FAQs | How Do We Reconstruct After Deconstruction and Doubt?
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The Call to Worship
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father in heaven, let Your name remain holy.
Bring about Your kingdom.
Manifest Your will here on earth, as it is manifest in heaven.
Give us each day that day’s bread—no more, no less—
And forgive us our debts as we forgive those who owe us something.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Brave Space by Micky Scott Bey Jones
Together we will create brave space
Because there is no such thing as a “safe space”
We exist in the real world
We all carry scars and we have all caused wounds.
In this space
We seek to turn down the volume of the outside world,
We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere,
We call each other to more truth and love
We have the right to start somewhere and continue to grow.
We have the responsibility to examine what we think we know.
We will not be perfect.
This space will not be perfect.
It will not always be what we wish it to be
But
It will be our brave space together,
And, we will work on it side by side.
Scripture Reading
The Message
Conversation Series | FAQs, Frequently Asked and Avoided Questions
In this series we are exploring questions of faith. Let’s be honest, most of us have them, and most of us avoid asking them in certain circles. But the Church should be the safest place for us to explore our questions of faith, hope, and doubt.
Message | How Do We Reconstruct After Deconstruction and Doubt?
This week we explore how do we build after deconstruction and doubt.
The Eucharist Litany (portions of this litany were written by Naomi Lippett)
Reader: This is Christ's table
The table of communion and relationship, where through the work of Christ and the power the Holy Spirit as we feast together on this single loaf and single cup, we are brought into union with the Triune God.
All: This is Christ's table
Reader: The table of shared human life, where no one is excluded and no one unwelcome, where unity is found in difference, where the other is embraced and seen.
All: This is Christ's table
Reader: The table of mystery, where this food nourishes more than just our physical hunger.
All: This is Christ's table
Reader: The table of thanksgiving and joy, where we lift up our lives in response to God's outrageous goodness.
All: This is Christ's table
Reader: The table of remembrance, which on the night He was betrayed, in the company of friends, he took bread and broke it saying, this is my body given for you, eat this in remembrance of me. He then took the cup of wine, and gave thanks saying this is my blood of the new covenant. Drink this in remembrance of me.
Remembering, therefore, this command of the Saviour, and all that came to pass, we pray:
All: Come Holy Spirit and transform these gifts into the means of grace that we need in this moment.
Reader: The gifts of god for the people of God.
Run to Christ's table.
All: “We consume the broken body of Christ
becoming the broken body of Christ
present in a broken world.”
Formational Learning
What stood out to you from the liturgy? Were there any points of curiosity, clarity, confusion, conviction, or conflict that emerged as we walked through the liturgy together?
(Head)
What is the role of new simplicity and mystery in rebuilding or reconstructing your faith?
How is Thomas’ faith reconstructed in this passage when he encounters Jesus after resurrection? What does it teach us about our own faith reconstruction process?
(Heart)
Was there a time where your exclusion or exclusion of others from a community or space affected your belief? Also, was there a time your inclusion or inclusion of others, helped rebuild your faith?
(Hands)
[see Examen]
Examen
Where is Jesus inviting me to tangibly see the wounds of others today?
Are there demands or tangible experiences my doubt is asking for?
Is there anything that caused me to respond in faith today?
How have I experienced Jesus amongst my community? If not, what is keep me from my community?
Announcements
We have a Slow-Cooker Spirituality group that meets online at 9:30am PST every Thursday. This coming week’s reading will be John 1:1-18
Using the Head, Heart, Hands questions, spend some time reflecting on the passage and writing down what emerges for you.
(Head) What do I think about what I read?
(Heart) What do I feel as I am reflecting?
(Hands) What do I do to respond?
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Our Benediction
May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever Christ may send you;
may Christ guide you through the wilderness: protect you through the storm;
may Christ bring you home rejoicing: at the wonders Christ has shown you;
may Christ bring you home rejoicing: once again into our doors.*
*Claiborne, Shane. Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (p. 52). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.