12 October 2007
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
Camano Island, WA

AWAKE, AWAKE TO LOVE & WORK (Prelude)
– Owens

IN THE LORD (All sing)
– Taizé
In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful,
In the Lord, I will rejoice.
Look to God, do not be afraid,
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near,
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near.

RESPONSIVE READING -
Leader:
The day is passed, work is ended, light fades.
People:
The strong love of God is not diminished.

Leader:
Earth has turned, time has rolled, night is upon us.
People:
The strong love of God never fails.

Leader:
Praise the Lord, all the earth!
Extol God, all the people!
For great is God’s steadfast love towards us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
People:
Praise the Lord!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son and to the
Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning,
is now, and shall be forever. Amen.

Leader:
The day has passed and the night looms before us: let us pray with one heart and mind. Let us reflect on the day that has passed and hold our activities before the light of God.

Silence

Leader:
Let us reflect on the night ahead and hold our resting before the light of God.

Silence

Leader:
Let us reflect on the call of Christ and hold our needing and our giving before the light of God.

Silence

Leader:
Holding ourselves before the light of God, we pray:
People:
Light of God lead us.
Mercy of God wash us.
Peace of God ground us.
Love of God hold us.
Cross of God go before us.
Word of God speak.

ALLELUIA (Solo chant)
- Gouzes

BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD / ALLELUIA (All sing)
– Bell / Johnson
Behold the Lamb of God,
Behold the Lamb of God.
He takes away the sin,
The sin of the world.
Alleluia!

REMEMBER (All sing)
– Moss
Remember the body, remember the blood,
Remember the grace divine.
Remember the Father, remember the Son,
His Spirit is with us.

OPEN THE GATES OF THE TEMPLE (Instrumental)
– Knapp

JOHN 1: 1 – 14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

CREATOR OF THE STARRY HEIGHT (All sing)
– Music by Moss / Johnson ~ Words 7th cent.
Creator of the starry height,
Thy people’s everlasting Light;
Jesu, Redeemer, save us all,
And hear thy servants when they call.

At Thy great name, exalted now,
All knees in lowly homage bow;
All things in heaven and earth adore,
And own Thee King forever more.

To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Praise, honor, might and glory be,
From age to age eternally.

I CALL TO YOU / KYRIE (Solo)
– Johnson / Ronning
When my eyes cannot see,
And my heart cannot feel.
When my soul longs for mercy,
I call to You.

Take my eyes, take my heart,
Take my soul – make them whole.
I am lost if I you won’t hear my prayer.

Kyrie eleison,
Christe eleison,
Dona nobis pacem.

PRAYER
– J. Philip Newell
A shade are You in the heat, O God
A shelter are You in the cold.
Eyes are You to the blind, O God
A staff are you to the weak.
An island are You at sea, O God
A rock are you on land.
O my soul’s healer
Keep me at evening
Keep me at morning
keep me at noon.
I am tired, astray and stumbling
Shield me from sin.
O my soul’s healer
Shield me from sin.

O LORD, HEAR MY PRAYER (All sing)
– Taizé
O Lord, hear my prayer,
O Lord, hear my prayer.
When I call answer me.
O Lord, hear my prayer,
Lord, hear my prayer.
Come and listen to me.

The Lord is my song,
The Lord is my praise:
All my hope comes from God.
The Lord is my song,
The Lord is my praise:
God, the well-spring of life.

JESUS, REMEMBER ME (All sing)
– Taizé
Jesus, remember me,
When you come into Your kingdom
Jesus, remember me,
When you come into Your kingdom

THE LORD’S PRAYER & SILENT PRAYER (10 minutes)

EVEN IF (Instrumental)
– Johnson

TRUTH AND GRACE (All sing)
– Moss
He is the King of all truth,
Paying the high cost of grace.
His kingdome is not of this world,
See how He’s taken our place.

WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IS THIS? (All sing)
– American folk hymn
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul!

When I was sinking down, sinking down,
sinking down,
When I was sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down
Beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb,
Who is the great I AM,
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,
While millions join the theme, I will sing.

And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free
I’ll sing His love for me,
And through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
And through eternity I’ll sing on.

ALLELUIA (Reprise)
– Johnson

ZECHARIAH’S SONG (From Luke 1: 68 – 79)
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days…

The way was preached by John the Baptist.
and is now revealed in the life, death and resurrection
of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Who gave his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.

GRANT US YOUR PEACE, O LORD (All sing)
– Taizé
Grant us Your peace, O Lord,
Grant us Your peace, O Lord,
May it fill all our days.

THE PEACE OF LORD
Greet one another with the Peace of Christ.

Musicians–
Billie Jensen: Piano
Steve Jensen: Voice
Chuck Mander: Trumpet
Jeff Johnson: Keys & voice
Jinhyuk Jang: Violin
Gwen Franz: Viola
Jacob Kauffmann: Bassoon