Sunday, December 10, 2023

Advent of Peace

10 December 2023

Second Sunday of Advent (Peace)

Mark 1:1-8

Advent of Peace

Additional Scriptures

Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalms 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Doctrine and Covenants 162:7a

Advent Worship Setting

Create an arrangement of five candles as the focus. This can be in a wreath, mixed with greenery, or other decorations as space allows. Traditional colors for the candles are three purple, one pink (Joy), and one white (Christ); or choose your own colors. Each Sunday the previous candles are lit before the service starts, and one additional candle is lit during the lighting of the Advent Candle. The Christ candle is lit on Christmas Day. For a hybrid service, encourage those watching from home to create their own Advent setting.

The Focus Moment involves a narrator, the angel, Gabriel, Mary, and Joseph. This will take a bit of preparation, as Gabriel and Mary will be pantomiming what the narrator is reading. A large, gift-wrapped box, with the lid wrapped separately, will be used.

Outreach International has a free resource for Advent that could be used in place of the Focus Moment at Outreach-International.org/how-to-help/resources/advent-stable.

Prelude

Carols of the Season

“Comfort, Comfort Now My People” CCS 407

“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” CCS 415

Welcome

Call to Worship

Isaiah 40:1-5

Lighting the Advent Candle of Peace

Light the Hope candle from last week before the service starts.

Responsive Reading

In the spectacular and glorious colors of a brilliant sunrise, in the cheerful laughter or memory of a table full of friends or family, in a moment of intuition that turns on the light of discernment and leads us toward wisdom, we find the peace that passes all understanding. But there are things we need to think about, ideas we need to comprehend. May we be attuned to hear the stories of those who stumble and struggle to find peace.

Peace is what the prophets foretold. Peace is what is sacrificed when profit takes precedence.

In this second week of Advent, as the waiting and expectation heighten, our desire for peace deepens. Like the wise called to journey in those early dawning days, may we seek, endeavor, and search for peace. Like the prophets old and new, may we cry out for its coming.

All: We light a candle for peace. May it light the way.

Light a second candle.

Song of Peaceful Invitation CCS 75

“Kum Ba Yah”

Piano and guitar accompaniment can be found free online.

Stanza 1: Kum Ba Yah

Stanza 2: Come by Here

Stanza 3: (We) Sing of Peace

Invocation

Congregation’s Sung Response

Sing “Come by Here” one more time.

Spiritual Practice: Breath Prayer

Today we will practice a breath prayer. I will guide you through every step, pausing to let you develop your prayer.

Place your feet flat on the floor. Sit as straight as is comfortable.

Pause after each instruction.

· Place a hand on your abdomen. Feel your stomach move away from the spine as you inhale and feel it move toward the spine with the exhale.

· With the next inhale, breathe peace into the body. With the next exhale, breathe stress out of the body.

· Focus on your feet and ankles. With the next inhale, breathe peace into this area. With the exhale breathe out stress from this area.

· Next come the calves and shins. Breathe peace into these areas. With the exhale breathe out stress from these areas.

· Inhale peace into the knees and thighs. Exhale the stress.

· Spend a few breaths focusing on the lower body, inhaling peace from the waist down. Exhale stress from the lower body.

· Focus on the lower back and stomach: Inhale peace, exhale stress.

· Spend three breaths inhaling peace and exhaling stress from every part of the body from the chest down.

· Now focus on your chest, middle back, and upper back. See the peace and air traveling into the lungs and spreading all throughout this area. See the stress leave as you exhale.

· Notice your fingers, hands, and wrists. Inhale peace. Exhale stress.

· Notice your forearms and elbows. Inhale peace. Exhale stress.

· Spend three breaths inhaling peace and exhaling stress from everywhere below the neck.

· Notice your neck—all the way around. Inhale peace. Exhale stress.

· Notice the area around the ears, and the back and top of your head. Inhale peace. Exhale stress.

· Now focus on your face. Inhale peace. Exhale the stress.

· Inhale peace. Let it spread throughout your body.

· Exhale stress from every part of you. Spend three breaths focusing on your body.

· One last time, inhale peace. Exhale stress.
Amen.

Move directly into the Prayer for Peace.

Prayer for Peace

Light the Peace Candle.

Prayer

God of reconciliation and grace,
you promise us a world where all is new,
where love is born when hope is gone,
where broken relationships are restored to wholeness.

May we live as people who know your story of love,
and may we have the vision to imagine what could be possible if we dared to live this story.

God of abundant life,
may we be witnesses of love, hope, and peace,
and co-creators of the upside-down kin-dom for this world.

Amen.

Hymn of Peace

“Peace Child” CCS 402

OR “O God of Love, Grant Us Your Peace” CCS 316

OR “Peace Salaam Shalom” CCS 310

Encourage participants to sing in languages other than their own.

Focus Moment: “What Is on God’s Christmas List?”

Cast: Narrator, Gabriel, and Mary

Preparation: On the worship center is a large gift-wrapped box (wrap the lid separately)

Gabriel is on the rostrum. While the narrator reads the text below, Mary enters. She and Gabriel pantomime the reading together.

Narrator: This story began when I was sent to tell Mary she had been selected to be the mother of a special baby. I said, “Mary, you’ve been chosen to give birth to God’s Son.” She was really surprised and wondered what was going on. “Me? I’m so young! I’ve never been a mother before!” But I reassured her she shouldn’t be afraid—that everything would be OK. I told her she was to name the baby boy, “Jesus.” Mary replied, “I will do as God pleases, for I am God’s servant. God can use me in this special way. This will be my gift to God.”

Gabriel and Mary freeze while the narrator discusses this portion of the Christmas story.

· Why do you think God sent Gabriel to Mary?

· Put yourselves in Mary’s place. What do you think she is feeling?

· Mary accepts and agrees to what Gabriel has spoken. What do you think gave her the courage?

Then Gabriel and Mary resume their pantomime while the narrator reads the final paragraph.

Narrator: So, what do you think is on God’s Christmas list? What would God want for Christmas? It’s in that big box, but we can’t look yet! I’m sure it’s really great, but we have to wait…

—Herald House Scripture-Based Focus Moments, adapted

HeraldHouse.org/search?q=scripture+based+focus+moments

Hymn of Waiting

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” CCS 394

OR “God Almighty, We Are Waiting” CCS 397

Morning Message

Based on Mark 1:1-8

OR Video

A “Witness the Word” sermon, based on Mark 1:1-8, by Emily Penrose McLaughlin, is available at Youtube.com/watch?v=iVSIEP5FAKs and Heraldhouse.org/collections/ digital-media-witness-the-word/products/witness-the-word-following-christs-footsteps-mp4-video-download.

Disciples’ Generous Response

Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 162: 7a-b

Statement

We are called to share our bounty so that others might know the joy of God’s kingdom. We look outside the walls of this building, the walls of our homes, the walls of our screens, the walls we build to protect us from things we are afraid of. The needs of people in our own neighborhoods, our own cities, and around the world are great. People yearn to feel God’s peace. How will you make a difference this Advent season?

During the Disciples’ Generous Response, we focus on aligning our heart with God’s heart. Our offerings are more than meeting budgets or funding mission. Through our offerings we can join in making God’s work visible in the world.  

As we share our mission tithes either by placing money in the plates or through eTithing, use this time to thank God for the many gifts received in life. Our hearts grow aligned with God’s when we gratefully receive and faithfully respond by living Christ’s mission. 

If your congregation is meeting online, remind participants they can give through CofChrist.org/give or through eTithing.org (consider showing these URLs on screen).

Blessing and Receiving of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes

Closing Hymn

“Blessed Be the God of Israel” CCS 396

OR “Canticle of the Turning” CCS 404

OR “O Little Town of Bethlehem” CCS 434

Response

Postlude

Saturday, December 2, 2023

First Sunday of Advent (Hope)

Advent of Hope

Additional Scriptures

Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalms 80:1-7, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, Doctrine and Covenants 153:9

Prelude

“God Almighty, We Are Waiting” CCS 397

“Angels, from the Realms of Glory” CCS 436

Call to Worship 1 Corinthians 1:4-7

⁴Kanayon nga agyamanak iti Diosko para kadakayo gapu iti parabur nga intedna kadakayo babaen ken ni Cristo Jesus. ⁵Ta iti pannakikaysayo ken ni Cristo, napabaknangkayo iti isuamin a parabur agraman ti panagsao ken kinasirib. ⁶Naipasagepsepen kadakayo ti mensahe maipapan ken ni Cristo, ⁷isut' gapuna a dikayo agkurang iti naespirituan a sagut bayat ti panagurayyo iti pannakaiparangarang ni Apotayo a Jesu-Cristo.

Iti intayo panagur-uray ti kenni Jesus a sagot, intayo agdaydayaw babaen iti inanama.

Hymn: 178 O NAMNAMA

Invocation

Prayer for Peace

Light the Peace Candle.

Prayer

O Apo, denggemkadi toy kararagmi nga agpaay kadagiti tattao ken nasyon nga agkasapulan unay.
Kadagiti tattao a tinalawanda dagiti am-aminda tapno laeng makaliklikda kadagiti peggad.
kadagiti naawanan kadagiti ipatpateg iti biag,
kadagiti nasinga ti bibiagda, nagsardeng iti panagadalna, ken nasina-sina a pampamilya.
O Apo, itdemkadi iti bendisyunmo iti kinakappia kadagiti tattaom.

Agyamankami kadagiti panaggiginnayyem dagiti agkakarruba,
kadagiti kinasayaat dagiti gangannaet,
kadagiti nangidaton kadagiti bagbagida tapno tumulong kadagiti sabsabali,
kadagiti naglaksid iti panagulimek iti panangsango iti kinaawan ti hustisiya.
O Apo, itdemkadi iti bendisyunmo iti kinakappia kadagiti tattaom.

Apo, ipaayam kadi iti inanama dagiti tattaom ditoy lubong,
a maipaay iti kinakappia ken kinahustisiya iti inaldaw,
nga adda baro bigat kadagiti amin a tattao,
nga adda waya-waya a mangsukat iti panagbuteng, ken adda iti nasay-sayaat a sumaruno a bigat.
O Apo, itdemkadi iti bendisyunmo iti kinakappia kadagiti tattaom. Amen.

Scripture Reading: Mark 13:24-37

Hymn of Hope: “He Came Singing Love” CCS 226

Scripture Exploration: Based on Mark 13:24-37

Focus Moment: “What Is on God’s Christmas List?”

Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper

Scripture Reading

1 Corinthians 11:23–26

²³Ta inawatko iti Apo ti pannursuro nga inyawatko met kadakayo: Iti rabii a pannakaliput ni Apo Jesus, innalana ti tinapay. ²⁴Kalpasan ti panagyamanna iti Dios, pinispisina ti tinapay ket kinunana, “Daytoy ti bagik nga agpaay kadakayo. Aramidenyo daytoy a panglaglagipyo kaniak.”

²⁵Kasta met a kalpasan ti pangrabii, innala ni Jesus ti kopa ket kinunana, “Daytoy ti kopa ti baro a tulag a napatalgedan babaen iti darak. Tunggal uminumkayo iti daytoy, aramidenyo a panglagip kaniak.” ²⁶Kaipapananna daytoy a tunggal mangankayo iti daytoy a tinapay ken uminumkayo iti daytoy a kopa, ipakaammoyo ti ipapatay ti Apo agingga iti panagsublina.

Communion Talk

Hymn of Preparation: 141 ITI DAYDI A RABII

Invitation to Communion

Blessing and Serving of the Bread and Wine

Disciples’ Generous Response

Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 163:9
Faithful disciples respond to an increasing awareness of the abundant generosity of God by sharing according to the desires of their hearts; not by commandment or constraint. Break free of the shackles of conventional culture that mainly promote self-serving interests. Give generously according to your true capacity. Eternal joy and peace await those who grow in the grace of generosity that flows from compassionate hearts without thought of return. Could it be otherwise in the domain of God, who eternally gives all for the sake of creation?

Statement

Ti focus iti Disciples’ Generous Response tayo iti tunggal umuna dominggo ket iti Abolish Poverty, End Suffering, a pakairamanan iti oblation ministry tayo.

Ket ita, ipaayantayo iti focus iti panangiyannatup tayo kadagiti puspusotayo iti puso ti Dios. Dagiti daton tayo ket ad-adda a napatpategda pay a saan laeng a tapno magun-od tayo iti budget iti iglesia nga agpaay iti misyona. Babaen kadagiti datontayo mabalintayo iti makipaset iti pannakaaramid a makitakoma iti aramid ti Diyos ditoy lubong.

Usarentayo koma ngarud daytoy a gundaway tapno agyaman iti Dios gapu kadagiti sagotna iti bibiag iti tunggal maysa kadatayo. Ad-addapay iti panagrang-ay dagiti puspusotayo no maiyannatup iti Dios ken no siyayamantayo kadagiti paraburna ken sipupudnotayo nga sumungbat babaen iti panangibiagtayo iti misyon ni Kristo.

Blessing and Receiving of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes

Hymn: 73 YEG MOt’ INANIM

Benediction

Response

Postlude

178 O NAMNAMA
(Whispering Hope)

Aniat sam-it timecna,
Ni nabiag namnama,
Puso ti liwliwaenna,
Cadagiti saona,
Agurayca ta lumabas,
Ti bagyo a napeggad,
Umasidegen ti bigat,
Namnama a naragsac.

Coro:
O namnama, nasam-it timecmo,
Paragsakem toy ricna ken puso.

(Alto)
O namnama a nagasat,
Nagsam-iten caniac timecmo,
Paragsakem dayton riknac,
Daytoy biag, ken daytoy met puso.

No cas adayo la unay,
Ti lawag a makitam,
Dica agbuteng ta umay,
Pudno a namnamaam,
Agurayca dita yanmo,
Ibaonto ti Apo,
Ti rabii lumabasto ,
Ket bigat sumucatto.

O naragsacton nga aldaw,
Ti panagbiag diay gloria,
Awan ladingit ken liday,
Ragsac laeng ti adda,
Makitamton ti sagotna,
Ni Jesus a nangina,
Kinabacnang awan pada,
Inggana ti inggana.

226 He Came Singing Love

He came singing love
and he lived singing love;
he died singing love.
He arose in silence.
For the love to go on
we must make it our song;
you and I be the singers.

He came singing faith
and he lived singing faith;
he died singing faith.
He arose in silence.
For the faith to go on
we must make it our song;
you and I be the singers.

He came singing hope
and he lived singing hope;
he died singing hope.
He arose in silence.
For the hope to go on
we must make it our song;
you and I be the singers.

He came singing peace
and he lived singing peace;
he died singing peace.
He arose in silence.
For the peace to go on
we must make it our song;
you and I be the singers.

73 YEG MOt’ INANIM

Bukelmot’ imulam uray no agsapa,
Iti tengngat aldaw wenno rabii,
Umay panagani ket mangnamnamaca,
Agragsaccanto no yegmot’ inanim.

Coro:
Yegmot’ inanim, yegmot’ inanim,
Ragsacmontot’ adu inton iyegmo,
Yegmot’ inanim, yegmot’ inanim,
Ragsacmontot’ adu inton iyegmo.

Imulam bukelmo uray aniat’ tiempo,
Dica agdanag ta isut’ tumubo,
Agawidtay’ ton ta malpasen trabaho,
Agragsaccanto no yegmot’ binettecmo.

Ti mapan agmula a silaladingit,
Ken bannugnat’ mabuyugan sangsangit,
Inton agawiden dakkel ti ragsacna,
Ta yegna ken Jesus ti inanina.

141 ITI DAYDI A RABII
(The Last Supper)

Iti daydi rabii,
Panangtiliwda kencuana,
Anac ti Dios naasi,
Nga inyawat di gayyemna.

Casangoananna la unay,
Nangala iti tinapay,
Nagyaman ket pinisina,
Ket castoy ti insawangna.

Datoy ti bagic canenyo,
Napisi gaput’ basolyo,
Toy darac met bingbingayenyo,
Tanda’t tulag a baro.

Ket daytoy aramidenyo,
Ta pataycot’ lagipenyo,
Iti gimong isipenyo,
Ti ayatco cadacayo.

Jesus, fiestam rambacanmi,
Naganmo icancantami,
Aginggat dica agsubli,
A mangala cadacami.

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Encourage One Another

Prelude/Fellowship

Gathering Hymn: “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed” CCS 633

Welcome

Call to Worship: Doctrine and Covenants 162:1a-b

Listen, O people of the Restoration—you who would become a prophetic people, embodying in your life together the ministries of the Temple. Listen to the Voice that speaks from beyond the farthest hills, from the infinite heavens above, and the vast seas below. b. Listen to the Voice that echoes across the eons of time and yet speaks anew in this moment. Listen to the Voice, for it cannot be stilled, and it calls you once again to the great and marvelous work of building the peaceable kingdom, even Zion, on behalf of the One whose name you claim.

Hymn of Rejoicing

Prayer of Invocation

Response

Ministry of Music or Congregational Hymn: “Blest Be the Tie that Binds” CCS 325

Message: Based on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Prayer for Peace

Light the Peace Candle.

Prayer

O Diosmi iti kinakappia,

Awan kadakami iti kinakappia ita:

Makitkitami dagiti karit ken kinarigat iti panagbiag nga adda kadagiti sangwananmi. Dagiti problema a makapakapsut ken makapadukot. Dagitoy a mangmangted kadakami iti panagdanag ken pannakapuyat gapu iti saanmin a pannakaturturog ken mamatedted kadagiti luluami.

Ti depresyon umayen kadakami.

Makitan iti kinarigat kadagiti ruprupami, agbubuteng gapu kadagiti mabalin a mapukawmi. Saanmin a marikna a napateg kami pay gapu kadagiti napukawmi. Ket dimi met malapdan dagiti bagbagimi.

Awanen iti kinatalna dagiti Ispiritumi gapu iti nerbiyus ken dandanagmi.
Addaka a saksakit, saan a natalged a pagtrabhoan, nadadael nga ekonomiya, napukaw a biag, awan kinatalged ti lubong, dagitoy ket papanawenda ti kappia a kas iti killaat a kanalbuong iti kimat a mangabog kadagiti kalapati.

Iti ingkami panagkararag a sipapakumbaba, idawdawatmi iti panangtedmo koma kadakami iti tured tapno maikitami dagiti matami kadagiti banbanag, kadagiti mabalin a pagpeggadan dagiti bibiagmi.

Ania kadi dagitoy a banbanag iti masangwananmi?

Isu kadi daytoy iti kappia a kalkalikagumanmi?

Kasano kadi iti pananggaw-atmi iti dayta a sirmata ket agbalin koma a napaypayso, ket maadda koma iti talna kadakami, bumuntog koma dagiti puspusomi, mawarwar koma dagiti tensiyon iti nagbabaetanmi, marikna koma iti kayat, maadda koma iti kinatalged, ket maawan ken pumanaw koma iti depresyon.

Wen itdem kadi kadakami iti kappia. Iti nagan ni Jesus, Amen.

Disciples’ Generous Response

Statement

Iti daytoy a paset iti intayo panagdaydayaw nga isu iti Disciples’ Generous Response tayou, ipaayan tayo koma manen iti focus iti intayo panangiyannatup kadagiti puspusotayo iti puso ti Dios. Dagiti daton tayo saan laeng a napateg iti intayo panang-gun-od iti budget iti iglesia tayo nga agpaay iti misyon. Babaen kadagitoy a daton tayo, mabalin tayo nga ipakita iti namateryalan a panagyaman tayo iti Dios nga isu iti mangipapaay kadagiti amin nga adda kadatayo.

Gagayyem ken kakabsat, sapay koma a dagiti kinaparabur tayo kas maysa nga adalan ket maysa a wagas iti panangipaay tayo iti asi kadagiti adda a makasapul. Sapay koma nga agpipinnaregtatayo kas maysa a nasantoan a komunidad babaen iti kinaparabur tayo ket babaen kadagitoy a sagsagot tayo makaipaay koma iti kinasayaat dagiti adda iti aglawlaw tayo ken kadagiti siasinoman a makaawat kadagitoy nga agkasapulan unay ti kaasi ti Dios.

Blessing of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes

Closing Hymn: “This Is My Song” CCS 389

Benediction

Statement of Encouragement

Doctrine and Covenants 165:6

6 a. Ay-ayatek a Community of Christ, saanyo laeng koma a saritaen ken ikankanta ti maipapan iti sion. Agbiag, agayat ken agbibinningay kayo koma a kas iti sion: kadagidiay a mangikagkagumaan iti panangipakitada iti panagkaykaysada ken Kristo, kadakuada nga awan iti nakurapay ken maidaddadanes. ^b. Kas bagi ni Kristo, ibturanyo koma a siaayat ken siaanus ti dagsen iti pannakaum-umsi manipud kadagiti saan a mangitaltalek iti sirmata iti pannakapada-pada ken kinapateg ti tunggal tao ken Kristo. Daytoy a dagensen ken bendisyun agpaay kadakayo gapu iti nasantoan a panggep. c. Ket kankanayon koma a laglagipenyo ti wagas iti panagsagaba, ti ayat nga agturong iti krus ket isu met ti agturong iti panagungar ken agnanayon a biag ken Kristo nga awan inggana a komunidad iti pannakamaymaysa ken kinakappia. Agtalek kayo iti daytoy a kari.

Postlude

389 This Is My Song

This is my song, O God of all the nations,
a song of peace for lands afar and mine.
My land is home, the country where my heart is:
a land of hopes, of dreams, of grand design;
but other hearts in other lands are beating
with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean,
and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine.
But other lands have sunlight too, and clover,
and skies are everywhere as blue as mine.
Oh, hear my song, thou God of all the nations,
a song of peace for their land and for mine.

This is my prayer, O Lord of all earth’s kingdoms:
thy kingdom come; on earth thy will be done.
Let Christ be lifted up till all shall serve him,
and hearts united learn to live as one.
Oh, hear my prayer, thou God of all the nations.
Myself I give thee; let thy will be done.
Amen.

633 Keep Your Lamps Trimmed

Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
for this work’s almost done.

Children, don’t grow weary,
children, don’t grow weary,
children, don’t grow weary,
for this work’s almost done.

Darker midnight lies before us,
darker midnight lies before us,
darker midnight lies before us,
for this work’s almost done.

Lo, the morning soon is breaking,
lo, the morning soon is breaking,
lo, the morning soon is breaking,
for this work’s almost done.

Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
for this work’s almost done.

325 Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the fellowship of kindred minds
is like to that above.

Before our God we come
and pour our ardent prayers;
our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;
our comforts and our cares.

We share our mutual woes,
our mutual burdens bear,
and often for each other flows
the sympathizing tear.

When here our pathways part
we suffer mutual pain;
yet, one in Christ and one in heart,
we hope to meet again.

64 RAGSAKEN TAY AGSERVI TI APO
(Toiling For Jesus)

Ragsakentay’ agservi ti Apo,
Panginaonanna intayo,
Uray ania cadatay bilinna,
Aramidentay laeng coma.

Coro:
Agservi tay’ ngad’,
A siraragsac, a siraragsac;
Agservi tay’ ngad’
Iti cauvasan na.

Intay’ isaritat’ panagbiagna,
Ken casta met iti ayatna,
Ni Cristo itdennantot’ bendicion,
Cadatay’ iti agnanayon.

Sipapakumbabatay’ sumurot,
Ken makipagna a sianus,
Tumulongtay’ mangipan kencuana,
Dagiti adu a cararua.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Whom Will You Serve?

Prelude and Fellowship

Gathering Hymn: “Siyahamb’ Ekukhanyen’ Kwenkhos’/ We Are Marching in the Light of God” CCS 95

Welcome

Call to Worship

Patgek a gagayyemko, denggenyo ti kinapudno maipapan iti Dios, yallingagyo dagiti lapayagyo kadagiti innak ibaga kadakayo. Saritaek kadakayo dagiti pamagbaga manipud kadagiti amma ken innatayo. Saan koma nga agpatengga daytoy kadatayo, ngem ketdi saritaentayo daytoy kadagiti sumaganad a henerasyon.

Dayaw iti Dios Apo gapu kadagiti inaramidna.
Immulana dagiti saksi kenni Jacob, intedna ti natibker a sasaona iti Israel, ket binilinna dagiti ammatayo iti panangisuroda kadagiti annakda ken iti sumarsaruno a henerasyon tapno maamoanda daytoy ken uray kadagiti sumarsaruno a kapututan – Maammoanda ti kinapudno ket saritaenda kadagiti annakda ket mabalinda iti agtalek iti Dios. Ket saandanto a malipatan dagiti aramid ti Dios…

Hymn of Rejoicing: 35 KEN JESUS MAKICUYUGAC

Invocation

Response

Scripture Reading: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

Focus Moment

Message: Based on Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

Prayer for Peace

Light the Peace Candle.

Statement

Sindiantayo ti kandila iti kappia ket intayo rambakan ti kappia ni Kristo. Tunggal maysa kadatayo ket ay-ayaban ni Kristo babaen kadagiti nagnagantayo ket iyaw-awisna iti panagbalintayo a kas disipulo ken iti pannakaiyun-uneg pay koma iti pannaka-ammotayo tayo iti presensiyana kadagiti bibiag tayo. Immay isuuna a kas Prinsipe iti Kappia, ngem adu dagiti saan nga immawat kenkuana.

Kumararagtayo:

Diosmi nga adda iti asidegmi,

Marigantankami gapu kadagiti adda a nasakitmi, pannakariro wenno gapu kadagiti pagkapuyanmi.

Agsipud ta saan kami a perpekto, masapul ngarud nga agtalek kami laeng koma iti misteryo iti kinaperpektom ket maammoanmi koma dagiti kabaelanmi ken kinapateg iti tunggal maysa kadakami.

O Nasantoan a Namarsua, ita nga aldaw ikarkararagmi iti ingkami koma isisirrek kenka tapno iti iruruarmi ket makitami dagiti makasapul kadakami.

Kas naayat a nagannakmi, dawatenmi kenka, a palukayam koma dagiti dilami no saritaenmi dagiti maipapan kenka, ket mabalinmi a dawaten kadagiti kakabsatmi kadagiti sibaymi a papigsaenda koma dagiti sasaomi no dagitoy ket kumapoy, wenno mapukawmi iti gundaway ket marigatan kami a mangidanon kadagitoy kadagiti sabsabali.

Sapay koma a saanmo a pagsardengen iti panagdengngeg dagiti lapayagmi iti timek ti Ispiritum ket dumngeg kami kadagiti sasao ti ayat ken kinapateg iti panangawismo tapno makipasetkami.

Idawdawatmi a maaddaankami koma iti pannakigayyem kadagidiay a dumdumngegen iti timekmo, a mangigungunam iti ayat, pateg, ken awismo tapno dumngeg.

Luktam koma dagiti matami tapno makitami ken maawatanmi dagiti mapaspasamak iti aglawlawmi, tapno makitami dagiti makasapul kadakami, dagiti nadang-ran ken masaksakit, dagiti makasapul iti ayat ken pannakataripatu. Idawdawatmi iti pannakaipaay koma iti mangidalan kadakami nga maiduma kadakami tapno masursuromi iti pannakakitami kadagiti mabalin a saanmi a makitkita.

Manangngaasi a Namarsua,

Sapay kadi a kadagiti gundaway iti pannakapukawmi, mapasingkidan koma iti nakristiyanoan nga inanamami iti panagungar. Sapay koma a kuyugendakami dagiti awanen kadakami, makipinnagnada kadakami iti panunot, puso, rikna ken presensiya iti ayat kadagiti al-aldawmi, ket mapaneknekan nga ti Dios iti mangipapaay iti baro a biag kadagiti naayat.

Iti iyuumaymi kadagiti nagbeddengan dagiti dandanom, no mariknami iti kinabassit ken kinakapoymi tapno sumango kadagiti pannubok, a sapay koma a maiyebkasmi dagiti sarita ken mabalinmi iti dumngeg ken makitami dagiti banbanag a kankanayon nga addada ngem saanmi laeng patpatien a dagitoy ket pasetmi met laeng.

Wen O Dios, papigsaem koma dagiti timek ken panagdengngegmi kasta met dagiti panagkitami. Idalannakami koma nga agturong iti ingkarim a daga nga isu iti santuaryo iti kinatalnam, maysa a lugar nga awanen iti panagrigat, maysa a pagrian a mabalinmi iti mapan kadagiti a agsapsapul iti pagkamanganda.

Iti nagan ni Jesu-Kristo,
Amen.

Disciples’ Generous Response

Scripture Reading: Doctrine and Covenants 162:7a OR Mosiah 2:36, 43 (RAV), adapted

Ti Masirib Nga Ari a ni Benjamin, a nangidalan kadagiti tattao iti pannakitulagda tapno padasenda nga aramiden iti literal a pagarian iti kinaimbag ken kinakappia ket maipakitada iti ayat ti Dios kadagiti tattao ken maisuroda nga iti kinaparabor ket paset iti panagserbi iti Apo:
“No inaramidnakayo ngarud iti Dios nga isu iti nakadependianyo iti panagbiagyo ken nagtaudan dagiti amin nga adda kadakayo ken uray iti kinasiasinoyo, itdenna dagiti amin a dawatenyo a nasayaat, iti kinapudnoyo, patienyo nga awatenyo dagitoy, ket kitaenyo no kasano iti panangibingayyo kadagitoy. Idawdawatko a masapul nga ibingayanyo dagiti marigrigat, ikkanyo ida a maiyannurot kadagiti kasapulanda, pakanenyo dagiti mabisen, badduanyo dagiti awanan iti arawtenda, bisitaenyo dagiti masakit, ken kitaenyo iti pakagin-awaanda.”

Statement

Iti daytoy a paset iti Disciples’ Generous Response tayo, ipaay tayo iti focus iti panangiyannatup tayo kadagiti puspusotayo iti puso ti Dios. Dagiti datoy tayo ket napatpategda a saan laeng a tapno magun-od tayo iti budget ti Iglesia nga agpaay iti misyon na. Babaen kadagiti daton tayo, mabalin tayo nga ipakita iti Dios iti namateryalan intayo panagyaman nga isu iti mangipapaay kadagiti isu-amin tayo.

Iti panagbiagtayo nga addaan iti pannakitulag tayo iti panagserbi tayo iti Dios ket masapul iti kinaparabur kas paset iti panagbalintayo nga adalan. Babaen iti aramid ken kinaparabur ket paset iti panagbalintayo a kas adalan iti pagarian iti kinatalna. Sapay koma nga iti kinaparabur ket agbalin nga isu iti kababalintayo iti panagserbi iti Dios ken iti tunggal maysa.

Blessing and Receiving of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes

Closing Hymn: “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” CCS 499

Prayer of Benediction and Commitment

Response

Postlude

35 KEN JESUS MAKICUYUGAC
(The Saviour With Me)

Ken Jesus makicuyugac,
Diac cayat agwaywayas;
Kencuana umasidegac,
Tackiagna pakibinac.

Coro:
No Isut’ mangidalan,
Awantot’ pagdanagac,
Innacto nga awan pambar,
Kencuana paidalan.

Ken Jesus makicuyugac,
Tapno papigsaennac;
Ta ammoc a nacapuyac,
Isu liwliwaennac.

Ken Jesus makicuyugac.
Uray no ilasatnac;
Catudoan ken cainitan,
Wenno pagbabacalan.

Ken Jesus makicuyugac,
Ta isut’ mangidalan;
Aginggat’ diac magun-odan,
Balligi naan-anay.

95 Siyahamb’ Ekukhanyen’ Kwenkhos’
We Are Marching in the Light of God

Zulu
Siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’,
siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’.

Siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’,
siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’. (khanyen’ kwenkhos’)

Siyahamba, (hamba, siyahamba,)
Oo, (hamba,)
siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’. (khanyen’ kwenkhos’.)

Siyahamba, (hamba, siyahamba,)
Oo, (hamba,)
siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’.

English
We are marching in the light of God,
we are marching in the light of God.

We are marching in the light of God,
we are marching in the light of God. (the light of God.)

We are marching, (marching, we are marching,)
Oo, (marching,)
we are marching in the light of God. (the light of God.)

We are marching, (marching, we are marching,)
Oo, (marching,)
we are marching in the light of God.

597 Make Me a Servant

English
Make me a servant, humble and meek,
Lord, let me lift up those who are weak,
and may the prayer of my heart always be:
make me a servant, make me a servant,
make me a servant today.

499 I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

English

I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
no turning back, no turning back.

Though none go with me, still I will follow;
though none go with me, still I will follow;
though none go with me, still I will follow;
no turning back, no turning back.

The world behind me, the cross before me;
the world behind me, the cross before me,
the world behind me, the cross before me;
no turning back, no turning back.

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Humble Yourself

Prelude

Hymns of Gathering: “As We Gather” sing twice CCS 73

Welcome

Call to Worship Responsive Reading

Leader: O agyamankayo iti Apo!