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Bulletin for Sunday, October 16, 2022
Wrestling With God
The Same Love - Lyrics
The Same Love
You choose the humble and raise them high
You choose the weak and make them strong
You heal our brokenness inside
and give us life
The same love that set the captives free
The same love that opened eyes to see
Is calling us all by name
You are calling us all by name
The same God that spread the heavens wide
The same God that was crucified
Is calling us all by name
You are calling us all by name
You take the faithless one aside
And speak the words “You are mine”
You call the cynic and the proud
“Come to me now”
The same love that set the captives free
The same love that opened eyes to see
Is calling us all by name
You are calling us all by name
The same God that spread the heavens wide
The same God that was crucified
Is calling us all by name
You are calling us all by name
(oh, oh)
You’re calling, You’re calling
You’re calling us to the cross
(repeat 4x)
The same love that set the captives free
The same love that opened eyes to see
Is calling us all by name
You are calling us all by name
The same God that spread the heavens wide
The same God that was crucified
Is calling us all by name
You are calling us all by name
You’re calling, You’re calling
You’re calling us to the cross
(repeat)
Father Let Your Kingdom Come - Lyrics
Father Let Your Kingdom Come
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
May the works of my
hands bring You joy
(repeat 4x)
And so we sing…
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
May the words from my mouth
speak Your peace
(repeat 4x)
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
You make all things new
You make all things new
In places we don’t choose
You make all things new
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
Hallelu — Hallelujah
Father, let Your kingdom come
You make all things new
You make all things new
In places we don’t choose
You make all things new
Loving Kind - Lyrics
Loving Kind
It’s been awhile since
I felt You near to me
And all I hold is the vagueness
of Your memory
Why did I roam so far from You, oh Lord?
I had You right inside
the center of my heart
And I took You for granted but
You al-ways stay by my side
You always answer my cry
And when I fall You catch me
‘Cause You are the loving kind
So take me into Your
loving arms again
‘Cause I’m so tired of
dancing with my sin
Why did I roam so far from You, oh Lord?
I had You right inside
the center of my heart
And I took You for granted but
You al-ways stay by my side
You always answer my cry
And when I fall You catch me
‘Cause You are the loving kind
You al-ways stay by my side
You always answer my cry
And when I fall You catch me
‘Cause You are the loving kind
‘Cause You are the loving kind
Old Testament Readings
Genesis 32:22-31
22 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24 Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, ‘Let me go, for the day is breaking.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go, unless you bless me.’ 27 So he said to him, ‘What is your name?’ And he said, ‘Jacob.’ 28 Then the man said, ‘You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed.’ 29 Then Jacob asked him, ‘Please tell me your name.’ But he said, ‘Why is it that you ask my name?’ And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.’ 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.
Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where will my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 He who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and for evermore.
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Reader: The word of the Lord.
Ekklesia: Thanks be to God.
A Liturgy for Grieving a Tragedy
A Liturgy for Grieving a Tragedy
O God who gathers what has been scattered,
shelter us now in the shadow of your wings.
O Christ who binds our wounds,
be our great healer.
O Spirit who enters our every grief,
intercede now for those hurting throughout our city.
Be merciful to those now wounded.
Be present with those now bereaved.
You do not run from our brokenness, O God.
You move ever toward those in need.
Your heart is always inclined toward those who suffer.
Now let your mercies be active through the hands, the words, and the compassionate care of those who willingly enter this sadness to console and to serve.
You once brooded over the formless chaos of ancient waters and brought forth the order and flourishing of creation. Do so again, O Spirit of God.
From the chaos of this tragedy call forth new life and order and flourishing.
Carry us now, O Lord.
Heal us, O Lord.
Be merciful, O Christ.
Amen.
My World Needs You - Lyrics
My World Need You
Show me your face
Fill up this space
My world needs you right now
My world needs you right now
I can’t escape
Being afraid
Fill me with you right now
My world needs you right now
Power fall down
Bring with it a sound
That points us to you right now
Erase substitutes right now
Fix what I see
And God please fix me
My world needs you right now
Let us see you right now
Show me your face
Fill up this space
My world needs you right now
My world needs you right now
Storms may come
but when we call your name
All things change
Kingdoms fall
One thing forever reigns
Is your name
The anchor that holds me in my pain
stays the same
Oh how sweet to know that your great name
Will never change
Storms may come
but when we call your name
All things change
Kingdoms fall
One thing forever reigns
Is your name
The anchor that holds me in my pain
stays the same
Oh how sweet to know that your great name
Will never change
Show me your face
Fill up this space
My world needs you right now
My world needs you right now
New Testament Readings
2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:5
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
4 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
Luke 18:1-8
18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
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Reader: The word of the Lord.
Ekklesia: Thanks be to God.
Message: Wrestling With God
Jacob (ya’akov) = “heel grabber,” “usurper”
“Healing means moving from your pain to the pain… Real healing comes from realizing that your own particular pain is a share of humanity’s pain.” — Henri Nouwen
“[H]ealing begins with our taking our pain out of its diabolic isolation and seeing that whatever we suffer, we suffer it in communion with all of humanity, and yes, all of creation. In so doing, we become participants in the great battle against the powers of darkness. Our little lives participate in something larger.” — Henri Nouwen
I Boast No More - Lyrics
I Boast No More
No more my God, I boast no more
Of all the duties I have done
I quit the hopes I held before
To trust the merits of Thy Son
No more my God
No more my God
No more my God
I boast no more
Now, for the loss, I bear his name
What was my gain, I count my loss
My former pride, I call my shame
And nail my glory to His cross
No more my God
No more my God
No more my God
I boast no more
Yes, and I must, I will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus’ sake
May my soul be found in Him
Of His righteousness partake
Amen — Amen
The best obedience of my hands
Dares not appear before Thy throne
But faith can answer Thy demands
By pleading what my Lord has done
No more my God
No more my God
No more my God
I boast no more
No more my God
No more my God
No more my God
I boast no more
No more my God
No more my God
No more my God
I boast no more
