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
13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
1 Sometime after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer, and the chief baker, 3 and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody. 5 And one night they both dreamed--the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison--each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation. 6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. 7 So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why are your faces downcast today?" 8 They said to him, "We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me." 9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph...
Swedenborg Insight: Four types of dreams
The first type (of dreams) comes from the Lord mediately by way of heaven; such were the prophetical dreams spoken of in the Word. The second type comes by way of angelic spirits, especially those who are situated in front and above, over towards the right where the paradise gardens are. This was the source of the dreams that members of the Most Ancient Church had, dreams that were instructive. The third type comes by way of the spirits who are close to a person when [she or] he is asleep. These too, carry spiritual meanings. Delusory dreams however come from a different source. (Secrets of Heaven §1976).
SERMON
Offering
Please give generously to our ministry
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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 first.
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 and show you've listened before speaking.
