Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The liturgy below is for the Chapel gathering (via Zoom) on June 22nd at 12 pm (PDT). If you are unable to join us at that time, the Chapel recording and the liturgy will be posted on Moodle on Tuesday afternoon and available for 1 week.
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship | Adapted from Isaiah 43:1-3
But now, this is what the LORD says—he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
“We will not fear, for we have been redeemed;
We have been called by name; we are the LORD’s.”
Before the Throne of God Above
Lyrics: Charitie Lees Bancroft | Tune (“Before The Throne”): Vikki Cook
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on his hands
My name is written on his heart
I know that while in heaven he stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart
When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see him there
Who made an end to all my sin
Because the sinless Saviour died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the Just is satisfied
To look on him and pardon me
To look on him and pardon me
Behold him there the Risen Lamb
My perfect spotless righteousness
The great unchangeable I Am
The King of glory and of grace
One with himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by his blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Saviour and my God
With Christ my Saviour and my God
I bow before the cross of Christ
And marvel at this love divine
God’s perfect Son was sacrificed
To make me righteous in God’s eyes
This river’s depths I cannot know
But I can glory in its flood
The Lord Most High has bowed down low
And poured on me his glorious love
And poured on me his glorious love
The Prayer of St Cuthbert
Revised from Celtic Daily Prayer
Hear our voices when we call, O Lord;
be merciful to us and answer us.
Our hearts say of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, we will seek.
Do not hide your face from us,
do not turn your servants away in anger;
You have been our helper.
Do not reject us or forsake us,
O God our Saviour.
Though our fathers and mothers forsake us,
the Lord will receive us.
Though our brothers and sisters reject us
our brother Jesus will hold us close.
Though our blood families may fail us,
the Spirit will bind us together.
Teach us your way, O Lord;
lead us in a straight path.
Lord, we have heard your voice calling at a distance.
Guide our steps to you, Lord,
guide our steps to you.
Lord, we have heard your voice calling at a distance.
Guard our way to you, Lord,
guard our way to you.
Lord, we have heard your voice calling at a distance.
Keep our hearts for you, Lord,
keep our hearts for you.
Lord, we have heard your voice.
Softly as the dew-fall of heaven,
may the Holy Spirit come upon us
to aid us and to raise us,
to bind our prayers firmly
at the throne of the King of life.
God’s will would we do,
our own wills bridle;
God’s due would we give,
our own dues yield;
God’s path would we travel
our own paths refuse.
Jesus, only Son of the Father, and Lamb,
who shed your heart’s true blood,
dearly to buy us:
Protect us, accompany us, be ever near us.
I Want Jesus To Walk With Me
Lyrics & Tune (“Sojourner”): Unknown (African-American Spiritual)
I want Jesus to walk with me
I want Jesus to walk with me
All along my pilgrim journey
Lord I want Jesus to walk with me
In my trials Lord walk with me
In my trials Lord walk with me
When my heart is almost breaking
Lord I want Jesus to walk with me
When I'm troubled Lord walk with me
When I'm troubled Lord walk with me
When my head is bowed in sorrow
Lord I want Jesus to walk with me
I want Jesus to walk with me
I want Jesus to walk with me
All along my pilgrim journey
Lord I want Jesus to walk with me
Scripture | Mark 3:20–22; 31–34 (NIV)
Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.” “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
Homily | Like Family
Amy Anderson
Director of Communications and Public Engagement at Regent College
Trinity Song
© 2016 Sandra McCracken
Holy Father, Son, and Spirit
Holy Communion, Three-in-One
Holy Father, Son, and Spirit
Holy Communion, Three-in-One
Come with Your peace, with Your invitation
Bind us together in holy love
Come with Your peace, with Your invitation
Bind us together in holy love
Holy Father, Son, and Spirit…
Holy Father, Son, and Spirit…
Three-in-One, Three-in-One, Three-in-One