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Opening Blessing
03:03
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It all begins
With one word calling
Light and dark
Twilight and dawning
Gathers dry land
Plants it with seed
Planted to grow
All we need
Formed from the earth
Filled with the Spirit
Blessed with the charge:
"Nurture and Love"
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Call to Worship:
Return, my soul, to your rest
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you
And delivered you from death,
Your eyes from tears,
Your feet from stumbling.
On This High Mountain:
On this high mountain, the Lord of Hosts
Prepares for all people a feast;
Food rich in marrow and well-aged wine,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
Pillar of fire by night, cloud by day,
Through the wilderness you lead our way.
On this high mountain, the Lord of Hosts
Has lifted all people from dust.
Love over death is victorious!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
The great I Am.
Sometimes a thundering voice,
Sometimes a lamb.
On this high mountain, the Lord of Hosts
Prepares for all people a feast;
Food rich in marrow and well-aged wine,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
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Who emptied himself to be a servant
Who turns over tables
In the holy temple
Who welcomes the stranger
Who visits the prisoner
Who lifts up the poor
From the dirt and the dust
Who asks the same thing of us,
Who asks the same thing of us,
Who asks the same thing of us,
Lamb of God.
Is this the feast of victory,
Is this the feast of victory,
Is this the feast of victory,
Is this the feast of victory?
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Could It Be?
02:39
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Did the day give way to the deafening dark?
Did you fear you were alone?
Did the rain turn to snow, did the snow hide the only path you've ever known?
Did you wonder who would stand up for you and lead you safely home?
Could it be you were called for a time such as this?
Could it be? Could it be?
Could it be you were called to be hope for the hopeless?
Light for the darkness? Love for the enemy?
So many have mourned, so many have died
So many are still oppressed
Who will bring justice? Who will bring peace?
Who will comfort the ones in distress?
Was it only your echo you heard when you cried for those lost in the wilderness?
Could it be you were called for a time such as this?
Could it be? Could it be?
Could it be you were called to be hope for the hopeless?
Light for the darkness? Love for the enemy?
Hope for the hopeless
Light for the darkness
Love for the enemy
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The Fast We Choose
04:06
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Is this the fast we choose?
To loose the bonds of injustice
Break the burden of the yoke
Let the oppressed go free
Announce the jubilee!
Loose the bonds of injustice
Make the broken hearted whole
Are we a family?
Is this the fast we choose?
Then let us bear the weight of each other’s burdens
And stand with the outcast, captive and stranger,
Beginning together, repairing the breaches,
Restoring the streets where we live.
Then may our light break forth in the darkness,
Blazing as bright as the sun at its highest.
May the light of the Lord continually guide us
And strengthen us along the way.
And may springs gush forth and water dry places
And life giving water rush from the wilderness,
Flooding and filling, restoring, instilling,
All things with newness and light.
Lifting the yoke from each other’s soldiers,
Standing for justice with trembling boldness.
Beginning together, repairing the breaches,
Restoring the streets where we live.
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Closing Blessing
02:03
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It never ends
One word calling
Call us again
Breathe into us,
Breath of the spirit
Blessed by the charge:
“Nurture and love”
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Hope Lutheran Music, Bozeman Bozeman, montana
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