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SUMMARY:Proper 4 - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Samuel 3: 1-10\, (11-20)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Samuel grew up in the Temple at Shiloh\, working as an apprentice to Eli the priest\, in the service of the LORD. In those days\, the people had completely lost touch with God\, and messages or visions from the LORD were rare. The light of God had not gone out\, but Eli’s failing eyesight had left him unable to see.\nOne night\, Eli had gone to bed in his room\, and Samuel was lying down in the Temple of the LORD near the sacred Ark of God. The LORD called out\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\n“At your service\,” said Samuel\, jumping up and running into Eli’s room. “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you. Go back to bed.”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again\, and the LORD called out again\, “Samuel!”\nSamuel got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you\, my son. Go back to bed.”\nNow it was no surprise that Samuel didn’t understand what was going on\, because he did not yet know the LORD\, and his mind had not yet been opened to what the LORD had to say. The LORD called Samuel a third time\, and again he got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nFinally the lights went on for Eli and he realised that it was the LORD who was calling the boy\, so he said to Samuel\, “Go and lie down\, and if you hear the call again\, say\, ‘Speak to me\, LORD. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.’ ”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again in the same place. The LORD came and stood alongside him\, calling out as before\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\nAnd Samuel replied\, “Speak to me. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.”\n    The LORD said to Samuel\, “Look\, I am about to do something that  will make the hair stand up on the back of everyone’s necks when they hear about it. On that day I will follow through on everything I have ever said I would do to Eli and his offspring. I have told him that I am about to bring down a permanent punishment on his family\, because his sons have been dragging my name through the mud and even though he knew about their corruption\, he didn’t crack down on them. So now I swear to Eli’s family that the charge of corruption will stand against them forever\, no matter how many apologies\, sacrifices or gifts they offer.”\nSamuel had a restless night after that! When he got up in the morning to open the doors of the house of the LORD\, he was afraid to say anything about the vision to Eli. But Eli wanted to know\, and called him\, saying\, “Samuel\, my son.”\n“At your service\,” Samuel answered.\n“What did the LORD have to say to you?” Eli asked. “Don’t keep me in the dark. May God punish you big time\, if you don’t tell me every detail of what was said to you.”\nSo Samuel told him the whole lot\, every last detail\, and when he had finished\, Eli said\, “The LORD has spoken. I will have to cop whatever the LORD sees fit to do.”\nAs Samuel grew to be a man\, the LORD kept a guiding hand on his shoulder\, and saw to it that when he spoke\, not a word was wasted. Before long\, the whole land\, from one end to the other\, knew that Samuel was the real deal – a messenger of the LORD who could be trusted. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 139: 1-6\, 13-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	You have taken a good hard look at me\, LORD\,\nand you know exactly what makes me tick. \nYou know when I’ve got my feet up and when I’m on the job;\nyou can read my mind like an open book. \nYou see where I am going and where I stop\,\nand you know all about what I do and why. \nYou know exactly what I am going to say\, LORD\,\neven before I open my mouth. \nYou are in front of me\, behind me\, beside me;\nyour hand on my shoulder at every turn. \nAll this is more than I can get my head around;\nI pinch myself\, and struggle to take it in. \nIt was you who put me together\, every part of me;\nyou knit me together in my mother’s womb. \nI sing your praises\, LORD\,\nfor the the way you have made me fills me with awe.\nYour creative works blow my mind;\ntoo wonderful for words. \nYou could see me clearly before I was born;\nyou watched me taking shape in the secret depths\nand laid out the intricacies of nerve and muscle. \nYou kept your eye on me\nfrom conception to birth.\nMy life lay before you like an open book\nbefore I had even lived a day. \nYour thoughts are way beyond my grasp\, God\,\nand they add up to more than I can count.\nDeeper than the oceans\,\noutnumbering the grains of sand;\nI give up trying\nbut you are with me just the same. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  2 Corinthians 4: 5-12			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We are not preaching about ourselves. The message we preach is that Jesus the messiah is Lord of all. We ourselves are slaves\, at your service\, for Jesus’s sake. The very God who kicked off creation by calling for light to shine from darkness has now filled our hearts with the light that comes from seeing the glory of God in the face of Jesus the messiah and knowing it for what it is. \nYou might not notice how beautiful that light is if you just look at us though. It is in us\, for sure\, but like a diamond necklace in a plain paper bag. That way nobody can make the mistake of thinking too highly of us. It is clear that the power is all God’s. \nWe cop the worst of everything\, but it hasn’t finished us off. It drives us nuts at times\, but it hasn’t driven us over the edge. We are picked on unfairly\, but we know we are not alone. We keep getting knocked down\, but we get right back up again. When you look for Jesus in us\, what you are most likely to see is his battered corpse\, but that now means that it is also possible to see his risen life taking shape in our bodies. Our lives are on the line all the time. We are always being thrown into the jaws of death because of Jesus\, but again that just means that the risen life of Jesus can be seen taking shape in our fragile flesh. No doubt death will finish us off soon\, but in you\, life is getting a good strong hold! \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Mark 2: 23 - 3:6			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	It was a Sabbath\, the day of rest\, and Jesus was leading the way through some wheat fields. As they walked\, his followers were casually plucking off a few heads of grain. The next thing you know\, some members of the devoutly religious Pharisee party popped up and challenged Jesus\, saying\, “Look at that! What do they think they are doing? Haven’t you taught them that it is against the law to harvest grain on the Sabbath?” \nBut Jesus replied\, “Haven’t you read in your Bibles what our national hero David did when he and his followers were hungry and had nothing to eat? He went into the house of God and took the sacred bread off the altar and ate that\, right under the nose of Abiathar the high priest. The law clearly says that only the priests are allowed to eat that\, but not only did he eat it himself\, he gave it to his followers to eat too. Don’t you lot get that the Sabbath was made for the benefit of the people\, not the other way around. The New Human is in charge now\, and even the Sabbath falls into line.” \nArriving back at the synagogue\, Jesus went on in. There was a man there who had one hand that was wasted away and useless. Some people there were keeping a close eye on Jesus to see if they could catch him doing a work of healing on the Sabbath and then dob him in to the authorities. Jesus saw the man with the crippled hand\, and said to him\, “Come out here\, up the front.” \nThen he looked around at the people and asked\, “What do you all think the law would want from us on the Sabbath\, to do good or to let things go bad\, to save a life or to destroy one?” \nBut they bit their tongues and said nothing. Jesus was outraged; gutted by their lack of compassion. Turning back to the man\, he said\, “Stretch out your hand.” \nThe man stretched out his hand\, and that was all it took: it was back to full strength. That was too much for the Pharisees. They went straight out and began conspiring with Herod’s mob to destroy Jesus. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Below are the alternative 1st Reading and Psalm themed to the Gospel lection			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Prior to the revision of the Lectionary in 1992\, the 1st reading and the psalm that responded to it were chosen to link thematically with the gospel reading. After hearing the critique of those who said that the Hebrew Scriptures\, from which the first reading is usually chosen\, should be allowed to speak with their own voice rather than just add support to the gospel reading\, the Lectionary was revised so that during Ordinary Time\, the 1st reading runs in its own semi-continuous series\, working through various books of the Hebrew Bible. The older themed series continues to be available as an alternative. \nThe weekly prayers offered here at LaughingBird Resources are based on the four readings above\, and do not draw on the themed 1st reading and psalm. \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Deuteronomy 5: 12-15			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Keep up the practice of making Saturday a dedicated rest day\, as the LORD your God has told you to do. You are to work on your business\, your projects\, and your chores on the other six days\, and keep the seventh day as a rest day\, dedicated to the LORD your God. You are not to do any work that day\, and you are not to ask anyone else to work either — not your family\, not your employees\, not the migrant workers who live down the street\, and not even your bullocks\, horses\, dogs\, or any other animal you own. All who work for you need rest\, just as you do. Always keep in mind that you were forced to work as slaves in a foreign land\, and the LORD your God bared his arm and reached out and rescued you from there. That is why the LORD your God told you to keep the dedicated rest day. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 81: 1-10			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We sing our lungs out to you\, God\,\nfor you make us strong;\nwe shout for joy\, celebrating you\,\nthe God of our ancestors. \nOur songs ring out in your honour\,\nand on our instruments we make the sweetest music we can. \nA trumpet blast opens the festival;\nevery month we celebrate your new creation. \nWe are your people\, God\, and this is our tradition;\na sacred law for every generation to follow.\nYou gave it to us through Joseph\nwhen our ancestors took refuge in Egypt. \nYou have spoken to us in an unfamiliar voice\,\nreminding us that it was you who freed us from slavery\nand you who lifted the burden from our backs. \nWhen we cried out in panic\, you rescued us;\nfrom the thunder clouds you answered our plea\,\nand at a desert spring you called us to account. \nYou begged us to pay attention\,\nto let you set us straight;\nyou longed for your people to listen to you. \nYou warned us to steer clear of alternative gods;\nto avoid offering our devotion to every new fad. \nYou are the LORD our God;\nthe God who rescued us from the land of slavery.\nWhen we come to you with our hungers\,\nyou fill us with all that we need. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor it was you who knit together the newborn earth\nand said\, “Let light shine out of darkness.”\nWonderful are all your works. \nIn ancient times\,\nyou spoke through trustworthy prophets like Samuel\,\nrevealing to us your Word and your thoughts.\nHow weighty they are\, O God!\nHow vast is the sum of them. \nNow you have revealed yourself in your child\, Jesus.\nHe made known your grief at our brokenness\nand your desire to feed us\nwith the bread of compassion and mercy.\nWhen the powerful and hard-hearted conspired against him\,\npersecuting him and striking him down\,\nyou raised him to new life.\nNow\, even when we are afflicted in every way\,\nyou shine in our hearts\nto give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God\nin the face of Jesus Christ. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your child\, Jesus\,\nwho made known your desire to feed us\nwith the bread of compassion and mercy.\nNow\, even when we are afflicted\,\nyou shine in our hearts\nto give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God\nin the face of Jesus Christ. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor it was you who knit together the newborn earth\nand said\, “Let light shine out of darkness.”\nWonderful are all your works. \nIn ancient times\,\nyou spoke through trustworthy prophets like Samuel\,\nrevealing to us your Word and your thoughts.\nHow weighty they are\, O God!\nHow vast is the sum of them. \nNow you have revealed yourself in your child\, Jesus.\nHe made known your grief at our brokenness\nand your desire to feed us\nwith the bread of compassion and mercy.\nWhen the powerful and hard-hearted conspired against him\,\npersecuting him and striking him down\,\nyou raised him to new life.\nNow\, even when we are afflicted in every way\,\nyou shine in our hearts\nto give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God\nin the face of Jesus Christ. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The Lord has searched us and known us\nand grieved over our hardness of heart.\nBut the Lord’s mercies are as uncountable as the sand\nand we are forgiven\, not through sacrifices or offerings\,\nbut through the love and grace made known in Jesus. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, and listen always for the Word of the Lord.\nAt all times\, do good and not harm\,\nsave life and do not destroy it.\nCarry always in your bodies\nthe life and death of Jesus. \nAnd may God be with you to the end.\nMay Christ Jesus make his life visible in you.\nand may the Holy Spirit give you the light of the knowledge\nof the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nReligion v’s LifeA sermon on Mark 2:23 – 3:6 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n #Sabbath OutrageA sermon on Mark 2:23 – 3:6 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n Crackpots or Cracked Pots?A sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:Proper 4 - Year B
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Samuel 3: 1-10\, (11-20)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Samuel grew up in the Temple at Shiloh\, working as an apprentice to Eli the priest\, in the service of the LORD. In those days\, the people had completely lost touch with God\, and messages or visions from the LORD were rare. The light of God had not gone out\, but Eli’s failing eyesight had left him unable to see.\nOne night\, Eli had gone to bed in his room\, and Samuel was lying down in the Temple of the LORD near the sacred Ark of God. The LORD called out\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\n“At your service\,” said Samuel\, jumping up and running into Eli’s room. “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you. Go back to bed.”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again\, and the LORD called out again\, “Samuel!”\nSamuel got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nBut Eli said\, “I didn’t call you\, my son. Go back to bed.”\nNow it was no surprise that Samuel didn’t understand what was going on\, because he did not yet know the LORD\, and his mind had not yet been opened to what the LORD had to say. The LORD called Samuel a third time\, and again he got up and went to Eli\, saying “You called me and here I am\, at your service.”\nFinally the lights went on for Eli and he realised that it was the LORD who was calling the boy\, so he said to Samuel\, “Go and lie down\, and if you hear the call again\, say\, ‘Speak to me\, LORD. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.’ ”\nSo Samuel went and lay down again in the same place. The LORD came and stood alongside him\, calling out as before\, “Samuel! Samuel!”\nAnd Samuel replied\, “Speak to me. I’m at your service\, and I’m all ears.”\n    The LORD said to Samuel\, “Look\, I am about to do something that  will make the hair stand up on the back of everyone’s necks when they hear about it. On that day I will follow through on everything I have ever said I would do to Eli and his offspring. I have told him that I am about to bring down a permanent punishment on his family\, because his sons have been dragging my name through the mud and even though he knew about their corruption\, he didn’t crack down on them. So now I swear to Eli’s family that the charge of corruption will stand against them forever\, no matter how many apologies\, sacrifices or gifts they offer.”\nSamuel had a restless night after that! When he got up in the morning to open the doors of the house of the LORD\, he was afraid to say anything about the vision to Eli. But Eli wanted to know\, and called him\, saying\, “Samuel\, my son.”\n“At your service\,” Samuel answered.\n“What did the LORD have to say to you?” Eli asked. “Don’t keep me in the dark. May God punish you big time\, if you don’t tell me every detail of what was said to you.”\nSo Samuel told him the whole lot\, every last detail\, and when he had finished\, Eli said\, “The LORD has spoken. I will have to cop whatever the LORD sees fit to do.”\nAs Samuel grew to be a man\, the LORD kept a guiding hand on his shoulder\, and saw to it that when he spoke\, not a word was wasted. Before long\, the whole land\, from one end to the other\, knew that Samuel was the real deal – a messenger of the LORD who could be trusted. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 139: 1-6\, 13-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	You have taken a good hard look at me\, LORD\,\nand you know exactly what makes me tick. \nYou know when I’ve got my feet up and when I’m on the job;\nyou can read my mind like an open book. \nYou see where I am going and where I stop\,\nand you know all about what I do and why. \nYou know exactly what I am going to say\, LORD\,\neven before I open my mouth. \nYou are in front of me\, behind me\, beside me;\nyour hand on my shoulder at every turn. \nAll this is more than I can get my head around;\nI pinch myself\, and struggle to take it in. \nIt was you who put me together\, every part of me;\nyou knit me together in my mother’s womb. \nI sing your praises\, LORD\,\nfor the the way you have made me fills me with awe.\nYour creative works blow my mind;\ntoo wonderful for words. \nYou could see me clearly before I was born;\nyou watched me taking shape in the secret depths\nand laid out the intricacies of nerve and muscle. \nYou kept your eye on me\nfrom conception to birth.\nMy life lay before you like an open book\nbefore I had even lived a day. \nYour thoughts are way beyond my grasp\, God\,\nand they add up to more than I can count.\nDeeper than the oceans\,\noutnumbering the grains of sand;\nI give up trying\nbut you are with me just the same. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  2 Corinthians 4: 5-12			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We are not preaching about ourselves. The message we preach is that Jesus the messiah is Lord of all. We ourselves are slaves\, at your service\, for Jesus’s sake. The very God who kicked off creation by calling for light to shine from darkness has now filled our hearts with the light that comes from seeing the glory of God in the face of Jesus the messiah and knowing it for what it is. \nYou might not notice how beautiful that light is if you just look at us though. It is in us\, for sure\, but like a diamond necklace in a plain paper bag. That way nobody can make the mistake of thinking too highly of us. It is clear that the power is all God’s. \nWe cop the worst of everything\, but it hasn’t finished us off. It drives us nuts at times\, but it hasn’t driven us over the edge. We are picked on unfairly\, but we know we are not alone. We keep getting knocked down\, but we get right back up again. When you look for Jesus in us\, what you are most likely to see is his battered corpse\, but that now means that it is also possible to see his risen life taking shape in our bodies. Our lives are on the line all the time. We are always being thrown into the jaws of death because of Jesus\, but again that just means that the risen life of Jesus can be seen taking shape in our fragile flesh. No doubt death will finish us off soon\, but in you\, life is getting a good strong hold! \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Mark 2: 23 - 3:6			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	It was a Sabbath\, the day of rest\, and Jesus was leading the way through some wheat fields. As they walked\, his followers were casually plucking off a few heads of grain. The next thing you know\, some members of the devoutly religious Pharisee party popped up and challenged Jesus\, saying\, “Look at that! What do they think they are doing? Haven’t you taught them that it is against the law to harvest grain on the Sabbath?” \nBut Jesus replied\, “Haven’t you read in your Bibles what our national hero David did when he and his followers were hungry and had nothing to eat? He went into the house of God and took the sacred bread off the altar and ate that\, right under the nose of Abiathar the high priest. The law clearly says that only the priests are allowed to eat that\, but not only did he eat it himself\, he gave it to his followers to eat too. Don’t you lot get that the Sabbath was made for the benefit of the people\, not the other way around. The New Human is in charge now\, and even the Sabbath falls into line.” \nArriving back at the synagogue\, Jesus went on in. There was a man there who had one hand that was wasted away and useless. Some people there were keeping a close eye on Jesus to see if they could catch him doing a work of healing on the Sabbath and then dob him in to the authorities. Jesus saw the man with the crippled hand\, and said to him\, “Come out here\, up the front.” \nThen he looked around at the people and asked\, “What do you all think the law would want from us on the Sabbath\, to do good or to let things go bad\, to save a life or to destroy one?” \nBut they bit their tongues and said nothing. Jesus was outraged; gutted by their lack of compassion. Turning back to the man\, he said\, “Stretch out your hand.” \nThe man stretched out his hand\, and that was all it took: it was back to full strength. That was too much for the Pharisees. They went straight out and began conspiring with Herod’s mob to destroy Jesus. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Below are the alternative 1st Reading and Psalm themed to the Gospel lection			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Prior to the revision of the Lectionary in 1992\, the 1st reading and the psalm that responded to it were chosen to link thematically with the gospel reading. After hearing the critique of those who said that the Hebrew Scriptures\, from which the first reading is usually chosen\, should be allowed to speak with their own voice rather than just add support to the gospel reading\, the Lectionary was revised so that during Ordinary Time\, the 1st reading runs in its own semi-continuous series\, working through various books of the Hebrew Bible. The older themed series continues to be available as an alternative. \nThe weekly prayers offered here at LaughingBird Resources are based on the four readings above\, and do not draw on the themed 1st reading and psalm. \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Deuteronomy 5: 12-15			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Keep up the practice of making Saturday a dedicated rest day\, as the LORD your God has told you to do. You are to work on your business\, your projects\, and your chores on the other six days\, and keep the seventh day as a rest day\, dedicated to the LORD your God. You are not to do any work that day\, and you are not to ask anyone else to work either — not your family\, not your employees\, not the migrant workers who live down the street\, and not even your bullocks\, horses\, dogs\, or any other animal you own. All who work for you need rest\, just as you do. Always keep in mind that you were forced to work as slaves in a foreign land\, and the LORD your God bared his arm and reached out and rescued you from there. That is why the LORD your God told you to keep the dedicated rest day. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 81: 1-10			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We sing our lungs out to you\, God\,\nfor you make us strong;\nwe shout for joy\, celebrating you\,\nthe God of our ancestors. \nOur songs ring out in your honour\,\nand on our instruments we make the sweetest music we can. \nA trumpet blast opens the festival;\nevery month we celebrate your new creation. \nWe are your people\, God\, and this is our tradition;\na sacred law for every generation to follow.\nYou gave it to us through Joseph\nwhen our ancestors took refuge in Egypt. \nYou have spoken to us in an unfamiliar voice\,\nreminding us that it was you who freed us from slavery\nand you who lifted the burden from our backs. \nWhen we cried out in panic\, you rescued us;\nfrom the thunder clouds you answered our plea\,\nand at a desert spring you called us to account. \nYou begged us to pay attention\,\nto let you set us straight;\nyou longed for your people to listen to you. \nYou warned us to steer clear of alternative gods;\nto avoid offering our devotion to every new fad. \nYou are the LORD our God;\nthe God who rescued us from the land of slavery.\nWhen we come to you with our hungers\,\nyou fill us with all that we need. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor it was you who knit together the newborn earth\nand said\, “Let light shine out of darkness.”\nWonderful are all your works. \nIn ancient times\,\nyou spoke through trustworthy prophets like Samuel\,\nrevealing to us your Word and your thoughts.\nHow weighty they are\, O God!\nHow vast is the sum of them. \nNow you have revealed yourself in your child\, Jesus.\nHe made known your grief at our brokenness\nand your desire to feed us\nwith the bread of compassion and mercy.\nWhen the powerful and hard-hearted conspired against him\,\npersecuting him and striking him down\,\nyou raised him to new life.\nNow\, even when we are afflicted in every way\,\nyou shine in our hearts\nto give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God\nin the face of Jesus Christ. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your child\, Jesus\,\nwho made known your desire to feed us\nwith the bread of compassion and mercy.\nNow\, even when we are afflicted\,\nyou shine in our hearts\nto give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God\nin the face of Jesus Christ. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor it was you who knit together the newborn earth\nand said\, “Let light shine out of darkness.”\nWonderful are all your works. \nIn ancient times\,\nyou spoke through trustworthy prophets like Samuel\,\nrevealing to us your Word and your thoughts.\nHow weighty they are\, O God!\nHow vast is the sum of them. \nNow you have revealed yourself in your child\, Jesus.\nHe made known your grief at our brokenness\nand your desire to feed us\nwith the bread of compassion and mercy.\nWhen the powerful and hard-hearted conspired against him\,\npersecuting him and striking him down\,\nyou raised him to new life.\nNow\, even when we are afflicted in every way\,\nyou shine in our hearts\nto give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God\nin the face of Jesus Christ. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The Lord has searched us and known us\nand grieved over our hardness of heart.\nBut the Lord’s mercies are as uncountable as the sand\nand we are forgiven\, not through sacrifices or offerings\,\nbut through the love and grace made known in Jesus. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, and listen always for the Word of the Lord.\nAt all times\, do good and not harm\,\nsave life and do not destroy it.\nCarry always in your bodies\nthe life and death of Jesus. \nAnd may God be with you to the end.\nMay Christ Jesus make his life visible in you.\nand may the Holy Spirit give you the light of the knowledge\nof the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2016 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nReligion v’s LifeA sermon on Mark 2:23 – 3:6 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n #Sabbath OutrageA sermon on Mark 2:23 – 3:6 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n Crackpots or Cracked Pots?A sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 by Nathan Nettleton
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