January 10, 2021
Below, you’ll find the song lyrics and scripture readings for the live stream on January 10th (in the order they are needed).
Be Thou My Vision
be thou my vision, o lord of my heart
naught be all else to me, save that thou art
thou my best thought, by day or by night
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light
be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word
I ever with thee and thou with me, lord
thou my great father, spirit, and son
thou in me dwelling and I with thee one
riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise
thou mine inheritance, now and always
thou and thou only, first in my heart
high king of heaven, my treasure thou art
high king of heaven, my victory won
may I reach heaven’s joys, o bright heaven’s sun
heart of my own heart, whatever befall
still be my vision, o ruler of all
Call to Worship
we have gathered to worship
the Living God
the Breath of Life
exhaled in time
in whom we have our being
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
that we might bear the Light of the world
in our hearts and minds; the love of Christ
in our ordinary lives
Amen
Come Healing
o gather up the brokenness and bring it to me now
the fragrance of those promises you never dared to vow
the splinters that you carry, the cross you left behind
come healing of the body, come healing of the mind
and let the heavens heart it, the penitential hymn
come healing of the spirit, come healing of the limb
behold the gates of mercy in arbitrary space
and none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace
o solitude of longing where love has been confined
come healing of the body, come healing of the mind
and see the darkness yielding which tore the light apart
come healing of the reason, come healing of the heart
o troubled dust concealing an undivided love
the heart beneath is teaching to the broken heart above
let the heavens falter, let the earth proclaim
come healing of the altar, come healing of the name
o longing of the branches to lift the little bud
o longing of the arteries to purify the blood
let the heavens hear it, the penitential hymn
come healing of the spirit, come healing of the limb
Kyrie Eleison
kyrie eleison
what, lord,
what have we done?
kyrie eleison
o lord, with mercy, come
kyrie eleison
behold
what we’ve wrought
in our weeping
and gnashing teeth
o Kyrie, be not
beyond our reach
and turn not
your ear from
our pleas
but, lord,
have mercy
Old Testament Reading
Today’s Old Testament reading is Genesis 1:1-5:
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
New Testament Reading
Today’s New Testament reading is Mark 1:4-11:
John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Giving
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Pulse
there’s a secret pulse hidden in
the fabric of creation
and the story of every creature is:
bone from dust, gift from Gift
reconnect our hearts
to that pulse you hid
resurrect the peace
we’ve unlearned
and in the wreckage of
our selective loves
build a tow’r that can’t be hid’n
there’s a remedy for the ache
that plagues us all in waves
and the cure for our other-scorning rage
is break my bread: i’ll break your shame
reconnect our hearts to that pulse you hid
resurrect the peace we’ve unlearned
and in the wreckage of our selective loves
build a tow’r and lock us in
until we find there’s only one kind of love that won’t break
more than blind, more than selfless in name, it’s open arms either way
because there’s a pulse at the heart of all things that gives life all the same
and a design to the rhythm we breathe: Holy Name//give and take
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