All Saints Matthew 5:1-12

Blessed are we

Blessed in the midst of God’s love

Blessed in the midst of our world

Blessed in what we feel         

                        See

                                    Do

            Blessed

Even in the times we find it hard

To see

            The blessing

Even then

We can know ourselves

As the children of God

Especially then

We can know

            See

                        Feel

God’s presence in our lives

            Blessed

God’s love in our lives

Given by the One

Who came to save

Blessed are you

In the name of Christ

All Saints (2) Matthew 5:1-12

In a world that is often cruel

I find myself on the outs

Not making the buck

(Blessed are you)

not having the things

I am told I must have

To be me

(Blessed are you)

and in the fast-flowing lanes of this world

I am often in the slow lane

Stopping occasionally to smell the flowers

And see the creation

God had made

(Blessed are you)

and when the bus stops

and I never get the good seat

because I am helping someone who is having trouble

with old age

or weak limbs

I wonder at those who do

(Blessed are you)

---- and Christ said

---- let the little children come onto me

---- and forbid them not

---- for to such belongs the Kingdom of God

(Blessed are you)

Opening Litany based on Psalm 34

Worship Leader: I will exult the Lord at all times in my life.  The Praise of the Lord will be forever on my lips. 

Congregation: We too will glory in the Lord.  Let all who are afflicted hear the good news of the Lord and rejoice with us as we exult the name of the Lord together. 

Worship Leader: In my time of need, when I sought after the Lord, the Lord answered me and delivered me from all my fears.  The Lord will do the same for you!

Congregation: Those who dwell in the presence of the Lord… their faces are radiant and never covered with shame.

Worship Leader: The ones that the world rejects who call upon the name of the Lord.. the Lord will be with them and help them in the midst of their troubles.

Congregation: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who live in awe of the Lord and the Lord delivers them from all the woes and cares of this world. 

Worship Leader: As we gather around the table of the Lord this day, taste and see that the LORD is good and blessed is the one who takes refuge in the Lord. 

Congregation: As the Holy people of God, we will live in awe of the wonders of the Lord, for those who live this way lack nothing of importance in this life. 

Worship Leader: the strong and mighty may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.  So come my children, listen, and learn to live in awe of the wonders of the Lord.  Whoever loves the Lord, and desires to live in the blessings of the Lord, keep your tongue from evil, your lips from telling lies, turn from evil and seek peace in this world. 

Congregation: For the Lord looks upon the righteous and hears the cries of their hearts, but the God of Grace turns a deaf ear to those who seek evil. 

Worship Leader: The righteous cry and the Lord hears them, the brokenhearted and those for whom the world has crushed their spirit wail and the Lord delivers them from their troubles. 

Congregation:   The righteous may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers them and protects them from being broken.  

Worship Leader: Evil will slay the wicked and the foes of the righteous will be condemned but the Lord will rescue those who love the Lord.

Congregation: All who take refuge in the Lord will live surrounded by the greatness of God’s grace.  

10w for October 29th, Reformation Sunday.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 29th, Reformation Sunday. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months. The song for the day is Baptized by the Jay Beech Band from the CD One Body Alive.  Used with permission you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

10w for October 29th, NL, The Temple.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 29th, NL, The Temple. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months. The song for the day is Let Us Go to the House of the Lord by the Jay Beech Band from the CD Everyone Who is Thirst, Come.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at baytonemusic.com

Opening Litany based on Psalm 46

Worship Leader: It is God who is our refuge and strength and our ever-present help in times of trouble, therefore we will not live in fear.  For even though the earth may give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, even if the waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging, we will not fear. Our God is with us, our refuge and strength is ever-present with us. 

Congregation: In Revelation there is a river whose streams bring life and joy to the city of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High. God is within this Holy City, this dwelling place of God with us, and she will not fall. 

Worship Leader: God brings help to us at the break of each new day and though nations may be in uproar and kingdoms may fall God is still with us and ruler of all. 


Congregation: The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.  Come one and all and see what the LORD has done in our lives and in the lives of all the people of the earth. 

Worship Leader: The Lord brings wars to an end.  The Lord breaks the bow and shatters the spear destroying all the instruments of war, and then says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”


Congregation: We will exalt the Lord our God among all the nations of the earth, for the LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our strength. 

Reformation Day John 8:31-36

The little child cried

Looking at the father

And the spilt milk

--one

----more

------time

cried for fear that she had again offended

simply by being

--the

----little

------child

and the father’s arms went around her

and held her

and loved her

loving not the spilt milk

but cleaning the mess

and drying the tears

in love

you are my child because of who you are

and who I am

and in trying not to spill the milk

you live out what my child is

and does

soar my child

soar with the freedom

that comes with knowing who you are

soar with the freedom

to spill milk

and know who you are

soar to the freedom of love

that together

we may soar

Reformation Sunday (2) John 8:31-36

It is not a matter of belonging

not a matter of doing

or doing better

Christ has come into this world

and saved us

and called us to be

the children of God

not to be saved

but

because we are

God has loved us

Christ has saved us

we are now called to run

and enjoy

and be

the children of God.

That’s Grace.

an opening litany for Reformation Sunday

Worship Leader: We will serve no other gods

Congregation: we will fear, love, and trust God more than anything else.

Worship Leader: We will not misuse God’s Name.

Congregation: We will use God’s name to call upon God in prayer, praise and thanksgiving.

Worship Leader: We will honor sacred time

Congregation: We will not take the preaching and the studying of God's Word lightly, but consider it holy, participate in Holy time willingly, and learn and study the word of God.

Worship Leader: We will honor those in authority

Congregation: We will not look down on our parents, superiors or elected officials, but rather we will honor, serve, obey, love and value them and participate in making the system better.

Worship Leader: We will honor life

Congregation: We will neither harm nor hurt others, but rather, help them and care for them when they are ill and honor and respect their life decisions.

Worship Leader: We will honor our relationships

Congregation: In matters of sex our actions and words will be clean and respectful toward others and we will do all we can to encourage long term loving relationships.

Worship Leader: We will not steal.

Congregation: We will neither take another’s money or property, nor acquire them by fraud or by selling them poorly made products or by working the system to our advantage, but to the disadvantage of others.  Rather we will help others improve and protect their property and careers and support decent wage and benefits for all.   

Worship Leader: We will not tell lies about others.

Congregation: We will not deceive by lying, betraying, slandering or ruining our neighbor's reputation, but will defend others, say good things about them, and see and speak about the best side of everything they do.

Worship Leader: We will not desire anything that is someone else’s.

Congregation: We will not use trickery or stealth to try to get anything that belongs to someone else, rather we will work for the betterment of the community and help our neighbors keep and improve all they have individually and as a community.

All: This is most certainly true.

10w for October 22nd, NL, Holy Hope.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 22nd, NL, Holy Hope. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months. The song for the day is Everybody’s Got Something To Offer by Dakota Road from the CD All Are Welcome.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for October 22nd, Holy Reflection.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 22nd, Holy Reflection. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months. The song for the day is Earthen Vessels by John Michael Talbot from the CD City of God.   Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at johnmichaeltalbt.com

Poem based on Matthew 22:15-22

What is this

In God we trust? Stuff

As if

We really trust in god

My party yes

The army yes

As long as they don’t question me

The people, yes

As long as they vote the right way

But

In god

We trust

The next thing we know

God

Will be asking us to love

Loving God I understand

Getting all gushy inside

Letting the high waft over me during worship

Getting excited as hating the sin

And loving the sinner

Under the condition of the sinner giving up

Sinful ways

And seeing the world as I do

Because I am Right

But loving others as ourselves

That only work when they

Become

Like

ME

The perfect example of god’s perfection

By my standards

In this world

In God we trust?

Only on the coin my friend

Only on the coin

Opening Litany based on the Psalm for Oct. 22nd, Psalm 99

Pastor: The LORD reigns, let all the nations of the world look in awe before the mighty God who sits enthroned between the cherubim. 

Congregation: Great is the LORD in Zion who is exalted over all the economic powers and the nations. Let us praise the great and awesome name of the Lord our God who is Holy of Holies, Lord or Lords and King of Kings. 

Pastor: The King of Glory is mighty. The Lord of all loves justice and establishes equity in the world. 

Congregation: We will exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool for he alone is Holy.

Pastor: Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name; they called on the LORD and he answered them. He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

Congregation: Oh LORD our God, You answered them; You were to Israel a forgiving God.  Oh Lord our God, You speak to us, and you are a forgiving God calling us to share the love of Christ. 

Pastor: I will Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his Holy Places, for the LORD our God is holy.

Congregation: We will Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his Holy Places, for the LORD our God is holy.

10w for October 15th, Wedding Ready.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 15th, Wedding Ready. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months. The song for the day is Open My Heart to Your Love by Dakota Road from the CD Break These Chains.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for October 15th, NL, Here I Am.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 15th, NL, Here I Am. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months.  The song for the day is Here I Am by John Michael Talbot from the CD City of God.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at johnmichaeltalbot.com

10w for October 8th, NL, Good Old Days.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 8th, NL, Good Old Days. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months. The song for the day is In the Breaking of the Bread by Dakota Road from the CD Everyone Who is Thirsty, Come.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com

10w for October 8th, Cornerstone.

The following is a 10 minute worship for October 8th, Cornerstone. We still offer the option of signing up for the 10W constant contact email list on the right side of this 10W blog where it says "Please Join our email list" or on your phone by texting 10W to 22828. We hope to move from an email distribution to a podcast distribution in the next few months. The song for the day is  Rebel Jesus by Dakota Road from the CD Love Can Break Through.   Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at dakotaroadmusic.com