
I'm so glad You're in my life
I'm so glad You came to save us
 

You came from heaven to earth to show the way
From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay
From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky
Lord I lift Your name on high

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The Holy Gospel:   John 11:1-45                

Gospeller           The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ According to John 

All                      Glory to you, Lord Christ.  

     Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
   Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.” After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.” The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.” Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
   When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “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?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”
   When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
   Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”  Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.  
 

Gospeller   The Gospel of the Lord.

All              Praise to you, Lord Christ.

 

Gospel Acclamation

    Let all that is within me cry “Holy!”
   Let all that is within me cry “Holy!”
   Holy! Holy! Holy is the Lamb that was slain.

    

    Let all that is within me cry “Worthy!”
   Let all that is within me cry “Worthy!”    
   Worthy! Worthy! Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.
 

Sermon                        The Rev. Melana Nelson-Amaker

 

The Nicene Creed       

                                
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.  We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God; begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.  Through him all things were made.  For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.  For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.  On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.  He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.  We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.  With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.   He has spoken through the Prophets.  We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.  We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.  We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.  Amen. 

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Admitting Our Wrongdoing

Deacon           If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
                        But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.

                        Let us confess our sins.

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A period of SILENCE is kept.

 

Compassionate and Merciful God,
You teach us that all people have sinned and fallen short of your perfection. I have made many mistakes, and I know that I have sinned against you. At times I have been greedy; hateful; arrogant; consumed by lust; selfish; lazy; jealous; and destructive. I have been unfair, judgmental and unjust. I have offended you. I have harmed other people; I have harmed society and harmed your creation. I have failed to do things that I should have done. I have broken the law. “I know my transgressions only too well; my sin is ever before me”. 
Sometimes the list of things I have done wrong circulates and circulates through my mind, weighing me down and smothering me; making me feel sick, small, helpless and worthless. I do believe that on the cross Jesus bore the sins of the entire world. Still, I have trouble sometimes believing that I am completely forgiven. And I have trouble forgiving myself-- trouble letting go of what I know I have done wrong.

Please, O God, forgive me for all of my sins, and teach me to know your forgiveness and love deep in my heart. Help me to know my value in your eyes. Help me also to know how much you love and value others. Cause your forgiveness and love to transform me. And, O God, grant me the ability and the grace to forgive myself. Let me go forward released and free. Amen.
 

Receiving God’s Forgiveness

May the God of love and power forgive us and free us from our sins, heal and strengthen us by his Spirit, and raise us to new life in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

  

Song of Repentance

              Change my heart, O God.  Make it ever true.

              Change my heart O God.  May I be like you.

              You are the Potter.  I am the clay.

              Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.

              Change my heart, O God.  Make it ever true.

              Change my heart O God.  May I be like you.

  

Preparing for Intercession and Healing

 

In Compassion:  A Reflection on the Christian Life, Henri Nouwen writes: “Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into places of pain, to share brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.”

 

Let us bring before God those whom we know are hurting or in need.

 

A period of SILENCE is kept.

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Litany of Healing      
The Leader and People pray responsively.  The responses are in bold type.  

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Holy God, source of health and salvation,
Hear and have mercy.

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Holy and Mighty, wellspring of abundant life,
Holy Immortal One, protector of the faithful,
Holy Trinity, the source of all wholeness,
Hear and have mercy.

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Blessed Jesus, your Holy Name is medicine for healing and a
promise of eternal life,
Hear and have mercy.

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Jesus, descendant of David, you healed all who came to you in faith,
Hear and have mercy.

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Jesus, child of Mary, you embraced the world with your love,
Hear and have mercy.

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Jesus, divine physician, you sent your disciples to preach the
Gospel and heal in your name,
Hear and have mercy.

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Jesus our true mother, you feed us the milk of your compassion,
Hear and have mercy.

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Jesus, Son of God, you take away our sin and make us whole,
Hear and have mercy.

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Jesus, eternal Christ, your promised Spirit renews our hearts and minds,
Hear and have mercy.

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Grant your grace to heal those who are sick, we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Give courage and faith to all who are disabled through injury or
illness, we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Comfort, relieve, and heal all sick children, we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Give courage to all who await surgery, we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Support and encourage those who live with chronic illness,
we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Strengthen those who endure continual pain, and give them hope,
we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Grant the refreshment of peaceful sleep to all who suffer, we pray
to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Befriend all who are anxious, lonely, despondent, or afraid,
we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Restore those with mental illness to clarity of mind and hopefulness
of heart, we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Give rest to the weary, and hold the dying in your loving arms,
we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.

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Help us to prepare for death with confident expectation and hope
of Easter joy, we pray to you, O God,
Hear and have mercy.
 

Give your wisdom and compassion to health care workers, that

they may minister to the sick and dying with knowledge, skill,

and kindness, we pray to you, O God,

Hear and have mercy.

 

Uphold the family members and friends of the sick, we pray to you, O God,

Hear and have mercy.

 

Guide those who search for the causes and cures of sickness and

disease, we pray to you, O God,

Hear and have mercy.

 

Jesus, Lamb of God,

Jesus, bearer of our sins,

Jesus, redeemer of the world,

Hear and have mercy.

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A Prayer for Unlimited Love slightly altered                                           Henri J. Nouwen

O God, as you draw me ever deeper into your heart, I discover that our companions

on the journey are all people loved by you as fully and as intimately as we are. In your compassionate heart, there is a place for all of us. No one is excluded. Give us a share of your compassion, dear God, so that your unlimited love may become visible in the way we love our brothers and sisters. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Social Justice    in unison 

Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart, and especially the hearts of the people of this land, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatred cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 

A Prayer for Doctors, Nurses and other Medical Personnel            

Remembering especially the staff of Doctors’ Community Hospital: Sanctify, O Great Physician, all those whom you have called to the study and practice of medicine, to battling disease and injury, to managing health care, and to patient care. Strengthen them each day by your life-giving Spirit; shoulder their burdens; protect them and their families by the power of your Name.  Return to them thirty, sixty, or one hundredfold what they are sacrificially giving.  By their ministries may the sick be made well, the health of the community be promoted and your creation be blessed; through the might of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

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Collect after Healing Prayer  
God of Hope, Help us to remember that you are with us in our suffering.
Help us to embody hope for one another when hopelessness is a frequent unwelcomed guest in our hearts. Grant us the gift of being grounded in your loving Spirit as we work together to eradicate all forms of sickness, oppression 
and injustice. Give us the courage to love what, whom and how you love, and to express this love in our actions; through Christ Our Lord.   Amen.

 

The Peace 

Celebrant   The peace of Christ be always with you.

People       And also with you.

 

Welcome and Blessing of Visitors  

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                                                                              THE HOLY COMMUNION 

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Doxology                                                                                                                       LEVAS #56                     
                     Praise God from whom all blessings flow. 
                     Praise him all creatures here below. 
                     Praise him above ye heavenly host: 
                     Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.  Amen.  
                                                          

                          God of all life, Savior of the poor, receive with our offering 
                     gratitude for your goodness, penitence for our pride, and 
                     dedication to your service, through  Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen. 

 

The Great Thanksgiving:  Eucharistic Prayer C                                         BCP p 369

 

Celebrant          The Lord be with you

                           And also with you.

Celebrant           Lift up your hearts.

                           We lift them to the Lord.

Celebrant           Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.    

                           It is right to give God thanks and praise.

 

Then, facing the Holy Table, the Celebrant proceeds

God of all power, Ruler of the Universe, you are worthy of glory and praise.
Glory to you for ever and ever.

 

At your command all things came to be: the vast expanse of interstellar space,                

galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses, and this fragile earth, our island home.
By your will they were created and have their being.

 

From the primal elements you brought forth the human race,
and blessed us with memory, reason, and skill. You made us
the rulers of creation. But we turned against you, and betrayed
your trust; and we turned against one another.
Have mercy, Lord, for we are sinners in your sight.

 

Again and again, you called us to return. Through prophets
and sages you revealed your righteous Law. And in the
fullness of time you sent your only Son, born of a woman, to
fulfill your Law, to open for us the way of freedom and peace.
By his blood, he reconciled us. By his wounds, we are healed.

 

And therefore we praise you, joining with the heavenly
chorus, with prophets, apostles, and martyrs, and with all
those in every generation who have looked to you in hope, to
proclaim with them your glory, in their unending hymn:

 

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might,

heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

 

The Celebrant continues

And so, Father, we who have been redeemed by him, and made a new people by water and the Spirit, now bring before you these gifts. Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant is to hold it, or lay a hand upon it, and at the words concerning the cup, to hold or place a hand upon the cup and any vessel containing wine to be consecrated.

 

On the night he was betrayed he took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread, and gave it to his friends, and said, "Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me." After supper, he took the cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me." Remembering now his work of redemption, and offering to you this sacrifice of thanksgiving, We celebrate his death and resurrection, as we await the day of his coming.

 

Lord God of our forebears: God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; God of Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel; God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: Open our eyes to see your hand at work in the world about us. Deliver us from the presumption of coming to this Table for solace only, and not for strength; for pardon only, and not for renewal. Let the grace of this Holy Communion make us one body, one spirit in Christ, that we may worthily serve the world in his name.
Risen Lord, be known to us in the breaking of the Bread.
 
Accept these prayers and praises, Father, through Jesus Christ our great High Priest, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, your Church gives honor, glory, and worship, from generation to generation.  AMEN.

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Celebrant    And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, 
 

The Lord’s Prayer    sung                        LEVAS #264    

 

 Our Father, which art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever.  Amen.

 

The Breaking of the Bread

The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread. A period of silence is kept.

 

Celebrant           Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;
                           Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.               

                           Some among us are not able to receive Holy Eucharist today,

                           but all of us have come to worship you.

                           Feed the hunger of their hearts, we pray, with a special blessing. 

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Prayer of Humbly Receiving                         Common Worship, Church of England ©2000

 

Most merciful Lord,                                      

your love compels us to come in.

Our hands were unclean,

our hearts were unprepared;

we were not fit even to eat the crumbs from under your table.

But you, Lord, are the God of our salvation,

and share your bread with sinners.

So cleanse and feed us

with the precious body and blood of your Son,

that he may live in us and we in him;

and that we, with the whole company of Christ,

may sit and eat in your kingdom.

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Celebrant          The gifts of God for the people of God.

                           Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you,

                           and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

      All baptized persons are welcome to receive Holy Communion in the church.

 
Communion Hymn 

The Hymnal 1982 # 335               “I Am the Bread of Life” 

 

 1 I am the bread of life; 
    they who come to me shall not hunger;
    they who believe in me shall not thirst.
    No one can come to me
    unless the Father draw them. 

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Refrain   
    And I will raise them up,
    and I will raise them up,
    and I will raise them up on the last day. 

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2  The Bread that I will give
    is my Flesh for the life of the world,
    and they who eat of this bread, 
    they shall live for ever, 
    they shall live for ever.  Refrain 

3 Unless you eat
   of the Flesh of the Son of Man
   and drink of his Blood,
   you shall not have life within you, 
   you shall not have life within you.  Refrain 

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4   I am the resurrection,
     I am the life.
     They who believe in me,
     even if they die,
     they shall live for ever.  Refrain 

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5   Yes, Lord, we believe
     that you are the Christ,
     the Son of God,
     who has come
     into the world.  Refrain 
 

Postcommunion Prayer      

                      altered from Common Worship © 2000 Church of England)

   Lord God, you have renewed us with Word and Sacrament;
   by them you nurture our faith, increase our hope, and strengthen our love:
   teach us always to hunger for Him who is the true and living bread,
   and enable us to live by every word that proceeds from your mouth; 

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COMMUNITY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 

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Solemn Blessing and Dismissal     from Common Worship © 2000 Church of England)            
Celebrant   Look down in mercy, O God, on your people who kneel before you; 
                   and grant that those whom you have nourished may bring forth fruit worthy         

                   of  repentance; through Christ our Lord,  
All               Amen. 

Deacon      Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
All              Thanks be to God.

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Closing Hymn 

LEVAS # 216     “In My Life, Lord, Be Glorified” 

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1  In my life, Lord, be glorified, be glorified;
    In my life, Lord, be glorified today. 

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2  In my song, Lord, be glorified, be glorified;
    In my song, Lord, be glorified today. 

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3  In your church, Lord, be glorified, be glorified;
    In your church, Lord, be glorified today.  

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MEAL AND TEACHING
Blessing of the Food
Prayer
Gracious and compassionate God, awaken our awareness to the abiding love you have for all people, especially for those suffering and most vulnerable. And with our hearts awakened, guide us to be your voices and hands of compassion in the world as we respond to the needs of those who are hurting. 

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Copyright Notice 

All music reprinted under CCLI License #2897260 and One License #A-723933