Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The liturgy below is for the Chapel gathering (via Zoom) on July 13 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 | Psalm 130 (NRSV - revised)
Out of the depths we cry to you, O LORD.Lord, hear our voices!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of our supplications!
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.
We wait for the LORD, our souls wait,
and in his word we hope;
our souls wait for the LORD
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.
O people of God, hope in the LORD!
For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
and with him is great power to redeem.
It is he who will redeem us
from all our iniquities.
I Lift My Eyes Up
Brian Doerksen | 1990 Vineyard Songs Canada and ION Publishing. Pluralized.
We lift our eyes up to the mountains
Where does our help come from?
Our help comes from you maker of heaven
Creator of the earth
Oh how we need you Lord
You are our only hope
You’re our only prayer
And we will wait on you
To come and rescue us
Come and give us life
We lift our eyes up to the mountains
Where does our help come from?
Our help comes from you maker of heaven
Creator of the earth
Oh how we need you Lord
You are our only hope
You’re our only prayer
And we will wait on you
To come and rescue us
Come and give us life
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
He Shall Reign
Tom Wuest. © 2007 Brass Trumpet Publishing.
Come broken, come captiveCome all you who mourn
Oh groaning creation, rejoice
A child, a savior, our healing he brings.
What freedom! What consolation!
He shall reign (He shall reign), He shall reign
He shall reign (He shall reign), He shall reign
El reinará (El reinará), El reinará
El reinará (El reinará), El reinará
He’ll order his kingdom
With justice and peace
Oh merciful one, oh Lamb of God
All nations, all people
All heaven and earth
Will bow down and to Him proclaim
He shall reign (He shall reign), He shall reign
He shall reign (He shall reign), He shall reign
El reinará (El reinará), El reinará
El reinará (El reinará), El reinará
He shall reign (He shall reign), He shall reign
He shall reign (He shall reign), He shall reign
Prayer | Expressions of Faith
From the Evening Prayer in Celtic Daily Prayer
Lord, you have always given bread for the coming day;
and though I am poor, today I believe.
Lord, you have always given strength for the coming day;
and though I am weak, today I believe.
Lord, you have always given peace for the coming day;
and though of anxious heart, today I believe.
Lord, you have always kept me safe in trials;
and now, tried as I am, today I believe.
Lord, you have always marked the road for the coming day;
and though it may be hidden, today I believe.
Lord, you have always lightened this darkness of mine;
and though the night is here, today I believe.
Lord, you have always spoken when time was ripe;
and though you be silent now, today I believe. Amen.
Psalm 126 (Although We are Weeping)
Bifrost Arts Music | from He Will Not Cry Out, 2013.
Our mouths they were filled, filled with laughter
Our tongues they were loosed, loosed with joy
Restore us O Lord, restore us O Lord
Although we are weeping, Lord help us keep sowing
The seeds of your Kingdom for the day you will reap them
Your sheaves we will carry, Lord please do not tarry
All those who sow weeping will go out with songs of joy
The nations will say, "He has done great things!"
The nations will sing songs of joy
Restore us O Lord, restore us O Lord
Although we are weeping, Lord help us keep sowing
The seeds of your Kingdom for the day you will reap them
Your sheaves we will carry, Lord please do not tarry
All those who sow weeping will go out with songs of joy
Scripture | Isaiah 42:1-4 (NIV)
Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope.
Homily | A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break
Johanna Harris
Johanna Harris is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Exeter. Later this summer (Jul 26-30), she will be teaching: “The Puritan Literary Imagination” (HIST/INDS 512).
Be Thou My Vision
Lyrics: Mary E. Byrne | Music (Slane): traditional Irish melody
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me save that thou art
Thou my best thought by day or by night
Waking or sleeping thy presence my light
Be thou my wisdom and thou my true word
I ever with thee and thou with me Lord
Thou my great Father and I thy true child
Thou in me dwelling to thee reconciled
Riches I heed not nor vain empty praise
Thou mine inheritance now and always
Thou and thou only first in my heart
High King of Heaven my treasure thou art
High King of Heaven my victory won
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright Heaven's Sun
Heart of my own heart whatever befall
Still be my vision O Ruler of all
Heart of my own heart whatever befall
Still be my vision O Ruler of all