Advent 1 Mark 13: 33-37

Watch!

Watch, and I stand there

waiting!

for that

            time    

                        moment

when it would be fulfilled

and every life would have

that missing element

that wholeness

            and holiness

that every cell of my being

            and world

                        and universe

cries out for

            FILL ME LORD

            MAKE ME WHOLE

fill this void

            this longing

in my life

I am waiting

            (watching)

Lord.  I am waiting

but the time

            (unending)

seems to be all there is

just the time

            and the waiting

                        (hurt)

            in this world

I am ready for you Lord

            (holy)

ready to see the glory

            (love)

that is you

and be taken from

all the hurt

            (this)

                        pain

            (gift)

                        hunger

            (of life)

                        and death

            (to us)

                        we have

                                    (created)

                                    in this life

WHEN WILL THE WAITING BE OVER?

and my eyes cleared

from having to watch

10w for December 3rd, NL, Fiery Flames.

The following is a 10 minute worship for December 3rd, NL, Fiery Flames. 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 Go Tell it on the Mountain 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

10w for December 3rd, In Those Days.

The following is a 10 minute worship for December 3rd, In Those 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  Love Will Lead the Day by Celia Whitler from the CD On the Way to Somewhere.    Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at celiamusic.net 
 

10w November 26th, NL, People of Hope.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 26th, NL, People of 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 People of Hope 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 November 26th, Christ the King.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 26th, Christ the King. 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 I Was Hungry by Dakota Road from the CD All Are Welcome.  Used with permission, you can find this and other gifts for ministry at Dakotaroadmusic.com

Matthew 25:14-30 The Parable of the Talents

Gifts abound

Filling our lives will all the love God has for us

Here take it

Live it

Use it

And experience

Feel

Taste

The joy of living connected to the living

Loving

Caring

And yes, forgiving

God

But what if…………….

I might misuse

I might make a mistake

Maybe God made a mistake

What if I do something wrong

Better to do nothing than something wrong

Wrong………

Sin boldly

Live boldly

Use every bit of every gift God has given you

Mistakes are part of the process

The fun

The joy of living

And learning

Your light will never shine

Buried in the ground

Combined with thousands of other lights

It can illumine the world

Put that shovel down

And live in love

For love

With love

And laugh with joy and with God.

Opening Litany based on Psalm 90

Worship Leader: God, it seems you’ve been our home long before the mountains were even born, before you brought earth itself into being.  Since before time and past the end of eternity, You are God! 

Congregation: Remember who you have called us to be and don’t send us back, dust to dust.  You are the God of time itself, deal with us patiently. 

Worship Leader: We get it.  Compared to what we are called to be, created in your image, we have not amounted to much more than a blade of grass.

Congregation: Your anger and expectations are far and away too much for us.  Sometimes we feel we are at the end of our rope. I’m sure you feel the same.

Worship Leader: Yet, I also remember more than just the frown on your face.

Congregation: Though, through the span of our years, we may disappoint and fall short of what you have called us to be, there is more to you than anger.  You are after all the essence of love.

Worship Leader: Teach us to live wisely and well. We long for your return, fearing not judgment, but the calling of your grace.

Congregation: when we see your love, we will skip and dance all the day long.

Worship Leader: Let your servants see what you’re best at— the ways you rule and bless your children.

Congregation: And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us, confirming the work that we do.

10w for November 19th, Yah But Shovel.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 19th, Yah But Shovel. 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 Dance With Me 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 November 19th, NL, Light in the Darkness.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 19th, NL, Light in the Darkness. 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 Light Shines in the Darkness 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 November 12th, NL, Irrigation Systems.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 12th, NL, Irrigation Systems. 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 Right by the Water 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 November 12th, Live Ready.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 12th, Live 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 couple of  months. The song for the day is Come Thou Long Expected 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
few months.

10w for November 5th, NL, Still Small Voice.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 5th, NL, Still Small Voice. 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 Sing to the Mountains 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 November 5th, All Saints.

The following is a 10 minute worship for November 5th, All Saints. 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 The song for the day is We the Children of Light 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