“Gratitude, plus Great are are you Lord” by Gateway worship FT. Zac Rowe
Welcome
Announcements
Calendar for cleaning bathrooms
Good News
Prayer Requests
*Praise Music: “Oceans” (Where feet may fail). Hillsong United Lyrics
Invocation
Disciples Generous Response
Doctrine and Covenants 163:9
9 Faithful disciples respond to an increasing awareness of the abundant generosity of God by sharing according to the desires of their hearts; not by commandment or constraint. Break free of the shackles of conventional culture that mainly promote self-serving interests. Give generously according to your true capacity. Eternal joy and peace await those who grow in the grace of generosity that flows from compassionate hearts without thought of return. Could it be otherwise in the domain of God, who eternally gives all for the sake of creation?
Receiving and Blessing of the Offering
Gathering & Call to Worship
“Today we worship a God who cares about how people are treated—especially those with the least power.”
Call & Response
- Leader: “What does God desire?”
- People: “Justice, mercy, humility.”
- Leader: “Who shows us the way?”
- People: “Jesus.”
*Hymn: “The Summons” ccs 586. By Beyond the Walls Choir
Luke 10:25–37 — The Good Samaritan
ERV
25 Then an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?”
26 Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?”
27 The man answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’[a] Also, ‘Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.’[b]”
28 Jesus said, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will have eternal life.”
29 But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who is my neighbor?”
30 To answer this question, Jesus said, “A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some robbers surrounded him, tore off his clothes, and beat him. Then they left him lying there on the ground almost dead. 31 “It happened that a Jewish priest was going down that road. When he saw the man, he did not stop to help him. He walked away. 32 Next, a Levite came near. He saw the hurt man, but he went around him. He would not stop to help him either. He just walked away.
33 “Then a Samaritan man traveled down that road. He came to the place where the hurt man was lying. He saw the man and felt very sorry for him. 34 The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine[c] on his wounds. Then he covered the man’s wounds with cloth. The Samaritan had a donkey. He put the hurt man on his donkey, and he took him to an inn. There he cared for him. 35 The next day, the Samaritan took out two silver coins and gave them to the man who worked at the inn. He said, ‘Take care of this hurt man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.’”
36 Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was really a neighbor to the man who was hurt by the robbers?”
37 The teacher of the law answered, “The one who helped him.”
Jesus said, “Then you go and do the same.”
- “Who is hurt?”
- “Who walks away?”
- “Who helps—and what does it cost?”
“Risk Something New” Leading Congregations in Mission
Luke 4:18-19. NIV
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Jesus names his mission.
“Jesus came to help people who are stuck—by poverty, sickness, exclusion, or fear.”
Matthew 25:35-40. NIV
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“What if Jesus shows up hungry in our town?”
James 1:27. NIV
27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
“Faith isn’t just what we believe. It’s what we do for people who are easy to ignore.”
Intergenerational Response
Groups
- Who in our community has a hard time being seen or helped?
- What makes helping them uncomfortable?
- What is one small thing we could do together?
Rules
- No national politics
- No debating
- Kids get to speak first if they want
- We are practicing our listening skills.
Groups to stand by the station that connects most with what they discussed
- Food / Basic Needs
- Loneliness / Isolation
- Fairness / Advocacy (local)
“This is not a vote. It’s a prayer with our bodies.”
All “Short prayer over each group”
- “God, help us see.”
- “God, give us courage.”
- “God, help us follow Jesus.”
My Aunt the Missionary
January Mission
*Video: “Heal the World” Connie Talbot
Closing Prayer
Call & Response Prayer
- Leader: “What does God ask of us?”
- People: “To do justice.”
- Leader: “How do we do that?”
- People: “By loving mercy.”
- Leader: “How do we walk?”
- People: “Humbly with God.”
*Hymn : “In Jesus Name” by Katie Nichole
Micah 6:8 NIV
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly[a] with your God.
Sending
“Go in peace—not just to believe in Jesus, but to live the way Jesus lived.”
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