<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, all - <br></div><div><br></div><div>Sorry for the lateness of this email! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's what's happening tomorrow. Please arrive no later than 9:45. The plan is for:</div><div><ul><li>Maddie to join me for the Thanksgiving for baptism (will be from the font near the back of the church)<br></li><li>Neal to read the first reading</li><li>Frances to lead the Psalm</li><li>Max leading the prayers</li><li>Josie will serve as the acolyte and crucifer</li></ul><div>Readings are below. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you're not able to be here. Thanks so much!</div><div><br></div><div>Peace,<br></div><div>Janet<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>


















<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Thanksgiving for
Baptism<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Pastor: Holy
God, holy and merciful, holy and mighty, <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">You are the
river of life, you are the everlasting wellspring, <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">You are the
fire of rebirth.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Maddie: Glory
to you for oceans and lakes, for rivers and streams.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Honor to you
for cloud and rain, for dew and snow.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Your waters are
below us, around us, above us: our life is born in you.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">You are the
fountain of resurrection. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Praise to you
for your saving waters:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Pastor: Noah
and the animals survive the flood,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Hagar discovers
your well.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">The Israelites
escape through the sea, and they drink from your gushing rock.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Naaman washes
his leprosy away,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">And the
Samaritan woman will never be thirsty again.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Maddie: At this
font, holy God, we pray:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Praise to you
for the water of baptism<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">And for your
Word that saves us in this water.<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Breathe your
Spirit into all of us gathered here and into all creation.<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Illumine our
days. Enliven our bones. Dry our tears.<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Wash away the
sin within us and drown the evil around us. <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Satisfy all our
thirst with your living water, Jesus Christ, our Savior,<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Amen.<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">


















</p><p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">The First Reading <span>                                                   </span>1
Samuel 3:1-12, 19-20</span><span class="gmail-BulletinRubrics" style="color:red;border:medium;font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Neal: A reading from the book of 1 Samuel.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">^{<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">1</span>}<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> under Eli. The word of the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> was rare in those days; visions
were not widespread. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> ²At that time Eli, whose
eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his
room; ³the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying
down in the temple of the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>,
where the ark of God was. ⁴Then the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>
called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” ⁵and ran to Eli,
and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said, “I did not call; lie
down again.” So Samuel went and lay down. ⁶The <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got
up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said, “I
did not call, my son; lie down again.” ⁷Now Samuel did not yet know
the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>, and the word of the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> had not yet been revealed to him. ⁸The
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> called Samuel again, a third
time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”
Then Eli perceived that the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>
was calling the boy. ⁹Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down;
and if the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> calls you, you
shall say, ‘Speak, <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>, for your
servant is listening.’</span> <span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">” So
Samuel went and lay down in his place.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> ¹⁰Now the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> came and stood there, calling as
before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is
listening.” ¹¹Then the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>
said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make both
ears of anyone who hears of it tingle. ¹²On that day I will fulfill
against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> ¹⁹As Samuel grew up, the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> was with him and let none of his
words fall to the ground. ²⁰And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba
knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Neal: The Epiphany of God.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"LBWSymbols Plain""><span>                             </span></span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Thanks be
to God.</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Psalm 139:1-6,
13-18, read responsively<span>                                                     </span><i><span></span></i></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Frances:
¹LORD, you have searched me out; O LORD, you have known me.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">2</span>}</b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">You know my sitting down and my rising up;</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> <b>you discern my
thoughts from afar.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">3</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">You trace my journeys and
my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways. ^{<span>4</span>}<span>Indeed, there is not a word on my lips,</span> <span>but you, O LORD, know it altogether.</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">5</span>}</b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">You encompass me, behind and before, and lay your hand upon
me. ^{<span>6</span>}<span>Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;</span>
<span>it is so high that I cannot attain to
it….</span><span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">13</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">For you yourself created
my inmost parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">14</span>}</b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">I will thank you because I am marvelously made;</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> <b>your works are
wonderful, and I know it well.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">15</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">My body was not hidden
from you, while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the
earth.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">16</span>}</b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the
womb;</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> <b>all
of them were written in your book;</b> <b>my days were fashioned before they
came to be.</b><span></span></span>^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><br></span>}</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">17</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">How deep I find your
thoughts, O God! How great is the sum of them!<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">18</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">If I were to count them,
they would be more in number than the sand; to count them all, my life span
would need to be like yours.<span></span></span><b>^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><br></span>}</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>^{<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">1</span>}</b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">LORD, you have searched me out; O LORD, you have
known me.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">


















</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">The Prayers of
the People<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Max:
As we commemorate the revelation of Christ, we pray for God’s blessing on the
church, the world, and all of creation.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">A
brief silence.<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Encourage
the ministry and mission of the church, God of truth. Let the leaders of your
church be trustworthy and accountable stewards, that all its resources and
outreach bring hope and healing to communities. God of grace, <b>receive our
prayer.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Delight
in the goodness of your creation, God of fig trees and fertile soil. Heal areas
of the world harmed by human greed. Restore those recovering from natural
disaster. Protect our forests and waterways and all the creatures that live in
them. God of grace, <b>receive our prayer.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Call
the leaders of every neighborhood and nation to serve faithfully, God of
wisdom. Give them visions of justice and unity. Lead them to action that
promotes equitable partnership and uplifts those on the margins of society. God
of grace, <b>receive our prayer.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Hold
in your care any who suffer and struggle, God of compassion. Be present with
any who are oppressed, victims of racism or cultural bias, and all who long for
respite or restoration. God of grace, <b>receive our prayer.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Give
this congregation the anticipation and excitement of Samuel, so inspired and
empowered to do your work in the world, God of unity. Make us faithful as we
build communities of inclusion and mutual care. God of grace, <b>receive our
prayer.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Trusting
God who raises us in spirit and truth, we remember all who have died and are at
peace among the saints especially the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose
faithful advocacy for peace and justice continues to embolden the church. God
of grace, <b>receive our prayer.</b><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Trusting
in the Spirit, we offer these prayers and the silent prayers of our hearts in
the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.<span>  </span><b>Amen.</b><span></span></span></p>

















</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Janet Katari (she/her)<br></font></div><div><font size="2">Pastor, Christ Church, Lutheran, San Francisco</font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="mailto:seniorpastor@christchurchlutheran.org" target="_blank">seniorpastor@christchurchlutheran.org</a><br></font></div><div><font size="2">415-215-1576</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Justice, therefore, represents the peace of God. This peace is freedom from the violence that distorts the human person. It is the elimination, in other words, of systems, constructs, and all actualities of violence. God's peace thus requires a radical restructuring of a political, social, and economic order that is sustained by and thus creates 'crucified classes of people.' <i>Kelly Brown Douglas, Stand Your Ground, p. 195</i></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>