Praying for One-ness Prayer L: One of Wholeness, Weve been throwing stones, shouting but not listening, P: Lead

us to a time of gathering stones. L: We hurt, we fear, or we anger and we busily tear. P: Lead us to a time of repairing our country, ourselves, and others. L: Weve been in a season of tearing down, for too long now. Were bruised and weve lost our way. P: Hatred has become habit, we gnaw at ourselves and one another. P: Lead us to a time of building up. All: Move us to be the loving people you created us to be that we might focus on your in-breaking, unfolding kingdom. Silence *Hymn of Commitment Seek Ye First #354 *Scripture Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 *Benediction Please stand if youre able where marked with an asterisk.

Ione Community Church

January 1, 2013

Pastor
Rev. Tim Graves, Interim Pastor Phone 541-256-0565 EMail rev.timgraves@gmail.com

Theres a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 CEB

541-422-7530 www.ionecommunitychurch.org

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Prayer Service Prelude *Call to Worship (Please say responsively.) L: God of all times and seasons, you call us into this new year. ! Help us travel light in faith and expectation, P: Guide us in this new journey through the seasons ahead. L: Make us bold witnesses to the in-breaking of your future. All: Let us rest our times and seasons in yours, condent that we do not enter the new year alone.
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Praying for Growth Prayer Response (Please say together.) In our weeping and sorrow, you lure us to growth and happiness, May we hear your voice, may you overcome us with love. Amen. Silence Theres a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for killing and a time for healing. ...a time for war and a time for peace. Praying for Peace Reading No Words by Carolina Holness Response (Please say together.) God, Weve been at war too long. Too many lives have been lost. Too many men and women kept apart from family. Too many children growing up without Daddy or Mommy. We know there are seasons for war and seasons for healing. Bring your healing touch to this world in the new year that we might care for our warriors and their families. Amen. Silence Hymn Let There Be Peace on Earth #677 Theres a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for throwing stones and a time for gathering stones... ...a time for tearing and a time for repairing... ...a time for tearing down and a time for building up a time for loving and a time for hating.

*Scripture Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 *Hymn Day by Day #599 Theres a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for giving birth and a time for dying... ...a time for mourning and a time for dancing, Praying for Birth and Death Reading Eskimo Song Response (Please say together.) God, of birth, death, and resurrections, teach us in this new season to trust and live in the present, that we might feel your joy, your comfort, and dance with you in resurrections. Amen. Silence Theres a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted