{"id":1278,"date":"2014-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/2014\/05\/may-25-2014\/"},"modified":"2017-03-04T21:19:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T21:19:33","slug":"may-25-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/2014\/05\/may-25-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"May 25, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Liturgical Resources<\/strong><\/strong><strong> For Sunday May 25, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: center;\"><strong>Year A, Sixth Sunday of Easter<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\">White :: <a href=\"http:\/\/thejubileefund.us2.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=f2f9dab557def1d5eacb3a94b&amp;id=13d96cb482&amp;e=cb265de77e\">Acts 17:22-31<\/a>&nbsp; ::<a href=\"http:\/\/thejubileefund.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f2f9dab557def1d5eacb3a94b&amp;id=98c9bb4e8b&amp;e=cb265de77e\">&nbsp; Psalm 66:8-20<\/a>&nbsp; ::&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/thejubileefund.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f2f9dab557def1d5eacb3a94b&amp;id=ea0916fa59&amp;e=cb265de77e\">1 Peter 3:13-22<\/a>&nbsp; :: <a href=\"http:\/\/thejubileefund.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f2f9dab557def1d5eacb3a94b&amp;id=f8870d6f14&amp;e=cb265de77e\">John 14:15-21<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; min-height: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;\"><strong>Call to Worship (Responsive)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;\">Adapted from Psalm 66<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">L: Bless our God, O people, let the sound of God&rsquo;s praise be heard,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><strong>P: God has kept us among the living, and has not let our feet slip.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">L: Come and hear, and I will tell you what God has done for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><strong>P: We cry allowed to God, and God is extolled with our tongues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">L: Truly God has listened;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><strong>P: God has given heed to the words of our prayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">L: Blessed be God,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><strong>P: Who has not removed God&rsquo;s steadfast love from me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; min-height: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><strong>Invocation:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">O God of everlasting grace, O God of hope, O God of Peace, O God of love, we come today, singing praises to your name. We come today, offering prayers and petitions before you. We come together, O God, because you have made us to be in community. You call us together and we hear the sound of your voice. Accept our praise, this day, O God, and hear our prayers, for we offer them in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; min-height: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><strong>Stewardship Moment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;\">Peter asks the faithful: &ldquo;Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?&rdquo; We come together with our tithes and offerings, seeking to do what is good. We bring our gifts in the steadfast belief that none will harm us for doing so. Sadly in too many parts of the world, Christians are still not free to do this. Let us bring our gifts before our Lord with thanksgiving for those who have made it safe for us to not worry about being harmed for doing what is good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;\"><strong>Offertory Prayer:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;\">Gracious and loving God, we are thankful that we are free to freely give. Accept these gifts and use them for your glory. Guide our hearts and hands as we seek to build up your reign on earth, as it is in heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><strong>Communion Meditation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">In the fourteenth chapter of John, Jesus says, &ldquo;If you love me you will keep my commandments.&rdquo; One of the things Jesus told us to do was to eat bread, and drink the cup in remembrance of Him. This is a table of love. This is a table of remembrance. This is a table for you. Come to the table of the one we all love, and do this, in remembrance of Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; min-height: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">All material copyright 2014 The Jubilee Fund, Inc., and appear on this site via a partnership agreement with the Center for Faith and Giving.&nbsp; Permission granted to reproduce and use any of the above for Churches and Congregations to the glory of God without requirement of compensation or notification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; min-height: 12px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thejubileefund.us2.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=f2f9dab557def1d5eacb3a94b&amp;id=41423b6aaf&amp;e=cb265de77e\">www.thejubileefund.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lectionary based worship materials for this date with at stewardship theme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,56,18,54,26],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Lectionary based worship materials for this date with at stewardship theme<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/lectionary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lectionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/worship\/lectionary-based\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lectionary Based Worship Resources<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/resources\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Resources<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/worship\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Worship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/resources\/worship-resources\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Worship Resources<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Bruce Barkhauer","url":"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/author\/bbarkhauer\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Lectionary based worship materials for this date with at stewardship theme<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/lectionary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lectionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/worship\/lectionary-based\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Lectionary Based Worship Resources<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/resources\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Resources<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/worship\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Worship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/category\/resources\/worship-resources\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Worship Resources<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Bruce Barkhauer","url":"https:\/\/centerforfaithandgiving.org\/author\/bbarkhauer\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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