Transcript Advent 2 - Anglican Diocese of Dunedin

Christmas
Remembering 200
years of the
Gospel in New
Zealand
and
Jesus Birth
The Gathering of the Community
Jesus Christ is born today!
Good news of great joy to all people.
E te whānau a te Karaiti,
welcome to this holy table;
welcome to you, for we are Christ's body,
Christ's work in the world.
Welcome to you,
it was for you
that Jesus was born into the world.
Rejoice and be glad.
Praise God who gives us forgiveness and hope.
Amen.
Christ is our light, the joy of our salvation.
Praise and glory to Christ,
God’s new beginning for humanity
making ritual water gospel wine,
cleansing all our worship.
Love and loyalty to Christ,
who gives us the gospel.
Praise to Christ who calls us to holiness.
Song of Praise
Christ is the living water
cleansing, refreshing,
making all things new.
Jesus Christ is the Good News;
of great joy for all people
bringing a new kind of love
that sets us free from guilt and fear.
Song of Praise
So now we offer our thanks
for the gift of the infant Jesus;
who calls us to share this way of love,
with all the people of the earth.
We offer thanks and praise to God;
for the arrival of Jesus,
both in Bethlehem and to this land.
Song of Praise
Our thanks for those who told of the birth;
and for the invitation
to continue the work of sharing
good news of great joy for all people.
Forgiveness
We come seeking forgiveness for all we have
failed to be and do as members of Christ's
body.
Silence
In God there is forgiveness
Loving and all-seeing God,
forgive us where we have failed to support
one another
and to be what we claim to be.
Forgive us where we have failed to serve you;
and where our thoughts and actions
have been contrary to yours
we ask your pardon.
God forgives us; be at peace.
Silence
Rejoice and be glad, for Christ is resurrection,
reconciliation for all the human race.
We shall all be one in Christ,
one in our life together.
Praise to God who has created us,
praise to God who has accepted us,
praise to God who sends us into the world.
Sentence of the Day
Ka mau mai au i te rongopai ki a koutou,
meāke puta mai ki te iwi katoa.
Nō nāianei hoki i whānau ai he Kaiwhakaora mō koutou i te pā o Rāwiri, arā
a te Karaiti, te Ariki.
Rūka 2:10-11
I bring you good news
of great joy for all people:
to you is born this day in the city of David
a Saviour, Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:10-11
A Collect of the Day
Son of God, Child of Mary,
born in the stable at Bethlehem,
proclaimed on the beach at Oihi,
be born again in us this day
that through us the world may know
the wonder of your love.
Amen.
A Collect for Christmas 2014
Jesus born this day,
we remember the history
of your Gospel in our land.
We thank you for the faithful witness
of Ruatara and Marsden
at Christmas time 200 years ago.
Grant that, following in their footsteps,
we may continue to spread
the good news of great joy to this land;
in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
The Proclamation Christmas day 1814
Voice 1 (Narrator)
On Christmas Eve, 1814, Ruatara, on his own
initiative, organised the space where the church
service was to be held as an open air church with an
improvised reading desk, pulpit, and canoes serving
as pews.
On Christmas Day, Samuel Marsden led the first onland Christian missionary service.
The Proclamation Christmas day 1814
Voice 1 (Narrator)
Despite the fact the Marsden may have attempted to
preach using what Maori language he had learnt
while in Australia, Māori heard Marsden’s sermon
through Ruatara’s translation. It is uncertain what the
Maori congregation heard and understood, what we
can see is the effect the Good News had on the
people of this land.
The Proclamation
Voice 2 (Commentator)
“Christmas morning dawned calm, clear and
quiet; the Active lay gently at anchor in the Bay
of Te Puna, beneath the rock face of the
Rangihoua Pa.” The scarlet Pohutukawa was in
bloom on the headland and along the shore,
while the calm blue waters washed lazily onto
the white sand of the beach. The sky above,
vivid blue and cloudless. The area, today
known as Oihi Bay, is much as it must have
been on that Christmas morning in 1814.”
The Proclamation
Voice 3 (Samuel Marsden)
The congregation was made up of hundreds of
local Ngapuhi and members of the mission
party. “A very solemn silence prevailed–the
sight was truly impressive. I got up and began
the service with the singing of the Old Hundred
Psalm, and felt my very soul melt within me
when I viewed my congregation and
considered the state they were in.
The Proclamation
Voice 3 (Samuel Marsden)
Ruatara and Korokoro acted as Master of
Ceremony indicating to Māori how they should
behave – when they should stand or sit. After
reading the service, during which the natives
stood up and sat down at the signal given by
the motion of Korokoro’s switch which was
regulated by the movements of the Europeans,
it being Christmas Day, I preached from the
Second Chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel, and tenth
verse:
The Proclamation
Voice 3 (Samuel Marsden)
“Behold! I bring you glad tidings of great joy.”
The Natives told Ruatara that they could not
understand what I meant. He replied that they
were not to mind that now for they would
understand by and by, and that he would
explain my meaning as far as he could. When I
had done preaching, he informed them what I
had been talking about.
First Testament Reading
Isaiah 9:2-7
Silence for reflection
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Psalm of the Day
Psalm 97
Epistle Reading
Titus 2:11-14
Silence for reflection
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Song or Hymn
Gospel
The Holy Gospel according to Luke
Chapter 2 beginning at verse 1
Praise and glory to God
After the reading, Silence for reflection
This is the Gospel of Christ
Praise to Christ, the Word
The Sermon
Behold!
I bring you glad tidings of great joy!
The Affirmation of Faith
You, O God, are supreme and holy.
You create our world and give us life.
Your purpose overarches everything we do.
You have always been with us.
You are God.
You, O God, are infinitely generous,
good beyond all measure.
The Affirmation of Faith
You came to us before we came to you.
You have revealed and proved
your love for us in Jesus Christ,
who lived and died and rose again.
You are with us now.
You are God.
The Affirmation of Faith
You, O God, are Holy Spirit.
You empower us to be your gospel
in the world.
You reconcile and heal;
you overcome death.
You are our God.
We worship you.
The Prayers of the People
Let us pray for the Church and the world,
giving thanks for God’s goodness.
The Lord’s Prayer
As Christ teaches us we pray
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
The Lord’s Prayer
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the
glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
Children’s Work and Participation
The children are welcomed back to the
service and invited to share their work
Decorations are added to the Christmas
Tree.
The Peace
Blessed be the babe of Bethlehem
who reminds us
of the love of God for all.
The peace of God be always with you.
Praise to Christ who unites us in peace.
The Preparation of the Gifts
To you, Lord, belongs the greatness,
and the power, and the glory,
and the victory and the majesty.
All that is in the heavens
and the earth is yours,
and of your own we give you.
The Great Thanksgiving
Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed.
Lift your hearts to heaven
where Christ in glory reigns.
Let us give thanks to God.
It is right to offer thanks and praise.
It is the joy of our salvation,
God of the universe,
to give you thanks
through Jesus Christ.
You called the world into being
through your Spirit
and your creation has never ceased.
In your great love
you came in your Son, Jesus
revealing your love for all peoples of this
world.
You sent your Son
to show us the way of love
and to be the truth we need to know.
You sent your Son to give his life
to release us from our sin and guilt.
We give you thanks for the many people
who have had a part
of making Jesus known in this Land.
We welcome you our infant Saviour
May we
who have witnessed a new kind of love
like the shepherds of Bethlehem
return to our work with joy.
You Holy Spirit continues to fill us with joy
and invites us to share our discovery
with those we live amongst.
Holy God, holy and merciful,
holy and just,
glory and goodness come from you.
Glory to you most high and gracious
God.
Blessed are you, most holy, in your Son,
who washed his disciples' feet.
'I am among you,' he said,
'as one who serves.‘
On that night before he died
he took bread and gave you thanks.
He broke it,
gave it to his disciples, and said:
Take, eat, this is my body
which is given for you;
do this to remember me.
After supper, he took the cup,
and gave you thanks.
He gave it to them and said:
Drink this.
It is my blood of the new covenant,
shed for you, shed for all,
to forgive sin;
do this to remember me.
Therefore with this bread and wine
we recall your goodness to us.
God of the past and present,
we your people remember your Son.
We thank you
for his cross and rising again,
we take courage from his ascension;
we look for his coming in glory
and in him we give ourselves to you.
Send your Holy Spirit,
that we who receive Christ's body
may indeed be the body of Christ,
and we who share his cup
draw strength from the one true vine.
Called to follow Christ,
help us to reconcile and unite.
Called to suffer,
give us hope in our calling.
For you, the heavenly one,
make all things new;
you are the beginning and the end,
the last and the first.
Praise, glory and love be yours,
this and every day,
from us and all people,
here and everywhere. Amen.
Silence
The Communion
Te tinana o te Karaiti I whatiia mo tatou.
Christ's body was broken for us
on the cross.
Ko I ate taro o te ora.
Christ is the bread of life.
I maringi ona toto hei murunga hara.
His blood was shed for our forgiveness.
Kua ara mai te Karaiti I te mate.
Christ is risen from the dead.
The Invitation
Haere mai e te kahui a te Atua,
tangohia enei kai rangatira a te Karaiti.
Come God's people,
come to receive Christ's heavenly food.
Communion
All are welcome at the Lord’s table
Prayer After Communion
Blessed be the God who calls us together
to witness the birth of Jesus.
Praise to God who makes us one people.
Blessed be God who has forgiven our sin.
Praise to God
who gives hope and freedom.
Blessed be God
whose Word is proclaimed.
Praise to God who is revealed as love
in the birth at Bethlehem.
Blessed be God
who comes to live among us.
Praise to God who calls us to live together
in peace and love.
Blessed be God
who grows beyond childhood
Praise to God,
who challenges us to live the love and joy
of Christmas in all of our life.
Blessing
May Jesus our infant savior
give you the joy of the Bethlehem shepherds,
the wonder of the worshipping kings
the excitement of the first congregation
at Oihi Beach
and the humility and love of the holy family
and the blessing of God our Creator,
Redeemer and Giver of life
be with you always. Amen.
Dismissal
Go in peace and joy.
Go now to share the Good News that today
and every day fills us with great joy.
Amen.
We go in the name of Christ.