GATHERING Welcome, Announcements & Territorial Acknowledgement Sung Call to Worship: MV 104 “Mungu Ni Mwe Ma” Opening Prayer Hymn: VU 200 “O Holy Spirit, by Whose Breath” WORD Scripture Readings Sermon Prayers of the People: MV 70 “Kyrie” TABLE Invitation & Peace Presentation Hymn: VU 477 “I Come With Joy” Communion GOING FORTH Hymn: VU 651 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” Blessing & Sending Forth

Territorial Acknowledgement Victoria University, 2016 . . . a candle is lit . . . . . . silence . . .

Call to Worship: MV 104 from the Congo Mun-gu ni mwe-ma. X 3 Call to Worship: MV 104 from the Congo Mun-gu ni mwe-ma. X 3 . . . ni mwe-ma, ni mwe ma. (Swahili) Know that God is good. X 3 . . . God is good, God is good. C’est vrai, Dieu est bon. X3 . . . Dieu est bon, Dieu est bon. Ka-ton-da mu-lun-gi. X3 . . . Mu-lun-gi, mu-lun-gi. (Luganda)

Opening Prayer Aotearoa, New Zealand Loving God, open our hearts that we may feel the breath and play of your Spirit. Unclench our hands that we may reach out to one another, and touch and be healed. Open our lips that we may drink in the delight and wonder of life. . . . .

Open our eyes that we may see Christ in friend and stranger. Breathe your Spirit into us, and touch our lives with the life of Christ. Amen.

Hymn: VU 200 “O Holy Spirit, By Whose Breath”

Thanks be to God. WORD Jonah 3:10-4:11 Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God.

Thanks be to God. WORD Matthew 20:1-16 Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God.

Sermon . . . silent reflection . . .

Prayers of the People Sung Response: MV 70 Kyrie eleison Christe eleison

TABLE Invitation & Peace: Peace be with you. And also with you. Presentation Hymn: VU 477 “I Come With Joy”

Let us give thanks to God. It is right to give God thanks and praise. God be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to God. Let us give thanks to God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.  

Sanctus: [VU 951; anon. , Argentina] Santo, Santo, Santo Sanctus: [VU 951; anon., Argentina] Santo, Santo, Santo! Mi corazón te adora! Mi corazón te sabe decir: Santo eres Dios! Holy, holy, holy! My heart, my heart adores you, my heart knows how to say to you, you are holy, God.

Memorial Acclamation: Christ has died, is risen, will come again to meet us, and walks with us the Way of love. Holy kindom, come!

Great Amen: Holy, holy, holy. “Amen. ” we pray, with longing Great Amen: Holy, holy, holy! “Amen!” we pray, with longing. Let all creation cry “Amen!” Holy kindom, come!

…and let us join in this paraphrase of the Prayer of Jesus: [VU p . . . …and let us join in this paraphrase of the Prayer of Jesus: [VU p. 918] Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven: . . . .

The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Your heavenly will be done by all created beings! Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth. . . . .

In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. In times of temptation and test, strengthen us. From trials too great to endure, spare us. From the grip of all that is evil, free us. For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and for ever.  Amen. Aotearoa, New Zealand

Music during Communion: [MV 104] From the Congo Mun-gu ni mwe-ma. X 3 Music during Communion: [MV 104] From the Congo Mun-gu ni mwe-ma. X 3 . . . ni mwe-ma, ni mwe ma. (Swahili) Know that God is good. X 3 . . . God is good, God is good. C’est vrai, Dieu est bon. X3 . . . Dieu est bon, Dieu est bon. Ka-ton-da mu-lun-gi. X3 . . . Mu-lun-gi, mu-lun-gi. (Luganda)

Music during Communion

Eternal God, we thank you that you have called your people from east and west, and north and south, to feast at the table of Jesus Christ. Keep us faithful to your will. Go with us to the streets, to our homes, and to our places of labour and leisure— that whether we are gathered or scattered, we may be the servant church of the servant Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen

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Next week: Wed. Sept. 27th TST AGAPE SERVICE 1:30 pm St. Basil’s Systematic theology, that is, the critical engagement of the Christian faith in conversation with tradition, is the lens with which I engage Latina/o and Latin American Catholic theology.