Gathering Music
Welcome
Words: Laurie Zelman, Music: Mark Miller
Let’s walk together for a while and ask where we begin
To build a world where love can grow and hope can enter in.
To be the hands of healing and to plant the seeds of peace,
Singing welcome
Welcome to this place.
You’re invited to come and know God’s grace.
All are welcome, the love of God to share,
‘Cause all of us are welcome here; all are welcome in this place.
Let’s talk together of a time when we will share a feast,
Where pride and power kneel to serve the lonely and the least,
And joy will set the table as we join our hands to pray,
Singing welcome,
Welcome to this place.
You’re invited to come and know God’s grace.
All are welcome, the love of God to share,
‘Cause all of us are welcome here; all are welcome in this place.
Let’s dream together of the day when earth and heaven are one,
A city built of love and light, the new Jerusalem,
Where our mourning turns to dancing, every creature lifts its voice!
Crying welcome!
Welcome to this place.
You’re invited to come and know God’s grace.
All are welcome, the love of God to share,
‘Cause all of us are welcome here; all are welcome in this place.
Call to Worship
Cassie Montelongo
(From enfleshed)
Leader: As people of faith, we are called to be mindful
People: To be intentional with our lives
Leader: To be aware of all we have and need
People: To be awake to the world
Leader: As people of faith, we are equipped to take actions
People: To align behavior and values
Leader: To root deeply in integrity
People: To bear brave risks together
Leader: Let us worship and grow in faith and love
Opening Song
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” v1, 2, 4 UMH 384
- 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. - Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into every troubled breast!
Let us all in thee inherit;
let us find that second rest.
Take away our bent to sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
end of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty. - 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.
Prayers of the People
Dobyo Amos
(adapted from the UM BOW)
Let us pray for the Church, for our community, and for the world.
Grant, God of love, that all may be united in your truth,
live together in your love,
and reflect your glory in the world.
God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Guide the people of this land, and of all the nations,
in the ways of justice and peace;
that we may honor one another
and serve the common good.
(specific petitions)
God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Give us all a reverence for the earth as your own creation,
that we may use its resources rightly
in the service of others
and to your honor and glory.
(specific petitions)
God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Bless all whose lives are closely linked with ours,
and grant that we may serve Christ in them,
and love one another as Christ loves us.
(specific petitions)
God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit;
give them courage and hope in their troubles,
and bring them the joy of your salvation.
(specific petitions)
God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We commend to your mercy all who have died,
that your will for them may be fulfilled;
and we pray that we may share with all your saints
in your eternal kin-dom.
(specific petitions)
God, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Hear these, our prayers, O God. In Christ’s name we pray.
Amen.
Scripture Reading
Luke 14:25-33
Camille Bianca Manangan
25 Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and said to them, 26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, spouse and children, brothers, sisters, siblings, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he cannot, then while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
Anthem
“O God, Our Help In Ages Past”
Words: Isaac Watts, Music: Mark Miller
Sermon
“I Hate You, Mom!”: The Good News According to Adolescent Differentiation
Rev. Dr. Meredith Hoxie Schol
Musical Response
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Rev. Dr. Meredith Hoxie Schol
Servers: Jen Nelson, Jayne Smith
Leader: Christ invites to this table all who love him,
who earnestly repent of their sin
and seek to live in peace with one another.
Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
All: Merciful God,
we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart.
We have failed to be an obedient church.
We have not done your will,
we have broken your law,
we have rebelled against your love,
we have not loved our neighbors,
and we have not heard the cry of the needy.
Forgive us, we pray.
Free us for joyful obedience,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
All pray in silence.
Leader to people:
Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners;
that proves God’s love toward us.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
People to leader:
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Leader and people:
Glory to God. Amen.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
Leader: God be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to God.
Leader: Let us give thanks to God, our Maker.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is right, and a good and joyful thing,
always and everywhere to give thanks to you,
Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth.
You formed us in your image
and breathed into us the breath of life.
When we turned away, and our love failed,
your love remained steadfast.
You delivered us from captivity,
made covenant to be our sovereign God,
and spoke to us through the prophets.
And so,
with your people on earth
and all the company of heaven
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: Holy are you, and blessed is your child Jesus Christ.
Your Spirit anointed him
to preach good news to the poor,
to proclaim release to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
and to announce that the time had come
when you would save your people.
He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners.
On the night in which he gave himself up for us,
he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples, and said:
“Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”
When the supper was over, he took the cup,
gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said:
“Drink from this, all of you;
this is my cup of the new covenant,
poured out for you and for many
for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of me.”
And so,
in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,
we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving
as a holy and living sacrifice,
in union with Christ’s offering for us,
as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
All: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Leader: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here,
and on these gifts of bread and cup.
Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ,
that we may be for the world the body of Christ,
redeemed by Christ’s love.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
one with each other,
and one in ministry to all the world.
Through Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church,
all honor and glory is yours, almighty God,
now and forever.
All: Amen.
Leader: The bread is ready, the cup is filled,
the table is set.
Let all who are hungry for the love of God,
come and be fed.
Let all who are thirsty for new life,
come and share the cup.
Let all who want to follow Jesus,
come and join the feast.
(Concluding invitation from Deborah Sokolove)
Sharing in the Bread and Cup
Communion Songs
“Bless the Lord, My Soul”
Jacques Berthier
Bless the Lord, my soul,
and bless God’s holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
who leads me into life.
“Kwake Jesu Nasimama”
Words & Music: Trad. Kenya aar.
Blessing
Rev. Dr. Meredith Hoxie Schol
Sending Song
“All My Days”
Words: Laurie Zelman, Music: Mark A. Miller
You know my words before they’re said
You know my need and I am fed
You give me life. You know my ways,
my strength, my path, for all my days
my strength, my path, for all my days
If I should fly beyond the dawn,
the darkness will not overcome
If I lie down in deepest night,
still you are there, my Lord, my light,
still you are there, my Lord, my light
Our every thought, each word we say,
the whole of time, the present day,
are held within your mighty hand,
too wonderful to comprehend,
too wonderful to comprehend.
O mend my heart and free my voice.
From sin released, I will rejoice.
O search me, Lord, my spirit cries,
and let my song of praise arise,
and let my song of praise arise.
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