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Call to Worship Begin your time of spirituality with a challenge from God: Who is like me? Let them proclaim it, let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be. Do not fear, or be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses! Is there any god besides me? There is no other rock; I know not one. Praise and Thanksgiving Offer praise and thanksgiving to God. You may use this prayer: I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. Psalm Read/pray the stated Psalm in the Lectionary for this week. Immersed in the Story Review and meditate upon the worship notes from Sunday. Read any Scriptures included. Ask yourself, What must we (as Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren) do to be better followers of Jesus? Think of ways live Jesus into the lives of the people you know and the neighborhood around you. Intercession Pray for your family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Pray for each member of your small group/network. (Be sure to call, phone, or personally visit the members of your group at least once this week beyond Sunday.) Pray this when you finish: Life-giving God, heal our lives, that we may acknowledge your wonderful deeds and offer you thanks from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Becoming Like Jesus Reflect upon the Beatitudes from Jesus Sermon on the Mount. After a time of meditation and reflection, pray the prayer our Lord taught us, saying Going Forward As you finish your time of spirituality, ask for guidance for the rest of the day. Be intentional about looking at and treating other people as though they were Christ. You may use this to pray: Steadfast God, teach us your way and your truth. Root us in you alone, help us to grow in grace and love, that we may fulfill our role and our work in the reign of Jesus Christ. Amen. NOTES
Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren | OneTheme for 2010-2011 (Spirituality) Faithful Living in the Already, But Not Yet
Remember, we practice our spirituality together. May our prayer together, even when we are apart, nurture our common faith.
THURSDAY
Call to Worship Begin your time of spirituality with a promise from Paul: If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. Praise and Thanksgiving Offer praise and thanksgiving to God. You may use this prayer: By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; you are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. Psalm Read/pray the stated Psalm in the Lectionary for this week. Immersed in the Story Review and meditate upon the worship notes from Sunday. Read any Scriptures included. Ask yourself, What must we (as Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren) do to be better followers of Jesus? Think of ways live Jesus into the lives of the people you know and the neighborhood around you. Intercession Pray for your family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Pray for each member of your small group/network. (Be sure to call, phone, or personally visit the members of your group at least once this week beyond Sunday.) Pray this when you finish: Redeeming Sustainer, visit your people and pour out your strength and courage upon us, that we may hurry to make you welcome not only in our concern for others, but by serving them generously and faithfully in your name. Amen. Becoming Like Jesus Reflect upon the Beatitudes from Jesus Sermon on the Mount. After a time of meditation and reflection, pray the prayer our Lord taught us, saying Going Forward As you finish your time of spirituality, ask for guidance for the rest of the day. Be intentional about looking at and treating other people as though they were Christ. You may use this to pray: Ancient Gardener, your holy word is planted in our hearts as good seed in fertile soil. So nurture us that we may bear fruit abundantly. Amen. NOTES
Prayers in this breviary are adapted from the RCL service of Vanderbilt Divinity School (lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu).
WEDNESDAY
Call to Worship Begin your time of spirituality with an invitation from Jesus: Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Praise and Thanksgiving Offer praise and thanksgiving to God. You may use this prayer: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds. Psalm Read/pray the stated Psalm in the Lectionary for this week. Immersed in the Story Review and meditate upon the worship notes from Sunday. Read any Scriptures included. Ask yourself, What must we (as Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren) do to be better followers of Jesus? Think of ways live Jesus into the lives of the people you know and the neighborhood around you. Intercession Pray for your family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Pray for each member of your small group/network. (Be sure to call, phone, or personally visit the members of your group at least once this week beyond Sunday.) Pray this when you finish: Holy One, hear our prayers and make us faithful stewards of the fragile bounty of this earth so that we may be entrusted with the riches of heaven. Amen. Becoming Like Jesus Reflect upon the Beatitudes from Jesus Sermon on the Mount. After a time of meditation and reflection, pray the prayer our Lord taught us, saying Going Forward As you finish your time of spirituality, ask for guidance for the rest of the day. Be intentional about looking at and treating other people as though they were Christ. You may use this to pray: We rejoice, O Christ, for in your tender compassion you shoulder our burdens and ease our heavy hearts. Give us the strength to carry each other as you have carried us. Amen. NOTES NOTES
SUNDAY
Call to Worship Begin your time of spirituality with an invitation from Jesus: If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says. Praise and Thanksgiving Offer praise and thanksgiving to God. You may use this prayer: I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD! Psalm Read/pray the stated Psalm in the Lectionary for this week. Immersed in the Story Review and meditate upon the worship notes from Sunday. Read any Scriptures included. Ask yourself, What must we (as Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren) do to be better followers of Jesus? Think of ways live Jesus into the lives of the people you know and the neighborhood around you. Intercession Pray for your family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Pray for each member of your small group/network. (Be sure to call, phone, or personally visit the members of your group at least once this week beyond Sunday.) Pray this when you finish: Holy God, you spoke the world into being. Pour your Spirit to the ends of the earth, that your children may return from exile as citizens of your commonwealth, and our divisions may be healed by your word of love and righteousness. Amen. Becoming Like Jesus Reflect upon the Beatitudes from Jesus Sermon on the Mount. After a time of meditation and reflection, pray the prayer our Lord taught us, saying Going Forward As you finish your time of spirituality, ask for guidance for the rest of the day. Be intentional about looking at and treating other people as though they were Christ. You may use this to pray: Grant that, gathered and directed by your Spirit, we may confess Christ as Lord and combine our diverse gifts with a singular passion to continue his mission in this world until we join in your eternal praise. Amen.
MONDAY
Call to Worship Begin your time of spirituality with pastoral advice from Paul: Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. Praise and Thanksgiving Offer praise and thanksgiving to God. You may use this prayer: O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm Read/pray the stated Psalm in the Lectionary for this week. Immersed in the Story Review and meditate upon the worship notes from Sunday. Read any Scriptures included. Ask yourself, What must we (as Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren) do to be better followers of Jesus? Think of ways live Jesus into the lives of the people you know and the neighborhood around you. Intercession Pray for your family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Pray for each member of your small group/network. (Be sure to call, phone, or personally visit the members of your group at least once this week beyond Sunday.) Pray this when you finish: Holy, holy, holy God, fill us with strength and courage, with discernment and compassion, that we may be your instruments of justice and love in this world, that it may be on earth as it is in heaven. Amen. Becoming Like Jesus Reflect upon the Beatitudes from Jesus Sermon on the Mount. After a time of meditation and reflection, pray the prayer our Lord taught us, saying Going Forward As you finish your time of spirituality, ask for guidance for the rest of the day. Be intentional about looking at and treating other people as though they were Christ. You may use this to pray: God, whose fingers sculpt sun and moon and curl the baby's ear; Spirit, brooding over chaos before the naming of day; Savior, sending us to earth's ends with water and words: startle us with the grace, love, and communion of your unity in diversity, that we may live to the praise of your majestic name. Amen. NOTES
TUESDAY
Call to Worship Begin your time of spirituality with pastoral advice from Paul: No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. Praise and Thanksgiving Offer praise and thanksgiving to God. You may use this prayer: I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. Psalm Read/pray the stated Psalm in the Lectionary for this week. Immersed in the Story Review and meditate upon the worship notes from Sunday. Read any Scriptures included. Ask yourself, What must we (as Drexel Hill Church of the Brethren) do to be better followers of Jesus? Think of ways live Jesus into the lives of the people you know and the neighborhood around you. Intercession Pray for your family, friends, neighbors, and the world. Pray for each member of your small group/network. (Be sure to call, phone, or personally visit the members of your group at least once this week beyond Sunday.) Pray this when you finish: Hear our prayers that we may love you with our whole being and willingly share the concerns of our neighbors. Amen. Becoming Like Jesus Reflect upon the Beatitudes from Jesus Sermon on the Mount. After a time of meditation and reflection, pray the prayer our Lord taught us, saying Going Forward As you finish your time of spirituality, ask for guidance for the rest of the day. Be intentional about looking at and treating other people as though they were Christ. You may use this to pray: Ruler of the universe, you call us to radical loyalty beyond all earthly claim. Grant us strength to offer ourselves to you as people who have been raised from death to life through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. NOTES