Sunday Service Order
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Light a Candle
Open the Word
Greetings and Check-In
Invocation
Bless us as we gather today.
Weave us into a community showing forth your power and tenderness.
Bless us and our differences and undergird our courage to stand together.
We call on you today to gather us in your love.
Lead us to better know you and glorify you on each step of the journey of our lives.
Amen.
Confession
Psalm 51
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Scripture Readings
John 8
1 while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 5 Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, sir.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”
Matthew 18
21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
Swedenborg Insight
The goal of faith is to be united when everyone loves each other, or displays charity. Mutual love and charity bring such people together into one despite the variety among them, because it draws unity out of variety. When everyone practices charity or loves each other, then no matter how many people there are . . . they share a single goal: the common good, the Lord’s kingdom, and the Lord himself. (Secrets of Heaven §1285:3)
SERMON
Offering
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Community Prayer with Lord's Prayer
(congregation responds, "Lord hear our prayer.")
Benediction
Now may the peace that passes all understanding be with you all this day and forevermore.
AMEN
Discussion Time Follows the Benediction
This time is for those who would like to remain after the service to ask questions and hear the questions of others.
Guidelines:
Participate by asking questions only.
Be curious and open-minded in your participation in the views of others.
Keep your questions to no more than two minutes.
Speak once until everyone has spoken.
Listen deeply to the questions of others.
