Reformation Movement

Reformation Worship

I have included a simple dance or Tripudium (Latin: tripudium a measured stamping, a leaping, a solemn religious dance.) if you want to be technical. Please feel free to adapt this as is appropriate for your congregation. While the step I suggest is simple you may just want to do a "shuffle" along. The fun part is getting up, moving and getting the body involved in worship. If even a shuffle is too much, just feel free to use the song prior to serving or during serving communion. Also, if you aren't comfortable with communion in a circle you might do the Lord's Prayer prior to the song. LF

Order for Worship

▲ = Congregation Stands, ▼ = Congregation Sits

Ringing of the bell

Prelude and Lighting of Candles

Call to Worship: Suggested Choir Anthem: Send Down the Fire (Marty Haugen)

▲ P: The Lord of life and transformation and freedom, who has called you here today, be with you.

C: And also with you.

▲ Gathering Song: You are mine

Tune Name: YOU ARE MINE Music: David Haas Copyright Administrator: GIA Publications, Inc.

Text: David Haas Copyright Administrator:

"I will come to you in the silence, . . Be still and know I am here.

"I am hope for all who are hopeless, . . .Come and rest in me."

Refrain: "Do not be afraid, I am with you. . . I love you and you are mine."

"I am strength for all the despairing, . . . and all will know my name." Refrain

"I am the Word that leads all to freedom, . . .Stand up, now walk, and live!" Refrain

Prayer of the Day:

Gracious Father, we pray for your holy catholic church. Fill it with all truth and peace. . . .

Praise Song: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Vs. 1, 2, 4

Tune Name: PICARDY Music: French folk tune, 17th cent.

Text: Liturgy of St. James; tr. Gerard Moultrie, 1829-1885, alt.

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,

and with fear and trembling stand;

ponder nothing earthly-minded,

for with blessing in his hand

Christ our God to earth descending

comes our homage to demand.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,

as of old on earth he stood,

Lord of lords in human vesture,

in the body and the blood,

he will give to all the faithful

his own self for heav'nly food.

At his feet the six-winged seraph,

cherubim with sleepless eye,

veil their faces to the presence,

as with ceaseless voice they cry:

"Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia, Lord Most High!"

▼ 1st Lesson: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Psalm 46:

2nd Lesson: Romans 3:19-28

▲ Gospel Song: Free at Last Vs. 1

Tune Name: FREE AT LAST Music: African American spiritual; arr. J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1986, and Verolga Nix, b. 1933

Text: traditional

Refrain

Free at last, free at last,

thank God almighty I'm free at last.

Free at last, free at last,

thank God almighty I'm free at last.

Leader: Surely been 'buked, and surely been scorned,

All: thank God almighty, I'm free at last,

Leader: but still my soul is-a heaven-born,

All: thank God almighty, I'm free at last. Refrain

Gospel John 8:31-36

▼ Music for Meditation

Message

▲ Theme song: Canticle of the Turning

Alternate Title: Magnificat (Cooney)

First Line: My soul cries out with a joyful shout

Tune Name: STAR OF COUNTY DOWN Music: Irish traditional

Text: Rory Cooney, based on the Magnificat. Copyright Administrator: GIA Publications, Inc.

Testimony of Faith:

We believe in God the Creator, who created and is creating everything: the universe, the world, the plants and animals, and us; each of us, unique, individual and beloved of God.

We believe in God the Christ, who saved and is saving everything: the universe, the world, the plants and animals, and us: each of us; unique, individual and beloved of the Christ.

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who guided and is guiding everything: the universe, the world, the plants and animals, and us; each of us, unique, individual and beloved of the Spirit.

We believe that this one God in three persons, is present among us, working directly in our lives and the lives of all who are born into this world, striving to bring us back into harmony with all creation and with God: forgiving, healing, touching everyone, never rejecting any who willingly receive this freely offered gift of love and grace and eternal life.

. Prayers of the Church

A: Rejoice in the freedom of God.

P: A freedom which sweeps you into an ever-changing reformation of self and the world around you. A freedom that is an invitation to intimacy with God. A freedom that demands action. A freedom that makes you different: Christ-like, rather than world-like. A freedom that enables you to step out of the norm into the extraordinary. Grasp this freedom and

A: be a prophet

C: who seeks and speaks wisdom,

A: an advocate

C: who slays the dragons that threaten the weak,

A: a teacher

C: who inculcates the wonder of God,

A: a witness

C: who testifies with power and insight,

A: a public servant

C: who sows harmony,

A: a visionary

C: who sings songs of hope.

P: Rejoice in the freedom of God that makes you true to yourself; everyday becoming the person God made you to be.

Greeting of Peace:

P: God has received us, pardoned us and loved us; let us forgive each other in love and share the peace of Christ. Peace be with you.

C: And also with you.

(All may greet one another in the name of the Lord.)

. ▼ Offering/Anthem

▲ Prayer:

A: We give you thanks and praise, O God,

C: For all that you have given us: our lives, our friends, our faith, our talents, and our possessions. We give all of these back to you so that we may be your people in this world. Amen.

Reformation Litany:

Using O Breath of Life Tune: St. Clement

Words: Bessie P. Head c. 1914

Original Tune: SPIRITUS VITAE, Music: Mary J. Hammond c. 1920

Alternate Tune:ST. CLEMENT Music: Clement Scholefield, 1839-1904

O Breath of life, come sweeping through us,

Revive Thy church with life and power;

O Breath of life, come, cleanse, renew us,

And fit Thy church to meet this hour.

P: (spoken over music) Reformation.

A: The process of making changes in order to improve.

C: Help us, O God, to be a reforming people, to open our selves to the meet the sprititual needs of our neighbors that we may speak to them in words that they understand, impart to them a message which echos in their hearts, create for them an environment in which they are comfortable, for they are yours as we are yours.

A: The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

P: Hear us, O God.

C: And stir us to change.

O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,

Till humbly we confess our need;

Then in Thy tenderness remake us,

Revive, restore, for this we plead.

P: (spoken over music) Change.

A: To make or become different.

C: Help us, O God, to acknowledge our need for change. Bring us to the breaking point where certainty becomes openness, where arrogance becomes humbleness, where blindness becomes clear sightedness, for until we acknowledge our inabilities we will mishandle your efforts to make us effective, creative messengers of your word.

A: For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith.

P: Hear us, O God.

C: And stir us to change.

O Breath of love, come breathe within us,

Renewing thought and will and heart;

Come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,

Revive Thy church in every part.

O Heart of Christ, once broken for us,

’Tis there we find our strength and rest;

Our broken, contrite hearts now solace,

And let Thy waiting church be blest.

P: (spoken over music) Restoration.

A: The action of returning something to a former condition.

C: Help us, O God, for we cannot help ourselves. Restore in us the sacredness with which we were made that we may transform our relationship with you and all of creation, bringing us into a living harmony of mind, body, and spirit.

A: Jesus said, "Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

P: Hear us, O God.

C: And stir us to change.

Revive us, Lord! Is zeal abating

While harvest fields are vast and white?

Revive, us Lord, the world is waiting,

Equip Thy church to spread the light.

Eucharist:

P: Revive us, O Lord. Restore in us energy, joy and creativity to be your hands in this world. Feed us with the freedom found in your love. Nurture us with the strength found in the gift of life given us through your son, Christ Jesus, who on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, gave thanks and broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat, this is my body which is given for you. Do this as often as you eat and drink in remembrance of me.” After the supper, Jesus also took the cup and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, “Take and drink, this is cup is my blood which is shed for the many for the forgiveness of sin. Drink all of it in remembrance of me.”

P: We will gather at the Communion Table in step, singing He Came Down. Those of you who wish, may follow the dance leaders, otherwise, please make your way behind them and form a circle around the altar. (Step: right, left, right, left, back right, back left, pause, repeat.)

Communion Song: .He Came Down

Tune Name: HE CAME DOWN Music: Cameroon traditional; arr. John L. Bell, b. 1949 Copyright Administrator: GIA Publications, Inc.

Text: Cameroon traditional

He came down that we may have love;

he came down that we may have love;

hallelujah forevermore.

He came down that we may have light; . . .

He came down that we may have peace; . . .

He came down that we may have joy; . . .

The Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

Dismissal from Communion:

P: Now may the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you always in God’s grace.

C: Amen.

(All return to their seats.).

▼ Communion Song: One Bread, One Body vs. 1, 2

Tune Name: ONE BREAD, ONE BODY Music: John Foley, SJ, b. 1939 Copyright Administrator: Oregon Catholic Press (OCP) Publications

Refrain

One bread, one body, one Lord of all;. . . we are one body in this one Lord.

Gentile or Jew, servant or free,. . .Refrain

Many the gifts, many the works, . . . Refrain

Prayer:

A: Let us pray. God of love,

C: You have fed us with the bread of life and the blood of redemption. Fulfill in us the promise of Christ’s glory that we may overflow with the boundless compassion and forgiveness which was first given us through Jesus Christ our Lord that all the world may be nourished. Amen.

Benediction: "The Lord Bless You" Ronald E. Nitz, 1994 (see Music)

Community Announcements

. ▲ Sending Song: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Tune Name: EIN FESTE BURG (rhythmic) Music: Martin Luther, 1483-1546

Text: Martin Luther, 1483-1546; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978 Copyright Administrator: Augsburg Fortress

A: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

Postlude