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Call to Prayer
Leader Let Us gather in the welcome of our Triune God, Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit.

Gathered: Lord, it is good for us to be here.
Lighting the Christ candle
Leader Jesus Christ is the Light of the world.
Gathered: The Light no darkness can overcome
Invitation Song to Lectio Divina, written and gifted by music minister John Penoyar of Hinesburg, Vermont
Were not our hearts burning as He spoke
Were not His words words we longed to hear
Were not our eyes opened in the breaking of the bread
Were not our hearts burn -ing as He spoke
Our God is here He walks among us
When two or three of us are gathered in his name
Our God is here and he surrounds us
And all creation sings the glory of his name
And we shall rise, as he is risen
And though he promised us we did not understand
Yes we shall rise as he is risen
And we will know him when he calls to us by name.
Lectio Divina Guidelines
Leader: - During the first reading, listen for the overall sense of the passage. Select a word or phrase that captures your attention, as though the Holy Spirit were flashing a light from the text to your heart, asking you to notice it. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, allow your eyes to be opened and your heart to be warmed as God speaks to you. Leader: During the second reading let us listen for the feelings, sensations and connections that God's Word stirs in us. What message might God be speaking into your life now?.
Leader: - During the final reading let us attend to our own hearts for a response to God’s love. What response will you carry forth from this encounter with the Living Word into the world?
Leader: Let us now rest in the silence and attend once more to the presence of Christ among us. We hold a quiet space to hear God speaking in our hearts
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Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
1 Let mutual affection continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. 4 Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you." 6 So we can say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?" 7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. 16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
The Lord’s Prayer in Three Voices
Voice 1 Our Father who art in Heaven Voice 2 Holy One beyond all names, Eternal Wellspring, Voice 3 O Great Spirit, our Father from above,Voice 1 Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom comeVoice 2 May love rise again in us today Voice 3 we honor your name as sacred and holy.Voice 1 thy will be done on earth as it is in heavenVoice 2 with food for every table, shelter for every person,Voice 3 Bring your good road to us, where the beauty of your ways in the spirit-world above is reflected in the earth below.Voice 1 Give us this day our daily breadVoice 2 and reverence for every living being.Voice 3 Provide for us day by day--the elk, the buffalo, and the salmon. The corn, the squash, and the wild rice. All the things we need for each day.Voice 1 Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against usVoice 2 Forgive us our failings in love, and free us from all falseness, Voice 3 Release us from the things we have done wrong, in the same way we release others for the things done wrong to us.Voice 1 and Lead us not into temptation,Voice 2 that the light of our souls may shine Voice 3 Guide us away from the things that tempt us to stray from your good roadVoice 1 but deliver us from evilVoice 2 and the strength of our spirits endure for earth and all its peopleVoice 3 and set us free from the evil one and his worthless ways.Voice 1 For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours foreverVoice 2 this day, tonight, and forever. Voice 1 Amen!Voice 2 Yes, I commit! Voice 3 Aho,! May it be so!Martin Luther This is most certainly true!
Voice 1 Matthew 6: 9-13Voice 2 (from "Celtic Benediction," by John Phillip Newell)
Closing Prayer
God of power and justice,
like Jeremiah you weep over those
who wander from you,
turn aside to other gods,
and enter into chaos and destruction.
By your tears and through your mercy,
teach us your ways
and write them on our hearts
so that we may follow faithfully
the path you show us. Amen.
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