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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday in Lent - Year C
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				  Genesis 15: 1-12\, 17-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to Abram in a vision\, saying\, “Abram\, don’t you worry about a thing. I am your armour-plated protection and you will be greatly rewarded for your loyalty to me.” \nBut Abram said\, “Thank you\, Lord GOD\, but the only thing I really want is the one thing you’ve never given me: children. I have longed for children of my own but you have not given me any. When I die\, there will be no one to carry on my family name\, and since the only person born in my house is Eliezer\, my Turkish servant; he will inherit everything I own. \nBut the LORD spoke to Abram again\, saying\, “Eliezer will not be your heir. You will be able to pass on your property to a child of your own.” \nThe LORD took Abram outside and said\, “Look at the night sky\, Abram. See if you can count how many stars there are. You can’t\, can you? Well\, your descendants will be as uncountable as the stars in the night sky.” \nAbram took the LORD’s word on trust\, and for that the LORD regarded him as a good man. \nThe LORD spoke to Abram further\, saying\, “It was me who brought you safely here when you emigrated from the Chaldean land of Ur. It was me who gave you this land.” \nBut Abram said\, “Lord GOD\, how can I know for sure that this land is mine to keep?” \nThe LORD replied\, “Okay\, I’ll go through the ritual of a binding promise. On pain of death\, you will have my word. You go and set up what is customary for the ceremony.” \nSo the next morning\, Abram slaughtered three animals: a heifer\, a ram\, and a female goat — each three years old. He cut them in half and laid the halves opposite each other in two lines. He also killed a turtledove and a pigeon and laid one in each line. For the rest of the day\, while he waited for the ceremony to commence\, he was kept busy protecting the carcasses from the birds of prey. \nWhen the sun went down\, Abram was surrounded by a dense and awesome darkness\, and he fell into a deep sleep. When the last glow was gone from the sky and everything was pitch black\, the presence of the LORD appeared as a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch\, and passed between the pieces of animal carcass. That completed the ritual\, and in that way\, the LORD made a binding promise to Abram\, saying\, “You have my word that I will give this land to your descendants\, all the way from the Egyptian border to the great Euphrates river.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 27			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Your light leads me to safety\, LORD;\nI’ve got nothing to fear.\nYou shelter me like a fortress\, LORD;\nI’m afraid of no one! \nVicious thugs can close in like sharks\,\nready to eat me alive;\nbut savage violence is no match for you;\nthey’ll fall flat on their faces. \nThey could give my name to a death squad\nand I’d still be at peace;\ntheir armies could lay siege to my house\,\nbut I’d still feel safe with you. \nOnly one thing I ask of you\, LORD\,\nthe one thing that really matters:\nlet me live out the whole of my life\nright here in your presence;\nlet me lose myself in your beauty\,\nand abandon myself to prayer. \nLet me hide here in safety with you\,\nwhen trouble gets too much;\nYou are as secure as a bomb shelter\,\na protected place to rest and recover. \nYou have lifted me beyond the reach\nof those who wanted to tear me down\,\nso I am here to express my thanks\,\nto offer you whatever I can give;\nto sing your praises till I raise the roof\,\nto put on a concert in your honour. \nDon’t ever stop being generous\, LORD;\nhear me and answer me when I call for help! \nMy heart tells me to search for you.\nPlease don’t stay hidden from me.\nMy desire is to know you\, face to face. \nDon’t slam the door on me in anger;\nHelp me again and I’ll go on serving you.\nDon’t give up on me now\,\ndon’t turn your back on me;\nYou alone can save me\, God! \nEven if my own parents kicked me out\,\nyou’d still be there for me\, LORD. \nGive me clear directions\, LORD;\nkeep me on the right track\nso I don’t stumble into the path of my enemies. \nDon’t let them get their claws into me.\nWith every breath they fill the air\nwith false allegations and violent threats. \nI know I can rely on you\, LORD\,\nI’ll see your goodness win out\nand live to tell about it. \nI wait patiently for you\, LORD;\nI’ll hang in there and keep my chin up;\nI’ll sit tight\, and trust in you! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Philippians 3:17 - 4:1			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	My friends\, follow my lead. Keep your eyes on those who are on the same track as us and are living out what we’ve taught you. There are plenty of people who push a different line. I know you’ve often heard me going on about this\, but you can tell by the way they live that they are dead-set against Christ — against the idea that the way of the cross might be God’s way. It brings tears to my eyes every time I bring this up\, but it has to be said. These people are living on borrowed time — racing headlong towards their own destruction. They boast about the depths of degradation they have wallowed in. If their stomach rumbles they drop everything to do its bidding\, as though it were a god. They never give a thought to anything beyond the mundane concerns their own little world. Our allegiance is to a quite different world — heaven itself — a world that will come to rescue and rule this world in the person of Jesus Christ. We are eagerly looking forward to his arrival\, because he has the power to bring absolutely everything back under control. We can hardly wait for him to use that power on us because when he does\, our human desires\, which have so often let us down\, will be brought up to the standard of his own. So hang in there\, friends. I love you greatly. You always make me so happy and proud\, and I can’t wait to see you again. Whatever you do\, dig your heels in and don’t let anyone pull you off God’s track. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 13: 31-35			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Some members of the Pharisee party came to Jesus and said\, “Clear off. Don’t show your face around here again or you’ll be killed. Herod wants your blood.” \nJesus replied\, “You can go and give that vicious dog this message from me: ‘Whether you like it or not\, I’m going to keep on booting out the demonic forces and healing the sick – today\, tomorrow and the third day\, until I’m finished.’ \n“I’ve got nothing to fear from Herod around here. Since when did prophets ever get killed any place other than Jerusalem? And that’s where I’m headed over the next three days. \n“Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\,\nyou shoot the messenger every time.\nYour streets are awash with blood\,\nthe blood of the prophets sent to warn you!\nSo often I have been filled with longing for you;\nyearning to gather your children into safety.\nLike a mother swan gathering her brood under her wing\,\nI have offered to protect you\,\nbut you refused my care!\nSo now the nest will be deserted.\nThere will be nothing left for you.\nYou won’t be seeing me again until the day when you shout\,\n‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 9:28-36 (alternative gospel if the last Sunday before Lent was not observed as Transfiguration)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus had spoken to his followers for the first time about his impending death in Jerusalem and the fact that following him meant putting their lives on the line. About a week later\, he took Peter\, John and James and went up to the top of a mountain to pray. As he was praying\, a visible change came over his face and his clothing became so white it was dazzling. Suddenly two more men could be seen in deep conversation with Jesus. They were Moses and Elijah\, and the glory of heaven could be seen in them. They spoke with Jesus about how he was about to escape to freedom through the waters of death in Jerusalem. \nPeter and his mates nearly missed all this because\, although they had come to pray too\, they were falling asleep. However\, they roused themselves in time to see Jesus in all his glory standing with the two men. As the two were finishing up with Jesus\, Peter – shooting his mouth off without thinking – said\, “Boss\, this is fantastic! What a moment! How about we knock up three huts\, so that you\, Moses and Elijah can all stay here longer.” \nEven before he finished getting the words out\, an awesome cloud engulfed them all and they were quaking in their boots. Deep within the cloud\, a voice boomed forth: “This is my Son\, my Chosen One. Listen to him!” \nWhen the voice finished\, everything suddenly looked normal again\, and Peter\, James and John saw no one there but Jesus. They were dumbfounded by what they had seen and in the coming days they didn’t breathe a word about it to anyone. \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 you gather us safely under your wings\nand we have nothing to fear. \nYou created the earth and sky\nas a home where we can worship you and enjoy your beauty.\nYou made a lasting covenant with Abraham\nand with all who trust your promises. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, wept over the sins of your people\nand their failure to put their trust in you\,\nand even when his enemies were breathing violence.\nhe continued to cast out demons and heal the sick.\nLike many faithful prophets before him\,\nhe was killed in Jerusalem\,\nbut you raised him to resurrection life.\nNow he makes us citizens of heaven\,\nand we eagerly await his coming as Saviour and Lord\,\nfor then he will conform our bodies to his own glory\nand fulfil all things under his rule. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2001 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 thank you for your Son\, Jesus Christ\,\nwho weeps over the sins of your peoples\nand will come as Saviour and Lord\,\nto gathers us in safety under your mothering wings\nand make us citizens of heaven. \n©2001 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 you gather us safely under your wings\nand we have nothing to fear. \nYou created the earth and sky\nas a home where we can worship you and enjoy your beauty.\nYou made a lasting covenant with Abraham\nand with all who trust your promises. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, wept over the sins of your people\nand their failure to put their trust in you\,\nand even when his enemies were breathing violence.\nhe continued to cast out demons and heal the sick.\nLike many faithful prophets before him\,\nhe was killed in Jerusalem\,\nbut you raised him to resurrection life.\nNow he makes us citizens of heaven\,\nand we eagerly await his coming as Saviour and Lord\,\nfor then he will conform our bodies to his own glory\nand fulfil all things under his rule.\n\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©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Even if all others reject you\,\nGod will not shut you out in anger or abandon you.\nTrust in the Lord\, and it will be credited as righteousness.\nGod will save you - body\, mind and spirit\,\nand enfold you in the wings of mercy. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, trusting in God’s promises.\nSeek the presence of the Lord\nand abandon yourself to prayer.\nFollow those who are faithful to God\,\nstand firm against evil and seek healing for all. \nAnd may God be your saving light and fortress;\nMay Christ Jesus gather you into the safe wings of mercy;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit make you citizens of heaven. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 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\n‘O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem’A sermon on Luke 13:31-35 by Colin Hunter\n\n\n\nAn Oath of AllegianceA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 & Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nOf Foxes and Fowls and Tae KwondoA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nFoxes\, Chooks and the Path of TearsA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 & Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWhen Terror StalksA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 & Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWhat do we do with Shiny Shiny Jesus?A sermon on Luke 9.28-36 by Katecia Taylor
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday in Lent - Year C
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				  Genesis 15: 1-12\, 17-18			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to Abram in a vision\, saying\, “Abram\, don’t you worry about a thing. I am your armour-plated protection and you will be greatly rewarded for your loyalty to me.” \nBut Abram said\, “Thank you\, Lord GOD\, but the only thing I really want is the one thing you’ve never given me: children. I have longed for children of my own but you have not given me any. When I die\, there will be no one to carry on my family name\, and since the only person born in my house is Eliezer\, my Turkish servant; he will inherit everything I own. \nBut the LORD spoke to Abram again\, saying\, “Eliezer will not be your heir. You will be able to pass on your property to a child of your own.” \nThe LORD took Abram outside and said\, “Look at the night sky\, Abram. See if you can count how many stars there are. You can’t\, can you? Well\, your descendants will be as uncountable as the stars in the night sky.” \nAbram took the LORD’s word on trust\, and for that the LORD regarded him as a good man. \nThe LORD spoke to Abram further\, saying\, “It was me who brought you safely here when you emigrated from the Chaldean land of Ur. It was me who gave you this land.” \nBut Abram said\, “Lord GOD\, how can I know for sure that this land is mine to keep?” \nThe LORD replied\, “Okay\, I’ll go through the ritual of a binding promise. On pain of death\, you will have my word. You go and set up what is customary for the ceremony.” \nSo the next morning\, Abram slaughtered three animals: a heifer\, a ram\, and a female goat — each three years old. He cut them in half and laid the halves opposite each other in two lines. He also killed a turtledove and a pigeon and laid one in each line. For the rest of the day\, while he waited for the ceremony to commence\, he was kept busy protecting the carcasses from the birds of prey. \nWhen the sun went down\, Abram was surrounded by a dense and awesome darkness\, and he fell into a deep sleep. When the last glow was gone from the sky and everything was pitch black\, the presence of the LORD appeared as a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch\, and passed between the pieces of animal carcass. That completed the ritual\, and in that way\, the LORD made a binding promise to Abram\, saying\, “You have my word that I will give this land to your descendants\, all the way from the Egyptian border to the great Euphrates river.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 27			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Your light leads me to safety\, LORD;\nI’ve got nothing to fear.\nYou shelter me like a fortress\, LORD;\nI’m afraid of no one! \nVicious thugs can close in like sharks\,\nready to eat me alive;\nbut savage violence is no match for you;\nthey’ll fall flat on their faces. \nThey could give my name to a death squad\nand I’d still be at peace;\ntheir armies could lay siege to my house\,\nbut I’d still feel safe with you. \nOnly one thing I ask of you\, LORD\,\nthe one thing that really matters:\nlet me live out the whole of my life\nright here in your presence;\nlet me lose myself in your beauty\,\nand abandon myself to prayer. \nLet me hide here in safety with you\,\nwhen trouble gets too much;\nYou are as secure as a bomb shelter\,\na protected place to rest and recover. \nYou have lifted me beyond the reach\nof those who wanted to tear me down\,\nso I am here to express my thanks\,\nto offer you whatever I can give;\nto sing your praises till I raise the roof\,\nto put on a concert in your honour. \nDon’t ever stop being generous\, LORD;\nhear me and answer me when I call for help! \nMy heart tells me to search for you.\nPlease don’t stay hidden from me.\nMy desire is to know you\, face to face. \nDon’t slam the door on me in anger;\nHelp me again and I’ll go on serving you.\nDon’t give up on me now\,\ndon’t turn your back on me;\nYou alone can save me\, God! \nEven if my own parents kicked me out\,\nyou’d still be there for me\, LORD. \nGive me clear directions\, LORD;\nkeep me on the right track\nso I don’t stumble into the path of my enemies. \nDon’t let them get their claws into me.\nWith every breath they fill the air\nwith false allegations and violent threats. \nI know I can rely on you\, LORD\,\nI’ll see your goodness win out\nand live to tell about it. \nI wait patiently for you\, LORD;\nI’ll hang in there and keep my chin up;\nI’ll sit tight\, and trust in you! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Philippians 3:17 - 4:1			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	My friends\, follow my lead. Keep your eyes on those who are on the same track as us and are living out what we’ve taught you. There are plenty of people who push a different line. I know you’ve often heard me going on about this\, but you can tell by the way they live that they are dead-set against Christ — against the idea that the way of the cross might be God’s way. It brings tears to my eyes every time I bring this up\, but it has to be said. These people are living on borrowed time — racing headlong towards their own destruction. They boast about the depths of degradation they have wallowed in. If their stomach rumbles they drop everything to do its bidding\, as though it were a god. They never give a thought to anything beyond the mundane concerns their own little world. Our allegiance is to a quite different world — heaven itself — a world that will come to rescue and rule this world in the person of Jesus Christ. We are eagerly looking forward to his arrival\, because he has the power to bring absolutely everything back under control. We can hardly wait for him to use that power on us because when he does\, our human desires\, which have so often let us down\, will be brought up to the standard of his own. So hang in there\, friends. I love you greatly. You always make me so happy and proud\, and I can’t wait to see you again. Whatever you do\, dig your heels in and don’t let anyone pull you off God’s track. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 13: 31-35			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Some members of the Pharisee party came to Jesus and said\, “Clear off. Don’t show your face around here again or you’ll be killed. Herod wants your blood.” \nJesus replied\, “You can go and give that vicious dog this message from me: ‘Whether you like it or not\, I’m going to keep on booting out the demonic forces and healing the sick – today\, tomorrow and the third day\, until I’m finished.’ \n“I’ve got nothing to fear from Herod around here. Since when did prophets ever get killed any place other than Jerusalem? And that’s where I’m headed over the next three days. \n“Jerusalem\, Jerusalem\,\nyou shoot the messenger every time.\nYour streets are awash with blood\,\nthe blood of the prophets sent to warn you!\nSo often I have been filled with longing for you;\nyearning to gather your children into safety.\nLike a mother swan gathering her brood under her wing\,\nI have offered to protect you\,\nbut you refused my care!\nSo now the nest will be deserted.\nThere will be nothing left for you.\nYou won’t be seeing me again until the day when you shout\,\n‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 9:28-36 (alternative gospel if the last Sunday before Lent was not observed as Transfiguration)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus had spoken to his followers for the first time about his impending death in Jerusalem and the fact that following him meant putting their lives on the line. About a week later\, he took Peter\, John and James and went up to the top of a mountain to pray. As he was praying\, a visible change came over his face and his clothing became so white it was dazzling. Suddenly two more men could be seen in deep conversation with Jesus. They were Moses and Elijah\, and the glory of heaven could be seen in them. They spoke with Jesus about how he was about to escape to freedom through the waters of death in Jerusalem. \nPeter and his mates nearly missed all this because\, although they had come to pray too\, they were falling asleep. However\, they roused themselves in time to see Jesus in all his glory standing with the two men. As the two were finishing up with Jesus\, Peter – shooting his mouth off without thinking – said\, “Boss\, this is fantastic! What a moment! How about we knock up three huts\, so that you\, Moses and Elijah can all stay here longer.” \nEven before he finished getting the words out\, an awesome cloud engulfed them all and they were quaking in their boots. Deep within the cloud\, a voice boomed forth: “This is my Son\, my Chosen One. Listen to him!” \nWhen the voice finished\, everything suddenly looked normal again\, and Peter\, James and John saw no one there but Jesus. They were dumbfounded by what they had seen and in the coming days they didn’t breathe a word about it to anyone. \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 you gather us safely under your wings\nand we have nothing to fear. \nYou created the earth and sky\nas a home where we can worship you and enjoy your beauty.\nYou made a lasting covenant with Abraham\nand with all who trust your promises. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, wept over the sins of your people\nand their failure to put their trust in you\,\nand even when his enemies were breathing violence.\nhe continued to cast out demons and heal the sick.\nLike many faithful prophets before him\,\nhe was killed in Jerusalem\,\nbut you raised him to resurrection life.\nNow he makes us citizens of heaven\,\nand we eagerly await his coming as Saviour and Lord\,\nfor then he will conform our bodies to his own glory\nand fulfil all things under his rule. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2001 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 thank you for your Son\, Jesus Christ\,\nwho weeps over the sins of your peoples\nand will come as Saviour and Lord\,\nto gathers us in safety under your mothering wings\nand make us citizens of heaven. \n©2001 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 you gather us safely under your wings\nand we have nothing to fear. \nYou created the earth and sky\nas a home where we can worship you and enjoy your beauty.\nYou made a lasting covenant with Abraham\nand with all who trust your promises. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, wept over the sins of your people\nand their failure to put their trust in you\,\nand even when his enemies were breathing violence.\nhe continued to cast out demons and heal the sick.\nLike many faithful prophets before him\,\nhe was killed in Jerusalem\,\nbut you raised him to resurrection life.\nNow he makes us citizens of heaven\,\nand we eagerly await his coming as Saviour and Lord\,\nfor then he will conform our bodies to his own glory\nand fulfil all things under his rule.\n\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©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Even if all others reject you\,\nGod will not shut you out in anger or abandon you.\nTrust in the Lord\, and it will be credited as righteousness.\nGod will save you - body\, mind and spirit\,\nand enfold you in the wings of mercy. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now\, trusting in God’s promises.\nSeek the presence of the Lord\nand abandon yourself to prayer.\nFollow those who are faithful to God\,\nstand firm against evil and seek healing for all. \nAnd may God be your saving light and fortress;\nMay Christ Jesus gather you into the safe wings of mercy;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit make you citizens of heaven. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 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\n‘O Jerusalem\, Jerusalem’A sermon on Luke 13:31-35 by Colin Hunter\n\n\n\nAn Oath of AllegianceA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 & Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nOf Foxes and Fowls and Tae KwondoA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nFoxes\, Chooks and the Path of TearsA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 & Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWhen Terror StalksA sermon on Luke 13:31-35 & Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWhat do we do with Shiny Shiny Jesus?A sermon on Luke 9.28-36 by Katecia Taylor
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