Sermon Tone Analysis
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Announcements, Joys, & Concerns
Spirit of the living God,
Spirit of the living God,
Fall afresh on me
(repeat)
Melt me
Call to Worship
mold me
fill me
use me
Spirit of the living God,
Fall afresh on me.
Call to Worship:
Leader: We will give thanks to you, O LORD, with our whole heart; we will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
All: We will be glad and exult in you; we will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Leader: O magnify the LORD with me.
All: Let us exalt God’s name together!
—from & , NRSV
Opening Prayer
Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the head and cornerstone,
chosen of the Lord and precious,
binding all the church in one;
holy Zion's help forever,
and her confidence alone.
All that dedicated city,
dearly loved of God on high,
in exultant jubilation
pours perpetual melody;
God the One in Three adoring
in glad hymns eternally.
2 All that dedicated city,
dearly loved of God on high,
in exultant jubilation
pours perpetual melody;
God the One in Three adoring
in glad hymns eternally.
To this temple, where we call you,
come, O Lord of hosts, and stay:
come with all your loving-kindness
hear your people as we pray;
and thy fullest benediction
shed within its walls alway.
Here bestow on all your servants
what they seek from you to gain,
what they gain from you forever
with the blessed to retain,
and hereafter in your glory
evermore with you to reign.
Laud and honor to the Father,
laud and honor to the Son,
laud and honor to the Spirit,
ever Three and ever One,
One in might, and One in glory,
while unending ages run.
Merciful God, you pardon all who truly repent and turn to you.
We humbly confess our sins and ask your mercy.
We have not loved you with a pure heart,
nor have we loved our neighbor as ourselves.
We have not done justice, loved kindness, or walked humbly with you, our God.
Have mercy on us, O God, in your loving-kindness.
In your great compassion,
cleanse us from our sin.
Create in us a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within us.
Do not cast us from your presence, or take your Holy Spirit from us.
Restore to us the joy of your salvation and sustain us with your bountiful Spirit through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
—based on
Declaration of Forgiveness
Gloria Patri (Glory to God)
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.As it was in the beginning, it is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen, amen.
Musical Meditation
Witnessing God’s Work
Prayer for Illumination (understanding)
genesis
Hebrew Scripture Readings
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Hebrew Scripture Readings
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What’s in a Name?
Message:
Trouble in the World
Misuse of names
There is the great scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
As I was writing my sermon for today, I realized it’s not the first time I’ve opened a sermon with a scene from that movie, but it’s a great movie.
Throughout the movie, Indiana’s father, Henry Jones, keeps calling him “Junior”.
Indy is clearly bothered by this and eventually snaps at his father.
Indiana: Will you please stop calling me Junior?
Sallah: Please, what does this mean?
Always with this Junior?
Henry: That's his name: Henry Jones, Junior.
Indiana: I like Indiana.
Henry: We named the dog Indiana.
Sallah: The dog?
You are named after the dog.
Marcus: Can we go home please?
Indiana: I have a lot of fond memories of that dog.
What’s really fun is that there really was a dog named Indiana.
George Lucas, one of the creators of Indiana Jones, at one time had a dog named Indiana.
Naming a character after him was a way of remembering a beloved pet.
Naming someone or something after a person (or, in Indiana’s case, a dog) is a way of paying tribute to them, of honoring them or their memory.
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