Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo
Our opening Prelude invites you into a time of quiet reflection.
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Prelude:
Debbie Deane
Chalice Lighting:
We light this chalice to affirm that new light is ever waiting to break
through to enlighten our ways:
That new truth is ever waiting to break through to illumine our minds:
And that new love is ever waiting to break through to warm our hearts.
May we be open to this light, and to the rich possibilities that it brings us.
Opening Hymn:
Be Now My Vision NCH 451
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship:
In love and joy God calls us together.
And so we meet this day, as friends, as neighbors, as sisters and brothers.
Called together by God, we bring our offerings to God:
Our songs, our hearts, our prayers, our lives.
Grateful for this opportunity to give and receive, let us worship God
Prayer of Invocation:
First Sacred Reading: Luke 6:27-36
New International Version
Love for Enemies
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Passing of the Peace
Sharing of Our Joys & Concerns
Prayers of the People/Pastoral Prayer
Special Music:
Erica D’Ancona
Offering & Doxology: We Give You But Your Own – NCH 785
We give you but your own,
what e'er the gift may be;
All that we have is yours alone,
we give it gratefully
Second Sacred Reading:
Majjhima Nikaya 21.6
If anyone should give you a blow with his hand, with a stick, or with a knife, you should abandon any desires and utter no evil words.
Hymn of Reflection:
As We Gather at Your Table NCH 332
Sermon: To be Spiritual, is to Love Radically
Service of Communion:
God is with you
And also with you
Let us open our hearts
Let us open them to God
Let us give God thanks and praise
It is a good and joyful thing to do
Closing Hymn:
When Peace, Like a River NCH 438
Benediction:
Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo
Postlude: Debbie Deane
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All Souls Bethlehem Church
An Open and Affirming Congregation
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo
Ministers: All Members of ASBC
Minister Emeritus: Rev. Bill Nye
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