November 18, 2018
WELCOME TO ST ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE
Write your welcome here
GATHERING
In this place all are welcome
The tall, the thin, the shy and the ‘out there’
In this place all are accepted
Cis and trans, gay, lesbian, straight and bisexual
In this place all are loved
Simply because we are all human beings
In this place all are honoured
For the struggle between commemoration and celebration
goes on for all of us all the time
PROCESSIONAL HYMN ‘For all the saints’
Words: © 2018 Susan Jones
Music: WOV 384 Sine Nomine by Ralph Vaughan Williams
For all the saints of every age and day,
who bravely seek to follow loving ways;
sharing good news by what they do and say:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
For those who struggle much with who they are
listening to feelings which with bodies jar;
who seek and ask and travel very far
Alleluia! Alleluia!
For those who understood, as feelings grew,
the need to live within a body true
and all that’s needed to transition through
Alleluia! Alleluia!
For Jesus, who exploded people’s view,
of who was ‘out’ or ‘in’ the chosen few;
who died for freedom out of love for you,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
And so we meet to celebrate the fight
to be yourself by day and every night;
pray that Love’s flame will always burn for right:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
WELCOME
Kia ora tatou.
Kia ora.
PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER FOR TRANSGENDER AWARENESS
Our Mother and Father, our beloved parent, in whom we move and breathe and have our being,
The hallowing of your name shines forth in the diversity of your children.
May your peace and love, justice and equality, inclusion and belonging reign here on earth as in heaven.
Grant that our transgender loved ones might have their daily needs met—that they might find gainful employment without discrimination; that they might have access to medical care without fear; that they might have their rights and lives protected, and that they might find a loving community to belong to and call their own.
Forgive us for the ways that we have fallen short and failed your transgender children. Forgive us of the times we turned away, or did not care; for the times we laughed or judged their unique expression of your image; for the times we have misspoken, asked too much, or failed to hear
As we forgive those who might have failed us.
Lead us away from the temptation to be complacent in the face of injustice. But instead give us courage to stand up and stand with your beloved children. For your love and justice is to be made manifest now and forever. Amen.
This prayer was originally written for Central Congregational UCC (Atlanta, GA) Pride Sunday worship Services on October 9, 2016
LIGHTING THE RAINBOW ROOM CANDLE
GLAMAPHONES led by Rachel Hyde
‘Brave’ by Sarah Bareillis
‘Hinemoa’ by Ngapo Wepi
TIME WITH THE CHILDREN Ellen Murray
BLESSING THE CHILDREN (All stand)
We send you to the Rainbow Room programme to hear stories, ask questions and have fun together.
We bless you. Amen.
PASSING THE PEACE
Feel free to pass the peace with those nearby or move to greet others further away. Passing the peace consists of shaking hands and saying “Peace be with you.” The response is “Peace be with you” or just “And with you.” Or, simply saying ‘Hello” is a good idea. Also feel free to simply observe if you wish!
THE WORD IN TEXTS John Harper
Gospel Matthew 26: 36-39
Contemporary reading from “Jung and the New Age’
by David Tacey
But Jung argues that conventional religion’s morality has misread its own religious symbols. The way of Christ is not, he argues, a way that leads to the privileging of the light above the dark, but a radical way that leads to the integrative or both/and perspective. This us why Jung often argues that Christ is a symbol of the Self, namely, the archetype that leads to psychological integration and whose dynamic energies lead to ‘wholeness’. For Jung, the symbol of Christ upon the Cross is a major world-symbol for the inevitable suffering that results from the human experience of being pulled in opposite directions, or from enduring the pain of the tension between the archetypal opposites.
RESPONSE
For the Word in scripture,
for the Word among us,
for the Word within us,
we give thanks
REFLECTION ‘Holding opposites in tension’ Susan Jones
COMMEMORATIVE ACT
You are invited to come up and light candles for those you wish remembered. If you wish to say something briefly, please use the lectern.
Offering baskets will be present at the front. If you are used to making an offering in church please do so. If you have not come prepared for this, please feel free to not give.
At the end of the candle lighting time the Glamaphones will gather at the front and sing Send in the Clowns. (Stephen Sondheim). When they have finished singing please stand for the offering prayer
OFFERING PRAYER (said together)
We light these candles so that we remember those who have died or been killed for who they are. We sing into the darkness in the hope light will spread beyond these walls. We bring this money so this church continues to be able to spread its message of love and acceptance. We bring this food for those who do not have enough.
May candles and song, money and food be enabled to do their work well. Amen
We recognise and bless the gifts brought to the table, and those which wing
their way electronically from our banks to the church’s account.
LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ST ANDREW’S
People share notices and visitors are welcomed. If you have a notice not already in the order of service, please move to the front row, ready to speak briefly from the lectern.
For the benefit of newcomers, please introduce yourself before you begin.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Sandra Kirby
CIRCLE OF PRAYER
We think today of the people of Kazakhstan, and we pray for dialogue between Muslims, Christians and Jews in Kazakhstan and throughout the world. In New Zealand, we remember those in Parliament, and today we name Marama Davidson and Christopher Finlayson, list MPs. Here in the Central Presbytery, we pray for the leaders and people of St David's Union Church, Carterton.
PRAYER FOR ST ANDREW’S on card
HYMN ‘We shall go out with hope of resurrection’
Words by June Boyce-Tillman © 1993 Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Music: CH4 729 Londonderry Air
We shall go out with hope of resurrection;
we shall go out, from strength to strength go on;
we shall go out and tell our stories boldly;
tales of a love that will not let us go.
We'll sing our songs of wrongs that can be righted;
we'll dream our dream of hurts that can be healed;
we'll weave a cloth of all the world united
within the vision of new life who sets us free.
We'll give a voice to those who have not spoken;
we'll find the words for those whose lips are sealed;
we'll make the tunes for those who sing no longer,
expressive love alive in every heart.
We'll share our joy with those who are still weeping,
raise hymns of strength for hearts that break in grief,
we'll leap and dance the resurrection story
including all within the circles of our love.
BLESSING
We have sung and prayed
We have laughed and cried
We are all wonderful human beings on a wonderful planet
Thanks be given for all of this
Let us go now and continue to make the world
an even better place in which to
live and play, pray and laugh, love and work
SUNG AMEN
POSTLUDE
THANK YOU Judy Dumbleton
our musician today
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THANK YOU
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