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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.

We Would as Soon … a prayer by Walter Brueggemann

We would as soon you were stable and reliable.
We would as soon you were predictable
and always the same toward us.
We would like to take the hammer of doctrine
and take the nails of piety
and nail your feet to the floor
and have you stay in one place.

And then we find you moving,
always surprising us,
always coming at us from new directions.
Always planting us
and uprooting us
and tearing all things down
and making all things new.
You are not the God we would have chosen
had we done the choosing,
but we are your people
and you have chosen us in freedom.
We pray for the great gift of freedom
that we may be free toward you
as you are in your world.

Amen

The Message

Pyrotheology in Practice | Transformance Art | Peter Rollins

This week we are watching a video by Peter Rollins on Pryotheology and Transformance Art.

The Eucharist Litany (from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals)

Reader: The table of bread is now to be made ready.

It is the table of company with Jesus,

and all who love him.

It is the table of sharing with the poor of the world,

with whom Jesus identified himself.

It is the table of communion with the earth,

in which Christ became incarnate.

So come to this table,

you who have much faith

and you who would like to have more;

you who have been here often

and you who have not been for a long time;

you who have tried to follow Jesus,

and you who have failed;

come.

It is Christ who invites us to meet him here.

All: Loving God, through your goodness

we have this bread and wine to offer,

which has come forth from the earth

and human hands have made.

May we know your presence

in the sharing,

so that we may know your touch

and presence in all things.

We celebrate the life that Jesus has shared

among his community through the centuries,

and shares with us now.

Made one in Christ

and one with each other,

we offer these gifts and with them ourselves,

a single, living act of praise.

“We consume the broken body of Christ

becoming the broken body of Christ

present in a broken world.”*

Formational Learning

Rules of the Table

1. It’s Christ’s table, and we are all guests, a good guest makes sure everyone present can stay at the table.

2. This is a place to process together. Questions of curiosity and process are encouraged, not questions to force agreement or coerce a specific answer.

3. Keep answers to 1-2 minutes so everyone has room to share.

4. The facilitator will interject when the conversation moves too far away from our explicit topic. All questions are good but they are not all useful for this specific time.

Brave Space Ideals for the Conversation

1. Controversy with civility

2. Own your intentions and your impact

3. Challenge by choice (allow ourselves to be challenged by what others share)

4. Respect

5. No Attacks

(Opening Question) 

What stood out to you from the liturgy? What is one point of curiosity or a question that emerged as we walked through the liturgy together?

(Head) What do I think?

(Heart) What do I feel as I am reflecting?

(Hands) What do I do to respond?

Examen

Become aware of God’s presence. Review the day with gratitude. Pay attention to your emotions. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it. Look toward tomorrow.

• For what moment today am I most grateful? For what moment today am I least grateful?

• When did my heart turn towards God today? When did my heart turn away from God today?

• When did you experience the most peace today? When did you experience fear or anxiety today?

Announcements 

• We have a Slow-Cooker Spirituality group that meets online at 9:30am PST every Thursday. This coming week’s reading will be Psalm 137.

• 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?

• We will be starting a new series in the middle of September called, To Be Holy and Wholly Present next week, which will be an exploration of the our mental health and spiritual journeys.

• We will also be starting back up our monthly Townhall meetings towards the end of September. More information to come.

• One of the ways we invest in the future of FōS is through tithes and offering, generous giving. You can give online at www.fos.church/partner. Make sure to follow the instructions.

Our Benediction

May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever they may send you;

may Christ guide you through the wilderness: protect you through the storm;

may Christ bring you home rejoicing: at the wonders they have 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.