William H. Willimon - "Let's Get Together" (May 18, 1986)
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(congregation vocalizing) | 0:03 | |
- | The Lord be with you. | 0:45 |
- | And also with you. | 0:47 |
- | Let us pray. | 0:48 |
Thou eternal God, | 0:53 | |
whose love and concern overarches this world, | 0:55 | |
our thoughts run planetary among | 0:58 | |
all the conditions of Your creation. | 1:00 | |
Yet we know grief and death pass by daily | 1:04 | |
in a thousand villages and towns. | 1:07 | |
Hopelessness haunts lives caught up | 1:10 | |
in the throes of bitter war and violence. | 1:13 | |
Dreams are shattered. | 1:18 | |
Tomorrow is faced with haunting fear. | 1:20 | |
So we long to reach out to speak | 1:24 | |
a comforting word and to feed the hungry, | 1:26 | |
clothe the naked, and house the homeless. | 1:30 | |
Therefore, as opportunity presents itself, | 1:35 | |
help us, oh Lord, to be an answer | 1:40 | |
with our prayers and our money. | 1:42 | |
For we have discovered we are bound together | 1:47 | |
in a common destiny | 1:50 | |
when a Ukrainian nuclear fire can easily effect | 1:52 | |
the lives of millions | 1:55 | |
on the continents of the world. | 1:58 | |
But beyond the cosmic forces at work | 2:01 | |
on this planet, | 2:04 | |
we remember those who sit in lonely rooms | 2:06 | |
by radios listening for a word of comfort | 2:09 | |
and cheer this morning. | 2:13 | |
We know there are many in hospitals | 2:16 | |
and nursing homes, | 2:18 | |
where a word of courage and Your healing | 2:20 | |
presence are welcomed. | 2:23 | |
So set a star of hope in the darkened skies | 2:26 | |
of those who fight lonely battles | 2:30 | |
as they face torturous anxieties | 2:33 | |
of body and mind. | 2:36 | |
Therefore, set us on broad horizons | 2:39 | |
so that we see beyond ourselves, | 2:43 | |
for we echo the word of Your servant, | 2:47 | |
Francis of Assisi. | 2:49 | |
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. | 2:53 | |
Where there is hate may I bring love. | 2:58 | |
Where offense, may I bring pardon. | 3:03 | |
May I bring union in place of discord. | 3:08 | |
Truth replacing error. | 3:12 | |
Faith where once there was doubt. | 3:14 | |
Hope for despair. | 3:18 | |
Light where was darkness. | 3:21 | |
Joy to replace sadness. | 3:24 | |
Make me not to so crave to be loved as to love. | 3:28 | |
Help me to learn that in giving I may receive. | 3:35 | |
And forgetting self, I may find life eternal. | 3:40 | |
Oh, this we pray in the name and spirit | 3:46 | |
of the Master, Amen. | 3:49 | |
Honor the Lord with your substance, | 3:55 | |
and with the first fruits of all your increase, | 3:58 | |
the morning offering will be taken. | 4:02 | |
(church organ music) | 4:16 | |
(church choir vocalizing) | 4:57 | |
(church organ music) | 6:01 | |
(church choir vocalizing) | 6:27 | |
(church organ music) | 8:49 | |
(church choir vocalizing) | 8:56 | |
(church organ music) | 9:34 | |
(congregation vocalizing) | 10:10 | |
- | Gracious God, You have called us together | 11:13 |
and by Your Holy Spirit made us one | 11:16 | |
in Your Son, our Lord. | 11:19 | |
We thank you for the church, | 11:22 | |
for the power of Your word, | 11:24 | |
and praise You for the brave witness | 11:27 | |
of apostles, saints, and martyrs before us. | 11:29 | |
We thank You for this hour of worship, | 11:33 | |
and for Your empowerment as we go forth. | 11:36 | |
And thus we pray, | 11:40 | |
Our Father, who art in Heaven, | 11:42 | |
hallowed be Thy name. | 11:45 | |
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done | 11:47 | |
on Earth as it is in Heaven. | 11:51 | |
Give us this, our daily bread, | 11:53 | |
and forgive us our trespasses, | 11:56 | |
as we forgive those who trespass against us, | 11:58 | |
and lead us not into temptation, | 12:02 | |
but deliver us from evil. | 12:04 | |
For Thine is the kingdom and the power | 12:06 | |
and the glory forever, Amen. | 12:09 | |
(church organ music) | 12:25 | |
(congregation vocalizing) | 13:16 | |
- | And now may the unchanging eternal power | 16:10 |
of the Holy Spirit empower you as you go forth | 16:12 | |
to comfort you and be with you now and always. | 16:16 | |
(church choir vocalizing) | 16:29 | |
(church organ music) | 17:04 |
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