Ubc Liturgy Stuff
April 19, 2020
Below, you’ll find the song lyrics (and chords, if you want to play along!) and scripture readings for the live stream on April 19th (in the order they are needed), as well as some resources for kids! (this includes some stuff that is print-able—if you need Taylor to print stuff for you in the future, just let us know, and we’ll get that set up).
Hope
You lit a fire in the darkness
the darkness did not overcome
while we were hopeless and wandering
You were the Breath in our lungs
You sang out hope into the dead of night
and it echoed off the edge of time
said “i’ll bend lower to find you
i’ve called you mine.”
You lit a fire in the darkness
the darkness did not overcome
though we keep losing our minds here
You know the depth of our thoughts
You sang out hope into the dead of night
and it echoed off the edge of time
said “child, I made you on purpose
I’ve called you mine"
and now every broken piece
will find its place again
and every twisted word you heard
in the night will be silent
the fever it will break
the shadow it will fade
’til all that’s left is light and love
in the Dawn that never fades
on and on
You lit a fire in the darkness
the darkness did not overcome
though our walls keep on closing
You are the field where we’d run
You sang out hope into the dead of night
and it echoed off the edge of time
said “this is not how it ends here
I’ve called you mine
and you can’t go back
no, you can’t go back
though everything keeps fading
this fading here will end
and the ever-brilliant Word whispered
in the night will be shouted
the fever it will break
the shadow it will fade
’til all that’s left is light and love
in the Dawn that never fades
on and on
Waking Life
You’re a hammer blow to the barricade
that I’ve built up in my mind to separate
that which I hold with warm embrace
from that which I have reduced to an empty phrase
You’re a falling blade
to the knot I tied
to secure a heavy shade over my eyes
and as if I had never tasted Light
a stabbing pain slowly gives way
to a Truer Sight
You’re the Waking Life, piercing sleep
Reality, reframing the dream
and as I rise, I don’t recognize my speech
find a garden shed where I once kept my armory
You’re an ember thrown
from a funeral pyre
that infiltrates the cavalcade
of an outrage choir
in the withered aisles
of my fevered mind
now that hollow rage
is wholly remade into a signal fire
You’re the Waking Life, piercing sleep
Reality, reframing the dream
and as I rise, I don’t recognize my speech
find a garden shed where I once kept my armory
You’re the Waking Life, piercing sleep
Reality, reframing the dream
I don’t understand what is happening
but something’s changed in a place I cannot reach
and there’s this ache where I once kept my apathy
like there’s a depth to life and breath in everything
Old Testament Reading
Today’s Old Testament reading is Psalm 16:
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,
in whom is all my delight.
Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names upon my lips.
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
I have a goodly heritage.
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
I keep the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;
my body also rests secure.
For you do not give me up to Sheol,
or let your faithful one see the Pit.
You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
This is the Word of the Lord.
(Thanks be to God)
New Testament Reading
Today’s New Testament reading, and Josh’s sermon text, is John 20:19-31:
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe."
A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
This is the Word of the Lord.
(Thanks be to God)
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Because He Lives
God sent his son
they called him Jesus
he came to love, heal, and forgive
He lived and died
to buy my pardon
an empty grave is there to prove
my Savior lives
because he lives I can face tomorrow
because he lives, all fear is gone
because I know he holds the future
and life is worth the living
just because he lives
how sweet to hold
a newborn baby
and feel the pride
and joy she brings
but greater still
the calm assurace
this child can face uncertain days
because he lives
because he lives I can face tomorrow
because he lives, all fear is gone
because I know he holds the future
and life is worth the living
just because he lives
and then one day
i’ll cross the river
i’ll fight life’s final
war with pain
but then as death
gives way to victory
i’ll see the lights of glory
and i’ll know he lives
because he lives I can face tomorrow
because he lives, all fear is gone
because I know he holds the future
and life is worth the living
just because he lives
Doxology
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
Benediction
As we approach this week
May we love God
Embrace Beauty
and Live Life to the fullest
Amen
Worship Resources for UBC Kids and Families
(And also anyone who might want them)
Hello friends! (This is Taylor) Here is a link to some fun coloring sheets and activity ideas for Eastertide Week 2. I’ll be talking about them during worship tomorrow! Also included is a kid’s worship bulletin - so if you print it off beforehand kiddos could do that while they watch our worship service! I’m excited to see what you do with these coloring sheets and activities - so please take a picture and tag @ubcwaco when you use them! Thanks everybody! Here is the link: https://illustratedmin.s3.amazonaws.com/weekly-resources/Easter-Week2.pdf.
p.s. - Remember! If you don’t have a printer just let me know and I can print them out for you!