Sunday 28th February 2021 Rend Your Hearts: THE LYRICAL REFLECTION Claiming The Promise GATHERING OPENING SENTENCES I thought I might add this new piece where I present lyrics of a song that I believe has beauty and poetry in them. This first one I have chosen is the Week 2: Walk Before Me INTROIT Holy, Holy, Holy title track of the album, Dreaming Neon Black. This song is TIS 132 about singer losing his girlfriend. Unfortunately, she became the victim of a serial killer. Represent! Is a word that has WORDS OF WELCOME become a lot more popular in common vernacular. You could be CALL TO WORSHIP #1: NEVERMORE’S ‘DREAMING NEON BLACK’ sitting in a service of worship or in Sometimes when I’m alone I still feel you a meeting and hear people say HYMN Did You Ever See A Kookaburra Your breath on my neck, you’re still with me “represent”. TIS 175 And I’m still dreaming neon black

I wait for you, to taste your unknown world What they are in actual fact doing PRAYERS – including Lord’s Prayer The clock spins to time that must mean nothing is offering their affirmation for what the speaker is talking about in HYMN – All People That On Earth Do CHORUS— terms of being publicly candid or Dwell. TIS 59 Meet me in the dreamtime water, drown declaring publicly their position or Shifting shaping currents flow in memory (Swim through me) their social standing. ENGAGE Meet me in the drowning pool of tears

And wash away my innocence and fear As Christians this is indeed a phrase READING Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16 for us in this day and age. This Sometimes I wonder where you are, can you feel my tears? week as we look at what it means READINGS Mark 8: 31-38 I never knew what changed you to “Walk Before Me” the central Did they paint your dreams in pale shades? theme of that idea is about how MESSAGE Walk Before Me I wait for you, you know you cannot hide we “represent”. What are the Division from within invalidates suffering ways in which we are being OFFERING CHORUS publicly candid or affirming our position as Christ followers in the SHARE (lady vocals) I am a child of light in your mind public realm. The pain, the unknowing washes away in time PRAYERS of the PEOPLE Until then will you meet me whenever I call to you? This week as we tune into the Lord Hear Our Prayer… and in your love, answer CHORUS X2 stories of Abraham from Genesis 17 where he is named and claimed My only cure won’t you meet me? by God and again in Mark 8 when HYMN Jesus Calls Us O’er The Tumult In the drowning pool of fate the moon and the sun will wait Jesus foretells of his death for the TIS 589 Won’t you meet me? first time and witnesses to being BENEDICTION I suffer silently for our love, the jester has lost his dove the Son of Man, we will explore BLESSING Just A Closer Walk With Thee more of what it means and how we can truly “represent” God.

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ATTENTION EAST GEELONG UC The church council are looking for a leader to take on the role of THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA ‘scholarship leader’, which involves arranging the scholarship at https://eastguc.org/ our five schools for which we sponsor. Please contact John Birrell if you are interested and/or need more information. Thank you.

Due to our problem with the roof Prayer Points : • Rev Will Nicolas on the hall, it has come to the stage where we are replacing the • Elaine Erwin’s family area with zincalume iron roofing, • The continued medical which should be completed in work of COVID around two and a half weeks. vaccination and carers The good news is they are well • Our brothers and sisters into in the job. Why? Because in the USA who are ‘our property steward is cracking facing extreme cold the whip!’ weather, especially

Texas Andrew Ratawa • presents his movie for Men’s Mystery Movie Night TONIGHT (in the Hall!) 6 pm with Movie 6.30 pm

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