Gathering Activity: "What is this?"
What is this if you are a pigeon?
What is this if you are a dog?
What is this if you can fly?
What is this if you are five years old?
What is this if you are short?
What is this if you are tall?
Opening Prayer: Dear God, you have given us so much. Because you loved us so much you took on flesh, became incarnate, and lived a human life. Because you loved us so much you took on our sins and allowed yourself to die a brutal death on the cross and because you loved us so much you came back. You rose again in glorious victory over sin and death and you changed everything. With deepest thanks we pray,
Amen.
Scripture: John 3:11-21
11 ‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17 ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19And this is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. 21But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.’
Response: "The story begins with the vast explosion of love, joy, and hope released into the world by the resurrection from the tomb of the crucified and rejected Jesus." - Lesslie Newbigin
If we start with Christ it changes how we see the rest of the world.
Prayer Requests:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours.
Now and for ever.
Amen.
Dismissal: Lord, we cannot thank-you enough. We can never earn the depth of love you showed on the cross but we can strive to make our lives reflect your love to the world. Give us the strength to view the world through the eyes of the cross: through the lens of Christ's death and resurrection, help us to trust that He will come again in glory and to know with everything that we are that we are love. In your name we pray,
Amen.
What is this if you are a dog?
What is this if you can fly?
What is this if you are five years old?
What is this if you are short?
What is this if you are tall?
Opening Prayer: Dear God, you have given us so much. Because you loved us so much you took on flesh, became incarnate, and lived a human life. Because you loved us so much you took on our sins and allowed yourself to die a brutal death on the cross and because you loved us so much you came back. You rose again in glorious victory over sin and death and you changed everything. With deepest thanks we pray,
Amen.
Scripture: John 3:11-21
11 ‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17 ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19And this is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. 21But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.’
Response: "The story begins with the vast explosion of love, joy, and hope released into the world by the resurrection from the tomb of the crucified and rejected Jesus." - Lesslie Newbigin
If we start with Christ it changes how we see the rest of the world.
Prayer Requests:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours.
Now and for ever.
Amen.
Dismissal: Lord, we cannot thank-you enough. We can never earn the depth of love you showed on the cross but we can strive to make our lives reflect your love to the world. Give us the strength to view the world through the eyes of the cross: through the lens of Christ's death and resurrection, help us to trust that He will come again in glory and to know with everything that we are that we are love. In your name we pray,
Amen.
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