national lutheran schools week 5 – 11 may 2013 across the length and breadth of australia,...
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Forgiveness
National Lutheran Schools Week 5 – 11 May 2013
Across the length and breadth of Australia, Lutheran schools bring forgiveness to the fore as they celebrate National Lutheran Schools Week. Forgiveness is as
much about the future as it is the past. The journey of forgiveness lies constantly before us. Lutheran schools are places where the joy and practice of forgiveness can be lived out on a daily basis, where the life-changing effects of forgiveness can be experienced, and where reconciliation, made possible by the love of God
through the cross of Jesus Christ, enables everyone to be a peacemaker.
the door to peaceAll this is from God who
reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave
us the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18
Mission projectHealth for Life! If schools wish to raise funds for community service during National Lutheran Schools Week, it is recommended that the 2013 ALWS Nepal project is supported.Details available: http://www.alws.org.au/
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
Students, staff and school communities of Lutheran schools across Australia are invited to celebrate National Lutheran Schools Week - a week of celebrating• God’s gift of forgiveness to all people
through Jesus• The life-changing power of
forgiveness
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
Worship theme: Be reconciled
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
View song/video: Kev Carmody ON THE WIRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrW__haDbIA
Gathering
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
A prayer
Heavenly FatherAs we gather together during National Lutheran Schools Week, we thank you for love – the love and concern of our families, our friends, our school and our community. Help us to grow in goodness, in faith and in generosity. Create in us a capacity for giving, let wisdom be our guide, and help each of us to be a messenger of peace, of truth, and of joy. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 and 6:1-2…it was God who reconciled us…through Christ…
The Word of God
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
Symbolic action – part 1A group of student sits in a circle of chairs facing outwards, heads bowed…
Symbolic action
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
A prayer
Heavenly FatherSo often we have closed our hearts to what might have been and narrowed our horizons to what is comfortable and safe, we have manipulated others to achieve our own ends, we have failed to make peace when we could have, we have erred on the side of injustice when we have upheld values that are questionable, we have filled our lives with clutter instead of making time for you, we have resisted being fully alive to our potential…
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
First reader: Joel 2:12-13Second reader: Matthew 18:21First reader: Matthew 18:22, Matthew 6:14-15 and …
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
Symbolic action – part 2The group of students stands, forms a circle facing inwards, and holds hands as First reader continues…Luke 11:2-4
Symbolic action
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
May God who is our FatherFill that which is empty in us,Complete that which is incomplete,And mold with care that which is poorly formed.Go in peace, and live generously.
A blessing
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013
Reference: Winter, M.T. (1973) God-with-us – resources for prayer and praise. Nashville, Tennesee: Parthenon Press
National Lutheran Schools Week5 – 11 May 2013