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Russian Orthodox Chant
Turning Points in Church History Lausanne Movement here, 11:20-17:26
Lighting of the Candles We light a candle in the name of the Maker, Who lit the world and breathed the breath of life for us We light a candle in the name of the Son, Who saved the world and stretched out his hand to us We light a candle in the name of the Spirit Who encompasses the world and blesses our souls with yearning We light three lights for the trinity of love: God above us, God beside us, God beneath us: The beginning, the end, the everlasting one.
Liturgy Niceno Constantinopolitan Creed (325/381 AD) We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is of the essence of the Father.
Liturgy Niceno Constantinopolitan Creed (325/381 AD) God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made; of the very same nature of the Father, by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. Who for us humanity and for our salvation came down from heaven, was incarnate, was made human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit.
Liturgy Niceno Constantinopolitan Creed (325/381 AD) By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance. He suffered, was crucified, was buried, rose again on the third day, ascended into heaven with the same body, [and] sat at the right hand of the Father.
Liturgy Niceno Constantinopolitan Creed (325/381 AD) He is to come with the same body and with the glory of the Father, to judge the living and the dead; of His kingdom there is no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, in the uncreated and the perfect; Who spoke through the Law, prophets, and Gospels; Who came down upon the Jordan, preached through the apostles, and lived in the saints.
Liturgy Niceno Constantinopolitan Creed (325/381 AD) We believe also in only One, Universal, Apostolic, and [Holy] Church; in one baptism in repentance, for the remission, and forgiveness of sins; and in the resurrection of the dead, in the everlasting judgement of souls and bodies, and the Kingdom of Heaven and in the everlasting life. Amen.
September 27: ROF, 108-149 (Ch. 5-6) Deep Scripture + Catholic Evangelical Worship
How can we both listen to the wisdom of ages past and be open to the ongoing creative work of God today? ROF 108-149 (Ch. 5-6)
ROF 108-149 (Ch. 5-6) How can we both listen to the wisdom of ages past and be open to the ongoing creative work of God today?
Deep Scripture + Catholic Evangelical Worship Question Challenge Implication Application
Question Challenge Implication Application What didn t make sense? What did you think was wrong? If this is true, then what does it mean for how we bring Christian tradition into dialogue with our contemporary context and church practice? What does it look like for us to live out of this vision, remembering our future as deep church, journeying where the current is strongest?
What practices or traditions have been meaningful to you?
RESPONSE? Implication & Application How can we both listen to the wisdom of ages past and be open to the ongoing creative work of God today?
Christian Practices rich and repetitive actions we do, over time and often together, which engage our senses and imagination, reminding us of God s presence and aiming us at His Kingdom
The Church Calendar Living the Christian Year
Lent Humbled in the Turning [Russian Orthodox Chant]
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) READ What does Scripture Say? MEDITATE PRAY CONTEMPLATE ACT
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) 1 Sound the trumpet in Jerusalem! Raise the alarm on my holy mountain! Let everyone tremble in fear because the day of the Lord is upon us. 2 It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of thick clouds and deep blackness. Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the mountains, a great and mighty army appears. Nothing like it has been seen before or will ever be seen again.
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) 3 Fire burns in front of them, and flames follow after them. Ahead of them the land lies as beautiful as the Garden of Eden. Behind them is nothing but desolation; not one thing escapes. 4 They look like horses; they charge forward like warhorses. 5 Look at them as they leap along the mountaintops. Listen to the noise they make like the rumbling of chariots, like the roar of fire sweeping across a field of stubble, or like a mighty army moving into battle.
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) 6 Fear grips all the people; every face grows pale with terror. 7 The attackers march like warriors and scale city walls like soldiers. Straight forward they march, never breaking rank. 8 They never jostle each other; each moves in exactly the right position. They break through defences without missing a step.
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) 9They swarm over the city and run along its walls. They enter all the houses, climbing like thieves through the windows. 10 The earth quakes as they advance, and the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine. 11 The Lord is at the head of the column. He leads them with a shout. This is his mighty army, and they follow his orders. The day of the Lord is an awesome, terrible thing. Who can possibly survive?
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) 12 That is why the Lord says, Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning. 13 Don t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead. Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. 14 Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse. Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine to the Lord your God as before.
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) 15 Blow the ram s horn in Jerusalem! Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. 16 Gather all the people the elders, the children, and even the babies. Call the bridegroom from his quarters and the bride from her private room.
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) 17 Let the priests, who minister in the Lord s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray, Spare your people, Lord! Don t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say, Has the God of Israel left them?
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) MEDITATE What is standing out to me? What is this Scripture saying to me? READ PRAY CONTEMPLATE ACT
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) PRAY Speak to Your Father about what you have meditated on READ MEDITATE CONTEMPLATE ACT
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) CONTEMPLATE Spend time looking at God and letting God look at us. Create space that if God wants to give you a special grace gift in relation to this passage, he will. If not, just relax with him. READ MEDITATE PRAY ACT
Lectio Divina Joel 2:1 17 (Repentance before the Day of the Lord) ACT How would God have me respond? READ MEDITATE PRAY CONTEMPLATE
Lent Humbled in the Turning [Russian Orthodox Chant]
Quarry Church Sundays, 8am
For the secret of man s being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not consent to go on living and would rather destroy himself than remain on earth, though he had bread in abundance. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Life
October 11: ROF, 150-206 (Ch. 7-8) Empowered Worship + Baptism/Catechesis