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SUMMARY:Proper 16 - 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				  Jeremiah 1: 4-10			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to me saying: \n“Jeremiah\, I am the God who created you;\nI knew you before your parents thought of you.\nBefore you were born I chose you for myself\,\nI picked you out to speak to the nations on my behalf.” \nI replied\, “LORD God\, you’re making a big mistake! I am a lousy public speaker and I’m too young for anybody to take me seriously.” \nBut the LORD said to me\, \n“Don’t put yourself down because of your age.\nJust go to whoever I send you to\,\nand say whatever I tell you to say. \nDon’t let yourself feel intimidated by anyone\,\nbecause I’ll be there to back you up.\nYou’ll be okay; take my word for it.” \nThen the LORD reached out and touched my mouth\, saying to me\, \n“With my own hand I am putting my words into your mouth.\nHere and now I am appointing you to the job.\nI give you the authority to speak to the nations for me;\nto speak words that will wreak havoc\,\nwords that will crush and demolish and devastate\,\nand words that will heal and rebuild and give life.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 71: 1-6			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I run to you for protection\, LORD\,\nplease don’t ever let me down. \nYou always do the right thing\,\nso please be there for me when I need you.\nHear me when I call for help\nand step in quickly to bail me out. \nKeep me safe when I need somewhere to hide.\nYou are like a mountain hideaway to me;\nlike a bunker than nothing can blast open. \nIf I fall into hostile hands\,\nbe my God and rescue me;\nDon’t let the callous and cruel\nget their claws into me. \nYou are my only hope\,\nthe only one I can depend on\, LORD;\nI’ve trusted you since I was a kid. \nI’ve leaned on you for support\nsince the day I was born.\nYou were the midwife who delivered me from my mother’s womb\,\nthe safe hands who pulled me gasping into life.\nI’ll never stop thanking you for that! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Hebrews 12: 18-29			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The place where you have arrived is not like Mount Sinai was when your ancestors arrived there — rumbling like thunder and spewing fire and thick darkness. On arrival they heard a trumpet blast from the mountain and then the sound of a voice so terrifying that they begged for it to stop. The little they did hear was bad enough — that if even an animal was to touch the mountain it must die. What they witnessed was so terrifying that even Moses admitted that he was reduced to jelly. \nYou have arrived at Mount Zion\, heaven’s own Jerusalem\, and it is completely different. This is the city where God lives\, and it is populated by angels — too many to count — and by the whole assembly of God’s beloved children who are signed-up in heaven. All of them\, angels and people\, are gathered there to celebrate God\, and you have arrived to join them\, for it is here that all those who committed themselves to doing right are finally made complete in love and integrity. God is here and\, here\, what God says goes. Jesus is here too\, putting in place the new alliance between us and God. The memory of how Jesus was killed is strong here\, but it is remembered most for what he achieved in the process rather than just as tragedy like Abel’s death. \nSo\, now that you’re here\, make sure you don’t reject what God is saying to you. If our ancestors couldn’t get away with rejecting what God told them to do at Mount Sinai\, then what chance would we have if we turn a deaf ear to God on arrival in heaven? Back then\, God’s voice shook the earth to its foundations\, but what’s coming will be even more awesome. God’s promise is clear: “One final time I will shake up both earth and heaven.” When God says\, “One final time”\, it is clear that this final shaking will get rid of everything that has no lasting value and leave behind only those things that will last forever. \nSo we are being given a homeland where God reigns — a homeland that will stand rock-solid when everything else is shaken. No wonder we are so grateful. We simply overflow with thanks and fall to our knees before God\, overcome with awe. This is our worship\, for we offer ourselves into the consuming fire of love that is God. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 13: 10-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One Sabbath day\, Jesus was teaching in a synagogue. There was a woman in the congregation there who had been afflicted for eighteen years by a crippling and untreatable condition. It twisted her body and kept her bent over all the time. When Jesus saw her\, he called her over and said\, “Woman\, you are now set free from what has crippled you.” \nHe placed his hands on her and\, right then and there\, she straightened up to her full height and burst into a song of praise to God. The president of the synagogue\, though\, was spitting chips\, because the day on which Jesus had carried out this work of healing was the Sabbath rest day. Desperate to get the crowd back on side\, he kept saying\, “God has given us six days a week for work to be done\, so you have plenty of opportunity to come and be healed. There is no need to break the Sabbath for it.” \nBut the Lord took him on over this\, saying\, “You two-faced frauds! Don’t tell me that each of you doesn’t unchain your dog on the Sabbath just as you do every other day\, so that it can stretch it’s legs and get a drink. This woman is a daughter of Abraham who the satan has kept chained up for eighteen years. So doesn’t it seem all the more fitting that it be on the Sabbath day that she be freed from her chains?” \nHis words left his critics with egg all over their faces. To the rest of the congregation though\, his actions were cause for wonder and celebration. \n©2001 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				  Isaiah 58: 9b-14			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD says: \n“If you abandon all forms of exploitation\,\nand avoid bad-mouthing others to gain an edge;\nif you share what you have with those in need\,\nand respond to the real needs of suffering communities;\nthen you’ll find that the world will light up for you\nand life will be one beautiful day after another. \n“I\, the LORD\, will always be there to guide you;\neven in the grip of drought\,\nI’ll keep you healthy and well fed.\nYou’ll be like an irrigated vineyard with its own deep bore\,\ngreen and lush and full of life! \n“Your ruined houses will be renovated and new;\nyou’ll be able to restore the homes\nthat have been in your families for generations.\nYou’ll get a reputation for making dreams possible\,\nfor enabling everyone to find a good place to live. \n“If you stop making a mockery of the sabbath\nby using the holy day to push your own agendas;\nif you bring your words and your actions\ninto line with one another\nby bringing the life you live during the week\ninto line with the worship you offer on that day;\nthen I will be close to you and be your delight\,\nand you will be highly regarded all over the earth.\nThe land I gave to your ancestors\nwill continue to bring forth life\nfor you and your children. \n“I\, the LORD\, have spoken.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 103: 1-8			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	With all our hearts\, we praise you\, LORD\,\nfrom the depths of our being\nwe name you as our one and only. \nWith all that we are we sings your praises\, LORD;\nhow could we ever forget all you have done for us? \nWhen we do wrong\, you forgive us;\nwhen we are sick\, you make us well;\nwhen our lives fall apart\, you put us back together. \nWith love and mercy\, you treat us like royalty;\nyou shower us with good things all our lives;\nyou makes us feel as young and free as an eagle. \nYou are there for those who are victimised\, LORD;\nyou clear their names and bring them justice. \nThrough Moses\, you let us know what you are on about;\nthrough Israel\, you let us see what you can do. \nYour mercy and generosity are extravagant\, LORD;\nyour patience and love are as solid as rock. \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 are our rock and haven;\nthe tower of strength to whom we can always turn. \nYou created the heavens and earth\,\nand the sound of your voice shakes all things.\nYou put your words in the mouths of the prophets\nto destroy wickedness and overthrow the ruthless\,\nand to build justice and plant righteousness. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, came among us\nwith words of freedom\, hope and healing\nwhich so scandalised the powerful that they crucified him\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand appointed him as the mediator of a new covenant.\nBefore we were formed in the womb\, you knew us\nand now you are bringing us into your holy city\nwith the angels and saints and the faithful of every age\nto rejoice together at the wonderful things you are doing. \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 your for your words of freedom\, hope and healing\nby which you are bringing us into your holy city\nwith the angels and saints and the faithful of every age\nto rejoice together at the wonderful things you are doing. \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 are our rock and haven;\nthe tower of strength to whom we can always turn. \nYou created the heavens and earth\,\nand the sound of your voice shakes all things.\nYou put your words in the mouths of the prophets\nto destroy wickedness and overthrow the ruthless\,\nand to build justice and plant righteousness. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, came among us\nwith words of freedom\, hope and healing\nwhich so scandalised the powerful that they crucified him\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand appointed him as the mediator of a new covenant.\nBefore we were formed in the womb\, you knew us\nand now you are bringing us into your holy city\nwith the angels and saints and the faithful of every age\nto rejoice together at the wonderful things you are doing. \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	The Lord is our hope from the moment of birth.\nJesus Christ\, the mediator of the new covenant\,\nis pleased to free us from all that has bound us. \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 to speak the words God gives you\nto all those to whom God sends you.\nOffer your worship to God\nwith thanksgiving\nand with works of freedom and mercy. \nAnd may God be your shelter to keep you safe;\nMay Christ Jesus set you free from all that cripples you;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit be with you to deliver you\nand to make you perfect with all God’s faithful ones. \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\nEmbracing the SacredA sermon on Luke 13:10-17 & Jeremiah 1: 4-10 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nTo Free or Not to FreeA sermon on Luke 13:10-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nPut To ShameA sermon on Luke 13:10-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n“Love is more demanding than the Law”A sermon on Luke 13:10-17 by John Fowler\n\n\n\nA True Call in Dark TimesA sermon on  Jeremiah 1: 4-10 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:Proper 16 - 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				  Jeremiah 1: 4-10			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to me saying: \n“Jeremiah\, I am the God who created you;\nI knew you before your parents thought of you.\nBefore you were born I chose you for myself\,\nI picked you out to speak to the nations on my behalf.” \nI replied\, “LORD God\, you’re making a big mistake! I am a lousy public speaker and I’m too young for anybody to take me seriously.” \nBut the LORD said to me\, \n“Don’t put yourself down because of your age.\nJust go to whoever I send you to\,\nand say whatever I tell you to say. \nDon’t let yourself feel intimidated by anyone\,\nbecause I’ll be there to back you up.\nYou’ll be okay; take my word for it.” \nThen the LORD reached out and touched my mouth\, saying to me\, \n“With my own hand I am putting my words into your mouth.\nHere and now I am appointing you to the job.\nI give you the authority to speak to the nations for me;\nto speak words that will wreak havoc\,\nwords that will crush and demolish and devastate\,\nand words that will heal and rebuild and give life.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 71: 1-6			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I run to you for protection\, LORD\,\nplease don’t ever let me down. \nYou always do the right thing\,\nso please be there for me when I need you.\nHear me when I call for help\nand step in quickly to bail me out. \nKeep me safe when I need somewhere to hide.\nYou are like a mountain hideaway to me;\nlike a bunker than nothing can blast open. \nIf I fall into hostile hands\,\nbe my God and rescue me;\nDon’t let the callous and cruel\nget their claws into me. \nYou are my only hope\,\nthe only one I can depend on\, LORD;\nI’ve trusted you since I was a kid. \nI’ve leaned on you for support\nsince the day I was born.\nYou were the midwife who delivered me from my mother’s womb\,\nthe safe hands who pulled me gasping into life.\nI’ll never stop thanking you for that! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Hebrews 12: 18-29			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The place where you have arrived is not like Mount Sinai was when your ancestors arrived there — rumbling like thunder and spewing fire and thick darkness. On arrival they heard a trumpet blast from the mountain and then the sound of a voice so terrifying that they begged for it to stop. The little they did hear was bad enough — that if even an animal was to touch the mountain it must die. What they witnessed was so terrifying that even Moses admitted that he was reduced to jelly. \nYou have arrived at Mount Zion\, heaven’s own Jerusalem\, and it is completely different. This is the city where God lives\, and it is populated by angels — too many to count — and by the whole assembly of God’s beloved children who are signed-up in heaven. All of them\, angels and people\, are gathered there to celebrate God\, and you have arrived to join them\, for it is here that all those who committed themselves to doing right are finally made complete in love and integrity. God is here and\, here\, what God says goes. Jesus is here too\, putting in place the new alliance between us and God. The memory of how Jesus was killed is strong here\, but it is remembered most for what he achieved in the process rather than just as tragedy like Abel’s death. \nSo\, now that you’re here\, make sure you don’t reject what God is saying to you. If our ancestors couldn’t get away with rejecting what God told them to do at Mount Sinai\, then what chance would we have if we turn a deaf ear to God on arrival in heaven? Back then\, God’s voice shook the earth to its foundations\, but what’s coming will be even more awesome. God’s promise is clear: “One final time I will shake up both earth and heaven.” When God says\, “One final time”\, it is clear that this final shaking will get rid of everything that has no lasting value and leave behind only those things that will last forever. \nSo we are being given a homeland where God reigns — a homeland that will stand rock-solid when everything else is shaken. No wonder we are so grateful. We simply overflow with thanks and fall to our knees before God\, overcome with awe. This is our worship\, for we offer ourselves into the consuming fire of love that is God. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 13: 10-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One Sabbath day\, Jesus was teaching in a synagogue. There was a woman in the congregation there who had been afflicted for eighteen years by a crippling and untreatable condition. It twisted her body and kept her bent over all the time. When Jesus saw her\, he called her over and said\, “Woman\, you are now set free from what has crippled you.” \nHe placed his hands on her and\, right then and there\, she straightened up to her full height and burst into a song of praise to God. The president of the synagogue\, though\, was spitting chips\, because the day on which Jesus had carried out this work of healing was the Sabbath rest day. Desperate to get the crowd back on side\, he kept saying\, “God has given us six days a week for work to be done\, so you have plenty of opportunity to come and be healed. There is no need to break the Sabbath for it.” \nBut the Lord took him on over this\, saying\, “You two-faced frauds! Don’t tell me that each of you doesn’t unchain your dog on the Sabbath just as you do every other day\, so that it can stretch it’s legs and get a drink. This woman is a daughter of Abraham who the satan has kept chained up for eighteen years. So doesn’t it seem all the more fitting that it be on the Sabbath day that she be freed from her chains?” \nHis words left his critics with egg all over their faces. To the rest of the congregation though\, his actions were cause for wonder and celebration. \n©2001 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				  Isaiah 58: 9b-14			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD says: \n“If you abandon all forms of exploitation\,\nand avoid bad-mouthing others to gain an edge;\nif you share what you have with those in need\,\nand respond to the real needs of suffering communities;\nthen you’ll find that the world will light up for you\nand life will be one beautiful day after another. \n“I\, the LORD\, will always be there to guide you;\neven in the grip of drought\,\nI’ll keep you healthy and well fed.\nYou’ll be like an irrigated vineyard with its own deep bore\,\ngreen and lush and full of life! \n“Your ruined houses will be renovated and new;\nyou’ll be able to restore the homes\nthat have been in your families for generations.\nYou’ll get a reputation for making dreams possible\,\nfor enabling everyone to find a good place to live. \n“If you stop making a mockery of the sabbath\nby using the holy day to push your own agendas;\nif you bring your words and your actions\ninto line with one another\nby bringing the life you live during the week\ninto line with the worship you offer on that day;\nthen I will be close to you and be your delight\,\nand you will be highly regarded all over the earth.\nThe land I gave to your ancestors\nwill continue to bring forth life\nfor you and your children. \n“I\, the LORD\, have spoken.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 103: 1-8			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	With all our hearts\, we praise you\, LORD\,\nfrom the depths of our being\nwe name you as our one and only. \nWith all that we are we sings your praises\, LORD;\nhow could we ever forget all you have done for us? \nWhen we do wrong\, you forgive us;\nwhen we are sick\, you make us well;\nwhen our lives fall apart\, you put us back together. \nWith love and mercy\, you treat us like royalty;\nyou shower us with good things all our lives;\nyou makes us feel as young and free as an eagle. \nYou are there for those who are victimised\, LORD;\nyou clear their names and bring them justice. \nThrough Moses\, you let us know what you are on about;\nthrough Israel\, you let us see what you can do. \nYour mercy and generosity are extravagant\, LORD;\nyour patience and love are as solid as rock. \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 are our rock and haven;\nthe tower of strength to whom we can always turn. \nYou created the heavens and earth\,\nand the sound of your voice shakes all things.\nYou put your words in the mouths of the prophets\nto destroy wickedness and overthrow the ruthless\,\nand to build justice and plant righteousness. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, came among us\nwith words of freedom\, hope and healing\nwhich so scandalised the powerful that they crucified him\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand appointed him as the mediator of a new covenant.\nBefore we were formed in the womb\, you knew us\nand now you are bringing us into your holy city\nwith the angels and saints and the faithful of every age\nto rejoice together at the wonderful things you are doing. \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 your for your words of freedom\, hope and healing\nby which you are bringing us into your holy city\nwith the angels and saints and the faithful of every age\nto rejoice together at the wonderful things you are doing. \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 are our rock and haven;\nthe tower of strength to whom we can always turn. \nYou created the heavens and earth\,\nand the sound of your voice shakes all things.\nYou put your words in the mouths of the prophets\nto destroy wickedness and overthrow the ruthless\,\nand to build justice and plant righteousness. \nYour child\, Jesus Christ\, came among us\nwith words of freedom\, hope and healing\nwhich so scandalised the powerful that they crucified him\,\nbut you raised him to new life\nand appointed him as the mediator of a new covenant.\nBefore we were formed in the womb\, you knew us\nand now you are bringing us into your holy city\nwith the angels and saints and the faithful of every age\nto rejoice together at the wonderful things you are doing. \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	The Lord is our hope from the moment of birth.\nJesus Christ\, the mediator of the new covenant\,\nis pleased to free us from all that has bound us. \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 to speak the words God gives you\nto all those to whom God sends you.\nOffer your worship to God\nwith thanksgiving\nand with works of freedom and mercy. \nAnd may God be your shelter to keep you safe;\nMay Christ Jesus set you free from all that cripples you;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit be with you to deliver you\nand to make you perfect with all God’s faithful ones. \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\nEmbracing the SacredA sermon on Luke 13:10-17 & Jeremiah 1: 4-10 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nTo Free or Not to FreeA sermon on Luke 13:10-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nPut To ShameA sermon on Luke 13:10-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n“Love is more demanding than the Law”A sermon on Luke 13:10-17 by John Fowler\n\n\n\nA True Call in Dark TimesA sermon on  Jeremiah 1: 4-10 by Nathan Nettleton
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