Sunday, June 17, 2018
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
For Meditation and Reflection:
Frederick Buechner, referring to the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins writes, “He says with equal understatement that to have pity on his own heart means simply to be as kind and charitable to himself as Christ calls all of us to be to our neighbors, with the implication that unless charity begins at home, the chances are that there will be something a little grim and bloodless about it everywhere else.” (From Speak What We Feel)
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Prayer (Pastor)
Responsive Call to Worship (Traditional Monastic Liturgy)
Pastor: We wait for the word of the Lord as we wait for the rains.
People: and our God shall come down upon us like gentle dew.
Pastor: The hills and the mountains will be singing praise to God.
People: Every tree in the forest will be clapping its hands.
The Lord will come and rule for ever. Alleluia.
Opening Hymn: #43, Love Divine, All Loves Excelling