January 17, 2021
Below, you’ll find the song lyrics and scripture readings for the live stream on January 17th (in the order they are needed).
Mother
is there a hair on my head
you haven’t numbered yet?
in the night, crying in the cold,
is there a pain of mine you haven’t called your own?
O, Mother Comfort
Mother Known
though our minds
so well ignore your grace
you bring it just the same
we reside in your self-giving love
but you’ve somehow found enough
for all the space that we take up
O, Mother Wisdom
Mother Love
Mother Comfort
Mother Enough
through life and death, that cradled set
beginning and the end, Beginning and the End,
you are a shield, a beacon of defense
and our weaknesses align as you gather us in
O, Mother Warrior
Mother Age-to-Age
Mother Wisdom
Mother Grace
Mother Comfort
Mother Love-that-can’t-be-bought
Mother Faithful
Mother God
Call to Worship
we have gathered to worship
the Eternal One
the God who Sees,
in whom we are known truly
and loved fully
to enter the story of God
and find our own stories reimagined
inviting the Spirit of God to form us more fully in the way of Christ
transforming our hearts and minds
that we might love our neighbors,
our strangers, friends, and enemies,
as God does
Amen
Because He Lives
God sent God’s 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 assurance
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
Up To The Mountain (MLK Song) by Patty Griffin
I went up to the mountain because you asked me to
up over the clouds where the sky is blue
I could see all around me, everywhere
I could see all around me, everywhere
sometimes I feel like i’ve never been nothing but tired
and i’ll be walking ‘til the day I expire
sometimes I lay down, no more can I do
but then I go on again because you asked me to
some days I look down, afraid I will fall
and though the sun shines, I see nothing at all
and then I hear your sweet voice, come and then go
telling me softly that you love me so
the peaceful valley, just over the mountain
the peaceful valley, few come to know
I may never get there, ever in this lifetime
but sooner or later, it’s there I will go
sooner or later, it’s there I will go
Old Testament Reading
Today’s Old Testament reading is 1 Samuel 3:1-10:
Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.
At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lordcalled, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
New Testament Reading
Today’s New Testament reading is John 1:43-51:
Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
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As Yet Untitled Unfinished Song
come to me, ye weary
dissolve into my gentle breeze
and find there is a light here in the shade
come heavy head, ye soul-sick dregs
and cast upon me that which keeps you bent
and find there is a light beyond the shade
For the God Who Sees is not far away
come to me, ye filthy rich
and cast your fortunes to wilder winds
and find there is a light you cannot possess
o, gather round, ye powder kegs
but hold your fire, before nothing’s left
and find there is a light you cannot demand
for god is not mocked and will not be co-opted
so gather up your grief, gather up the sun-bleached
bones of your dreams, bring it all to me
for there’s a lightness beyond lightness
in the Ground Beneath All Being
and my burden is peace
so come to me
come and find
there’s a lightness
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