2018 December 9 - 5th Sunday in Advent

Leaders' Edition

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Notes for Leaders

• Check in with each other, the Council Steward, and the musicians before the service.

• Check in with the musicians, discuss the number of verses for psalm, hymns, and the alleluia.

• There is a Sunday morning checklist of things that need to be done….check this

• The “leader’s script” contains notes & instructions. The bulletin that everyone else is reading

contains less information. Don’t assume that the congregation sees what you are seeing or

that the page numbers line up.

• Throughout the liturgy, parts are marked “Presiding Minister” & “Assisting Minister.”The

congregation’s parts are in bold.

• Normally, I don’t introduce hymns, but I will often invite people to stand/sit, with a word or

a simple gesture as I stand/sit.

• When it comes time for communion, the “Presider” serves the bread, the “Assisting Minister”

serves the wine. There is another assistant who will lead prayer at the baptismal font. All of

these leaders will commune first, during the singing of the Lamb of God.

• Check in with the Sacristan to make sure that the Bread is gluten free. If it is NOT, you

need to set out the small copper container of gluten free crackers and make sure to offer them

during communion.

• At the end of the service, before the final blessing, announcements should be made.

• The Setting during Advent: As people arrive, so that they cannot fail to notice, they encounter

the lectern set up in the middle of the doorway. The lectern is draped in Advent blue cloth:

The Gospel Book of Luke is situated on the lectern, closed - in order to see the icon. On the

sanctuary side of the lectern there is a candle holder with a lit candle. On the balcony side of

the lectern there is a small square table with a small censer, a single charcoal, and some

incense.The seating in the sanctuary is arranged in rows of concentric quarter-ovals along the

long axis between font and organ. These quarter ovals are intersected by aisles. At the heart of

the oval there are two focal points: The square altar table towards the organ draped in advent

blue, and a stand towards the font also draped in Advent blue and on which there is a

wreath with seven candles. As much as possible, there is blue throughout the sanctuary:

drapes from the ceiling, stars, etc. The overall sense of the space is of anticipation, of beauty

in simplicity.

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Gathering

A prayer minister greets the arriving community and invites them to take a seat

An Advent Playlist will be playing at the start.

When the playlist completes, Resmiranda sings.

Gathering Anthem: “The Only Son From Heaven” by JS Bach

Sung by Resmiranda Vocal Ensemble

The only Son from heaven

Foretold by ancient seers,

By God the Father given

In human form appears.

No sphere His light confining,

No star so brightly shining,

As He our Morning Star.

Following the anthem, the meditation gone is struck 3 timesm, with a couple moments of silence

inbetween each strike Do not invite the community to stand. The community remains seated, rising

for the first time with the arrival of the gospel.

Reading from the Prophets: Malachi 3:1-4

A lector rises at their seat and reads the first lesson from among the gathered community. The effect

is as of a voice coming from among us, a living voice.

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church!

Thanks be to God.

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Advent Kyriei

(Presiding Minister) Offers a welcome and greeting which ends with the invitation to stand and the

proclamation:

Apostolic Greeting

The grace of our risen Savior Jesus Christ, the love of God,

and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

And also with you.

Arise! The light shines in the darkness!

And the darkness does not overwhelm it!

As the community sings, an Assisting Minister with the Gospel book and a young child with a candle

process during the singing of the Advent Hymn to the wreath where Advent candles are lighted.

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Music: Mass for a New World, David Haas, © 2010, GIA Publications, Inc.

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(Stand) Gathering Hymn: “There’s a Voice in the Wilderness”ii

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Proclamation of the Gospel: Luke 1:68-79

Before the reading of the Gospel:

God be with you.

And also with you

The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke.

Glory to you, O Lord.

After the gospel:

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you O Christ!

After the Gospel is read, the assisting minister places the book on the side stand as the Presiding

Minister continues with the Prayer of the Day:

Let us pray:

Stir up our hearts, O God, to prepare the way of your Incarnate Word. By the coming of

your Child, give to all the people of the world knowledge of your salvation; through Jesus

Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

God, now and forever. Amen.

Advent Sermon

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Prayer & Peace

Hymn of the Day: “A Voice Cries Out”iii

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Prayers of the people.iv Let us pray for all people and for all creation.

(God of peace, in your wisdom, give us the will to seek peace. God of peace and of healing, fill every heart with your peace.)

As we await the coming of Christ, we pray in hope for the church, the world, and all of

creation.

A brief silence.

Prepare your church to share the good news, life-giving God. Put your word within us and

dwell among us. Send us out to proclaim the mercy and salvation that abides in you.

Protect the creation, life-giving God. Sustain the mountains and hills. Restore the rivers.

Give us wisdom and compassion to care for wilderness areas and urban ecosystems. Move

us to care for your creation in all its forms and richness.

Sung Response

Purify the hearts of all people, life-giving God. Remove the hate that lives within us and

among us. Mold us into peacemakers. Raise up leaders rooted in your love and fed by your

word.

Comfort all who hurt, life-giving God. Wrap them in your tender care. Remember the

forgotten and send us out to share your love with them. Be with the wandering, the

worried, and the woeful (especially).

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Sung Response

Bless this congregation, life-giving God. Give strength and joy to worship leaders,

musicians, and our altar guild as they prepare the way for the celebration of the Christ

child’s coming among us.

Here other intercessions may be offered.

We remember the generations who have shown us your faithfulness, life-giving God.

Shine your light on those who mourn and prepare us for that day when we will see you

face-to-face.

Sung Response

Confident that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us, we bring to you these prayers and those

unspoken, in the name of Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. Amen.

Offer a sign of peace to those around you.

The peace of Christ be with you always.

And also with you.

Offering Anthem: “How Brightly Shines” by Philip Nicolai 1597

Sung by Resmiranda Vocal Ensemble

How brightly shines the morning Star!

The nations see and hail afar.

The light in Judah shining.

Thou David's son of Jacob's race

The Bridegroom and the King of grace.

For Thee our hearts are pining.

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Lowly, lowly, great and glorious

Thou victorious Prince of graces,

Filling all the heavenly places!

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Eucharist

Offering Prayer (Assisting Minister)

God of abundance,

we bring before you the precious fruits of your creation,

and with them our very lives.

Teach us patience and hope as we care for all those in need

until the coming of your Son, our Savior and Redeemer. Amen.

Great Thanksgiving

(Presiding Minister) May God be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to our God.

Let us give thanks to our God most high.

It is right to offer thanks and praise.

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,

that we should at all times and in all places

give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God,

through our Savior Jesus Christ.

You comforted your people with the promise of the Redeemer,

through whom you will also make all things new

in the day when he comes to judge the world in righteousness.

And so, with all the choirs of angels,

with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven,

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we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

Sanctus

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high - est. Blesst is the one, blesst is the one who

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…(Presiding Minister) We praise you, living and loving God,

that you have sent your Son to this world.

Christ is your Wisdom, sweetly ordering all creation,

our Lawgiver, burning with justice,

the Branch from Jesse’s tree, sprouting flowers from old roots,

the Key of David, opening our prison doors.

And let the people cry, O come and save us:

O come and save us.

We praise you, serving and saving God,

that you send your Son also to this table,

who on the night before he died took bread, and gave thanks,

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broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying:

Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.

Do this for the remembrance of me.

Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,

and gave it for all to drink, saying:

This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.

Do this for the remembrance of me.


O come and save us.

We beg you, mighty and merciful God:

Send us the Spirit of your Son.

Dwell in this food and in all who share it,

that the earth may rejoice in your presence.

In Christ, the Dawning Day, enlighten a darkened world,

reign as Sovereign to unite all peoples,

and live among us, Emmanuel,

our deepest desire now and forever.


O come and save us.

Even so, come, Christ Jesus, with the Creator and your Spirit, to the church,

and receive our praises, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

And let the people pray:

Come, Christ Jesus, be our guest,

and let these gifts to us be blessed.

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Blest be God, who is our Bread;

may all the world be clothed and fed.

Amen.

Prayer of Jesus

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Mother, Fa - ther who art in heaven, hal-low-ed be thy

Invitation to Communion

(Presiding Minister) (Presiding Minister) The bread is free of gluten. The wine is free of

alcohol. There is a place for prayer by the font. Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you.

Share in the feast of salvation. Sing now the Lamb of God!

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Priest: Deliver us, Lord... and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

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(Note in the bulletin) All are welcome to the Eucharist at the Chapel. Gluten free bread & alcohol

free wine are used.

Lamb of God

Communion Anthem: “Gabriel's Message” - Basque Carol

The angel Gabriel from heaven came

His wings as drifted snow, his eyes aflame

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most highly favored lady"

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Communion Hymn: “Waiting in Silence”v

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Communion Hymn: “Comfort, Comfort Now My People”vi

(Note in the bulletin) When all have communed, blessings are offered as bread is prepared for those

who are absent.

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(Note to the Presiding Minister: After everyone has communed, you may invite the assembly to stand

as they are able and offer a blessing)

(Presiding Minister) The body and blood of our Savior Jesus Christ

strengthen you and keep you under life everlasting.

Live in forgiveness. Claim your wholeness. Dwell in peace.

Post-Communion Prayer

(Assisting Minister)

We thank you, God our host,

for inviting us here to taste the future

when you will feed all the hungry at your table.

Keep this hope alive in us and in our communities,

so that we might bring hope to a suffering world,

in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior.

Amen.

(Note to the Presiding Minister: You will notice a basket of little painted boxes on the side table.

We use these to distribute bread to people who are not able to come to church. You should announce:

“As we sing together our closing hymn, come forward to get bread to take to people who

have not been able to come to church this morning.”)

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Sending!.

Sending Hymn: “Hark the Glad Sound”vii

For the good of community announcements are made, a blessing proclaimed, and the assembly dismissed.

(Presiding Minister) Signed and sealed by the Holy Spirit,

you are Christ’s message of love for this troubled world,

written by the same Sender.

May our Savior Jesus Christ and God our Creator,

who loved us and through grace gave us

eternal comfort and good hope,

☩ comfort your hearts and strengthen them

in every good work and word. Amen.

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Dismissal: “Magnificat”viii

(Assisting Minister):

Go in peace. Set your hope on Christ. Thanks be to God.

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In Remembrance Dec-06 Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, died around 342 Though Nicholas is one of the church's most beloved saints, little is known about his life. In the fourth century he was a bishop in what is now Turkey. Legends that surround Nicholas tell of his love for God and neighbor, especially the poor. One famous story tells of Nicholas secretly giving bags of gold to the three daughters of a father who was going to sell them into prostitution because he could not provide dowries for them. Nicholas has become a symbol of anonymous gift giving. Dec-07 Japeth (Jay) Pieper (March 8, 1965 - December 7, 2010) “Born feet-first and ready to run. Baptized with dirty Jordan River water and forever loved getting dirty. Dreamed at a young age of driving a garbage truck. Played sax in church orchestra and sang with the California Bach Society Boy Singers. Married Dawn on August 22, 1992. Became father of Cole and Tate, the joys of his life. Lit up every gathering with his humor and energy." Read more about Jay in our book of remembrance at the Chapel's columbarium. Dec-07 Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, died 397 Ambrose was a governor of northern Italy and a catechumen when he was elected bishop of Milan. He was baptized, ordained, and consecrated a bishop all on the same day. While bishop he gave away his wealth and lived in simplicity. He was a famous preacher and is largely responsible for the conversion of Augustine. He is also well known for writing hymns. On one occasion, Ambrose led people in a hymn he wrote while the church in which they were secluded was threatened by attack from Gothic soldiers. The soldiers turned away, unwilling to attack a congregation that was singing a hymn. Ambrose is credited with authorship of three hymns in Evangelical Lutheran Worship, including "Savior of the Nations, Come" (ELW 263). Dec-10 Thomas Merton, monastic and theologian, died 1968 Thomas Merton pursued the ideals of pleasure and freedom in early adulthood only to reject them as an illusion and embrace a life of prayer and silence as a Trappist monk. His 1949 conversion story, The Seven Storey Mountain, was a surprise bestseller, introducing millions of modern people to the gifts of monasticism. A mentor to many activists in the Catholic peace movement, Merton became a prophetic voice for peace and nonviolence in the twentieth century, despite the fact that his “political” writings were censored by his order. Dec-11 In 1981 scores of Salvadoran troops from the US-trained Atlacatl Battalion occupied the town of El Mozote in rural El Salvador, interrogating its citizens about the whereabouts of guerilla troops suspected to be in the area. Though the residents of El Mozote, many of them born-again evangelicals, were known to be neutral in the conflict between the Salvadoran government and the FMLN resistance, nearly nearly

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one thousand men, women, and children were systematically killed in the largest massacre of modern Latin American history.

Notes on the Liturgy i “Mass for a New World” by composer David Haas (born 1957), published in 2010, is our service music for Advent. Born in Michigan, Haas studied music at Central Michigan University, and theology and music at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. In addition to serving in parish liturgical ministry in Michigan, Iowa, and Minnesota over the years, he also served as composer-in-residence at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity; and was campus minister and artist-in-residence at Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, where he taught music and theology. Haas is currently the director of the Emmaus Center for Music, Prayer and Ministry, which he founded in 1995; cantor at St. Cecilia’s Parish in St. Paul; and on the campus ministry staff at Cretin-Derham Hall High School. He is known for his early collaborations with Michael Joncas and Marty Haugen. For many years, the three of them traveled together throughout the United States, presenting liturgical concerts and workshops. Haas has produced more than 45 original collections and recordings of liturgical music. His best-known works include “Blest Are They,” “You Are Mine,” and “We Are Called.”

ii “There’s a Voice in the Wilderness” is a traditional Advent hymn from Canada. The author of the text, J. Lewis Milligan (1876-1961), was a successful British journalist and poet in London before relocating to Canada. Milligan wrote the text (based on Isaiah 40:3-11) in 1925 to celebrate the union of three Canadian denominations (Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian) into The United Church of Canada, which he served as public relations director. It was first published in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada (1930). This is the only hymn text we have from Milligan. He also wrote a play, Judas Iscariot, and a light opera, The Dream Peddlar. H. Hugh Bancroft (1904-1988), organist and choir director at various Anglican churches in Canada, wrote the tune, “Ascension,” for this text in 1938. It first appeared in The Hymn Book (1938) of the Anglican Church of Canada. A graduate of Durham University in Britain, Bancroft served as an organist and choirmaster in England and then Canada. He also directed the Vancouver Bach Choir, taught at the British Columbia Institute of Music and Drama, and spent some time at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, before finishing his career at All Saints’ Cathedral and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. iii “A Voice Cries Out” is a contemporary Advent hymn by Roman Catholic priest and composer Michael Joncas (born 1951). Based on Isaiah 40:1-11, the hymn was first published in 1981. A frequent lecturer and composer of liturgical music, Joncas has taught in the Catholic Studies Program at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota) since 1991. Joncas received his MA in liturgy from the University of Notre Dame in 1978 and was ordained in 1980. His musical compositions have enjoyed widespread success in North America, and he has frequently collaborated with fellow Minnesota composers David Haas and Marty Haugen. He is perhaps best known for his hymn based on Psalm 91, “You Who Dwell in the Shelter of the Lord,” which he released in 1979 on a recording titled “On Eagle’s Wings.” iv “Yarabba Ssalami” is an Arabic prayer for peace. It comes from Palestine. v “Waiting in Silence” is a new Advent hymn by Roman Catholic composer Carey Landry (born 1944), first published in 2002. Landry has a master’s degree in theology from The Catholic University of America and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. He and his wife, Carol Jean Kinghorn, have been partners in music and liturgy since 1972. They are the coordinators of liturgical music at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Indianapolis. They have also released several albums and collections of music, and have given workshops and concerts throughout the US and Canada, Australia, Europe, Ireland, and Scotland. They are perhaps best known for their “Hi God” series of songs for children. In addition to their music ministry, they both serve as hospital chaplains. The word “Maranatha” at the end of each verse is a two-word Aramaic phrase occurring only once in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 16:22), where it is usually translated as either an imperative (“Come, O Lord!”) or a confession (“Our Lord has come.”). The first interpretation is supported by what appears to be a Greek equivalent in the Book of Revelation “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:20). vi “Comfort, Comfort Now My People” is a traditional German Advent hymn based on Isaiah 40:1-8. It was written for John the Baptist’s Day (June 24), but now is more commonly sung during Advent. The German text first appeared in Geistliche Singe-Kunst (Leipzig, 1671), compiled by German Lutheran pastor Johannes Olearius (1611-1684). A graduate of Wittenberg University, Olearius compiled and contributed 300 hymns to this collection. The English translation by Catherine Winkworth

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(1827-1878) was included in her Chorale Book for England (1863). Born in Holborn on the edge of the City of London, Winkworth grew up in Manchester. There she studied with the Rev. William Gaskell and Dr. James Martineau, both prominent Unitarians. She later moved with her family to Clifton, near Bristol. Church historians credit Winkworth with doing more than any other single individual to make the rich heritage of German hymnody available to the English-speaking world. Winkworth took an interest in German hymns when she spent a year as a young adult living in Dresden. In 1854, she published Lyra Germanica, a collection of German hymns that she had translated into English. Further collections of her translations followed in 1858, 1863, and 1869. Winkworth was also deeply involved in promoting women’s rights, especially as an advocate of higher education for women. (Girton College, the first residential college for women in the United Kingdom, was established in 1869, but was not granted full college status by Cambridge University until 1948.) Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1561) composed or adapted the tune, “Freu dich sehr.” Bourgeois was cantor and choirmaster at St. Peter’s Church in Geneva, Switzerland, when John Calvin was preaching there. The tune is also called “Psalm 42” because it was the setting for the 42nd psalm in the Geneva Psalter of 1551. This psalter was developed at the insistence of Calvin, who believed that only psalms should be sung during worship. Calvin’s influence kept Reformed churches singing only psalms for centuries. Bourgeois is best known as the composer of “Old Hundredth,” the tune for “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow.” vii “Hark the Glad Sound” is one of over 400 hymn texts written by English Nonconformist minister Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) for use in his own parish in Northampton. He based the text on Luke 4:18-19, where Jesus reads from Isaiah 61 and announces that these words are “fulfilled in your hearing.” Doddridge was the maternal grandson of John Baumann, a Lutheran pastor who came to England to escape persecution in Prague. Doddridge was a friend of Isaac Watts and operated an academy for those preparing for the Nonconformist ministry, which drew students from all over England as well as the European continent. The tune, “Chesterfield,” is attributed to Thomas Haweis (1734-1820), an Oxford-educated English chaplain with Methodist leanings. Haweis published the tune in his hymn collection, Carmina Christo or Hymns to the Saviour (Bath, 1792). The tune as we know it today is a version by Samuel Webbe Jr. (1770-1843), from his booklet, A Collection of Psalm Tunes (Liverpool, 1808). Webbe was the organist at the Unitarian Church in Liverpool and at two Roman Catholic churches, the Church of St. Nicholas and St. Patrick’s Chapel. viii “Magnificat” is a modern chant from the Taizé community in France. The Latin text comes from Luke’s gospel (Luke 1:46-55), where this song is Mary’s reaction to the angel Gabriel’s news that she would bear the Messiah (the Annunciation). Modeled on the song of Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1-10), the Magnificat speaks of God’s intervention on behalf of the downtrodden and oppressed, overturning all expectations. It is named for the first word of the Latin translation of Luke 1:46. Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) composed this setting for the Taizé community in France. The chant can be sung as a round. Berthier studied at the César Franck School in Paris, where he met Joseph Gelineau and learned to compose liturgical music. In 1955 the brothers of Taizé invited him to write some simple pieces for their community and its many visitors, beginning a relationship that ultimately resulted in a large repertoire known as Music from Taizé. Berthier also served from 1961 until his death as organist of the Jesuit church in Paris, St. Ignace.

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Worship Leaders

Presider Pr. Jeff Johnson

Preacher Ella Vandervlugt

Director of Music Andy Bouman

Cantor Kate Buckelew

Assisting Minister Margaret Moreland

Lector Paul Quimby

Sacristan Judy Turley

Worship Steward Pamela Gilbert-Snyder

Prayer Minister Emily Czarnik-Neimeyer

Godly Play Storyteller Lowell Afdahl Rice

Godly Play Doorperson Sam Tia

Fair Trade Mercado Madeline Severtson

Administrator Logan Rimel

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