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SUMMARY:Proper 27 - 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				  Haggai 1:15b - 2:9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	On the twenty-first day of the seventh month\, during the second year of the reign of Darius as king of Persia\, the LORD sent the prophet Haggai with a message for the remaining people in Judah\, and especially for their governor\, Zerubbabel\, and their high priest\, Joshua. This is what the message said: \nHow many of you can remember what this temple was like when it stood here in all its glory? How does what you see here now compare? Pathetic\, isn’t it? It needn’t stay that way though. \nFire up\, Zerubbabel\, and get to work. \nFire up\, Joshua. You are the high priest. Get to work. \nFire up\, all you people of the land\, and get to work. \nGet to work\, because I\, the LORD who rules over everything\, will be with you\, just as I promised I would be when you escaped from the land of slavery. My life-breath is among you and within you\, so you have nothing to fear. \nI\, the LORD who rules over everything\, promise you this. Very soon I will again shake up the earth and sky\, the oceans and the dry land. I will turn the nations upside down and shake out their treasures so that this temple will be full of splendour. All the world’s silver and all the world’s gold belong to me\, the LORD who rules over everything. This temple is going to end up more spectacular than it ever was. From this place I will enrich all people. I\, the LORD who rules over everything\, have given my word. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 145: 1-5\, 17-21			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We will declare you to be the greatest\, God our king\,\nand put your name up in lights forever. \nEvery day\, without fail\, we will sing your praises\,\nwe will honour your name now and forever. \nYou are wonderful\, LORD; you deserve the highest praise\,\nand your greatness is more than we can comprehend. \nEach generation tells the next what you have done\,\nand speaks with awe about your accomplishments. \nWe will fill our minds with your splendour and glory\,\nand with the stories of your amazing exploits. \nJustice marks everything you do\, LORD\,\nand generous love colours your every deed. \nWhen honest hearts cry out to you\, LORD\,\nyou are right there alongside them. \nYou satisfy the desires of those who respect you;\nyou hear their cries and rescue them from death. \nYou watch out for those who love you\, LORD\,\nand wipe out corruption when it threatens. \nYour praises will be always on our lips\, LORD\,\nand with all who live\,\nwe will single out your name for the highest honour\nforever and ever. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  OR   Psalm 98			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We sing like we’ve never sung before\, LORD\,\nbecause you have done fantastic things.\nWith your sleeves rolled up you got stuck in\nand came out on top. \nYour victory has made the headlines\, LORD\,\nnow the whole world can see that you were right all along. \nYou have never defaulted on your rock-solid love\,\nor your loyalty to your chosen people.\nFrom one end of the earth to the other\,\neveryone has seen your victory. \nWith all the world\, LORD\, we raise a noisy celebration\,\nsinging our lungs out and shouting your praise. \nThe bands strike up in your honour\, LORD\,\nfilling the air with festive music.\nWith a brass fanfare and a dancing beat\nwe loudly celebrate your reign over us. \nThe whole creation joins in the celebration:\nthe ocean and its creatures roar their approval;\nthe land and its animals\, cheer and stomp;\nrivers and lakes give a standing ovation\,\nmountains and hills erupt in applause. \nWe put on the whole show in your presence\, LORD\,\ncelebrating your arrival as you finally bring justice.\nWith you in charge we know things will be put right;\nnow every one on earth will get a fair go. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  2 Thessalonians 2: 1-5\, 13-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Sisters and brothers\, on the subject of the day our Lord Jesus Christ finally comes and we are gathered together to be with him\, let me speak as plainly as I can. Whatever you do\, don’t go getting all jumpy about this. Don’t start flipping out because someone says that the day of the Lord has already been and gone; even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision or heard it from some authority\, or even read it in a letter from us. There are plenty of hoaxes and con-jobs about these things. Don’t fall for them. \nThere are some things that have to happen before that day comes. There will be a great turning against God\, and the appearance of the one who is a law unto himself. He personifies all that is destined for hell. Arrogant and charismatic\, he will set himself up in opposition to all other religions and faiths\, and demand that everyone give their ultimate allegiance and devotion to him alone. He will claim the place of God and promote himself as the supreme being. You remember these things\, don’t you? I explained them all to you when I was still there with you. \nYou are greatly loved by God\, sisters and brothers\, and we can’t stop thanking God for you. From the very beginning\, God chose you and set out to save you. Through our preaching of the message\, God called you and you accepted the truth. Your trust enabled God’s Spirit to begin the reconstruction of your lives that will prepare you to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then\, sisters and brothers\, anchor yourselves firmly to the truth. Hang on tight to the traditions we taught you\, both in person and in our letter. \nNow may Jesus Christ and God who conceived us in love and in extravagant generosity gave us gifts of encouragement and hope which never end\, give you real guts and strength in all you do and say for the cause of good. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 20: 27-38			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The Saducees were a religious group whose teachings denied the belief that God will raise the dead to life. Some of their members approached Jesus with a question: \n“Teacher\, Moses left instructions about the family responsibilities of a man whose brother dies leaving a wife but no children. The man is to marry his brother’s widow and their first child will be counted as the offspring of his brother. Now give us your opinion about this case. The first of seven brothers married a woman\, but he died childless. The second brother fulfilled his responsibility to marry her\, but he also died childless. The same thing kept happening until all seven brothers were dead and still there was no child. Finally\, the woman also died. Now you say that the dead will be raised to life. If so\, whose wife will she be then since all seven had been married to her?” \nJesus answered their question\, saying: \n“Here and now\, people make a big deal about pairing up and starting families. But for those who are accepted into the life that lies beyond death\, such things will be superfluous. They will no more start families again than die again\, because they will be gathered into the great family of God and have no need of anything more. And if you really want to know whether the dead are raised to life\, you can take the word of Moses for it. In his account of the burning bush\, he addressed the Lord as the God of Abraham\, the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob. Obviously he does not mean that God is the God of corpses. Moses knew that to God\, all of them were alive\, for God is the God of the living.” \n©2004 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				  Job 19: 23-27a			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If only my words of protest could outlive me! \nIf only they could be published somewhere;\nengraved on a plaque in a public place\,\nor chiselled in giant letters on the rock! \nI know that I have a guardian somewhere\nwho will stand up for me in the end and prove my innocence;\nalbeit when I’m rotting in my grave. \nBut I would see God now\, before I die.\nI would look God in the eye myself\,\nrather than have another stand on my behalf. \nI knot up inside just thinking about it! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 17: 1-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Give me a fair hearing\, LORD;\npay attention to my plea.\nListen to what I have to say\,\nfor I speak without a word of a lie. \nI want you to be the one who declares me innocent\,\nfor you always see things as they really are. \nPut me under the microscope and see what I’m made of;\nmake a snap inspection anytime\, day or night.\nCross examine me as thoroughly as you wish;\nthere are no skeletons in my closet;\nI’ve got nothing to hide\nand no tracks to cover. \nI don’t just conform to what others do\, LORD;\nI take my cues from what you’ve said.\nI have avoided straying down the path of violence\,\nand kept my feet firmly on the tracks you’ve shown. \nI am calling to you\, God\,\nbecause I know you will help.\nTune in to what I have to say\nand hear me out. \nPut your rock-solid love on display for all to see.\nYou are the one who rescues and shelters\nthose who seek asylum from violent persecution. \nTreasure me and keep me safe;\ntuck me safely under your wings;\nhide me from those who are out to get me\,\nfrom the predators who hunt me down. \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 chose us as the first fruits for salvation\nto share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. \nIn the first of your wonderful deeds\nyou created the heavens and earth\, sea and land\,\nand every age proclaims your love and justice.\nWhen your people faced ruin and discouragement\,\nyour prophets spoke your word of promise\nand the splendour of your worship was revived. \nThrough your Son and our Lord\, Jesus Christ\,\nyour good news was proclaimed\nand we were called from death to life.\nWhen he was killed by those who oppose you\,\nyou raised him to new life and through him\,\nyou are making us children of the resurrection\nand sanctifying us by your Spirit\nso that when he comes again\nwe might all be gathered together to him\,\nnever to die again. \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 choosing us in Jesus Christ\nas the first fruits for salvation\,\nmaking us children of the resurrection\nso that we might all be gathered together to him\,\nnever to die again. \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 chose us as the first fruits for salvation\nto share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. \nIn the first of your wonderful deeds\nyou created the heavens and earth\, sea and land\,\nand every age proclaims your love and justice.\nWhen your people faced ruin and discouragement\,\nyour prophets spoke your word of promise\nand the splendour of your worship was revived. \nThrough your Son and our Lord\, Jesus Christ\,\nyour good news was proclaimed\nand we were called from death to life.\nWhen he was killed by those who oppose you\,\nyou raised him to new life and through him\,\nyou are making us children of the resurrection\nand sanctifying us by your Spirit\nso that when he comes again\nwe might all be gathered together to him\,\nnever to die again. \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 near to all who call\,\nall who cry out from their hearts.\nGod hears their cry and saves them. \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 with courage\, for God is with you.\nDo not let anyone deceive you\nbut hold fast to the traditions of the Apostles\nand put your trust in the God of the living. \nAnd may our Lord Jesus Christ\nand God our Father\, who loved us\nand through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope\,\ncomfort your hearts through the Holy Spirit\nand strengthen them in every good work and word. \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\nReclaiming DoubtA sermon on Luke 20:27-38\, 45-47 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nCourage for the discouragedA sermon on Haggai 1:15b – 2:9 & 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5\, 13-17 by Andrew Woff\n\n\n\nNot of the DeadA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nCompost\, First Fruits\, and the Whole HarvestA sermon on Haggai 1:15b – 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 & Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nOff the Scale AlivenessA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nAncient Marriage and Modern QuestionsA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n‘Being like angels’: Glimpsing the life of the resurrectionA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Lina Toth
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SUMMARY:Proper 27 - 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				  Haggai 1:15b - 2:9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	On the twenty-first day of the seventh month\, during the second year of the reign of Darius as king of Persia\, the LORD sent the prophet Haggai with a message for the remaining people in Judah\, and especially for their governor\, Zerubbabel\, and their high priest\, Joshua. This is what the message said: \nHow many of you can remember what this temple was like when it stood here in all its glory? How does what you see here now compare? Pathetic\, isn’t it? It needn’t stay that way though. \nFire up\, Zerubbabel\, and get to work. \nFire up\, Joshua. You are the high priest. Get to work. \nFire up\, all you people of the land\, and get to work. \nGet to work\, because I\, the LORD who rules over everything\, will be with you\, just as I promised I would be when you escaped from the land of slavery. My life-breath is among you and within you\, so you have nothing to fear. \nI\, the LORD who rules over everything\, promise you this. Very soon I will again shake up the earth and sky\, the oceans and the dry land. I will turn the nations upside down and shake out their treasures so that this temple will be full of splendour. All the world’s silver and all the world’s gold belong to me\, the LORD who rules over everything. This temple is going to end up more spectacular than it ever was. From this place I will enrich all people. I\, the LORD who rules over everything\, have given my word. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 145: 1-5\, 17-21			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We will declare you to be the greatest\, God our king\,\nand put your name up in lights forever. \nEvery day\, without fail\, we will sing your praises\,\nwe will honour your name now and forever. \nYou are wonderful\, LORD; you deserve the highest praise\,\nand your greatness is more than we can comprehend. \nEach generation tells the next what you have done\,\nand speaks with awe about your accomplishments. \nWe will fill our minds with your splendour and glory\,\nand with the stories of your amazing exploits. \nJustice marks everything you do\, LORD\,\nand generous love colours your every deed. \nWhen honest hearts cry out to you\, LORD\,\nyou are right there alongside them. \nYou satisfy the desires of those who respect you;\nyou hear their cries and rescue them from death. \nYou watch out for those who love you\, LORD\,\nand wipe out corruption when it threatens. \nYour praises will be always on our lips\, LORD\,\nand with all who live\,\nwe will single out your name for the highest honour\nforever and ever. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  OR   Psalm 98			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We sing like we’ve never sung before\, LORD\,\nbecause you have done fantastic things.\nWith your sleeves rolled up you got stuck in\nand came out on top. \nYour victory has made the headlines\, LORD\,\nnow the whole world can see that you were right all along. \nYou have never defaulted on your rock-solid love\,\nor your loyalty to your chosen people.\nFrom one end of the earth to the other\,\neveryone has seen your victory. \nWith all the world\, LORD\, we raise a noisy celebration\,\nsinging our lungs out and shouting your praise. \nThe bands strike up in your honour\, LORD\,\nfilling the air with festive music.\nWith a brass fanfare and a dancing beat\nwe loudly celebrate your reign over us. \nThe whole creation joins in the celebration:\nthe ocean and its creatures roar their approval;\nthe land and its animals\, cheer and stomp;\nrivers and lakes give a standing ovation\,\nmountains and hills erupt in applause. \nWe put on the whole show in your presence\, LORD\,\ncelebrating your arrival as you finally bring justice.\nWith you in charge we know things will be put right;\nnow every one on earth will get a fair go. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  2 Thessalonians 2: 1-5\, 13-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Sisters and brothers\, on the subject of the day our Lord Jesus Christ finally comes and we are gathered together to be with him\, let me speak as plainly as I can. Whatever you do\, don’t go getting all jumpy about this. Don’t start flipping out because someone says that the day of the Lord has already been and gone; even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision or heard it from some authority\, or even read it in a letter from us. There are plenty of hoaxes and con-jobs about these things. Don’t fall for them. \nThere are some things that have to happen before that day comes. There will be a great turning against God\, and the appearance of the one who is a law unto himself. He personifies all that is destined for hell. Arrogant and charismatic\, he will set himself up in opposition to all other religions and faiths\, and demand that everyone give their ultimate allegiance and devotion to him alone. He will claim the place of God and promote himself as the supreme being. You remember these things\, don’t you? I explained them all to you when I was still there with you. \nYou are greatly loved by God\, sisters and brothers\, and we can’t stop thanking God for you. From the very beginning\, God chose you and set out to save you. Through our preaching of the message\, God called you and you accepted the truth. Your trust enabled God’s Spirit to begin the reconstruction of your lives that will prepare you to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then\, sisters and brothers\, anchor yourselves firmly to the truth. Hang on tight to the traditions we taught you\, both in person and in our letter. \nNow may Jesus Christ and God who conceived us in love and in extravagant generosity gave us gifts of encouragement and hope which never end\, give you real guts and strength in all you do and say for the cause of good. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 20: 27-38			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The Saducees were a religious group whose teachings denied the belief that God will raise the dead to life. Some of their members approached Jesus with a question: \n“Teacher\, Moses left instructions about the family responsibilities of a man whose brother dies leaving a wife but no children. The man is to marry his brother’s widow and their first child will be counted as the offspring of his brother. Now give us your opinion about this case. The first of seven brothers married a woman\, but he died childless. The second brother fulfilled his responsibility to marry her\, but he also died childless. The same thing kept happening until all seven brothers were dead and still there was no child. Finally\, the woman also died. Now you say that the dead will be raised to life. If so\, whose wife will she be then since all seven had been married to her?” \nJesus answered their question\, saying: \n“Here and now\, people make a big deal about pairing up and starting families. But for those who are accepted into the life that lies beyond death\, such things will be superfluous. They will no more start families again than die again\, because they will be gathered into the great family of God and have no need of anything more. And if you really want to know whether the dead are raised to life\, you can take the word of Moses for it. In his account of the burning bush\, he addressed the Lord as the God of Abraham\, the God of Isaac\, and the God of Jacob. Obviously he does not mean that God is the God of corpses. Moses knew that to God\, all of them were alive\, for God is the God of the living.” \n©2004 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				  Job 19: 23-27a			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If only my words of protest could outlive me! \nIf only they could be published somewhere;\nengraved on a plaque in a public place\,\nor chiselled in giant letters on the rock! \nI know that I have a guardian somewhere\nwho will stand up for me in the end and prove my innocence;\nalbeit when I’m rotting in my grave. \nBut I would see God now\, before I die.\nI would look God in the eye myself\,\nrather than have another stand on my behalf. \nI knot up inside just thinking about it! \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 17: 1-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Give me a fair hearing\, LORD;\npay attention to my plea.\nListen to what I have to say\,\nfor I speak without a word of a lie. \nI want you to be the one who declares me innocent\,\nfor you always see things as they really are. \nPut me under the microscope and see what I’m made of;\nmake a snap inspection anytime\, day or night.\nCross examine me as thoroughly as you wish;\nthere are no skeletons in my closet;\nI’ve got nothing to hide\nand no tracks to cover. \nI don’t just conform to what others do\, LORD;\nI take my cues from what you’ve said.\nI have avoided straying down the path of violence\,\nand kept my feet firmly on the tracks you’ve shown. \nI am calling to you\, God\,\nbecause I know you will help.\nTune in to what I have to say\nand hear me out. \nPut your rock-solid love on display for all to see.\nYou are the one who rescues and shelters\nthose who seek asylum from violent persecution. \nTreasure me and keep me safe;\ntuck me safely under your wings;\nhide me from those who are out to get me\,\nfrom the predators who hunt me down. \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 chose us as the first fruits for salvation\nto share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. \nIn the first of your wonderful deeds\nyou created the heavens and earth\, sea and land\,\nand every age proclaims your love and justice.\nWhen your people faced ruin and discouragement\,\nyour prophets spoke your word of promise\nand the splendour of your worship was revived. \nThrough your Son and our Lord\, Jesus Christ\,\nyour good news was proclaimed\nand we were called from death to life.\nWhen he was killed by those who oppose you\,\nyou raised him to new life and through him\,\nyou are making us children of the resurrection\nand sanctifying us by your Spirit\nso that when he comes again\nwe might all be gathered together to him\,\nnever to die again. \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 choosing us in Jesus Christ\nas the first fruits for salvation\,\nmaking us children of the resurrection\nso that we might all be gathered together to him\,\nnever to die again. \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 chose us as the first fruits for salvation\nto share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. \nIn the first of your wonderful deeds\nyou created the heavens and earth\, sea and land\,\nand every age proclaims your love and justice.\nWhen your people faced ruin and discouragement\,\nyour prophets spoke your word of promise\nand the splendour of your worship was revived. \nThrough your Son and our Lord\, Jesus Christ\,\nyour good news was proclaimed\nand we were called from death to life.\nWhen he was killed by those who oppose you\,\nyou raised him to new life and through him\,\nyou are making us children of the resurrection\nand sanctifying us by your Spirit\nso that when he comes again\nwe might all be gathered together to him\,\nnever to die again. \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 near to all who call\,\nall who cry out from their hearts.\nGod hears their cry and saves them. \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 with courage\, for God is with you.\nDo not let anyone deceive you\nbut hold fast to the traditions of the Apostles\nand put your trust in the God of the living. \nAnd may our Lord Jesus Christ\nand God our Father\, who loved us\nand through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope\,\ncomfort your hearts through the Holy Spirit\nand strengthen them in every good work and word. \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\nReclaiming DoubtA sermon on Luke 20:27-38\, 45-47 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nCourage for the discouragedA sermon on Haggai 1:15b – 2:9 & 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5\, 13-17 by Andrew Woff\n\n\n\nNot of the DeadA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nCompost\, First Fruits\, and the Whole HarvestA sermon on Haggai 1:15b – 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 & Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nOff the Scale AlivenessA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nAncient Marriage and Modern QuestionsA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\n‘Being like angels’: Glimpsing the life of the resurrectionA sermon on Luke 20:27-38 by Lina Toth
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