MONDAY WORSHIP

THE BURNING QUESTIONS

Entrance Hymn:  “Sing the Lord a New Song” #13 Global Praise 2

Ten people each with two with colorful blocks of wood (tempra) which they clap together on the down beat of each measure.  They can bow with each clap.  It becomes a very simple dance.  They line up in an open “V” shape on either side of the altar and the others pass through to the altar.  Eight people with candles come in and place them on the altar.  One person enters with the woman with a child sculpture. When all are lined up in front of the congregation, the song ends.  At the beginning of the singing of “Holy Holy Holy” they place the blocks on the altar before they sit down.    Others continue to clap with their hands as they go back to their seats in the front row.  Reserve front row.  Perhaps get sari scarves to wrap around their waists per Indonesia.]

Call to Worship           Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;

the whole earth is full of God’s glory!

Hymn:              “Holy Holy Holy!”      Verse 1

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty!  Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.

Holy, holy holy! Merciful and mighty!  God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Voice 1:          In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple.

Hymn:              “Holy Holy Holy!”      Verse 2

Holy, holy, holy, all the saints adore thee, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea.  Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, from the beginning God eternally!

Voice 2            Seraphs were in attendance above God; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.  And one called to another and said “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of God’s glory!

Hymn:              “Holy Holy Holy!”      Verse 3

Holy, holy, holy! Though we know but dimly, though the eyes of humankind your glory may not see, you alone are holy, you alone are worthy, perfect in power, in love and purity.

Voice 3            The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called and the house filled with smoke.  And I said:  “Woe is me!  I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

Hymn:              “Holy Holy Holy!”      Verse 1

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty!  All your works shall praise your name in earth and sky and sea.  Holy, holy holy! Merciful and mighty!  God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Voice 4:          Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.  The seraph touched my mouth with it and said, “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.

[Turn on the cloth flame at the scripture about the burning coal.  A table top flame with a black chalice shaped container can be ordered from Oriental Trading Company at oriental.com for about $29.]

ALL:                Then I heard the voice of God saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”  Here am I; send me!

Hymn of Prophesy: “Profetiza, Pueblo mio” #578 New Century Hymnal

Litany Isaiah 6:8-13

Voice 5:          Then I heard the voice of God saying,

Voice 6:          “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”

Voice 4:          “Here am I; send me!”

Voice 6:          “Go, say to the people:”

Voice Groups (this can be two or three of the original voices or if in an auditorium, arrange groups of 10 or so people each:

Left:                 Keep listening but do not comprehend;

Right:              Keep looking, but do not understand.

Left:                 Make the mind of this people dull.

Right:              And stop their ears

Left:                 And shut their eyes.

Right:              So that they may not look with their eyes

Left:                 And listen with their ears,

Right:              And comprehend with their minds

ALL:                AND TURN AND BE HEALED!!

Voice 5:          How long, O Lord?

Voice 6:          [Intense stage whisper]

Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is utterly desolate

Voice 6 plus Left:        [Intense stage whisper]

Until the Lord sends everyone far away and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land.

ALL [Intense stage whisper]  Even if a tenth part remain in it, it will be BURNED again, like an oak who stump remains standing when it is felled.

ALL [Repeat LOUDLY] Even if a tenth part remain in it, it will be BURNED again, like an oak who stump remains standing when it is felled.

PAUSE

Voice (soft youngish high pitched voice.  She can get up from the congregation, walk to the front and then speak into the microphone.)  The holy SEED is in its STUMP.

Hymn of the New Seed:  “Sois La Semilla”  #528 New Century Hymnal

Bible Study                             Aruna Gnanadason

Hymn of Commitment: “Here I am Lord” #593United Methodist Hymnal

MONDAY VESPERS

Hymn:              “I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills” # 45 Global Praise 2 verse 1

Unison Witness:

We are a people of hope who look hopelessness in the eye and say YES to life!

We are a people of faith who witness to changes because of the power of God’s love.

We are a people of the resurrection because we know death does not have the final word.

We are a people of the book who know that millions have been faithful and gone before.

We are a people of prayer who know that our voices rise with the millions of others who cry out to God.

The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn:              “I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills” # 45 Global Praise 2 verse 2