Come to the Cross by JennySW

Introduction to “Come to the Cross” “. . . but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles” (I Corinthians 1:23) This year’s theme is Come to the Cross. The cross is still a controversial and demanding symbol for us as Christians and for others. The question we invite this Annual Conference to embrace is the following: Is the cross about the Christian or the Christ? In contemporary society we tend to focus more on a theology of glory and affirmation and optimism. That is to say we focus on resurrection and avoid and forget the suffering, death of Christ and ourselves. Paul says to the community in Rome: “Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4) The cross, in other words, is both about Jesus Christ and Christ’s disciples. The church, in other words, is not simply a support group promoting a better self-esteem, an optimistic outlook, and a “God wants me to be successful” mentality. No, the church is not a support group at all; but rather it is the gathering of the body of Christ where the word of the cross and resurrection is proclaimed, heard and lived. Every time we gather for worship we celebrate the paschal mystery, that is, the life, death, resurrection and pouring forth of the Holy Spirit for the glory of God and the life of the world. When we gather for Communion, we proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. The meal, in other words, is a death meal first and foremost. We die to those areas of our lives that divide us and separate us from one another. This point is illustrated best from our sisters and brothers in South America “The whole world is crucified by the spirit of violence. The two halves—rich and poor, north and south, heaven and earth—have been asunder, yet still the cross unites them. It is love that transcends even tortured death. All who take risks and put their necks on the line for justice in this world stand here in solidarity.” (http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/general/1992-stations-cross-esquivel.htm) The cross invites us to die and rise and, in doing so, we stand in solidarity with those who are impoverished by the injustices of this world. The theology of the cross allows us to see the world from a different perspective. A perspective where we look on all things through suffering and the cross and we are constrained to speak the truth. We have tried to design the worship services around a “mini-holy week.” We tried to begin with a sense of joy and anticipation as if we gathered for a Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday experience. Then the worship services invite us into the dark and scary and then exciting new places of learning how to die and rise. We incorporated the strategic direction and used the words for the Great Thanksgiving to guide each of the worship services: By Your Spirit, Make Us (Memorial Service) One with Christ (Executive and Lay Sessions) One With Each Other (Opening Worship) One in Ministry (Celebration of the Ministry of Deacons and Retirement Celebration) To All the World (Saturday Morning Worship) Until Christ Comes in Final Victory 3

(Ordination Service) And We Feast at Your Heavenly Banquet (Closing Worship). During this Annual Conference, the Body of Christ gathers to share its gifts and graces for the Reign of God to flourish in our world. A world where we are in harmony with one another and therefore in harmony with God. Hard work and dedication go into preparing each worship service. Blessing upon the following individuals. Greg Barron Gafford, who designed and built both the communion table and the cross, which allows us to encounter and be transformed by the cross. Rev. Amy Barron Gafford, for her insights in designing the environment, which allows us to encounter and be transformed by her powerful art design. Rev. Cynthia Langston Kirk, whose beauty in words and language, allows us to give praise to God with dignity and respect. Rev. Jenny Smith, who gathers all the worship experiences into one bulletin and allows us to encounter who we really are: the Body of Christ. Rev. Jim Parkhurst, who designs the morning devotions, which prepare us to serve God once again in the power of the Holy Spirit. Rev. Rula Colvin, Rev. Carolyn Scribner, Clare Sullivan, and Twyla Thompson for their gracious work in designing and shepherding worship experiences. Come to the cross and be transformed so the world will know peace, justice, forgiveness and hope. Grace and peace, Rev. Scott Ritchey Chair, Annual Conference Worship Team

Conference Study Leader Dr. Stephen Bryant The Upper Room Stephen D. Bryant is the World Editor and Publisher of The Upper Room, an international, interdenominational ministry focused on the formational practices needed to strengthen personal and congregational spirituality. Stephen also serves as the Associate General Secretary of the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church, where Upper Room Ministries resides. Stephen has formerly served as the International Director of the Walk to Emmaus and Chrysalis movements, ministries designed for leadership development and spiritual renewal for adults and older teens. Later he became the Executive Director of The Upper Room Program Ministries, giving general oversight and direction to resource development and offerings in the areas of spiritual leadership and congregational formation. On July 1, 1997, Stephen was elected as World Editor / Publisher of the Upper Room and now leads all the efforts of the multi-faceted ministry, including the popular daily devotional guide, read by millions of Christians around the world. Prior to his coming to The Upper Room, Stephen was a pastor in the Southwest Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. He first served as the associate pastor of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UMC in Corpus Christi, Texas, a large suburban congregation. His responsibilities supported youth and adult education, outreach and missions. He then moved to South Bluff UMC as senior pastor. South Bluff is an inner city parish, in which Stephen balanced the challenge of an effective social ministry with attention to personal spiritual growth among members. He led the efforts to bring the Walk to Emmaus to the Southwest Texas area, where it still remains a highly effective program facilitating Christian leadership development. Stephen also participated in the first two-year Academy for Spiritual Formation sponsored by The Upper Room from 19831985. Stephen has his B.A. in Social Science from Southern Methodist University, an M.Th. from Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas, and a Doctor of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky. He also holds a certificate in the theology of Christian Spirituality from Lehb Shomea House of Prayer in Sarita, Texas, a center for contemplative prayer and learning related to the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. During 1995 and 1996, Stephen participated in the Group Leader training program at Shalem Institute of Spiritual Formation. 5

Currently, Stephen is giving much attention to three new emerging areas of Upper Room work. One is the Companions in Christ initiative, currently being used in over 5000 local churches, and helping participants discover a deepening relationship with God by exploring the Christian spiritual life through study, worship, conversation, and prayer. Another area is the expansion of Upper Room Ministries in Africa, including offering several different language editions of the devotional guide. The Bryant family lived in South Africa for several months as Stephen worked to set up operations in Johannesburg. Stephen is also working to birth and shape a Center for Pastoral Imagination that would provide a setting for imagining new expressions for leadership and congregational development. Stephen is married to Marcie Smeck Bryant, a professional in the field of communication and public relations. They are the parents of two teenagers, Timothy and Marie Claire. The Bryants live in Nashville, Tennessee, but frequently make the drive back to the big sky in Texas.

Conference Worship Leader Jaime Cortez Jaime Cortez is a gifted and popular composer, arranger and performer. Born in New York and raised in El Salvador, Jaime is fluent in Spanish and has dedicated a portion of his ministry to promoting better Hispanic liturgies and bringing cultures together for worship. His main instrument is guitar, although he is proficient in piano and other string instruments, such as charango, vihuela and bass guitar. In addition to workshops, Jaime gives concerts with both English and Spanish repertoire, alone or with volunteer groups. He holds a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in music composition from Arizona State University. Jaime is currently music director at St. Bridget Church in Mesa, Arizona. He lives in Mesa, Arizona, with his wife, Kari, and their three children. www.jaimecortezmusic.com

Memorial and Anointing Service “By Your Spirit, Make Us” Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:00 p.m. North Scottsdale UMC Gathering *Gathering Song

“For All the Saints”

For all the saints, who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might; thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight; thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light. Alleluia, Alleluia! O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia, Alleluia! And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia, Alleluia! From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia, Alleluia! Words: William W. How, 1864. Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906.

*Greeting

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

We have gathered here to celebrate the lives of those who have served faithfully through the years and now share the triumph of Christ. We affirm with praise and thanksgiving the goodness of our Lord. Let us rejoice in God’s presence with us, in death as in life, among those who mourn as with those who now see Christ face to face. In the midst of our grief we sing with joy, for God’s love is over all that has been made. Blessed be God’s glorious name for ever. 7

*Opening Prayer

Rev. Mike Pearson

Tender and compassionate God, we seek to know you through the hearing of your word, and pray that we may go beyond hearing to obeying, as shown by the faithful lives of your departed servants whom we honor today. We know that they are precious in your eyes, worthy of your special attention and ours, for they served well in the task that you gave them. Grant that we may feel your presence as did the followers who knew Jesus in the breaking of the bread, and may we experience the fire within that sent them out to share the good news. Amen.

Word and Response Old Testament Reading

Isaiah 55:6-13

Psalm 139

Rev. Sharon Ragland “O God, You Search Me”

Leader: O God, you search me and you know me. All my thoughts lie open to your gaze. When I walk or lie down you are before me: Ever the maker and keeper of my days. All:

You know my resting and my rising. You discern my purpose from afar, You are with me beyond my understanding: In ev’ry moment of life or death, you are.

Women: Before a word is on my tongue, Lord, You have known its meaning through and through. There is nowhere on earth I can escape you: God of my present, my past and future too. Men:

Although your Spirit is upon me, Still I search for shelter from your light. There is nowhere on earth I can escape you: Even the darkness is radiant in your sight.

All:

For you created me and shaped me, Gave me life within my mother’s womb. For the wonder of who I am, I praise you: Safe in your hands, all creation is made new. Text: Based on Psalm 139. Text and music © 1992, Bernadette Farrell. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license # L10754, LicenSingOnline.

New Testament Reading

Revelation 21:1-7

Courtney Burford

*Gospel Acclamation

*Gospel Reading Sermon Offering

John 3:11-21

Rev. Matt Colby

“By Your Spirit, Make Us”

Rev. Ed Bonneau

Our offering this evening will go to Nothing But Nets.

Offertory *Doxology

“I, the Lord”

Jaime Cortez

“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty”

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity. Words: Reginald Heber, 1826. Music: John B. Dykes, 1861.

Thanksgiving Act of Remembrance

Rev. Tom Butcher

As the name of each of the honored dead is read aloud, the family stands, a candle is lit, a prayer bowl of water will be taken from the chancel, and emptied into the basin. The prayer bowl is given to the family, and the congregation responds with song.

Let us pray: On this night we remember the mighty acts of your faithful servants, O God. Grant that we may have the courage and conviction which they showed in their lives. May we have the commitment to confess your name and reveal your glory in the world.

Response

“Remember Your Love”

Text: Based on Psalms 25, 27, 90, 130; Mike Balhoff, b. 1946. Music: Darryl Ducote, b. 1945 and Gary Daigle, b. 1957. Text and music © 1978, Damean Music. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

We remember our baptism and give thanks for the death that we die with Christ, and the new life we receive in the resurrection. In our baptism, we too encounter the cross. And we remember this night your servants whose lives were shaped by the cross of Christ. We give thanks for those who went before them, leading them to the cross and lives of discipleship. And we give thanks for those who followed behind, being led to the cross by your servants now departed. R We remember this night those who lived your vision of the world: Grant us the boldness to follow in their footsteps, so that we may live in a world where the weak are protected, and none go hungry; a world where the riches of creation are shared, so all can enjoy them; a world where different races and cultures live in harmony and mutual respect; a world where peace is built with justice, R and justice is guided by love. We commend to your mercy all who have died, that they may rest in the arms of your mercy; and we pray that we may share with all your saints in your eternal kingdom. We remember and name this night: Rev. William Colby R Rev. Louis S. Eaton R Rev. Anita Iceman R Rev. Jack Thomas Moore R Rev. Robert Simpson R 10

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Laura Miller R Katherine Neal R Eleanor Waltermann Rosalie Winslow R

Anointing

Invitation

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

Anointing is an ancient symbol of being commissioned, sent forth, to do God’s work in the world. God’s servant Samuel was sent to anoint kings Saul and David. Jesus, the messiah, which means “anointed one,” was anointed by the woman at Bethany, an act of great love and devotion. Anointing has long been a part of the baptismal rite, sealing the baptized with the Holy Spirit, and commissioning them for service as persons of prayer, as prophets and teachers, and as persons of royalty, citizens of the Kingdom of God. Through our baptism, we participate in Christ’s death and resurrection, and we join in the ministry of the Body of Christ, redeemed, and sent out to do the work of God’s Kingdom. Tonight we have born witness to God’s servants who have gone before us. We have celebrated their lives as baptized Christians, called out for particular acts of service in the name of Jesus Christ. May they, with the fullness of the community of saints, be our example and our strength, as we hear anew our call to be faithful servants of God. This evening you are invited to remember your baptism and reclaim God’s anointing. This anointing is an affirmation of the gifts given to you by God and a sending forth to use those gifts for the building up of the Body of Christ. As you are anointed, remember your baptism and be thankful. As you are anointed, be aware of the communion of saints of which you are a part. As you are anointed, give yourself once again to God’s service. You may go to one of the four stations. When you come forward, you may dip your fingers into the water which has been drawn from the central font. Touch your head, your lips, your cheek, your heart with the water. As you feel the water, claim once again the one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and the one body into which you were baptized. And then, if you choose, you will receive oil in the sign of the cross upon your forehead, and you will be given a blessing.

Thanksgiving and Blessing of the Oil God and source of all gifts, we rejoice in the fullness of your holy generosity. Pour out your Holy Spirit upon this oil and bless it. As we are anointed, may we be reconciled to patience and persistence 11

that creates peace; to transparency and fairness which crafts justice; to forgiveness and restitution that assembles harmony; to love and reconstruction which banishes poverty and discrimination. Amen.

Anointing

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, I commend you to the work of God’s kingdom.

Music During Anointing

“The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve” The Spirit sends us forth to serve; we go in Jesus’ name to bring glad tidings to the poor, God’s favor to proclaim.

We go to comfort those who mourn and set the burdened free; where hope is dim, to share a dream and help the blind to see. We go to be the hands of Christ, to scatter joy like seed and, all our days, to cherish life, to do the loving deed. Then let us go to serve in peace, the gospel to proclaim. God’s Spirit has empowered us; we go in Jesus’ name. Words: Delores Dufner, OSB. Music: USA Fold Melody. Words © 1993 Delores Dufner, admin. By OCP Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

“Baptized in Water” Baptized in water, sealed by the Spirit, cleansed by the blood of Christ, our King; heirs of salvation, trusting his promise, faithfully now God’s praises we sing. Baptized in water, sealed by the Spirit, dead in the tomb with Christ, our King; one with his rising, freed and forgiven, thankfully now God’s praises we sing. Baptized in water, sealed by the Spirit, marked with the sign of Christ, our King; born of one Father, we are his children, joyfully now God’s praises we sing. Words: Michael Saward. Music: Trad. Gaelic melody. Words © 1982 Jubilate Hymns, admin. By Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

“What is Our Service to Be”

What is our service to be, Our sacred ministry? What does God ask? Walk with integrity, Do justice faithfully, Love others tenderly: This is our task!

What is the good news we bring? In whose name shall we sing? Dare to proclaim Courage in face of fears, Laughter in place of tears, God’s favor all our years In Jesus’ name! What is the mission we share? Whose is the image we bear? Let us acclaim Each person’s dignity, Human equality, Love that has set us free: Christ we proclaim! What is our service to be, Our sacred ministry? What does God ask? Walk with integrity, Do justice faithfully, Love others tenderly This is our task! Walk with integrity, Do justice faithfully, Love others tenderly This is our task! Text © 1993, The Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN 56374-0277. Music © 1998, Scot Crandal. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

“Hymn of Promise”

In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody; there’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; in our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity. In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. Words & Music: Natalie Sleeth, 1986. © 1986 Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

*Closing Prayer

Rev. David Devereaux Almighty God, as we have celebrated the lives of your servants, may we be inspired by them. May their mantle of service now be wrapped around our shoulders so that we might be strengthened and encouraged as we seek to serve you more faithfully. Look with favor on us gathered here, who reaffirm our commitment to follow Christ and to serve in his name. Give us courage, patience, and vision; equip and strengthen us all in our Christian vocation of witness to the world and of service to others; by the power of the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sending Forth *Closing Song

“Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service” Lord, whose love through humble service bore the weight of human need, who upon the cross, forsaken, offered mercy’s perfect deed: we, your servants, bring the worship not of voice alone, but heart, consecrating to your purpose every gift that you impart. Still your children wander homeless; still the hungry cry for bread; still the captives long for freedom; still in grief we mourn our dead. As, O Lord, your deep compassion healed the sick and freed the soul, use the love your Spirit kindles still to save and make us whole. As we worship, grant us vision, till your love’s revealing light in its height and depth and greatness dawns upon our quickened sight, making known the needs and burdens your compassion bids us bear, stirring us to tireless striving your abundant life to share. Called by worship to your service, forth in your dear name we go to the child, the youth, the aged, love in living deeds to show; hope and health, good will and comfort, counsel, aid, and peace we give, that your servants, Lord, in freedom may your mercy know, and live.

Words: Albert F. Bayly, 1961, alt. Music: Attr. To B. F. White, 1844; harm. By Ronald A. Nelson, 1978. Words © 1961 Oxford University Press; harm. © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

*Benediction

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

Reception following in the Fellowship Hall. Music by Jaime Cortez and “The Encore Strings”: Cathie King, Heather King, Courtney Waters, Traci Owens, Gina Mazzucco, and Stephanie Dangelser. Thank you to North Scottsdale United Methodist Church for assisting with this service. 14

Morning Devotion Thursday, June 7, 2007 7:00 a.m. Outside Gazebo “One with Christ” Prayer

On your last days on earth, you promised to leave us the Holy Spirit as our present comforter. We also know that your Holy Spirit blows over this earth. But we do not understand it. Many think it is only wind or a feeling. Let your Holy Spirit break into our lives. Let it come like blood into our veins, so that we will be driven entirely by your will. Let your Spirit blow over wealthy Europe and America, so that people there will be humble. Let it blow over the poor parts of the world, so that people there need suffer no more. Let it blow over Africa, so that people there may understand what true freedom is. There are a thousand voices and spirits in this world, but we want to hear only your voice, and be open only to your Spirit. (“Ghana,” from An African Prayer Book, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu)

Scripture

Ephesians 4:1-5

Meditation

Read “Forget Them Not”, by Bishop Minerva Carcaño, on page 16 of the May/June 2007 Alive Now!

Questions for Reflection

What have you learned when traveling in a culture different from your own? How is our memory “self-focused and self-serving”? How does God call us to be one with persons from both wealthy and poor countries?

Closing Prayer

Holy Spirit, come, break open the heart of the indifferent. Soften the heart of the oppressor. Comfort the heart of the sad, the broken, the hungry, the naked, and the prisoner. And in the name of Jesus, move through me. Amen. (Les Kirk, from Alive Now!, May/June 2007)

Laity and Executive Sessions “One with Christ” Thursday, June 7, 2007 9:00 a.m. Laity at Paradise Valley Doubletree Ballroom Clergy at Scottsdale United Methodist Church Gathering Prelude

Laity: Lorna Flynn Clergy: Jaime Cortez

Welcome

Twyla Thompson Bishop Minerva Carcaño

*Call to Worship

Jack Smalley Bishop Minerva Carcaño Leader: We have gathered in the presence of God, who is love. People: We have gathered in the shadow of the cross, a sign of God's love. Leader: Let us give thanks for the compassion of God, the grace of Jesus Christ, and the unity of the Holy Spirit. All: We will pray and sing, praising God that in Christ we are made one.

*Hymn

"We Are God's People" We are God's people, the chosen of the Lord, born of the Spirit, established by the Word. Our cornerstone is Christ alone, and strong in Christ we stand; O let us live transparently and walk heart to heart and hand in hand. We are God's loved ones, the Bride of Christ, our Lord, for we have known it, the love of God outpoured. Now let us learn how to return the gift of love once given; O let us share each joy and care and live with a zeal that pleases heaven.

We are the body of which the Lord is Head, called to obey Christ, now risen from the dead. God wills us be a family diverse, yet truly one; O let us give our gifts to God and so shall God's work on earth be done. We are a temple, the Spirit's dwelling place, formed in great weakness, a cup to hold God's grace. We die alone, for on its own each ember loses fire; Yet joined in one the flame burns on to give warmth and light and to inspire. Words: Bryan Jeffery Leech. Music: Johannes Brahms, adapt. Word and adapt. © 1976 Fred Bock Music Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

*Unison Prayer

Fred Osgood Rev. Peter Perry God most compassionate and merciful, we thank you that you have come to us in Jesus the Servant-Christ, whose disciples we are. Make us strong in your strength; make us wise in your wisdom; and make us gentle in your compassion. May we be signs of the human unity you seek to accomplish through the cross of Jesus Christ, that your name may be glorified in all the earth. Amen.

Word and Response Old Testament Lesson Psalm 25:4-7 Response

Isaiah 42:5-8a

Allie Lakey Rev. Tom Butcher “To You, O Lord” Scott Soper

Verses sung by leader:

Your ways, O Lord, Make known to me; teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth, for you are my God, and for you I will wait.

Good and upright is the Lord; he shows us the way. He guides the meek to justice, he teaches the humble to follow his ways. R Your way, O Lord, is kindness to those who are true. Your friendship is with those who love you; you reveal to them your Word. R Text: Based on Psalm 25:1, 4-5, 8-10, 14. Text and music © 1988, Scott Soper. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Epistle Lesson

Ephesians 4:1-6

*Gospel Acclamation

Richard Miller Rev. Sharon Ragland “Mass of God’s Promise” Dan Shutte

*Gospel Lesson

Matthew 16:13-24

Sermon

“One with Christ”

Beverly Secrist Rev. David Devereaux Jon Katov Rev. Jane Tews

Small Group Session

Jim Nibbelink Rev. Stewart Lewis Flora Slosson Wuellner has written, "The cross which we are summoned to carry is God's invitation to us to enter, share, and lift the burden of suffering for others. It is not the same as illness or disasters which come upon us against our will. We are always given the freedom to accept or reject a cross. If we accept, we enter into the pain of another person or a community with loving, redemptive power as a member of Christ's risen body."

In dialogue with 2 or 3 of your colleagues, spend the next few minutes discussing the following questions:

1. Name one cross to which you have been invited during the last year. 2. Did you choose to accept it, or not? 3. What was the result of your decision, and what did you learn from it?

Intercessory Prayer

Judy Robinson Rev. Mike Pearson

Response

In peace, let us pray to the Lord.

For the peace of the world, that a spirit of respect and forbearance may grow among nations and peoples, let us pray to the Lord. R For those in positions of public trust, that they may serve justice and promote the dignity and freedom of all people, let us pray to the Lord.

For a blessing upon the labors of all, and for the right to use the riches of creation, let us pray to the Lord. R For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and all who suffer; for refugees, prisoners and all who are in danger: that they may be R relieved and protected, let us pray to the Lord. For this community; for those who are present, and for those who are absent, that we may be delivered from hardness of heart, and may show forth your glory in all that we do, we pray to the Lord. R For our enemies and those who wish us harm; and for all whom we have R injured or offended, let us pray to the Lord. For ourselves; for the forgiveness of our sins, and for the grace of the Holy Spirit to amend our lives, let us pray to the Lord. R For all who commended themselves to our prayers: for our families, friends and neighbors; that being freed from anxiety, they may live in joy, peace and health, let us pray to the Lord. R 19

Help, save, pity and defend us, O God, by your grace. In the communion of the Holy Spirit and of all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn

“Take Up Thy Cross” "Take up thy cross," the Savior said, "if thou wouldst my disciple be; deny thyself, the world forsake, and humbly follow after me." Take up thy cross, let not its weight fill thy weak spirit with alarm; his strength shall bear thy spirit up, and brace thy heart and nerve thine arm. Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, nor let thy foolish pride rebel; thy Lord for thee the cross endured, to save thy soul from death and hell. Take up thy cross, and follow Christ, nor think till death to lay it down; for only those who bear the cross may hope to wear the glorious crown. Words: Charles W. Everest, 1833. Music: William Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies, 1815.

Thanksgiving Business of the Session Laity: Clergy:

Laity Discussion Topics Disciplinary Questions

Sending Forth Closing Prayer

Karen McFarland Rev. Peter Perry

*Hymn

“And Are We Yet Alive” And are we yet alive, and see each other’s face? Glory and thanks to Jesus give for his almighty grace! Preserved by power divine to full salvation here, again in Jesus’ praise we join, and in his sight appear. What troubles have we seen, what mighty conflicts past, fightings without, and fears within, since we assembled last! Yet out of all the Lord hath brought us by his love; and still he doth his help afford, and hides our life above. Then let us make our boast of his redeeming power, which saves us to the uttermost, till we can sin no more. Let us take up the cross till we the crown obtain, and gladly reckon all things loss so we may Jesus gain. Words: Charles Wesley, 1749. Music: Johann G. Nägeli; arr. By Lowell Mason, 1845.

*Benediction

Ashley Burford Bishop Minerva Carcaño God sends us into the world, to accept the cost and to discover the joy of discipleship. Therefore go, carrying with you the peace of Christ, the love of God, and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, in trial and rejoicing. Amen.

Postlude Laity Session: Twyla Thompson Karen McFarland Jack Smalley Judy Robinson Allie Lakey Fred Osgood Jim Nibbelink Beverly Secrist Richard Miller Jon Katov Ashley Burford Lorna Flynn

“In Christ There is No East or West” Conference Lay Leader Central East District Lay Leader Central West District Lay Leader South District Lay Leader North District Lay Leader Conference Scouting Coordinator Conference Director of Lay Speaking Conference President of United Methodist Women Conference President of United Methodist Men Open Table Ministry Conference Council on Youth Ministry, Co-Chair Music Leader and Pianist

Executive Session: Music by Jaime Cortez. Special thanks to Scottsdale United Methodist Church for assisting with this service.

Opening Worship “One with Each Other” Thursday, June 7, 2007 1:30 p.m. Paradise Valley Doubletree, Forum Gathering Music for Gathering *Prelude *Processional

“Sing A New Church” Summoned by the God who made us Rich in our diversity, Gathered in the name of Jesus, Richer still in unity:

Refrain: Let us bring the gifts that differ And, in splendid, varied ways, Sing a new church into being, One in faith and love and praise. Radiant risen from the water, Robed in holiness and light, Male and female in God’s image, Male and female, God’s delight:

Refrain

Trust the goodness of creation; Trust the Spirit strong within. Dare to dream the vision promised, Sprung from seed of what has been.

Refrain

Bring the hopes of ev’ry nation; Bring the art of ev’ry race. Weave a song of peace and justice; Let it sound through time and space.

Refrain

Draw together at one table All the human family; Shape a circle ever wider And a people ever free.

Refrain

Text: 87 87 D; Delores Dufner, OSB, © 1991, The Sisters of St. Benedict. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Music: J. Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Pt II, 1813. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

*Greeting

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

*Call to Worship

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

Leader: May Christ dwell in our hearts through faith, as we are being rooted and grounded in love. People: May we have the power to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. Leader: Now to the One who is able to accomplish far more than all we can ask or imagine. People: To God be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Songs

Persons representing their churches with the stained wooden block from last Sunday’s worship are invited to come forward to offer their piece, which will create our Conference cross. “The Wonderful Cross” When I survey the wondrous cross on which the prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love for me poured down. Did e'er such love and sorrow meet or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Refrain: Oh, the wonderful cross. Oh, the wonderful cross, Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live. Oh, the wonderful cross. Oh, the wonderful cross, All who gather here by grace drawn here and bless your name. Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

Refrain Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. And the beauty and the shame, In the glory of his name, Oh, the wonderful cross

Refrain Chris Tomlin, Isaac Watts, J.D. Walt, Jesse Reeves, Lowell Mason © 2000 worshiptogether.com songs (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) sixsteps Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) . Reprinted under CCLI #2874207.

“Lord, You Give the Great Commission” Lord, you give the great commission: “Heal the sick and preach the word.” Lest the church neglect its mission, and the gospel go unheard, help us witness to your purpose with renewed integrity. With the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry. Lord, you call us to your service: “In my name baptize and teach.” That the world may trust your promise, life abundant meant for each, give us all new fervor, draw us closer in community. With the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry. Lord, you make the common holy: “This my body, this my blood.” Let us all, for earth’s true glory, daily lift life heavenward, asking that the world around us share your children’s liberty. With the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry. Lord, you show us love’s true measure: “Father, what they do, forgive.” Yet we hoard as private treasure all that you so freely give. May your care and mercy lead us to a just society. With the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry. Lord, you bless with words assuring: “I am with you to the end.” Faith and hope and love restoring, may we serve as you intend and, amid the cares that claim us, hold in mind eternity. With the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry. Words: Jeffery Rowthorn, 1978. © 1978 Hope Publishing Co. Music: Cyril V. Taylor, 1941, © 1942, renewed 1970 Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Prayer

Rev. Mary Lou Adame

Let us pray: O Loving God, help us to be like Christ your Son, who loved the world and died for our salvation. Inspire us by his love, guide us by way of the cross, and help us to embrace the world you have given us. Through Christ may we transform darkness and pain into life and joy. Amen.

Word and Response Old Testament Lesson

Isaiah 6:1-8

Janice Foster

Psalm 126

“The Lord Has Done Great Things”

Response Jaime Cortez

Verses sung by leader:

When God set the captives of Zion free, we were more like children in a dream. Then you could hear our laughter and cheers; then you could hear our shouts of joy. R They said in amazement to the world, “Indeed, God has done great things for them.” Truly our God has done great things, and so we are glad, we shout for joy. R Restore all our fortunes, God of love, like rivers that save the desert lands. Those who have gone to sow in tears shall go back to reap with songs of joy. R Text: Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5. Refrain text © 1969, 1981, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music and verses text © 1995, Jaime Cortez. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

New Testament Lesson

Acts 8:26-31

Mario Valencia

*Gospel Acclamation & Procession

“Honduras Alleluia” Rob Glover

*Gospel Lesson

Luke 9:18-27 Rev. In Hee Han Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, 'Who do the crowds say that I am?' They answered, 'John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.' He said to them, "But who do you say that I am? Peter answered. 'The Messiah of God.' He sternly ordered and commanded them not to tell anyone, saying 'The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.' Then he said to them all, 'If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves: Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.'

Sermon

“One with Each Other”

Rev. David McPherson

*Affirmation of Faith

Allie Lakey We are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit.

We trust in God. We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. 26

In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone, Thanks be to God.

Anthem Prayers of Intercession Response

“Behold the Wood”

Craig Colson Band Lucy McCray Bob Hurd

Sisters and brothers, from the nations of the earth God has called forth one people to be the sign of the unity intended for all humankind. Let us offer our prayers for the church and for its mission in the world: For the people of the earth, that where there is strife and division, the gift of peace may be the reward of all who work for justice. R For the Church, that where there is weakness, health may be restored, and where there is division, unity may be nourished. R For all leaders in the church, that where there is jealousy or distrust, a spirit of R forgiveness and compassion may nurture humble service. For all missionaries in foreign lands, that when faced with hardship and testing, R they may be strengthened in their mission by the Spirit of God. For our communities and our families, that where there is misunderstanding or discord, we may receive the grace to forgive and so rejoice in the peace of R Christ. God of unity and peace, in baptism you have made us one people in the body of your Son. Hear us, as with one voice we offer you these prayers in the name of Jesus, who is Lord forever and ever. Amen.

Invitation

Bishop Elías G. Galván Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another. Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.

Confession & Pardon

Bishop Elías G. Galván People: Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray. Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Leader: Hear the good news: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; that proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven! People: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!

*The Peace

Bishop Elías G. Galván Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love.

Hymn & Presentation of Gifts

Youth Members of Annual Conference bring forward the gifts. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

“Holy, Holy, Holy”

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, only thou art holy; there is none beside thee, perfect in power, in love and purity. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity. 28

Words: Reginald Heber, 1826. Music: John B. Dykes, 1861.

Thanksgiving and Communion The Great Thanksgiving

Bishop Minerva Carcaño Bishop Elías G. Galván Rev. Karen Applebee Rev. Michael Kelly

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is right to show our gratitude to you, O God, for you formed and embraced the world by your circle of grace. Throughout the ages, you have equipped unlikely leaders and sustained them on the way. Even when we your people turned our backs on your invitations and love, you offered mercy and forgiveness. You delivered many people of old from unfaithful actions, lethargy, and death by fire and starvation and made covenant to be our God. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

Ken Canedo and Bob Hurd

Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. At his baptism in the Jordan your Spirit descended upon him and declared him your beloved Son. With your Spirit upon him he turned away the temptations of sin. Blessed is Christ, Light of the world, who came to open doors, extend the table, and let the world know that your grace is more than sufficient. Jesus lived social holiness as he preached good news, washed feet in humble service, and sought to bring release to every kind of human captivity. By the waters of baptism, you repeatedly remind us that we are beloved. By the resurrecting power of Christ, you gave birth to your Church and continue to teach us how to be the Church, even as we start new faith communities. Each day we hear Christ’s call to discipleship - to take up our cross and follow - and rejoice as, through Christ, we offer the miracles of healing, reconciliation, and redemption. On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said” “Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith. Ken Canedo and Bob Hurd

Text © 1973, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 1991, Ken Canedo and Bob Hurd. Published by OCP Publications, All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Pour out your Holy Spirit upon this gathered body and upon these gifts of bread and wine. Let these gifts serve as symbols of Christ’s body and blood that we may serve as the body of Christ in the world. Make us courageous disciples, O God; make us one. By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at the all-inclusive banquet. All honor and glory is yours almighty God, now and forever. Ken Canedo and Bob Hurd

The Lord’s Prayer And now, with the confidence of children of God, let us pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

Breaking the Bread This one loaf represents the one body, the body of Christ. As we partake of the one loaf, let us give thanks that we are a part of the body of Christ. The wine is a sharing in Christ’s new covenant, the covenant to love.

“Lamb of God #2” (Agnus Dei) Jesus, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy, have mercy on us. Bread of life and saving cup, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy, have mercy on us. Jesus, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy, and grant us your peace. Words: from the Mass Music: Michael Joncas (The Psallite Mass) © 1988 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

Giving the Bread and Cup “With This Bread”

Refrain: With this bread we will walk with each other, with this cup we will follow the Lord. Compassion, love over flowing, God’s love ever knowing, we share it in our song. To offer assistance when others are blind to the need, to give loving care to each other is planting God’s seed. Walking the promise and falling on mercy, believing we’ll walk with you. Refrain Washing the wounds of division, we seek to ease pain. Sharing the burden of others, like God’s gentle rain. Befriending the one who is lonely and lost, believing we’ll walk with you. Refrain We hold the key to our future as we share our souls, nurturing love in a time when compassion unfolds. Dancing in joy, sharing in wonder the prayer that we sing to you. Refrain

“Grateful”

Refrain: Grateful for the life you give us, thankful for your Holy Son, joyful in your Spirit flowing over all, O God of Love. Grateful for the Bread of Heaven, thankful for your Holy Word, joyful in your mercy flowing, we will praise you. You are more than we imagine, Ancient, Holy, Living Lord. Even when we doubt your presence you are faithful to your Word.

Refrain

May our lives proclaim your justice, may our voices sing your praise. May our hands work in your service to the glory of your name. Oh, yeah yeah yeah.

Refrain

Refrain: Bread for the world: a world of hunger. Wine for all peoples: people who thirst. May we who eat be bread for others. May we who drink pour out our love.

“Bread for the World”

Lord Jesus Christ, you are the bread of life, broken to reach and heal the wounds of human pain. Where we divide your people you are waiting there on bended knee to wash our feet with endless care. Refrain Lord Jesus Christ, you are the wine of peace, poured into hearts once broken and where dryness sleeps. Where we are tired and weary you are waiting there to be the way which beckons us beyond despair. Refrain Lord Jesus Christ, you call us to your feast, at which the rich and pow’rful have become the least. Where we survive on others in our human greed you walk among us begging for your ev’ry need. Refrain Text & Tune: Bernadette Farrell. © 1990 Bernadette Farrell, published by OCP Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

*Prayer after Receiving

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

Holy God, we give you thanks for we have seen with our eyes and touched with our hands the bread of life. Strengthen our faith that we may grow in love for you and for each other; through Jesus Christ the risen Lord. Amen.

Sending Forth *Hymn

“Christ Be Our Light” Longing for light, we wait in darkness. Longing for truth, we turn to you. Make us your own, your holy people, light for the world to see. 33

Refrain: Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness. Christ, be our light! Shine in your church gathered today. Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for hope, many despair. Your word alone has power to save us. Make us your living voice. Refrain Longing for food, many are hungry. Longing for water, many still thirst. Make us your bread, broken for others, shared until all are fed. Refrain Longing for shelter, many are homeless. Longing for warmth, many are cold. Make us your building, sheltering others, walls made of living stone. Refrain Many the gifts, many the people, many the hearts that yearn to belong. Let us be servants to one another, making your kingdom come. Refrain Words and Music: Bernadette Farrell © 1994 Bernadette Farrell, published by OCP Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

*Benediction

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

Music by Jaime Cortez and the Craig Colson Band: Craig Colson—Keyboard / Guitar, Kevin Bowers—Bass, Frank Rowland—Drums, Alyssa Chiarello—Vocal 34

Morning Devotion Friday, June 8, 2007 7:00 a.m. Outside Gazebo “One in Ministry” Prayer

Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve: to give, and not to count the cost; to fight, and not to heed the wounds; to toil, and not to seek for rest; to labor, and to ask for no reward, except that of knowing that we do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen (Ignatius Loyola in Personal Prayers of Christians Through the Centuries, p. 41)

Scripture

II Corinthians 4:5-15

Meditation

Read “Made in Mexico”, by Shirley Wells, on page 25 of the May/June 2007 Alive Now!

Questions for Reflection

What is this treasure we have “in clay jars”? What resources do our own times of brokenness give us for ministry? What makes us who we are?

Closing Prayer

Lord, give me Your hand and I will dance for you. Out of love for us, you took many steps. You traversed dusty roads in Galilee to announce Your Good News. You did not hesitate on the path leading to the Mount of Olives. And in the beauty of Your resurrection, You revealed Yourself to Your disciples. You even met some of them rather discreetly along the road to Emmaus. To each one You expressed Your love and fidelity. You walked before me along the path where You call me today. In my gloom, You will be a light for my steps. In my frailty, You will be the vigor in my heart. I know that with the glow of Your spirit I will dance my death, and I will leap to You. (Jacques Dubuc, from Prayers for All People, compiled by Mary Ford-Grabowsky)

Morning Worship “One in Ministry” Friday, June 8, 2007 9:00 a.m. Paradise Valley Doubletree, Forum Celebration of the Ministry of Deacons Gathering Gathering Music *Call to Worship All deacons: One deacon: One lay person: Whole assembly:

We are called, O God One by one Church by Church To be your voice in the world.

All deacons: One deacon: One lay person: Whole assembly:

We are called, O Holy One to a ministry of service bestowed in our baptism To be your heart in the world.

All deacons: One deacon: One lay person: Whole assembly:

We are called, O Healer to touch the sick, the lonely, the oppressed that all might know Christ’s love To be your hands in the world.

All deacons: One deacon: One lay person: Whole assembly:

We are called, O Shepherd to seek justice to teach our children To be your feet in the world.

*Procession of Symbols “At the Font We Start our Journey” At the font we start our journey, in the Easter faith baptized; doubts and fears no longer blind us, by the light of Christ surprised. Alleluia! Alleluia! Hope held out and realized.

At the pulpit we are fashioned by the Easter tale retold into witnesses and prophets, by the power of Christ made bold. Alleluia! Alleluia! Faith proclaimed, yet still untold. At the altar we are nourished with the Easter gift of bread; in our breaking it to pieces see the love of Christ outspread. Alleluia! Alleluia! Life embraced, yet freely shed. At the door we are commissioned, now the Easter victory’s won, to restore a world divided to the peace of Christ as one. Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter’s work must still be done. Words: Jeffery Rowthorn. Music: John Goss. Words © 1991 Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Word and Response Old Testament Lesson

Exodus 3:9-15

Rev. Andrea Andress

Psalm 68 Response

Rev. Ruth Blum

The just shall rejoice and exult before God, they shall be glad and sing praise to God’s name. A parent to orphans, defender of widows, God leads forth the pis’ners to freedom again. R A bountiful rain You have showered upon us, You have restored us, enriching the land. The homeless and hungry, the poor and the needy are sheltered and cared for all by Your command. R Copyright © 1998 by M. McCawley. All rights reserved. Used with permission of the author.

Epistle Lesson

II Corinthians 4:5-15

Rev. Tina Marie Rees

*Gospel Acclamation

“Halle, Halle, Halle”

*Gospel Lesson

Matthew 25:31-46

Meditation

“One in Ministry”

*Signing of the Senses

Rev. Joyce Thornton Rev. Ross Parrott Rev. Shirley Wells

The words of this liturgy are printed in the back of this worship book.

Call to Prayer We gather up the concerns of this community, the concerns of this world, the concerns to which we are called to respond. Join our hearts together, O Lord, that our intentions may be unified, power-filled, and redemptive.

Prayer in Song

Cantor sings petitions, and assembly responds:

Response

Rev. Ruth Blum

“Lord, Hear Our Prayer” Ray East

Thanksgiving *Music

“Serving God” Serving God by serving others Spirit’s call upon our lives Ministry in Christ’s compassion Shapes the holy dance of life. Morning Star rise up to meet us Evening Star reveal the way Child of God disclose your presence Jeweled hope of each new day. Global resurrecting power Quenching thirsty, hungry souls Wellspring from the joy-filled fountain Song of life we sing today. Pouring water into basin Washing feet, extending care Help us live in humble service Off’ring grace beyond compare. Parish nurses, hospice chaplains Offer healing, hope and prayer Crisis and transition seasons Word of Life sustaining still. Many lead in making music With the thank you notes of heart Teachers help us live the questions On the path which we’re a part. Come and join the great commandment Loving God above all else Live the echo of that duty Loving neighbor as yourself. By the Spirit we will be one One with Christ and one with all Form us, make us faithful people Filled with gratitude and awe. Words: In Celebration of ten years of the Order of Deacon © January 14, 2007 Cynthia Langston Kirk. Used with permission. Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824; arr. by Edward Hodges, 1864.

Blessing of the Symbols

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

Litany of Deacons and Laity

Each team of deacon and layperson will speak of their ministry. After each, please respond as indicated.

Rev. Katie Fuchs & Laywoman Laurie Lineberry People: United in Ministry Teaching and Forming our children Rev. Jane Baker & Layman Jim Baker. People: United in Ministry Standing with the vulnerable Rev. Ross Parrott & Laywoman Marie Totten People: United in Ministry Caring for the sick and bereaved Rev. Rosemary Anderson & Laywoman Betty Mathis People: United in Ministry Binding together communities in need with communities of generosity Rev. Geri Bast & Laywoman Donna Olson People: United in Ministry Expanding opportunities for learning and sending our congregations out to be Christ's hands and feet in the world Rev. Karen Eynon and Laywoman Pam Murphy People: United in Ministry Tending to the body and spirit through wellness and wholeness

Sending Forth *Music

“We All Are One in Mission” We are all one in mission; we all are one in call, our varied gifts united by Christ, the Lord of all. A single great commission compels us from above to plan and work together that all may know Christ’s love.

We all are called for service, to witness in God’s name. Our ministries are different; our purpose is the same: To touch the lives of others by God’s surprising grace, so every folk and nation may feel God’s warm embrace. Now let us be united, and let our song be heard. Now let us be a vessel for God’s redeeming Word. We all are one in mission; we all are one in call, our varied gifts united by Christ, the Lord of all. Words: Rusty Edwards Music: Finnish folk melody. Words © 1986 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

*Benediction Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People:

Rev. Ross Parrott

Go forth in the name of God who created this world and called it good. We are sent to be the voice of God. Go forth and be Christ's voice. We are sent to be the heart of Christ in the world. Go forth and be Christ's heart. We are sent ot be the hands of Christ in the the world. Go forth and be Christ's hands. We are sent to walk in the footsteps of Christ. Go forth and be Christ's feet. Amen.

Afternoon Worship “One in Ministry” Friday, June 8, 2007 4:30 p.m. Paradise Valley Doubletree, Forum Retirement Celebration Gathering Prelude

“This is the Day” Junior & Cherub Choirs First United Methodist Church of Gilbert Mrs. Chris Mason, Director

*Processional Hymn Take Take Take Take

my my my my

“Take My Life, and Let it Be” life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love. feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee.

Take Take Take Take

my my my my

voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King. lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee. silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold. intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose.

Take Take Take Take

my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. my love, my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store. myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee.

Words: Frances R. Havergal, 1873. Music: Louis J. F. Hérold, 1839; arr. By George Kingsley, 1839.

*Call to Worship

Rev. Carolyn Scribner We have encountered the Word, calling us into communion with God and with each other, And calling us into discipleship to carry on Christ’s work in our world. So we come together here, joining hands in the great quest. To worship God, to love each other, and to serve the world.

Word and Response Old Testament Lesson

2 Kings 2:6-15

Rev. Phil Norton

Psalm 90 Response

“In Every Age” Timothy R. Smith

Verses sung by soloist:

You return us to dust, saying, “Return, O children, to earth.” For to you a thousand years are like yesterday passed, or as a watch of the night. R You sweep us away in a dream. At dawn we are like morning grass that rises to the morning sun, then withers and fades. R Teach us to treasure our days. Give wisdom to our hearts. Return, O Lord, how long must we wait? Pity your servants. R Fill our day-break with your love that we may rejoice in song. May your gracious eye watch over us and the work of our hands. R Text: Psalm 90:1, 3-6, 12-14, 17. Refrain text © 1969, 1981, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music and verses text © 1996, 2000, Timothy R. Smith. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

New Testament Lesson *Gospel Acclamation

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Ashley Colton “Easter Alleluia” Marty Haugen

*Gospel Lesson Sermon Anthem

John 21:15-19

Rev. Bob Stanley

“One In Ministry”

Rev. Bob Stanley

“Children of the Lord” Junior & Cherub Choirs First United Methodist Church of Gilbert Mrs. Chris Mason, Director

Thanksgiving *Blessing of Retirees

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

As the Retirees move into the aisles, all in the congregation are invited to move toward the nearest Retiree. Please join in the act of laying hands on the Retirees as they are blessed by the Bishop. If you are not near enough to touch a Retiree, touch the person next to you as they reach toward the Retiree. Brothers and sisters in Christ, you came to us from congregations where the Spirit of the Lord was upon you; and you were charged to preach to the brokenhearted, to visit the captive, to anoint those who were bruised. These things you have done.

Response

At your ordination, you received authority to read the Holy Scriptures in the Church of God, to preach the Word, to celebrate the Sacraments, and to Order the life of the Church. At your consecration, you received authority to equip the people of God, 44

and to embody the unity of the congregation’s worship with its life in the world. By God’s grace you did many things R that seemed to be beyond your power. Never think lightly of the great good that God has wrought through you. Continue to be true to your calling. May God’s love and power be with you always.

Names of Retirees are called, with response to follow each name. Amen.

Sending Forth *Closing Hymn

“Together We Serve”

Together we serve, united by love, inviting God’s world to the glorious feast. We work and we pray through sorrow and joy, extending your love to the last and the least. We seek to become a beacon of hope, a lamp for the heart and a light for the feet. We learn, year by year, to let love shine through until we see Christ in each person we meet. We welcome the scarred, the wealthy, the poor, the busy, the lonely, and all who need care. We offer a home to those who will come, our hands quick to help, our hearts ready to dare. Together, by grace, we witness and work, remembering Jesus, in whom we grow strong. Together we serve in Spirit and truth, remembering love is the strength of our song. Words & Music: Daniel Charles Damon. © 1998 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

*Benediction

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

For everything there is a season, a time for every matter under heaven. So, too, there is a time for movement, new adventure, fields of service not yet touched. 45

With love, we send you forth in the spirit of John Wesley: May the world be your parish. Go into the world and respond to the love of Christ in all you do. Live out the vision God has given you. May God’s mercy, grace, and peace be with you. May you be channels for God’s mercy, grace, and peace to the world wherever you may be! Amen! Amen!

*Sending Forth

“Malo! Malo! Thanks be to God”

Music led by Jaime Cortez and the Junior & Cherub Choirs of First United Methodist Church of Gilbert, Chris Mason, Director.

Morning Devotion Saturday, June 9, 2007 7:00 a.m. Outside Gazebo “To All the World” Prayer Holy Holy Holy Holy

God make us holy. Jesus, make us holy. Spirit, make us holy. God, make us whole. Amen.

(Institute for Spirituality, CPSA, from An African Prayer Book, compiled by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, adapted)

Scripture

Ezekiel 36:25-28

Meditation

Read “For the Good of the World,” by Billy Still, on page 51 of the May/June 2007 Alive

Now!

Questions for Reflection

What does the clean water mentioned in Ezekiel have to do with clean water from a well in Liberia? How have you and your church invested wisely? Unwisely? What does a covenant relationship have to do with holiness?

Closing Prayer

Almighty God, our heavenly parent, the privilege is ours to share in the loving, healing, reconciling mission of your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, in this age and wherever we are. Since without you we can do no good thing. May your Spirit make us wise; may your Spirit guide us; may your Spirit renew us; may your Spirit strengthen us; so that we will be: strong in faith, discerning in proclamation, courageous in witness, persistent in good deeds. Amen. (Church of the Province of The West Indies, from An African Prayer Book, compiled by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, adapted.)

Morning Worship “To All the World” Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:00 a.m. Paradise Valley Doubletree, Forum Prelude

Colleen McManus, Flute

Gathering Song

We will sing this song several times; then our music director will lead us in singing it as a round.

“Water of Life”

Water of life, Jesus our light; journey from death to new life. Water of life, Jesus our light; journey from death to new life. Merciful God, gather us in; center us now in your grace. Fountain of love, source of all gifts; make us your people of peace. Words: Refrain 1, David Haas; refrain 2, Elise S. Eslinger. Music: David Haas. © 1987 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

*Call to Worship

Rev. Tweedy Sombrero

Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader: People: Leader:

Come, you who sin Know that you cannot cast the first stone. Come, you who are held captive by money Prepare to sell all you own and give it to the poor. Come, you who know people in bondage Draw close and be inspired to set them free. Come, you who have power Take a long, hard look at how you use it. Come, you whose words and actions create massive chasms between people People: Put on creativity and compassion, enough to build bridges. Leaders: Come, all you who desire to be disciples People: Take up your cross and follow Christ.

Prayer

Logan Mauney God of grace, be with us as we go to the dark and frightening places, as we come face to face with poverty, mental illness, malnourished bodies and souls, depression, and fear. Stay with us as we are confronted by our own disregard for others, as we face exclusion, hatred, privilege, and fear. Open our hearts to acknowledge humanity’s ugly truths and receive your never-ending mercy. Because of Christ’s love and in Christ’s name we pray. Amen.

Prayer for Deliverance

Rev. David Felton, Saxophone

Leader (sung): Change our hearts, O God People (spoken): Open our senses to observe the pain of the world. Leader (sung): Make them ever true People (spoken): Take away all notions that we are better than any person or group. Take away the misconception that any country is better or more deserving than another. Leader (sung): Change our hearts, O God People (spoken): Smooth our calloused indifference and help us break the bonds of oppression. Leader (sung): May we be like you People (spoken): Save us from sin and from ourselves. Save us by your grace and for your good. Leader (sung): You are the potter. We are the clay. Mold us and make us; this is what we pray. All (sung): Change our hearts, O God. Make them ever true. Change our hearts, O God. May we be like you. Leader part adapted from “Change My Heart, O God”. Words and Music: Eddie Espinosa © 1982 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing. Reprinted under CCLI #2874207.

Words of Assurance

Kelly Deyoe

Leader:

The risen Christ who transformed hearts and lives through the ages extends mercy and forgiveness to your thoughts and actions of betrayal, violence, distrust, and indifference. As you turn Godward, turn confidently, knowing you will be received and redeemed. Turn confidently, knowing you will be empowered for God’s saving, reconciling work. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. People: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. All: Thanks be to God! Amen.

Word and Response Scripture

Ezekiel 36:25-28

Rev. Tweedy Sombrero

Psalm 51:6-12 Response

Rev. Lynn Hamilton

You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. R Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. R

*Gospel Reading Sermon Offering 50

Kelly Deyoe, Logan Mauney, & Sally West John 11:17-44 “To All the World”

Rev. Jonathan Arnpriester

Our offering this morning will go to Youth Service Fund.

Offertory Dance of Life

Katie Zilm and Rev. Melissa Rynders Near the end of the dance, the congregation will be invited to join in singing: “Take , O Take Me As I Am” Take, O take me as I am. Summon out what I shall be; Set your seal upon my heart and live in me. Words & Music: John L. Bell. © 1995 Wild Goose Resource Group, Iona Community, Scotland; GIA Publications, Inc.., exclusive North American agent. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

Doxology

“Santo, Santo, Santo” Holy, holy, holy, my heart, my heart adores you! My heart knows how to say to you: You are holy, Lord!

¡Santo, santo, santo, mi corazón te adora! Mi corazón te sabe decir: ¡Santo eres, Dios! Words & Music: Argentine folk song.

Thanksgiving *Closing Song

“Christ, Be Our Light”

Longing for light, we wait in darkness. Longing for truth, we turn to you. Make us your own, your holy people, light for the world to see.

Many the gifts, many the people, many the hearts that yearn to belong. Let us be servants to one another, Refrain making your kingdom come. Words and Music: Bernadette Farrell © 1994 Bernadette Farrell, published by OCP Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Sending Forth *Benediction

Rev. Jonathan Arnpriester

Music by Jaime Cortez, Colleen McManus—Flute, Rev. David Felton–Saxophone.

A Service Celebrating the Call to Ministry in the Desert Southwest Annual Conference “Until Christ Comes in Final Victory” Saturday, June 9, 2007 7:00 p.m. First United Methodist Church of Phoenix Gathering Gathering and Prelude *Processional Hymn

“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love; hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away. Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day! All thy works with joy surround thee, earth and heaven reflect thy rays, stars and angels sing around thee, center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain, call us to rejoice in thee. Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest, well-spring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest! Thou our Father, Christ our brother, all who live in love are thine; teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine. Mortals, join the mighty chorus which the morning stars began; love divine is reigning o’er us, binding all within its span. Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife; joyful music leads us sunward, in the triumph song of life.

Words: Henry Van Dyke, 1907; st. 4 alt 1989. Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824; arr. By Edward Hodges, 1864.

*Greeting and Prayer

Bishop Minerva Carcaño The grace of Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you. Our help is in the name of God, the creator of heaven and earth. Let us pray: Lord of the Mountaintop, God of dazzling clothes, be with us when we come down from the height of worship to face a world that didn't see what we just saw in you. Show us what to do.

When demons rage through elementary schools, let it not be said that your disciples could not cast the devil out. When violence threatens to engulf our communities, let it not be said that your disciples cowered in fear or walked on the other side of the road. When there is peril or fire or flood, let it not be said that your disciples cleared the unwanted junk from their garages and called it charity. Lord of the mountaintop experience, God of dazzling clothes, show us how to be. Change us; transfigure us, so that this world might see what we have just seen, and worship you. Amen.

*Recognition of Common Ministry & Reaffirmation of Baptism Bishop Minerva Carcaño Ministry is the work of God, done by the people of God. Through baptism all Christians are made part of the priesthood of all believers, the church, Christ’s body, made visible in the world. We all share in Christ’s ministry of love and service for the redemption of the human family and the whole of creation. Therefore, in celebration of our common ministry, I call upon all God’s people gathered here to remember your baptism and be thankful! We remember our baptism and affirm our common ministry with gladness.

Proclamation of the Word Old Testament Reading Psalm 62

Exodus 34:29-35

Rosemary Anderson

“God Is My Rock / El Señor es mi fuerza”

Refrain: God is my rock and my salvation, the strength of my life. Estribillo: El Señor es mi fuerza, mi roca y salvación.

1. You still call us to walk the paths of justice, 1. Tú me guías por sendas de justicia, you help us see the way. me enseñas la verdad. As you give us the courage for life’s trials, Tú me das el valor para la lucha, we shall not be afraid. Refrain sin miedo avanzaré. Estribillo 2. In the midst of our fears and darkening 2. Iluminas las sombras de mi vida, shadows, you bring us hope and light. al mundo das la luz; In your presence we go through death’s aunque pase por valles de tinieblas dark valleys; we shall not be afraid. yo nunca temeré. Estribillo

Refrain

3. We entrust you, the God of our salvation, with all the future holds. Guide, protect, and defend the poor and helpless; you are their rock and shield.

3. Yo confio el destino de mi vida al Dios de mi salud; a los pobres enseñas el camino, su escudo eres Tú. Estribillo

4. Lord Almighty the great strength of your people, our strong Deliverer. Liberator secure us in your power; we trust in you alone. Refrain

4. El Señor es la fuerza de su pueblo, su gran libertador; Tú le haces vivir en la confianza, seguro en tu poder. Estribillo

Refrain

Epistle Reading

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

*Gospel Reading Sermon Anthem

Bob Holiday

Luke 9:28-43

Beverly Divine

“Until Christ Comes in Final Victory” “Lift Your Light”

Bishop Minerva Carcaño Gold Canyon Chancel Choir, Doug Benton, Director

The Act of Commissioning Rev. Peter Perry Throughout Christian history, the church has commissioned people for leadership and service. This commissioning is always a response to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who calls and sends women and men to share in Christ’s ministry. In the early church in Antioch, the Holy Spirit instructed the community to set apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which God called them (Acts 13:2). In the early stages of such ministerial service, ordained leaders walk with commissioned leaders to mentor and form them in Christ’s ministry, just as Ananias, the more seasoned leader, guided Paul, the newly called evangelist, toward the fullness of his calling (Acts 9). We gather here tonight to commission men and women called forth from the community of the baptized, for ministry in the church. 55

Presentation of Candidates for Commissioning Rev. Stewart Lewis I present for commissioning these persons who have been elected probationary members. They have completed the educational requirements prescribed by the Book of Discipline, and they come with the affirmation of their local churches, district committees on ordained ministry, and the annual conference Board of Ordained Ministry. Those to be commissioned to perform the duties of the ministry of elder: Valerie Jeanette Fairchild Bob Holiday Saul Montiel Robert Glenn Rynders Jeri Espinosa Wilkerson

After all the candidates have been presented, they remain standing and face the bishop. The bishop says to the congregation:

Christ gave this command: “Ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest.” These before us know our Savior’s concern for God’s people, they see the plentiful harvest, and are ready to respond generously to the Lord in the words of the prophet: “Here I am; send me.” Urged on by the love of Christ and strengthened by the Holy Spirit, they come to declare in public their desire to bind themselves to the service of God and to be appointed to share in the ministry of Christ. The Church has discerned that they are persons of sound learning and of Christian character, possessing the necessary gifts and signs of God’s grace for this ministry. We ask you, people of God, to declare your assent to the commissioning of these persons. Do you trust that they are called by God’s grace, to be commissioned? We do so trust! Thanks be to God! Will you uphold them in their ministry? With God’s help, we will!

Examination of Candidates for Commissioning The bishop examines the candidates:

Brothers and sisters in Christ, this is a solemn hour in your life and the life of the church. You have shared in the ministry of all the baptized and have witnessed to Christ’s call to leadership among the people of God. Serving among us as faithful disciples, you have shown gifts and graces for leading the people of God in living and proclaiming the gospel to all people. 56

Do you believe that you are called to the work of leadership and service among the people of God? I do so believe. Do you believe in the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? I do so believe and confess. Are you persuaded that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments contain all things necessary for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and are the unique and authoritative standard for the church’s faith and life? I am so persuaded, by God’s grace. Will you be faithful in prayer, in the study of the Holy Scriptures, and with the help of the Holy Spirit continually rekindle the gift of God that is in you? I will, with the help of God. Will you do your best to pattern your life in accordance with the teachings of Christ? I will, with the help of God. Will you, in the exercise of your ministry, lead the people of God to faith in Jesus Christ, to participate in the life and work of the community, and to seek peace, justice, and freedom for all people? I will, with the help of God. Will you give yourself fully to the work of God in the world and to servant leadership in the life and work of Christ’s church? I will, with the help of God. Will you be loyal to The United Methodist Church, accepting its order, liturgy, doctrine, and discipline, defending it against all doctrines contrary to God’s Holy Word, and committing yourself to be accountable with those serving with you, and to the bishop and those who are appointed to supervise your ministry? I will, with the help of God.

The bishop addresses the candidates:

May God, who has given you the will to do these things, give you grace to perform them, that the work begun in you may be brought to perfection. Amen.

Prayer of Commissioning

The candidates kneel. The bishop, extending arms over all of the candidates, prays:

God of the apostles and prophets, of the martyrs and teachers, you raise up men and women to be apostolic leaders in your church. By your Holy Spirit help these, your servants, to understand and live the mystery of your love with boldness and joy. Deepen their sense of purpose as they exercise commissioned ministry. Empower them, with all of your people, to heal the sick, love the outcast, resist evil, preach the Word, and give themselves freely for your name’s sake.

The bishop, laying both hands upon each candidate, prays: Pour out your Holy Spirit upon Name. Send him/her now to proclaim the good

news of Jesus Christ, to announce the reign of God, and to equip the church for ministry, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All audibly affirm the action, saying, Amen.

After all candidates have been commissioned, the bishop says: Let us pray.

Then all but those being commissioned pray:

Almighty God, may the grace of ministry rest upon these your servants and may the opportunity to serve lead them into the fullness of your calling. Clothe them with your righteousness, and grant that they may glorify you by giving themselves to others, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Hymn

“God of Power” God of love and God of power, grant us in this burning hour grace to ask these gifts of thee, daring hearts and spirits free. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour. We are not the first to be banished by our fears from thee; give us courage, let us hear heaven’s trumpets ringing clear. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour. All our lives belong to thee, thou our final loyalty; slaves are we whene’er we share that devotion anywhere. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour. God of love and God of power, make us worthy of this hour; offering lives if it’s thy will, keeping free our spirits still. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour. Words: Gerald H. Kennedy, ca. 1939. Music: Joachim Neander, 1680.

The Act Of Ordination Rev. Peter Perry Anchored in the baptismal call to lives of love, justice, and service, there are some Christians whose gifts, evidence of God’s grace, and promise of future usefulness are affirmed by the community, and who respond to God’s call by offering themselves in leadership as ordained ministers. Ordination is an act of the Holy Spirit, confirmed by the prayerful affirmation of the gathered church. The rite of ordination is the climax of a process in which the community discerns call, the gifts, and the effectiveness for ministry. Ordination confers a new identity as well as authority for ministry. The new identity of the ordained is always claimed in relation to Christ and his call to leadership and service with the baptized for the life of the world. The authority is always exercised in stewardship of the mysteries of the gospel and of the church’s mission in the world. Upon ordination, deacons and elders become accountable to the whole church, to the community of the ordained, and to the order of deacons or elders of which they are a part. With joy we celebrate this historic ritual of ordination.

Presentation of Candidates to Be Ordained Elders and Deacons A lay member of the Board of Ordained Ministry:

Norma Farris On behalf of the laity of local congregations who have examined and approved these candidates…,

An elder member of the Board of Ordained Ministry:

Rev. Bob Mitchell …and on behalf of the Board of Ordained Ministry of this annual conference, which has recommended these persons, and this annual conference, which has approved them,

Together the lay and elder members of the Board of Ordained Ministry: …we present this person to be ordained deacon: Rosemary G. Anderson …this person to be ordained elder: Beverly Worden Divine

After all the candidates have been presented, they remain standing, and the bishop says:

These persons are by God’s grace to be ordained to ministry in Christ’s holy church. Those authorized by the Church to inquire about them have discerned that they are persons of sound learning and of Christian character, and possess the necessary signs of God’s grace, and have demonstrated a profound commitment to serve Jesus Christ. Therefore, we believe them to be duly called to serve God. We ask you, people of God, to declare your assent to the ordination of these persons. 59

Do you trust that they are worthy, by God’s grace, to be ordained? We do! Thanks be to God! Will you uphold them in their ministry? With God’s help, we will!

The candidates and the bishop stand and face one another. The bishop examines the candidates:

Ordination is a gift from God to the church and is exercised in covenant with the whole church and within the covenant of the order of deacons or elders. My sisters in Christ, you have been called to an ordained ministry. The church now confirms your calling through ordination. As ordained ministers, you are to be co-workers with the laity, bishops, deacons, diaconal ministers, commissioned ministers, and elders. Remember that you are called to serve rather than to be served, to proclaim the faith of the church and no other, to look after the concerns of God above all. So that we may know that you believe yourselves to be called by God and that you profess the Christian faith, we ask you: Do you believe that God has called you to the life and work of ordained ministry? I do so believe. Do you believe in the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? I do so believe and confess. Are you persuaded that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments contain all things necessary for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and are the unique and authoritative standard for the church’s faith and life? I am so persuaded, by God’s grace. Will you be faithful in prayer, in the study of the Holy Scriptures, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, continually rekindle the gift of God that is in you? I will, with the help of God. Will you do your best to pattern your life in accordance with the teachings of Christ? I will, with the help of God. Will you, in the exercise of your ministry, lead the people of God to faith in Jesus Christ, to participate in the life and work of the community, and to seek peace, justice, and freedom for all people? I will, with the help of God.

Will you be loyal to The United Methodist Church, accepting its order, liturgy, doctrine, and discipline, defending it against all doctrines contrary to God’s Holy Word, and committing yourself to be accountable with those serving with you, and to the bishop and those who are appointed to supervise your ministry? I will, with the help of God.

The bishop addresses the candidates:

May God, who has given you the will to do these things, give you grace to perform them, that the work begun in you may be brought to perfection.

All audibly affirm the action, saying, Amen.

Examination of Deacons

Deacon candidate stands, facing the bishop. The bishop examines the candidate:

A deacon is called to share in Christ’s ministry of servanthood, to relate the life of the community to its service in the world, to lead others into Christian discipleship, to nurture disciples for witness and service,

Here a large Bible is lifted by an assistant.

To lead in worship, to teach and proclaim God’s Word, to assist elders at Holy Baptism and Holy Communion,

Here a basin with pitcher is lifted by an assistant

To interpret to the church the world’s hurts and hopes, to serve all people, particularly the poor, the sick, and the oppressed, and to lead Christ’s people in ministries of compassion and justice, liberation and reconciliation, even in the face of hardship and personal sacrifice. These are the duties of a deacon. Do you believe that God has called you to the life and work of a deacon? I do so believe. Will you, for the sake of the church’s life and mission, covenant to participate in the order of deacons? Will you give yourself to God through the order of deacons in order to sustain and build each other up in prayer, study, worship, and service? I will, with the help of God, and with the help of my sisters and brothers in the order of deacons.

Laying on of Hands and Prayer for Deacons As this person is ordained by God and the church for the ministry of deacons to which we believe she has been called by the Holy Spirit, let us pray for her: 61

The candidate kneels as the people pray for her in song. Hymn of Prayer

“Spirit of the Living God”

Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Words & Music: Daniel Iverson, 1926; Words: adapt. © 1935, renewal © 1963 Birdwell Music. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

The bishop, with hands extended over the one being ordained, prays:

We thank you, Living God, that in your great love you sent Jesus Christ to take the form of a servant, becoming obedient even to death on the cross, and now resurrected and exalted in the heavens. You have taught us, by his word and example, that whoever would be great among us must be servant of all. Give this servant grace to be faithful to her promises, constant in her discipleship, and always ready for works of loving service. Make her modest and humble, gentle and strong, rooted and grounded in love. Give her a share in the ministry of Jesus Christ, who came not to be served but to serve. Amen.

Representatives from the laity and the order of deacons who are to join in the laying on of hands stand with the bishop. Family members and friends are invited to stand where they are for silent prayer during the laying on of hands for the ordinand. The bishop lays both hands on the ordinand, praying, Almighty God, pour upon Name the Holy Spirit for the office and work of a deacon in Christ’s holy church.

All audibly affirm the action, saying, Amen. The candidate places hands on a Bible as the bishop says: Name, take authority as a deacon to proclaim the Word of God, and to lead

God’s people to serve the world in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All audibly affirm the action, saying: Amen.

Examination of Elders

Elder Candidate stands, facing the bishop. The bishop examines the elder candidate:

An elder is called to share in the ministry of Christ and of the whole church: to preach and teach the Word of God

Here a large Bible may be lifted by an assistant.

…and faithfully administer the sacraments of Holy Baptism and Holy Communion;

Here a paten and chalice may be lifted.

…lead the people of God in worship and prayer; to lead persons to faith in Jesus Christ; to exercise pastoral supervision, order the life of the congregation, counsel the troubled, and declare the forgiveness of sin; to lead the people of God in obedience to Christ’s mission in the world; to seek justice, peace, and freedom for all people; and to take a responsible place in the government of the Church and in service in and to the community. These are the duties of an elder. Do you believe that God has called you to the life and work of an elder? I do so believe. Will you, for the sake of the church’s life and mission, covenant to participate in the order of elders? Will you give yourself to God through the order of elders in order to sustain and build each other up in prayer, study, worship, and service? I will, with the help of God, and the help of my sisters and brothers in the order of elders.

Laying on of Hands and Prayer for Elders

The bishop, facing the ordinand, calls the people to prayer:

As this person is ordained by God and the church for the ministry of elder to which we believe she has been called by the Holy Spirit, let us pray for her by singing:

The candidate kneels as the people pray for her in song. Hymn of Prayer

“Spirit of the Living God”

The bishop, with hands extended over the one being ordained, prays:

We praise you, eternal God, because you have called us to be a priestly people, offering to you acceptable worship through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Apostle and High Priest, Shepherd and Bishop of our souls. We thank you that, by dying, Christ has overcome death and, having ascended into heaven, has poured forth gifts abundantly on your people, making some apostles, some prophets, some 63

evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up Christ’s body, and to fulfill your gracious purpose in the world. Give to this your servant the grace and power she needs to serve you in this ministry. Make her a faithful pastor, patient teacher, and wise counselor. Enable her to serve without reproach, to proclaim the gospel of salvation, to administer the sacraments of the new covenant, and to offer with all your people spiritual sacrifices acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Representatives from the laity, the ecumenical church, and the order of elders who are to join in the laying on of hands stand with the bishop. Family members and friends may be invited to stand where they are for silent prayer during the laying on of hands for the ordinand. The bishop lays both hands on the ordinand, praying: Almighty God, pour upon Name the Holy Spirit, for the office and work of an elder in Christ’s holy church.

All audibly affirm the action, saying, Amen. Immediately the candidate places hands on a Bible as the bishop says: Name, take authority as an elder to preach the Word of God, and to administer

the Holy Sacraments in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All audibly affirm the action, saying, Amen.

Offering Offertory

Our offering this evening will go to Baez Camargo Seminary. “I Thank My God for You”

*Presentation of the Gifts

Gold Canyon Chancel Choir, Doug Benton, Director

“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”

The families of the ordinands bring in the gift.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. UMH #94. Reproduced with permission under license #L8282, LicenSingOnline.

Thanksgiving Service of Holy Communion

Taking the Bread and Cup

Bishop Minerva Carcaño Bishop Elías Galván Bishop Jaime Vasquez Rev. Jim Parkhurst Rev. Carolyn Scribner

The Great Thanksgiving

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise, O God, for you remove the veil from our minds and transfigure us in the wondrous light of your glory. At creation your word lit up the sun and stars and dispelled the chaos to form the earth. You revealed your glory to your servant, Moses, and, from the cloud, made a covenant with your people. In the timeless presence of Moses and Elijah you transfigured your Son, Jesus, allowing his terrified followers to witness his glory and hear your voice from the awesome cloud. Those whose minds were hardened killed him, but, by your mercy, his exodus through the waters of death led to resurrected life and freedom. Now, you have called us to listen to him and through your Holy Spirit, you are transforming us into his image and clothing us with honor and majesty. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

Words: From The United Methodist Hymnal. Music: Mark A. Miller. Words ÂŠ 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House, admin. by The Copyright Co.; music ÂŠ 2000 Abingdon Press, admin. by the Copyright Co. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. He called disciples and empowered them for ministry. By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your church and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit. On the night in which Jesus gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: 66

“Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” When the supper was over, Jesus took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” When Jesus, the great Shepherd of your flock, ascended, he sent forth the apostles to preach the gospel and make disciples of all nations. He promised to be with them always and sent the Holy Spirit to lead them. And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Words: From The United Methodist Hymnal. Music: Mark A. Miller. Words © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House, admin. by The Copyright Co.; music © 2000 Abingdon Press, admin. by the Copyright Co. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood. By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each another, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, now and for ever.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Breaking the Bread Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, because we all partake of the one loaf. The bread which we break is a sharing in the body of Christ. The cup over which we give thanks is a sharing in the blood of Christ. 68

Cantor sings tropes, and assembly responds:

“Lamb of God: May We Be One”

Response

After final trope:

The Invitation to Ministry Those who are feeling a call to ministry are invited to join members of the Board of Ordained Ministry and Appointive Cabinet for prayer after receiving Holy Communion. Meet them in the transept on the north side (to the right, as you approach the altar) at the front. Giving the Bread and Cup

“Come, Share the Lord” We gather here in Jesus’ name, his love is burning in our hearts like living flame; for through the loving Son the Father makes us one: Come, take the bread; come, drink the wine; come, share the Lord. No one is a stranger here, everyone belongs; finding our forgiveness here, we in turn forgive all wrongs. He joins us here, he breaks the bread, the Lord who pours the cup is risen from the dead; the one we love the most is now our gracious host: Come, take the bread; come, drink the wine; come, share the Lord. We are now a family of which the Lord is head; though unseen he meets us here in the breaking of the bread.

We’ll gather soon where angels sing; we’ll see the glory of our Lord and coming King; now we anticipate the feast for which we wait: Come, take the bread; come, drink the wine; come, share the Lord. Words & Music: Bryan Jeffery Leech. © 1984, 1987 Fred Bock Music Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

“For the Bread Which You Have Broken” For the bread which you have broken, for the wine which you have poured, for the words which you have spoken, now we give you thanks, O Lord. By this pledge that you do love us, by your gift of peace restored, by your call to heaven above us, hallow all our lives, O Lord. With our sainted ones in glory seated at the heavenly board, may the church that’s waiting for you keep love’s tie unbroken, Lord. In your service, Lord, defend us, in our hearts keep watch and ward; in the world where you have sent us, let your kingdom come, O Lord. Words: Louis F. Benson, 1924. Music: V. Earle Copes, 1960. Music © 1960, renewed 1988 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

“Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast” Come, sinners, to the gospel feast, let every soul be Jesus’ guest. Ye need not one be left behind, for God hath bid all humankind. Do not begin to make excuse; ah! Do not you his grace refuse; your worldly cares and pleasures leave, and take what Jesus hath to give. Come and partake the gospel feast, be saved from sin, in Jesus rest; O taste the goodness of our God, and eat his flesh and drink his blood. See him set forth before your eyes; behold the bleeding sacrifice; his offered love make haste to embrace, and freely now be saved by grace. Ye who believe his record true shall sup with him and he with you; come to the feast, be saved from sin, for Jesus waits to take you in. Words: Charles Wesley, 1747. Music: Katholisches Gesangbuch, ca. 1774; adapt. From Metrical Psalter, 1855.

“You Satisfy the Hungry Heart”

Refrain: You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Come, give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat.

As when the shepherd calls his sheep, they know and heed his voice, so when you call your family, Lord, we follow and rejoice. Refrain With joyful lips we sing to you our praise and gratitude, that you should count us worthy, Lord, to share this heavenly food. Refrain Is not the cup we bless and share the blood of Christ outpoured? Do not one cup, one loaf, declare our oneness in the Lord? Refrain The mystery of your presence, Lord, no mortal tongue can tell; whom all the world cannot contain comes in our hearts to dwell. Refrain You give yourself to us, O Lord; then selfless let us be, to serve each other in your name in truth and charity. Refrain Words: Omer Westendorf, 1977. Music: Robert E. Kruentz. 1977. © 1977 Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Copyright permission obtained, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1977. All rights reserved.

*Prayer after Receiving

Let us pray. We gathered today as the body of Christ and sat at your table. We dined on a feast of the bread of life and a never drying fountain. Some came in humility, while others were broken. Some communed without realizing your glory, while others stood on the mountaintop praising your name. As we leave this place, O God, go before us. Enable us to reflect Jesus and his teachings in all that we say and do. As we take these blessed loaves of bread to the needy, be in the midst of the fellowship. Let this bread be a testimony of your greatness and of our remembrance of you. Until the next time we gather at your table in the name of Jesus, shalom and amen.

*Dismissal with Blessing

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

The grace of Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all always.

The newly ordained deacon dismisses the people:

Rosemary Anderson Go in peace to serve God and your neighbor in all that you do. We are sent in Christ’s name. Thanks be to God! 71

Going Forth *Recessional

“Now Thank We All Our God”

Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices; who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; and keep us still in grace, and guide us when perplexed; and free us from all ills, in this world and the next. All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given; the Son, and him who reigns with them in highest heaven; the one eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Words: Martin Rinkart, 1663; trans. By Catherine Winkworth, 1858. Music: Johan Crüger, 1647; harm, by Felix Mendelssohn, 1840.

Music by Jaime Cortez, Gold Canyon Chancel Choir, directed by Doug Benton, and David Gotch, organist. Thank you to First United Methodist Church, Phoenix, for assisting with this service.

Morning Devotion Sunday, June 10, 2007 7:00 a.m. Outside Gazebo “And We Feast at Your Heavenly Banquet” Prayer

Healing, sovereign God, overmatch our resistant ears with your transforming speech. Penetrate our jadedness and fatigue. Touch our yearnings by your words. Through your out-loudness, draw us closer to you. We are ready to listen. Amen. (Walter Brueggemann in Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth, p. 51)

Scripture

Isaiah 65:16-25

Meditation

Read “Already One”, by Dottie Escobedo-Frank, on page 34 of the May/June 2007

Alive Now!

Questions for Reflection

Why is it sometimes hard to “be glad and rejoice” at the new things God is doing? Why is it sometimes hard, in our jadedness and fatigue, to remember that Christ is already among us? What does Communion mean to you? What special memories do you have about celebrating communion?

Closing Prayer

Read “Formed by Grace”, by Chris Bahnson, on page 21 of the May/June 2007 Alive

Now!

Sunday Closing Worship “And We Feast at Your Heavenly Banquet” Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:30 a.m. Paradise Valley Doubletree, Forum Gathering Brass Prelude

Southwest Brass

*Processional

“Lift High The Cross”

Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name. Come, Christians, follow this triumphant sign. The hosts of God in unity combine. Refrain Each newborn servant of the Crucified bears on the brow the seal of him who died.

O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, as thou hast promised, draw the world to thee.

Refrain Refrain

So shall our song of triumph ever be: Praise to the Crucified for victory! Refrain Words: George William Kitchin and Michael Robert Newbolt, 1916, alt. Music: Sydney Hugo Nicholson, 1916. © 1974 Hope Publishing, Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

*Greeting

Faiana Prescott Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who believes in me will never die.”

*Gloria Response

“Glory to God” John Foley, S.J.

Verses sung by leader:

Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy upon us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.

You alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. R Music ÂŠ 1978, John B. Foley, S.J. and OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

*Opening Prayer

Faiana Prescott

Sacred Friend Earth Designer Divine Guest within We come to celebrate Not with words deeply spoken Nor from hours upon hours spent in vigil But in response to your compassionate love In these sacred and holy moments May the droplets of our love Flow into deep moving streams Washing the shores of life in tenderness Giving cause to keep hope alive Sacred Friend Earth Designer Divine Guest within Hear our words of praise and celebration Through Christ who is your compassion Become flesh. Amen.

Word and Response Old Testament Lesson

Isaiah 65:16-25

Betty Weston

Psalm 118 Response

“This Is the Day” Michael Joncas

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.” R The Lord’s right hand has struck with pow’r; the Lord’s right hand is exalted. R I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. R Text: Psalm 118:24, 1-2, 16-17, 22-23. Refrain text © 1969, 1981, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Verses text © 1970, CCD. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 1981, 1982, 1988, Jan Michael Joncas Trust. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Epistle Lesson

1 Corinthians 15:19-26

*Gospel Acclamation

Devon Mauney “Easter Alleluia”

Gospel Lesson Sermon

Matthew 28:1-10, 18-20 “And We Feast at the Heavenly Banquet”

Chayla Rowley Rev. Deanna Self-Price

Offering Ourselves

Fixing of Appointments

As the name of each appointment is read, the clergy appointed and the lay members from the named church stand and remain standing until all appointments for that district are read. Those standing may sit as the hymn is sung. One stanza of the hymn is sung after the appointments for each District are fixed.

Hymn

“The Summons” Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known, will you let my life be grown in you and you in me? Will Will Will Will

you you you you

leave yourself behind if I but call your name? care for cruel and kind and never be the same? risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare? let me answer prayer in you and you in me?

Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean, and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in me? Will you love the “you” you hide if I but call your name? Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same? Will you use the faith you’ve found to reshape the world around, through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me? Lord, your summons echoes true when you but call my name. Let me turn and follow you and never be the same. In your company I’ll go where your love and footsteps show. Thus I’ll move and live and grow in you and you in me. Words © 1987 WGRG The Iona Community (Scotland), admin. By GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702..

Offertory

Our offering this morning will go to Bishop’s Appeal—Katrina

Southwest Brass

Presentation of Gifts

“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” The Osman Family brings in the gifts. Praise praise Praise Praise Praise

God, from whom all blessings flow; God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! God, the source of all our gifts! Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Words: Thomas Ken, 1674; adapt. By Gilbert H. Vieira, 1978. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; harm. by Ralph Vaughn Williams, 1906. Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Thanksgiving and Communion Confession, Pardon, and Peace One: All: One: All: One: All: One: All:

Bishop Elías Galván Great and gracious God, we find it hard to brave the darkness, much less to see the light in the midst of it. Renew our capacity for care. Embolden us to overcome our fear of the dark because of the light that shines there. Heal our apathy so that we may feel other’s pain. We find it hard to wait, much less to hope. Our expectations invite disillusionment more than they create new possibilities. Renew our capacity for hope. Teach us the expectancy that does not weary in waiting. Heal our despair so that we can know a good thing when we see it. We find it hard to stand in awe, much less to bow down. We wonder about problems far more than we marvel at mysteries. In our smug sophistication, we are hard to surprise or impress. Renew our capacity for wonder. Enable us to marvel at the mystery of your coming to us. Heal our blindness so that we may see the light. We find it hard to come to the light, much less to walk in it. We fear being exposed for what we are. In our pretensions, we prefer the cover of deception. Renew our capacity for honesty. Embolden us to overcome our fear of the light because of the forgiveness that comes with its glare. Heal our dishonesty so that we may willingly walk in the light.

Silent Prayer One: Hear and believe the good news: God is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. God reaches out to us again and again, that we might turn away from what is destructive and turn toward what is life giving. 78

God reaches out to us with forgiveness, assuring us that we are beloved children of God, and equipping us to serve God and our neighbor in the world. All: God forgives us, encourages us, and frees us to love others. Thanks be to God!

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Offer signs of peace and reconciliation to one another.

The Great Thanksgiving

Bishop Minerva Carcaño Bishop Elías Galván, Rev. Rosemary Anderson, Rev. Ruth Blum

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. Holy and gracious God, you are the author of the universe. You are our maker, you have made us for yourself so that our hearts are restless until they find rest in you. The instruction of Moses, the correction of the prophets, and your Word made flesh in Jesus the Christ have repeated your gracious communication to us. Despite our alienation, waywardness, and estrangement, your steadfast love endures forever. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

We give thanks for the story of Jesus commemorated and communicated in this giving of bread and cup. We are grateful that he shared table fellowship with people others excluded, that he received little children and blessed them, and that he brought health to our affliction, light to our darkness, God’s reign to our tyranny and chaos, and life to our death. We give thanks that he drank the cup of obedience to the dregs—even to death—and that he reversed the vicious cycle of retribution, revenge, and violence for us and all humanity. We give thanks that even death could not hold him. We rejoice in this meal he gave us—a meal by which we become sharers in his life as members of his body, a meal at which no one goes away hungry and no one grabs too much, a meal that we have to share slowly together rather than drive through and take out. On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said “Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” Remembering your grace toward us, we take this bread and cup from among the gifts of your creation as signs of your saving grace to us in Jesus Christ, and we offer ourselves as a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to proclaim the mystery of faith.

Pour out your Spirit upon us and upon your gift of bread and cup, that they may be for us the body and blood of Christ and that we may truly be his body in the world for which he lived and died and still lives. By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at the heavenly banquet. Through 80

Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, eternal God, now and forever.

The Lord’s Prayer

And now, with the confidence of children of God, let us pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

Breaking the Bread

Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake in the one loaf. The bread which we break is a sharing in the body of Christ. The cup over which we give thanks is a sharing in the blood of Christ.

Cantor sings tropes, and assembly responds:

“Lamb of God: May We Be One”

Response

After final trope:

Sharing the Bread and the Cup Refrain: Now in this banquet, Christ is our bread; here shall all hunger be fed. Bread that is broken, wine that is poured, love is the sign of our Lord.

“Now in This Banquet”

You who have touched us and graced us with love, make us your people of goodness and light. Refrain Let our hearts burn with the first of your love; open our eyes to the glory of God. Refrain God who makes the blind to see, God who makes the lame to walk, bring us dancing into day, lead your people in your way. Refrain Hope for the hopeless, light for the blind, “Strong” is your name, Lord “Gentle” and “Kind.”

Refrain

Call us to be your light, call us to be your love, make us your people again. Refrain Come, O Spirit! Renew our hearts! We shall arise to be children of light.

Refrain

“Taste and See”

Refrain: Taste and see, taste and see the goodness of the Lord. O taste and see, taste and see the goodness of the Lord, of the Lord. I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall always be on my lips; my soul shall glory in the Lord for he has been so good to me. Glorify the Lord with me. Together let us all praise his name. I called the Lord and he answered me; from all my troubles he set me free. Worship the Lord, all you people. You’ll want for nothing if you ask. Taste and see that God is good; in him we need put all our trust. Text: Psalm 34:9a, 2-3, 4-5, 10. Text and music © 1983, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702.

Refrain / Estribillo: Pan de Vida, cuerpo del Señor, cup of blessing, blood of Christ the Lord. At this table the last shall be first. Poder es servir, porque Dios es amor.

“Pan de Vida”

1. We are the dwelling of God, fragile and wounded and weak. We are the body of Christ, called to be the compassion of God.

1. Somos el templo de Dios, frágiles seres humanos. Somos el cuerpo de Cristo, llamados a ser compasivos. Estribillo

2. You call me Teacher and Lord; I, who have washed your feet. So you must do as I do, so the greatest must become the least.

2. Ustedes me llaman “Señor”. Me inclino a lavarles los pies. Hagan lo mismo, humildes, sirviéndose unos a otros. Estribillo

3. There is no Jew or Greek; there is no slave or free; there is no woman or man; only heirs of the promise of God.

3. No hay esclavos ni libres, no hay mujeres ni hombres, sólo aquellos que heredan el reino que Dios prometió. Estribillo

Refrain

Text: John 13:1-15; Galatians 3:28-29; by Bob Hurd and Pia Moriarty. Spanish adapt. By Jaime Cortez, Magali Jerez, Elna Garcia and Gustavo cAstillo. Text and music © 1998, 1995, 1999, Bob Hurd and Pia Moriarty. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

*Prayer of Thanksgiving

Bishop Elías Galván Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sending Forth *Benediction *Closing Song

Bishop Minerva Carcaño “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Earth and haven in chorus say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia! Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia! Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia! Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia! Hail the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia! Praise to thee by both be given, Alleluia! Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia! Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia! King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia! Everlasting life is this, Alleluia! Thee to know, thy power to prove, Alleluia! Thus to sing, and thus to love, Alleluia! Words: Charles Wesley, 1739. Music: Lyra Davidica, 1708.

Music led by Jaime Cortez and Southwest Brass.

Signing of the Senses

(Used in the Celebration of the Ministry of Deacons Service)

Name, Christ has called you to be his friends. Always remember him and be faithful to him.

Therefore I mark your forehead with the sign of the cross. It is the sign of Christians; let it remind you always of Christ and how much he loves you.

The sign of the cross is traced on the person’s forehead in silence.

While the ears are being signed, these words are spoken:

I mark your ears with the sign of the cross: Hear the words of Christ.

While the eyes are being signed:

I mark your eyes with the sign of the cross: see the works of Christ.

While the lips are being signed:

I mark your lips with the sign of the cross: speak as Christ would speak.

While the heart is being signed:

I mark the sign of the cross over your heart: Make your heart the home of Christ.

While the shoulders are being signed:

I mark your shoulders with the sign of the cross: be strong with the strength of Christ.

While the hands are being signed:

I mark your hands with the sign of the cross, touch others with the gentleness of Christ.

While the feet are being signed:

I mark your feet with the sign of the cross: walk in the way of Christ.

While the sign of the cross is traced above the whole person:

I place you entirely under the sign of Christ’s cross in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: live with Jesus now and for ever. Amen. Adapted from: International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. From “Rite of Acceptance in to the Order of Catechumens,” p. 161, 162., Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988.

Sources Any materials not cited here were written by the Annual Conference Worship Design Team, and are available for your use. The Team members are Rev. Scott Ritchey (Chair), Rev. Amy Barron-Gafford, Jaime Cortez, Rev. Rula Colvin, Rev. Cynthia Langston Kirk, Rev. Jim Parkhurst, Rev. Carolyn Scribner, Rev. Jenny Smith, Pastor Clare Sullivan, and Twyla Thompson

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Memorial and Anointing Service—By Your Spirit, Make Us

Gathering Song: “For All the Saints,” Words: William W. How, 1864. Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams,

1906. United Methodist Hymnal (UMH) #711.

Farrell. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license # L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2007 #448. Gospel Acclamation: Music: Mass of Light, David Haas. © 1988. GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Gather 2004 #223. Doxology: Words: Reginald Heber, 1826. Music: John B. Dykes, 1861. UMH #64, stanza 4. Act of Remembrance: Response: “Remember Your Love,” Text: Based on Psalms 25, 27, 90, 130; Mike Balhoff, b. 1946. Music: Darryl Ducote, b. 1945 and Gary Daigle, b. 1957. Text and music © 1978, Damean Music. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Music During Anointing: “The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve,” Words: Delores Dufner, OSB. Music: USA Fold Melody. Words © 1993 Delores Dufner, admin. By OCP Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. The Faith We Sing (TFWS) #2241, Tune: Azmon. “Baptized in Water,” Words: Michael Saward. Music: Trad. Gaelic melody. Words © 1982 Jubilate Hymns, admin. By Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. TFWS #2248 “What is Our Service to Be,” Text © 1993, The Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN 56374-0277. Music © 1998, Scot Crandal. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Spirit & Song #146. “Hymn of Promise,” Words & Music: Natalie Sleeth, 1986. © 1986 Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. UMH #707. Closing Song: “Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service,” Words: Albert F. Bayly, 1961, alt. Music: Attr. To B. F. White, 1844; harm. By Ronald A. Nelson, 1978. Words © 1961 Oxford University Press; harm. © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. UMH #581.

Laity and Executive Sessions—One with Christ

Call to Worship: Adapted from Ruth Duck, ed. Flames of the Spirit. Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press,

1985.

Hymn: “We Are God’s People,” Words: Bryan Jeffery Leech. Music: Johannes Brahms, adapt. Word

Scott Soper. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2007 #754. Gospel Acclamation: Music © 1996, Daniel L. Schutte. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2007 #884. Small Group Session: From Wuellner, Flora Slosson. "When Prayer Encounters Pain," Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life IV.3 (May/June 1989): 35. Intercessory Prayer: Response: Words: Ancient Greek. Music: Jacques Berthier and the Community of Taizé., 1979. Music © 1979 Les Presses de Taizé, by permission of GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. UMH #484. Hymn: “Take Up Thy Cross,” Words: Charles W. Everest, 1833. Music: William Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies, 1815. UMH #415. Hymn: “And Are We Yet Alive,” Words: Charles Wesley, 1749. Music: Johann G. Nägeli; arr. By Lowell Mason, 1845. UMH #553 Benediction: From Duck, Ruth, ed. Flames of the Spirit. Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, 1985.

Opening Worship—One with Each Other

Processional: “Sing A New Church,” Text: 87 87 D; Delores Dufner, OSB, © 1991, The Sisters of St. Benedict. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Music: J. Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Pt II, 1813. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Breaking Bread 2007 #400.

2000 worshiptogether.com songs (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) sixsteps Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) . Reprinted under CCLI #2874207. “Lord, You Give the Great Commission,” Words: Jeffery Rowthorn, 1978. © 1978 Hope Publishing Co. Music: Cyril V. Taylor, 1941, © 1942, renewed 1970 Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. UMH #584. Psalm 126: ”The Lord Has Done Great Things,” Text: Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5. Refrain text © 1969, 1981, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music and verses text © 1995, Jaime Cortez. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2007 #813. Gospel Acclamation: “Honduras Alleluia,” Music: The Honduras Alleluia, Rob Glover, © 1997, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Gather 2004 #271. Gospel Reading: Luke 9:18-27, from the New Revised Standard Version. Affirmation of Faith: Statement of Faith of the United Church of Canada Prayers of Intercession: Response: Text and music: Bob Hurd. © 1988, Bob Hurd. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Hymn & Presentation of Gifts: “Holy, Holy, Holy,” Words: Reginald Heber, 1826. Music: John B. Dykes, 1861. UMH #64. The Great Thanksgiving: © 2007 Cynthia Langston Kirk Communion Acclamations: from Mass of Glory. Music © 1991, Ken Canedo and Bob Hurd, Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Agnus Dei: “Lamb of God #2” (Agnus Dei), Words: from the Mass Music: Michael Joncas (The Psallite Mass) © 1988 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Upper Room Worshipbook (URW) #414. Giving the Bread and Cup: “With This Bread,” Text: Kate Cuddy, b.1953 Tune: Kate Cuddy, b. 1953 © 2001, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Gather 2004 #805. “Grateful,” Tom Tomaszek. Arr. By Sarah Hart and Tom Tomaszek. © 2003, Thomas N. Tomaszek. Published by spiritandsong.com ®. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license 87

#L10754, LicenSingOnline. Spirit & Song 2 #361.

Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Gather 1994 #827. Hymn: “Christ Be Our Light,” Words and Music: Bernadette Farrell © 1994 Bernadette Farrell, published by OCP Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. URW #114.

Celebration of the Ministry of Deacons—One in Ministry

Call to Worship: Based on Matthew 25 Procession of Symbols: “At the Font We Start Our Journey,” Words: Jeffery Rowthorn. Music: John

Goss. Words © 1991 Hope Publishing Co. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. TFWS #2114 Psalm 68: Copyright © 1998 by M. McCawley. All rights reserved. Used with permission of the author. Gospel Acclamation: “Halle, Halle, Halle,” Music: Traditional Caribbean, arr. By John L. Bell. © 1990, Iona Community, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. TFWS #2026 Prayer in Song: Response: Text & Music: Ray East. © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Gather 1994 #268. Music: “Serving God,” Words: In Celebration of ten years of the Order of Deacon © January 14, 2007 Cynthia Langston Kirk. Used with permission. Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824; arr. by Edward Hodges, 1864. Music: “We All Are One in Mission,” Words: Rusty Edwards Music: Finnish folk melody. Words © 1986 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. TFWS #2243.

Retirement Celebration—One in Ministry

Prelude: “This is the Day” by by Les Garrett Processional Hymn: “Take My Life, and Let it Be,” Words: Frances R. Havergal, 1873. Music: Louis J. F.

Hérold, 1839; arr. By George Kingsley, 1839. UMH #399.

Call to worship: From Duck, Ruth C. & Maren C. Tirabassi. Touch Holiness. Cleveland: The Pilgrim

Press, 1990. p. 175

rights reserved. Used with permission. Music and verses text © 1996, 2000, Timothy R. Smith. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2006 #786. Gospel Acclamation: “Easter Alleluia,” Text: Marty Haugen, b. 1950. Tune: O FILII ET FILIAE; 10 10 10 with alleluias; adapt. By Marty Haugen, b. 1950 © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800474. Anthem: “Children of the Lord,” by Natalie Sleeth Blessing of Retirees: adapted from UMBOW p.735 Response: Text: ICEL, © 1975. Music: Eucharistic Prayer for Children, Mass of Creation, Marty Haugen, adapt. By Rob Glover, © 1989, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E800702. Closing Hymn: “Together We Serve,” Words & Music: Daniel Charles Damon. © 1998 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. TFWS #2175. Benediction: UMBOW p.737 Sending Forth: “Malo! Malo! Thanks be to God,” © 1993, Jesse Manibusan. Published by OCP Publications, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline.

Saturday Morning Worship—To All the World

Gathering Song: “Water of Life,” Words: Refrain 1, David Haas; refrain 2, Elise S. Eslinger. Music: 88

Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. URW #417

Group, Iona Community, Scotland; GIA Publications, Inc.., exclusive North American agent. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. URW #441. Doxology: “Santo, Santo, Santo,” Words & Music: Argentine folk song. TFWS #2007. Closing Song: “Christ, Be our Light,” Words and Music: Bernadette Farrell © 1994 Bernadette Farrell, published by OCP Publications. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. URW #114.

A Service Celebrating the Call to Ministry in the Desert Southwest Annual Conference—Until Christ Comes in Final Victory Processional Hymn: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” Words: Henry Van Dyke, 1907; st. 4 alt 1989.

Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824; arr. By Edward Hodges, 1864. UMH #89.

The United Methodist Church, PO Box 340003, Nashville TN 37203-0003. Worship.

Discipleship Resources. Reprinted under CCLI #2874207. URW #278.

Hymn: “God of Power,” Words: Gerald H. Kennedy, ca. 1939. Music: Joachim Neander, 1680. UMH

#578.

Hymn of Prayer: “Spirit of the Living God,” Words & Music: Daniel Iverson, 1926; Words: adapt.

© 1935, renewal © 1963 Birdwell Music. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. UMH #393. Presentation of the Gifts: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow,” © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. UMH #94. Reproduced with permission under license #L8282, LicenSingOnline. Communion Acclamations: Words: From The United Methodist Hymnal. Music: Mark A. Miller. Words © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House, admin. by The Copyright Co.; music © 2000 Abingdon Press, admin. by the Copyright Co. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. TFWS #2257b, c, d. Breaking the Bread: “Lamb of God: May We Be One,” Text: Agnus Dei; additional text by Rory Cooney. Music: Gary Daigle. © 1993, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Gather 2004 #322. Music During Communion: “Come, Share the Lord,” Words & Music: Bryan Jeffery Leech. © 1984, 1987 Fred Bock Music Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. TFWS #2269 “For the Bread Which You Have Broken,” Words: Louis F. Benson, 1924. Music: V. Earle Copes, 1960. Music © 1960, renewed 1988 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. UMH #614 “Come, Sinners to the Gospel Feast,” Words: Charles Wesley, 1747. Music: Katholisches Gesangbuch, ca. 1774; adapt. From Metrical Psalter, 1855. UMH #616. “You Satisfy the Hungry Heart,” Words: Omer Westendorf, 1977. Music: Robert E. Kruentz. 1977. © 1977 Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Copyright permission obtained, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1977. All rights reserved. UMH #629. Prayer After Receiving: 21st Century Africana Worship Resources Recessional: “Now Thank We All Our God,” Words: Martin Rinkart, 1663; trans. By Catherine Winkworth, 1858. Music: Johan Crüger, 1647; harm, by Felix Mendelssohn, 1840. UMH #102.

Sunday Closing Worship—And We Feast at Your Heavenly Banquet

Processional: “Lift High the Cross,” Words: George William Kitchin and Michael Robert Newbolt, 1916,

permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2006 #884.

Opening Prayer: Raymond Hearn, Let Us Pray, Reformed Prayers for Christian Worship, Edited by Mar-

tha S Gilliss, Geneva Press, Louisville, Kentucky,2002, adapt.

All rights reserved. Used with permission. Verses text © 1970, CCD. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 1981, 1982, 1988, Jan Michael Joncas Trust. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2006 #808. Gospel Acclamation: “Easter Alleluia,” Text: Marty Haugen, b. 1950. Tune: O FILII ET FILIAE; 10 10 10 with alleluias; adapt. By Marty Haugen, b. 1950 © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800474. Hymn: “The Summons,” Words © 1987 WGRG The Iona Community (Scotland), admin. By GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. TFWS #2130. Presentation of Gifts: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow,” Words: Thomas Ken, 1674; adapt. By Gilbert H. Vieira, 1978. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; harm. by Ralph Vaughn Williams, 1906. Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. UMH #94. Confession, Pardon, and Peace: C. Eric Mount Jr. The Great Thanksgiving: C. Eric Mount Jr., adapt. Communion Acclamations: From Mass of Creation. Music © 1984, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Gather 2004. Breaking the Bread: “Lamb of God: May We Be One,” Text: Agnus Dei; additional text by Rory Cooney. Music: Gary Daigle. © 1993, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Gather 2004 #322. Sharing the Bread and the Cup: “Now in this Banquet,” Words & Music: Marty Haugen © 1986 GIA Publications. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. URW #121. “Taste and See,” Text: Psalm 34:9a, 2-3, 4-5, 10. Text and music © 1983, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #E-800702. Breaking Bread 2007 #327. “Pan de Vida,” Text: John 13:1-15; Galatians 3:28-29; by Bob Hurd and Pia Moriarty. Spanish adapt. By Jaime Cortez, Magali Jerez, Elna Garcia and Gustavo cAstillo. Text and music © 1998, 1995, 1999, Bob Hurd and Pia Moriarty. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission under license #L10754, LicenSingOnline. Breaking Bread 2007 #340. Prayer of Thanksgiving: UMBOW, p. 39. Closing Song: “Christ the Lord is Risen Today,” Words: Charles Wesley, 1739. Music: Lyra Davidica, 1708. UMH #302.