Who Will Roll Away the Stone?
Closing Worship
Saturday, 24 February
8:00p - 9:00p
Call to Worship
Juman Nijem, Nadine Bittar, Haya Naser, Zeina Khoury,
Alex Wakileh, and Wisam Bittar.
Kyrie (sung by all)
Kyrie (read responsively)
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
God, you created us as human beings with rights and responsibilities. Have mercy upon us.
No distinction shall be made on the basis of political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or the territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
God, you created us as human beings with rights and responsibilities. Have mercy upon us.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
God, you created us as human beings with rights and responsibilities. Have mercy upon us.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
God, you created us as human beings with rights and responsibilities.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Hymn: Even the Stones
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Verse 3
Chorus
Prayer of Confession (Let us read together)
(Excerpt from a prayer by St. Simeon of Thessalonika, 14th century, Let Us Pray to the Lord: A Collection of Prayers from the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions, ed. Georges Lemopoulos. Geneva: WCC Publications. 1996.)
Absolution
(Based on a prayer to our Lord Jesus Christ, St. John of Damascus, 7th century. Let Us Pray to the Lord)
Music
*Gospel Reading
Mark 16:1-8
Prayer (Read Responsively)
(Litany after the Gospel, Armenian Liturgy Office of the Myrrh-bearing Women)
Sermon
The Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek
Music
Prayer
(based on a prayer by Dorothy Soelle The Unprotected God)
The Lord's Prayer (said in our own languages)
Reading
("The Jerusalem Sabeel Document: Principles for a Just Peace in Palestine-Israel," May 15, 2000)
Litany of Promise (Read Responsively)
This litany is accompanied by placing the candles of hope upon the stones of obstruction.
(Sixth Assembly, World Council of Churches)
The Stones of Commitment
Hymn: Even the Stones (Sing the chorus twice)
Sharing the Bread of Fellowship
Prayer (Read Responsively)
(based on a Swedish prayer from For Livets Skull. Uppsala: Kyrkornas U-Forum. 1992)
Hymn: Christ the Lord has Risen Today
Words by Charles Wesley