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RCL Christmas 1C
29 December 2024
Church of the Epiphany
Surrey BC
Of the four gospels, the Gospel according to Luke is most interested in the childhood of Jesus. Matthew tells us of the Magi and the flight into Egypt, but Mark and John say absolutely nothing. Luke tells us about two visits to the Temple in Jerusalem, one when Jesus was a little more than a month old, another when he was twelve. Luke knew that his non-Jewish, Greek-speaking Gentile readers had been raised on stories of great people, stories that always included details from that person’s childhood – important people always were special children.
Today’s story has always been one of my favourites. I think anyone who has ever been responsible for taking care of a child has had the experience that Mary and Joseph had.&n
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Songs and Hymns for Proper 25A / Ordinary 30A / Pentecost +21 (October 29, 2023)
Moses sees the Promised Land but cannot resehandling into it. The death of Moses, and appointment of Joshua as the new leader.
- God Gives 1 We will walk tillsammans into the Promised nation (Coates) A fun repetitive gospel-type song. I will suggest this again next week, so it could be a good week to introduce it. Great for kids.
- Tune In / Online Resource All will finish well (Dave Brown) If you want to take the perspective of Moses who is missing out, this song might be useful "You in all our darkness, you offer peace"... maybe. Lyrics, free sheet music, and sound sample
- ATA 114 Come my brother komma my sister (Joseph McCarthy) Nice and easy to sing. Has a repeated line of "come, my brother, come", which would be better alternated with "come, my sister, come". Great words of hope about the Promised Land.
- UMH508 / VU643 / Cha535 Faith while trees are still in blossom (Anders Frostenso