Cycle A Epiphany 4 Lectionary 4

2/2/2014 Confession

Sunday Title:  Faith Sunday 

Sermon Title: “What do You think? What do you faith?”

Previously:

Sunday Title:  Inaugural Sunday 

Sermon Title: “Inaugural Address”

Sunday Title:  Discipleship Sunday

Sermon Title: "Discipleship 101"

Scripture Cuttings:

Micah 6:1-8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Psalm 15 O Lord, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy hill? Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth from their heart

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Confession:

All may make the sign of the cross in remembrance of baptism

as the presiding minister begins:

P:  In the Name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

P:  The Lord has a case against us, the Lord’s own people, let us make our confession. (pause)

  Lord of all righteousness...

C: we confuse ourselves about what is valuable.

  We do not see the blessings you put before us.

We boast in signs and wisdom,

  but you offer to us a humble walk.

We strive for prosperity

  and you call us to hunger and thirst for righteousness.

Save, O Lord, your people.

Forgive us the sins we know.

Save us from the sins we hide. (pause for reflection and self-examination)

P:  Lord in your kindness.

C: hear our confession. Amen

P:  Our God is kind, our God is merciful. God chooses what is low and despised in the world to give us what we really need. It is through the cross and through God’s own son: Jesus Christ that we may receive righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. For Christ's sake our sins are forgiven. Through the Holy Spirit we may renew ourselves and do what the Lord requires, in the name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen. -wjw

Cycle A Epiphany 3 Lectionary 3

1/26/2014 Confession(s)

Sunday Title:  Discipleship Sunday  

Sermon Title: “Discipleship as the response to Repent”

Previously:

Sunday Title:  Call Sunday  

Sermon Title: “Ministry is Radical”

Sunday Title:  Light Sunday

Sermon Title: “Welcome Pr. Jim Brandis”

Sunday Title:  Calling Sunday 

Sermon Title: “Drop Everything”

Sunday Title:  Immediately Sunday 

Sermon Title: "When Kairos meets Chronos "

Scripture Cuttings:

Isaiah 9:1-4 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined.

Psalm 27:1, 4-9 One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life....

1 Corinthians 1:10-18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Matthew 4:12-23 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’

Confession:

All may make the sign of the cross in remembrance of baptism

as the presiding minister begins:

P:  In the Name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

P:  Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. (pause)

  Lord of light...

C: when we walk in darkness

  we hope for your light,

    then you increase our harvest

      and fill us with joy

        yet we do not exult you.

You united us in our baptism

  but we never cease to divide your church

    with our quarrels.

Your call to your kingdom is an imperative,

  yet we entangle ourselves

    with our own priorities.

Forgive us Lord from the sins we know in our heart.

Save us Lord from the sins we hide. (pause for reflection and self-examination)

P:  Lord your time is now.

C: Hear our voice and have mercy on us. Amen

P:  Our God is faithful and hears our voice when we call. God responds with the power of the cross through Jesus Christ. He is the light who shines on our darkness. For Christ's sake our sins are forgiven. Through the Holy Spirit poured out in our baptism we have become children of God and united in the same mind and purpose, in the name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen -wjw

P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always!

C: And also with you!

-or-

All may make the sign of the cross in remembrance of baptism

as the presiding minister begins:

P:  In the Name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

P:  Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.

  Shall we make a good confession with God? (pause)

  Lord...

C: just as you called Peter and Andrew

  you call me to follow you;

    but I really go my own way.

I do my Sunday morning check in,

  and then check out by afternoon.

My first priority is not with you,

  in fact mostly I do just enough to get by,

    because if I were to really follow.... (pause)

           (the shorter the pause the more anxious we are to move on)

P:  Lord...

C: Forgive me from the sins I name.

  Save me from the sins I hold back.

P:  Thank God for God’s great love for us: when we choose to live in darkness God still sends the light. The light is the Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord. It is Christ who calls us to follow. For Christ's sake our sins are forgiven. Now again we may heed the good news of the kingdom of heaven and follow our redeemer. To the glory of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit. the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen -wjw

P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always!

C: And also with you!

Cycle A Epiphany 2 Lectionary 2

1/19/2014 Confession

Sunday Title:  Witness Sunday  

Sermon Title: “See for Yourself”

Previously:

Sunday Title:  Epiphany (again-still) Sunday  

Sermon Title: “Who found who?”

Sunday Title:  Seek Sunday

Sermon Title: “Called into Ministry”

Sunday Title:  Abide Sunday 

Sermon Title: “Come and See”

Scripture Cuttings:

Isaiah 49:1-7 I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.

Psalm 40:1-11 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart, I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation....

1 Corinthians 1:1-9 ...for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind—just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you— so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 1:29-42 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed,  "Look, here is the Lamb of God!"  The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

Confession:

All may make the sign of the cross in remembrance of baptism

as the presiding minister begins:

P:  In the Name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

P:  Happy are they who trust in the Lord.

  Let us trust the Lord with our confession. (pause)

  Lord...

C: you choose to give us as a light to the nations,

so your salvation may reach the ends of the earth,

  yet we fail to know your saving power

    even to the ends of our heart.

You call us to be your servant,

  but we are quickly discouraged

    because we think we labor in vain.

From you, each day, comes all our strength,

  still we spend it for nothing and vanity.

Forgive us Lord, the sins we know in our heart.

Save us Lord from the sins we hide.

    (pause for reflection and self-examination)

P:  Lord from our mother’s womb you know us.

C: Restore your will in us,

write your instructions in our heart. Amen.

P:  The Lord is faithful! God sends the Redeemer, the Holy One, the Messiah, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. He is Christ Jesus, and because of him our sins are forgiven. Sanctified in Christ Jesus, baptized with the Holy Spirit, and called to be saints, we may receive grace and peace, and abide with Christ and his fellowship of salvation, in the name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen -wjw

P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always!

C: And also with you!

Cycle A Baptism of Our Lord Lectionary 1

1/12/2014 Confession

Sunday Title:  Baptism Sunday 

Sermon Title: “Getting out of the way of God.” Or is it

“Getting into the way of God” ?

Previously:

Sunday Title:  Epiphany (again) Sunday 

Sermon Title: “Revealing Justice at the Heart of God”

Sunday Title:  Baptism of Our Lord

Sermon Title: “Fulfill all Righteousness”

Scripture Cuttings:

Isaiah 42:1-9 ...a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

Psalm 29 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over mighty waters.

Acts 10:34-43 ...Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power....

Matthew 3:13-17 John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.’

Confession:

All may make the sign of the cross in remembrance of baptism

as the presiding minister begins:

P:  In the Name of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen

P:  Let us remind ourselves that at baptism,

God claims us as God’s own people. (pause)

  Lord...

C: you call us in righteousness,

  yet we receive not- your Holy Spirit…

    when it molds against our will.

You cleanse us in the waters of baptism,

  but we count on your forgiveness

    as though you dispense it at our demand.

You promise to be our God,

  still we give our devotion to false idols

    and sell your glory short in our weakness.

Save, O Lord, your people.

Forgive the sins we know in our heart.

Save us from the sins we hide. (pause for reflection and self-examination)

P:  Lord you know us and still you would have us.

C: Take us by the hand and keep us. Amen

P:  Our God sends God’s own Son: the Beloved. Upon him the Spirit of God descends. Jesus of Nazareth is anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, suffers death and is raised on the third day. Believing in him we receive forgiveness of our sins in his name. Now, in our baptism we are  joined with those who testify to all people, making witness to God’s saving grace for the glory of the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen -wjw

P:  The peace of the Lord be with you always!

C: And also with you!