Public Worship

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Spiritual Formation and gathered worship.
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• The Prayer of the Kingdom of God
• Our Father above us and all around us
• 2. May Your unspeakable Name be revered.

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3. Now, here on earth may Your kingdom come 4.
On earth as in heaven may Your will be done.
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5. Give us today our bread for today. 4. Forgive
us our wrongs as we forgive.
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3. Lead us away from the perilous trial. 2.
Liberate us from the evil.
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1. For the kingdom is yours and yours alone.
2. And the power is yours and yours alone.
3. And the glory is yours and yours alone.
4. Now and forever,
5. Amen.

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5. For the kingdom is yours and yours alone. 4.
And the power is yours and yours alone. 3. And
the glory is yours and yours alone. 2. Now and
forever, amen. 1. Amen.
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Opening exercise List the elements of your
liturgy or service
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Spiritual formation The development, through
practice, of people who be, think, feel, work,
relate, and play in the way of Jesus.
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Spiritual formation The development of
disciples. AWOL - a way of life (absent without
leave)
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transformation make spiritually form disciples
teach them to doall I have commanded
you.(Matthew 28)
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transformationI have given you an example love
one another as I have loved you.(John 13-15)
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transformationto be conformedto the image of
Gods Son(Romans 8)
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transformation be transformedby the renewing
of your minds.(Romans 8)
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transformation I will show you the most
excellent way follow the way of love(1
Corinthians 12-14)
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transformationuntil Christis formed in
you.(Galatians 419)
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• Our contemporary gospel is primarily
• INFORMATION ON
• HOW TO GO TO HEAVEN
• AFTER YOU DIE
• with a large footnote about increasing your
  personal happiness and success through God.
• with a small footnote about character development
• with a smaller footnote about spiritual
  experience
• with a smaller footnote about social/global
  transformation.

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self
church
world
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world
church
self
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Nation? Religion? Ethnic group?
church
self
A dangerous diversion
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World transformed Kingdom of God
church
self
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world
church
self
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Gospel of saving individual souls from hell, and
abandoning earth to destruction. Gospel of
saving earth from human sin, beginning with
us. Including individuals
Two Gospels
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• Personal transformation is the starting point but
  not the end point.
• We are blessed to be a blessing
• Changed to be agents of change
• Healed to heal others
• Transformed to transform the world.

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Respond Listen one another into free
speech.After John was put in prison, Jesus went
into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
The time has come, he said. The kingdom of God
has come near. Repent and believe the good news!
Mark 115All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me. Go therefore and make
disciples (apprentices, learners) of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, and teaching them to practice
everything I have commanded you. And be
confident I am with you always, to the end of
the age. (Matthew 2818-20)
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Spiritual formation involves intentional
spiritual practices (or disciplines) so people
can learn a way
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• Actions within our power which we do to train
  ourselves to do things currently beyond our
  power, and to become people we are currently
  incapable of being.
• Running a marathon
• Playing the guitar
• Learning Chinese

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• Actions within our power which we do to train
  ourselves to do things currently beyond our
  power, and to become people we are currently
  incapable of being.
• And if youre part of a local congregation,
  youre already doing many of them!

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Spiritual formation through gathered worship
gathered worship as spiritual formation
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Gathered (or Public) Worship Liturgy A planned
succession of group practices and
rituals. Liturgy is the work of the people which
the professionals plan and lead. Programming is
the work of the professionals which the people
observe.
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Rituals Practices done to bond to the meaning
they represent.
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Ritualism Performing the prescribed action
without connection to the intended meaning
religion on autopilot.
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How can we maximize gathered worship for
spiritual formation as disciples? (How can we
avoid spiritual malformation through ritualism or
autopilot religion?)
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1. Inconvenience Going to a place I didnt
choose At a time I didnt choose For a purpose I
do choose. (Hebrews 1024-25)
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2. Association Associating with some people I
like And others I dont like For a purpose I
believe in. (Romans 157)
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3. Speed Altering my pace to see what Ive missed
and to feel a different rhythm. Speeding up
slowing down (Hebrews 315)
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4. Hospitality Using my presence and our space to
help the other feel welcome in my presence, and
in the presence of our community. (1 Corinthians
1133)
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5. Public Prayer, Creed, Confession, and Song
Forming hopes, dreams, concerns, beliefs, and
desires in alignment with Gods will
together. Desire for justice, mercy, peace
Desire for honesty, humility, gratitude,
truth Desire for Gods kingdom, honor, power,
glory Desire for good desire formation!
(Aspiration) (Romans 155-6)
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5. Public Prayer, Creed, Confession, and Song
Public prayer Confession Creed Song
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6. Attentiveness Waiting for what I may receive
only by waiting receptively. (I Peter 22)
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• Generosity
• Taking greater pleasure in being productive
  (fruitful) than consumptive.
• (2 Corinthians 87)

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• 8. Modeling
• Exposing apprentices to masters
• In prayer, teaching, artistry, faithfulness,
  service, hospitality, etc.
• Contemplative and charismatic models
• (1 Thessalonians 16)

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• 9. Concern for the whole church, the world, the
  poor, the enemy, the other
• Quoting, affirming, praying for, and inviting
  others
• Blaspheming the idols of civil religion
• Giving voice to the poor
• Ritual of the newspaper
• (Ephesians 41-6)

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• 10. Mystery
• Flat actions versus layered actions
• Layers of meaning in the eucharist
• Rituals of beginning and continuing
• (1 Corinthians 1016-17, 1123 ff)

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• - The cup of thanksgiving
• - Participation in the body and blood of Christ
• - One loaf, one body
• - My body for you
• Forgiveness of sins
• Remember me
• New covenant in my blood
• Proclaim the Lords death until he comes
• Until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God
• (1 Corinthians 1016-17, 1123 ff)

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The body of Christ, broken for you
The blood of Christ given for you
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11. Benediction
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Christ has no body here but ours. No hands, no
feet here on earth but ours. Ours are the eyes
through which he looks On this world with
kindness.
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Ours are the hands through which he works. Ours
are the feet on which he moves. Ours are the
voices through which he speaks To this world with
kindness.
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Through our smile, our touch, our listening
ear, Embodied in us, Jesus is living here.
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So let us go now Filled with the Spirit Into this
world With kindness.
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Through our smile, our touch, our listening
ear, Embodied in us, Jesus is living here.
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So let us go now Filled with the Spirit Into this
world With kindness.
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