The word "liturgy" means "work of the people." Instead of providing a product for you to passively consume, we are inviting you to participate in a weekly experience. By praying and singing and reading out loud, through sitting and standing and listening, we hope to engage you in the active act of worship. We may be physically separated during this time, but by participating in the same acts of worship each week, we are connected to one another through a common experience.
God – we gather in your presence.
Father – we long for more of you.
Jesus – we place you at the center.
Holy Spirit – come and fill our time together.
Help us to be fully present here,
to your word, to one another,
and to the world you love.
Amen.
THANK YOU SONG
So I thank You for all that You’ve done
And I thank You for all that You do
And I thank You for all that You’ve done
And all that is to come
And all that is to come
And I’m so grateful
That You’re so faithful
And You’re my Savior, strong and true
And I’m so grateful
That You’re so faithful
And I place all my trust in You
‘Cause You’re the Father to the fatherless
You’re the Peace in all the stress
You’re the Light that breaks the darkness
You’re the mighty One, the risen Son
You’re the Savior to the drowning
I was lost until You found me
You broke the chains that bound me
You’re the mighty One, the risen Son
The One who was, and is, and is to come
THE STAND
I’ll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
I’ll stand
My soul Lord to You, surrendered
All I am is Yours
AMAZING GRACE
My chains are gone
I’ve been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I’m found
Was blind, but now I see
My chains are gone
I’ve been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace
Join Anderson by standing and reciting alongside.
The text of lectionary passage for you to read aloud as you remain standing.
Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.
Jonah 3:1-5, 10 (NIV)
Take some time to listen to the Spirit and respond in prayer, however you feel led.
O God, eternal and ever blessed, Order what is disordered in our lives. Bring our minds to your truth, Our conscience to your law, And our hearts to your love. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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