<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, all - <br></div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to seeing you all! Let me know if someone's not able to make it. Thanks! The 1st and 2nd reading and the prayer are not printed in the congregation bulletins - please run through and practice reading slowly and clearly. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Josie: crucifer</div><div>Maddie: opening</div><div>Neal: 1st reading</div><div>Frances: 2nd reading</div><div>Max: prayer</div><div><br></div><div>Readings (we'll have printouts for you on Sunday)</div><div>Maddie - opening:</div><div>


















<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"><i>Maddie: </i>Blessed are you, God of all creation, and blessed is the
communion into which you gather us. You have made us one with the earth and its
creatures and invited us to share with you in tending the flourishing of all
life.<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">Send your Holy Spirit to call us by name
and lead us home.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><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"><i>Maddie: </i>Though you are above and beyond every created thing,<br>
you make yourself present and known to us<br>
in all creation. You are present in the water that flows through our lives.<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 present in this water that baptized us and connects
us to each other.<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">Send your Holy Spirit to call us by name
and lead us home.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><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"><i>Pr. Janet </i>As we walk through our lives, may your mysterious presence in
the water carry us on into the ways of compassion and care.<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">Thank you for your Spirit that calls us by
home and leads us home. Amen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span></span></span></p>





</div><div>Neal - 1st lesson:</div><div>


















<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">1^st
Reading<span>                                                      </span>Proverbs
22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23<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"><i>Neal: </i>A reading from Proverbs
the 22^nd chapter</span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-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">1</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">A good name is to be chosen
rather than great riches, <span> </span><br>
  and favor is better than silver or gold.<br>
 ²The rich and the poor have this in common:<br>
  the Lord is the maker of them all.<br>
 ⁸Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,<br>
  and the rod of anger will fail.<br>
 ⁹Those who are generous are blessed,<br>
  for they share their bread with the poor.<br>
<br>
 ²²Do not rob the poor because they are poor,<br>
  or crush the afflicted at the gate;<br>
 ²³for the Lord pleads their cause<br>
  and despoils of life those who despoil them.<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">Word
of God, Word of Life<span>       </span><span>                                        </span><b>Thanks
be to God<span></span></b></span></p>





</div><div>Frances - second reading:</div><div>


















<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">2^nd
Reading<span>                                                                             </span>James
2:1-17<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"><i>Frances:  </i>A reading from the letter
to James, the 2^nd chapter.<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">1</span>}<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">My brothers and sisters,
do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus
Christ? ²For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes
into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, ³and
if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat
here, please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at
my feet,” ⁴have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and
become judges with evil thoughts? ⁵Listen, my beloved brothers and
sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be
heirs of the dominion promised to those who love God? ⁶But you have
dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who
drag you into court? ⁷Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent
name that was invoked over you?<br>
 ⁸You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the
scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ⁹But if you
show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. ¹⁰For
whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for
all of it. ¹¹For the one who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”
also said, “You shall not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but if you
murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. ¹²So speak and so
act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. ¹³For
judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs
over judgment. <br>
 ¹⁴What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have
faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? ¹⁵If a brother or
sister is naked and lacks daily food, ¹⁶and one of you says to them,
“Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their
bodily needs, what is the good of that? ¹⁷So faith by itself, if it
has no works, is dead.<span class="gmail-refrain"><span></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">Word
of God, Word of Life<span>                                                    </span><b>Thanks
be to God</b></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"><b><span></span></b></span></p>





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      <div><font size="2">Max - prayer:</font></div><div>


















<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><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><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">Max: <span>   </span>God of mercy and
healing, you who hear the cries of those in need, receive these petitions of
your people that all who are troubled may know peace, comfort, and courage.<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">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">Awaken
in our communities of faith a spirit of radical hospitality. Encourage our
churches to celebrate and embrace people of diverse backgrounds, experiences,
and abilities. Deepen our commitment to ecumenical and interreligious
partnerships. Hear us, O God.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Your
mercy is great.</span></b><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">Bring
forth water to nourish plants and animals in places suffering from drought.
Renew our commitments to protect rivers, lakes, and streams, and make us good
stewards of water in our homes and communities. Preserve wetland habitats and
the creatures that make their homes there. Hear us, O God.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Your
mercy is great.</span></b><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">Inspire
leaders of cities, nations, and tribes to lead with wisdom and humility. Bring
peace among peoples in conflict and strengthen global commitments to nonviolent
solutions. Guide all who seek refuge from war to a safe haven. Hear us, O God.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Your
mercy is great.</span></b><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">Comfort
all who live with chronic illness. Surround them in your tender embrace and
sustain all who provide ongoing care and support. Bring hope and healing to
people struggling with addiction and nourish the spirits of all who are in
recovery. Hear us, O God.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Your
mercy is great.</span></b><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">Nurture
in all people the gift of your creating Spirit. Inspire artists and musicians,
woodworkers and quilters, poets and dancers. Revive those whose artistic wells
have run dry and enliven all who doubt their creative talents. Hear us, O God.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Your
mercy is great.</span></b><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"><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">Hear
us, O God, that we may love you with our whole being and willingly share the
concerns of our neighbors. <b>Amen.</b><span></span></span></p>





</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Thanks again, everyone!</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Peace,</font></div><div><font size="2">Janet<br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><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><font size="2"><br></font></div>“Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely 
transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time." - Thomas Merton </div></div></div></div></div>