Lent Week 4 - Giving up Competition for God’s Radical Love

Sunday, March 22, 2020
5:00 PM 6:00 PM 17:00 18:00

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Meditation "And that is all we can manage these days and also all that really matters: that we safeguard that little piece of You, God, in ourselves. And perhaps in others as well. Alas, there doesn’t seem to be much You Yourself can do about our circumstances, about our lives. Neither do I hold You responsible. You cannot help us, but we must help You and defend Your dwelling place inside us to the last." Etty Hillesum a survivor of the Holocaust.

Lighting of Candles/ Welcome/ Check in (How are you feeling? And what do you need and what are your ideas of how to support one another and be of service during this global crisis?

Sharing of Invitations (see back of order of worship)

Share 12 Step Program, Traditions for Ecologic Civilization (see insert)

Invocation Mother Earth our Home, to you we sing, warm is your womb, wide is your wing, in you we live, move and are fed, sweet flowing milk, life giving bread. Mother Earth our home, to you we bring, all broken hearts, all broken wings. Our dear, dear Mother, daily provider, earth be your name the time has come to honor to know you and to show our love.

Passing of the Peace God Loves You and There is Nothing You Can Do About It

Musical Response Eternal Our God (call and response)

Reading Lockdown by Richard Hendrick James Long

Scripture Psalm 23 adapted by Bobby Mc Ferrin

Gospel of Luke 6:35 Love your enemies and do good to them. Lend without expecting repayment, and your reward will be great. You’ll rightly be called children of the Most High, since God is good even to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be compassionate, as your loving God is compassionate. Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Pardon, and you’ll be pardoned. Give, and it will be given to you: a full measure—packed down, shaken together and running over—will be poured into your lap. For the amount you measure out is the amount you’ll be given back. The Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation

Reflection - Giving up Competition for God’s Radical Love

Lent Week 4 God Squeezes Good From Bad, Biodynamic Principle 4 Composting, God Can’t God Can't: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils" by Thomas R. Oord

Musical Offering Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found T'was blind but now I see

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear And Grace, my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares We have already come.
T'was grace that brought us safe thus far And grace will lead us home,

Prayer Dear God, you who we call by many names, We give thanks for the miracle of life and all those who have loved us into being. (Please mute your zoom and say names outload during silence) We bring you our fears, Gracious God in this time of global crisis and ask you to fill us with serenity and peace. (Silence) We rejoice and give thanks for the awesome interconnected web of life that is your creation. (Silence) We pray for our loved ones we miss and that we are concerned for. (Silence) We pray for everyone who is sick during this pandemic. (Silence) We pray for the earth our Mother and all her creatures. (Silence) We pray for all the political leaders, nurses, doctors and care givers and service providers of all kinds in this time of global crisis who work tirelessly and in steadfast love, regardless of danger or hardship. (Silence) We pray for Church for Our Common Home that during this crisis we will be as courageous as we create a safe harbor and loving community for all those we serve. (Silence) We pray for our enemies as Jesus taught us. (Silence) Amen

Prayer Requests (Contact Bonnie during the week by phone or email.)

Prayer (in unison) Our Mother Father God who is within us we celebrate your many names. Your wisdom come. Your will be done, unfolding from the depths within us. Each day you give us all that we need. You remind us of our limits and we let go. You support us in our power and we act with courage. For you are the dwelling place within us the empowerment around us and the celebration among us now and forever. Amen

Guided Meditation “Come Sit Under the Oak Tree on Our Farm”

Offering for the church (tax deductible donations taken on pay pal, check etc.)

Closing Prayer St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi Prayer

God grant that I may not so much seek; To be consoled as to console; To be understood, as to understand; To be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we pardoned. And it is in dying that we are born, to Eternal Life. Amen, Amen, Amen

Check out How are you feeling?

Benediction Blessing Song by Miriam Therese Winters

May the blessings of God go before you. May her grace and peace abound. May her spirit live within you. May her love wrap you round. May her blessings remain with you always. May you walk on holy ground.

DANCING Alone in our Rooms if we have to!

Mary Magdalene Café: Our pot luck dinner is our holy communion.

Lenten Program

5 pm Sundays, March 1st to Easter, April 12!

Book study and conversation during worship

God Can’t How to believe in God and love after tragedy, abuse or other evils.

by Thomas J. Oord, Intro available on www.godcan’t.com

Each week will intertwine the 6 principles of biodynamic farming;

Week 1. Plant diversity Week 2. Crop rotation Week 3. Animal life

Week 4. Composting 5. Week homeopathic solutions Week 6. Life forces

3/1 Chapter 1 God Can’t Prevent Evil

3/8 Chapter 2 God Feels Our Pain

3/15 Chapter 3 God Works to Heal

3/22 Chapter 4 God Squeezes Good from Bad

3/29 Chapter 5 God Needs Our Cooperation

4/5 Conclusion Organic whole of all ideas about God.

4/12 Easter sunrise worship 7 am followed by a CELEBRATION breakfast at the Mary Magdalene Cafe

Invitations: Our current ecologic crisis is a call to awaken to the reverence of life and the truth that all nature is alive and sacred. As we witness the sixth extinction of life on earth, the only one created by us humans, we are invited to reclaim the ancient wisdom traditions. We are one organic, interspecies, interconnected whole. What we do affects everyone else. Every Sunday at 5 pm we acknowledge that we need one another more than ever before and commune with God called by many names. We celebrate the wisdom traditions from the East, West, indigenous peoples, new science as we study the teachings of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, the Bible and the newly found gnostic gospels.

Lenten Program5 pm Sundays, March 1st to Easter, April 12 Book study and conversation God Can’t How to believe in God and love after tragedy, abuse or other evils. by Thomas J. Oord, Intro available on www.godcan’t.com Each week will intertwine the 6 principles of biodynamic farming with chapter themes etc.

Dream Group every Wednesday 7 pm on Zoom

Scheduling Lectio Devina and Centering Prayer day or night?

Support Group?

Please come visit 15435 Strong Road, Dallas, OR 97338

Biodynamic Farming audio resources, Rudolph Steiner lectures http://rudolfsteiner.podbean.com/category/agriculture/

Please send Zoom link to friends and family.

Change in prayer requests during worship. Please send by email or call Bonnie during the week.

Committee on Ministry 3rd Sunday on Zoom 3:30-4:30 pm

Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer Contemplation of scriptures and Centering Prayer is an ancient Christian contemplative silent prayer practice, TBA

Monthly Taize Chanting service first Sunday of every month

Prayer and Healing Service third Sunday of the month.

Please call Rev. Bonnie if you would like a pastoral visit on Zoom and/or if you would like to pray or if you have prayer requests. (858) 248-5123.