पूजा उपकरणहरू

पूजा रूपरेखा

थप धर्मशास्त्रहरू 

Psalm 40:1–11; 1 Corinthians 1:1–9; John 1:29–42 

तयारी 

For the Opportunity for Service element, ahead of time, place several large basins or bowls on tables at the front of the worship space, with washcloths draped over the edges and large towels beside the bowls. 

प्रस्तावना 

स्वागत छ  

उपासनाको लागि आह्वान 

We come to see the Christ, living and serving among us! Let us come and meet Christ, the One who calls us, our Light, our Example, our Savior! 

—John 1:29–39a, adapted 

 भजन 

"एकअर्कालाई प्रेम गर्न ख्रीष्टद्वारा बोलाइएको" CCS 577 

OR “Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands” CCS 585  

Prayer of Adoration 

चेलाहरूको उदार प्रतिक्रिया 

धर्मशास्त्र पठन: सिद्धान्त र करार १६३:९ 

वक्तव्य 

As we desire to give to fulfill God’s vision of shalom, God’s grace continues to show us how to receive and give. And each act of generosity grows our awareness of our true capacity to give. Our capacity includes both the material and spiritual. Whole-life generosity not only broadens the scope of how and when we can give, it increases our capacity and desire to give. 

—Choose Generosity: Discovering Whole-Life Stewardship, Herald House, p.117 

स्थानीय तथा विश्वव्यापी मिसन दशांशको आशीर्वाद र ग्रहण 

शान्तिको लागि प्रार्थना 

शान्तिको दीप बाल्नुहोस्। 

प्रार्थना 

God our Light, we pause to hear your call to mission, to sense the longing in your heart that all the world might come to know the depth of your peace.  

We confess that too often we have chosen apathy in the face of need, inattentiveness to the silent pleas around us, abrasiveness when a gentle hand was sought. Though we stumble and choose courses that cause separation, still you beckon us to seek your ways of peace.  

Open our inner eyes to see your dream of peace, to find the solace that stills our hearts and quickens our resolve to see your kingdom come. Restore us to your vision of welcome for all and provision for the least. Strengthen our hands and make sturdy our hearts that we might invest our energies in those things which make for peace in the fabric of your beloved creation community.  

Lord, we give you our desire to serve that you might bless our efforts to further the work to which you once again call us, the work of spreading the healing balm of peace in our broken world. Call us to serve in your name of peace, we pray, Amen.  

भजन 

“Come and Bring Light” choose stanzas that are relevant to your group  CCS 287 

OR “Lord, Make Us Instruments” CCS 364  

Moment of Confession 

Provide moments of silence for participants to offer silent prayers of confession. 

Opportunity for Service 

Place several large basins or bowls on tables at the front of the worship space, with washcloths draped over the edges and large towels beside the bowls. Explain that participants will have the opportunity to extend care and service to one another by coming forward and washing the hands of the person behind them and drying their hands on the towels provided. Encourage all ages to participate. As the hand washing continues, ask participants to reflect on the gift of service Christ offered and calls us to follow. Provide appropriate special music as background to this activity. 

संगीत सेवा वा मण्डलीको भजन 

"येशू, येशू, हामीलाई तपाईंको प्रेमले भर्नुहोस्" CCS 367 

सहभागीहरूलाई आफ्नै भाषा बाहेक अन्य भाषाहरूमा गाउन प्रोत्साहित गर्नुहोस्। 

OR “Christ, You Call Us All to Service”  CCS 357 

बोलिएको वचन 

Based on Isaiah 49:1–7 

Hymn of Embodiment 

“Let Justice Roll like a River” CCS 288 

वा “तपाईंको हृदय भाँचियोस्” CCS ३५३ 

OR “Let Justice Flow Down” CCS 286  

Prayer of Empowerment for Service 

 भजन 

“I’m Gonna Live So God Can use Me”  CCS 581 

OR “Go Now Forth into the World” CCS 646  

अगाडि पठाउने: सिद्धान्त र करार १६२:८ग 

May you go in peace, commissioned to serve in the name of the Risen Christ, Amen. 

पोस्टल्युड 

पवित्र स्थान: सानो-समूह पूजा रूपरेखा

भेला

स्वागत छ

शान्तिको लागि प्रार्थना 

बिस्तारै तीन पटक घण्टी वा घण्टी बजाउनुहोस्।
शान्तिको दीप बाल्नुहोस्।

Please join me in today’s prayer and meditation. Quiet your breathing and embrace God’s eternal grace as you become aware of your own responses to the guided prayer.

हे भगवान, तपाईं त्यो वृत्तको स्थिर बिन्दु हुनुहुन्छ जस भित्र सबै सृष्टि पाइन्छ। म तपाईंको शान्तिको आत्मासँग जोडिन र यस क्षणमा तपाईंको उपस्थितिको साथ अनुभव गर्न चाहन्छु। के म तपाईंसँग सृष्टिको वृत्तको केन्द्रमा रहन सक्छु?

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

क्षितिजका निर्माता, मलाई चिन्ने र माया गर्नेहरू, र बुझ्न र स्वीकार गर्न संघर्ष गर्नेहरूलाई पनि समावेश गर्न हामीलाई घेरा फराकिलो बनाउन मद्दत गर्नुहोस्। यो घेरालाई क्षमा, दया, करुणा र शान्तिको उपहारले भर्नुहोस्। हामीलाई ती सबैलाई समावेश गर्ने इच्छा दिनुहोस् जसका बाटोहरू हाम्रो बाटोबाट पार हुन्छन् जहाँ स्वीकृति सित्तैमा प्रदान गरिन्छ। हाम्रो घेरा फराकिलो बनाउनुहोस्।

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

Giver of dreams, let the peace we’ve dreamed of expand to embrace all your children in all nations. Within this circle may we see the other as brother and sister and act as mutual stewards of one another. You call us to live without borders that exclude. Help us to draw the circle wider still.

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

God of all living things, your world longs to be whole and in harmony. The dream of shalom includes caregiving for the water, earth, air, and all that has life in one great family. You created us with interdependencies. Give us mutual respect and tender care for all. Let this be our song: Nothing on your created Earth stands alone, but lives in shalom with all other living things. Draw the circle wide open.

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

जीवन र शान्तिका शिल्पकार, आजको दिनमा तपाईंको शालोमको दर्शनले हामी आशिषित होऔं। हाम्रो मन, हृदय र आत्मा सबैले घर पाउन सक्ने गरी फराकिलो होस्। हामी येशू ख्रीष्टको नाममा प्रार्थना गर्छौं, परमेश्वरको शालोम। आमेन।

आध्यात्मिक अभ्यास

उज्यालोमा हिँड्दै

एपिफेनी र एपिफेनी पछिको मौसममा हाम्रो आध्यात्मिक अभ्यास "प्रकाशमा हिंड्ने" हुनेछ। आफूलाई शान्त पार्न केही क्षण निकाल्नुहोस्। जब तपाईं शान्त महसुस गर्नुहुन्छ, कल्पना गरेर सुरु गर्नुहोस् कि तपाईं प्रकाशको बाटोमा हिंड्दै हुनुहुन्छ। हामी प्रार्थना गर्दा, तपाईंको वरिपरि रहेको प्रकाशको कल्पना गर्नुहोस्। प्रार्थना जारी रहँदा, तपाईंका नजिकका मानिसहरू, साथीहरू र परिचितहरूलाई, तपाईंलाई मन नपर्नेहरूलाई वा तपाईं जससँग द्वन्द्वमा हुनुहुन्छ, र तपाईंको समुदायलाई पूर्ण रूपमा प्रकाशको उपहार दिनुहोस्।

समूहका सदस्यहरूलाई मौनतामा प्रवेश गर्न, आँखा बन्द गर्न, शान्तिको अनुभूतिमा मुक्त हुन र प्रकाशको बाटोमा हिंड्ने कल्पना गर्न आमन्त्रित गर्नुहोस्।

प्रत्येक वाक्य सुन्ने बित्तिकै, उल्लेख गरिएकाहरूलाई प्रकाशको उपहार दिनुहोस्।

मेरा प्रियजनहरू परमेश्वरको ज्योतिमा अँगालो हालून्।

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

मेरो परिवार ख्रीष्टको ज्योतिमा हिँडोस्।

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

मेरा साथीहरूले प्रेम र प्रकाशको उपहार प्राप्त गरून्।

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

मेरा परिचितहरूले हाम्रो अन्तरक्रिया मार्फत प्रकाशको उपस्थिति महसुस गरून्।

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

जससँग म द्वन्द्वमा छु, त्यो ख्रीष्टको ज्योतिले घेरिएको होस्।

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

मेरो समुदाय परमेश्वरको प्रेम र अनुग्रहको अनन्त प्रकाशले आशीर्वादित होस्।

१५ सेकेन्ड रोक्नुहोस्।

आमेन।

प्रार्थना पछि मानिसहरूलाई "प्रकाशमा हिंड्ने" अभ्यासको क्रममा अनुभव गरेका कुनै पनि विचार, भावना वा छविहरू, सहज रूपमा साझा गर्न आमन्त्रित गर्नुहोस्।

टेबल वरिपरि बाँडफाँड गर्दै

Isaiah 49:1–7 NRSVue

Listen to me, O coastlands;
    pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born;
    while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.
He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
    in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
    in his quiver he hid me away.
And he said to me, “You are my servant,
    Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
But I said, “I have labored in vain;
    I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the Lord
    and my reward with my God.”

And now the Lord says,
    who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
    and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
    and my God has become my strength—
he says,
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
    that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Thus says the Lord,
    the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations,
    the slave of rulers,
“Kings shall see and stand up;
    princes, and they shall prostrate themselves,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

The servant knows God called him before he was born. God prepared him while still in his mother’s womb. Not because of a display of superior strength or intellect and not because of wealth or status. It has nothing to do with what he can accomplish on his own. Rather, it is all the work of God’s mercy and grace.

The servant is aware of his inability to accomplish on his own that to which he has been called. Yet, he also acknowledges that, in spite of everything, he remains steadfast in his commitment to serve the Lord. Rather than lowering the expectations for the servant, God raises the bar, sending him not only to the people of Israel, but to all the people of the world.

We, too, are called as children of God because of who God created us to be, rather than because of any merit we have earned or task we have achieved. God’s grace and trust in us reach beyond our failures and inadequacies, calling us to even deeper discipleship. God who created us does not let us wallow in our self-doubt, but gives us hope and encouragement to move forward in mission and to make manifest the light of God’s glory.

प्रश्नहरू

1. How are you sensing God’s call in your life?
2. How have you felt inadequate in your efforts to live your calling and giftedness?
3. How have you experienced God’s hope and encouragement, even in your doubt?

Note: If you are using “Thoughts for Children,” make time here for the children to share their lists of how God loves them.

पठाउँदै

उदारताको कथन

विश्वासी चेलाहरूले परमेश्वरको प्रशस्त उदारताको बढ्दो जागरूकताप्रति आफ्नो हृदयको इच्छा अनुसार बाँडेर प्रतिक्रिया जनाउँछन्; आज्ञा वा बाध्यताले होइन।

—सिद्धान्त र करार १६३:९

यदि तपाईं आफ्नो उदार प्रतिक्रियाको भागको रूपमा चलिरहेको साना-समूह सेवाहरूलाई समर्थन गर्न चाहनुहुन्छ भने प्रस्ताव टोकरी उपलब्ध छ।

एपिफेनीको लागि गरिने प्रार्थना एक शिष्यको उदार प्रतिक्रियाबाट रूपान्तरित गरिएको हो:

परमेश्वरलाई प्रकट गर्दै, हामी सधैं उदार रहोस्। तपाईंले हामी प्रत्येकलाई असीम अनुग्रह र अनन्त प्रेम दिनुभएको छ। त्यो प्रेम र अनुग्रहको हाम्रो प्रतिक्रिया अरूको लागि विनम्र सेवा होस्, र उदारता हाम्रो स्वभावको हिस्सा होस्। आमेन।

अर्को बैठकको निमन्त्रणा

समापन भजन

CCS 267, “We Wait in Hope for the Lord”

समापन प्रार्थना

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समूहमा निर्भर गर्दै वैकल्पिक थपहरू

प्रभु भोजको संस्कार

प्रभु-भोज धर्मशास्त्र

किनकि मैले प्रभुबाट त्यो पाएको छु जुन मैले तिमीहरूलाई सुम्पेको थिएँ, कि प्रभु येशूलाई धोका दिइएको रात उहाँले रोटी लिनुभयो, र धन्यवाद दिई भाँच्नुभयो र भन्नुभयो, "यो मेरो शरीर हो जुन तिमीहरूको लागि हो। मेरो सम्झनामा यो गर।" त्यसरी नै खाना खाएपछि उहाँले कचौरा पनि लिनुभयो र भन्नुभयो, "यो कचौरा मेरो रगतमा नयाँ करार हो। जति पटक तिमीहरू यसलाई पिउँछौ, मेरो सम्झनामा यो गर।" किनकि जति पटक तिमीहरू यो रोटी खान्छौ र कचौरा पिउँछौ, उहाँ नआउन्जेल तिमीहरू प्रभुको मृत्युको घोषणा गर्छौ।

—१ कोरिन्थी ११:२३-२६ NRSVue

प्रभुभोज वक्तव्य

ख्रीष्टको टेबलमा सबैलाई स्वागत छ। प्रभुभोज, वा प्रभुभोज, एक संस्कार हो जसमा हामी येशू ख्रीष्टको जीवन, मृत्यु, पुनरुत्थान र निरन्तर उपस्थितिलाई सम्झन्छौं। ख्रीष्टको समुदायमा, हामी हाम्रो बप्तिस्माको करार नवीकरण गर्ने र ख्रीष्टको मिशन बाँच्ने चेलाहरूको रूपमा गठन हुने अवसरको रूपमा पनि प्रभुभोज अनुभव गर्छौं। अरूको आफ्नो विश्वास परम्परा भित्र फरक वा थप बुझाइ हुन सक्छ। हामी प्रभुभोजमा भाग लिने सबैलाई येशू ख्रीष्टको प्रेम र शान्तिमा त्यसो गर्न आमन्त्रित गर्दछौं।

हामी प्रभु-भोज बाँड्दै संसारमा ख्रीष्टको प्रकाशन मनाऔं, र यसलाई आशीर्वाद, उपचार, शान्ति र समुदायको अभिव्यक्तिको रूपमा ग्रहण गरौं।

तयारीको लागि, ख्रीष्टको समुदायको गीत ५२० बाट गाऊँ, "परमेश्वरले निमन्त्रणा दिनुहुन्छ।"

रोटी र दाखमद्यलाई आशीर्वाद दिँदै र सेवा गर्दै।

बालबालिकाका लागि विचारहरू

Materials: paper, pencils

Ask: How did you get your name? (Allow time for the children to tell how they were named.)

How important is a name? (It is how people call you, speak to you, know you.)

What about God? What name do we use for God? (God, Lord, Creator, Source of life, etc.)

In the Bible we discover that people have many, many names for God. Some names describe what people think about God; some are names about what God has done. Listen to some of the names people use to talk to God:

Holy One
Healing Presence
Source of joy
Ancient One
Awesome God
Compassionate One
Gracious Creator
Great Spirit
Great “I Am”
Beloved Friend
Giver of Life
Gentle Shepherd
Mother-Father God
Creator of beauty

We can use many names to describe our love for God. Now let’s use our names to describe God’s love for us.

Give each child a paper and pencil (young children can have a parent help).

Say: Write your name down one side of the paper. Ex:

J

A

M

E

S

Then think of something God loves about you, starting with each letter of your name. Ex:

J—Joyful

A—Animal lover

M—Makes funny noises

E—Energetic

S—Says prayers at bedtime

You will have time to share your lists after today’s lesson. Thank the children for participating and invite them to return to their seats.

Allow time for children to share what God loves about them at the end of “Sharing Around the Table.”

उपदेशले मद्दत गर्छ

धर्मशास्त्रको अन्वेषण गर्दै

Last week, we explored the first Servant Song, Isaiah 42:1–4. This week we celebrate God’s presence among us with the second Servant Song, which takes the form of a conversation between God and God’s servant. The song begins in Isaiah 49:1 as the remnants of the servant nation Israel (the Jews) call to all the other nations: “Listen to me…The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.” There are layers of meaning in that simple statement. To better understand, it is helpful to learn about Jacob, one of the patriarchs of old.

Jacob and Esau were twins. Genesis 25:26 tells us that as they were born, Jacob grasped Esau’s heel. He was therefore named Jacob, or “one who grasps by the heel, or supplants.” Genesis 32:28 tells us that after Jacob wrestled with the angel, God changed his name to Israel, “one who strives with God.” Jacob/Israel is considered the father of the 12 patriarchs of the 12 tribes of Israel. The people take the name of their nation from that ancestor.

Just as Jacob was named from the womb, so the nation and people were called by God “from their mother’s womb” (or from their beginning) to be God’s covenant people. The beginning of Israel was the act of God in creation long before it was a recognizable nation. Naming the baby Jacob occurred because of an action caused by the human baby—grasping his brother’s heel. But with the servant nation Israel, God launches the call. God formed Israel with a “mouth like a sharp sword” to speak the truth of God’s word (Isaiah 49:2). God created this nation to be a prophetic people, speaking for God. Then God hid Israel away until a time—an epiphany—when God could be revealed in glory. Note that it is not the people who will be glorified, but God.

The response of the servant reflects Israel’s history of striving with God. “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity…” (v. 4). Because the servant is faithful and obedient, however, the response doesn’t end there. The passage continues, “…yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and my reward with my God.” Human efforts have failed, but faith affirms the continuing relationship of trust and grace with God.

It is this trust of the servant that prompts God to lay an added burden on God’s servant Israel. The servant’s former purpose was to bring back to God Israelites who have strayed, to expand and restore the nation, and gather the people once again. The purpose was self-centered. No, God says, that purpose is too small and limiting. God has a greater mission for the servant: to be a “light to the nations,” that all the world’s peoples shall be saved (v. 6). All the nations will know the Redeemer of Israel and the Holy One of Israel. The nations will respond by bowing before the Lord.

Today, Christians interpret the servant as a model for the coming Christ. The mission to the nations is the universal call to grace and salvation. We are the prophetic people, given the task of spreading the good news of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ. God calls us to the work of restoration: go into all nations, free the captives, and be a light to the world for the glory of God.

केन्द्रीय विचारहरू

1. God knows us from birth and calls us to be a covenant people fulfilling God’s purposes.
2. We struggle with God, wanting our way. But God is faithful and grants grace and purpose.
3. We respond to bring glory to God, not to us.
4. God calls us today to spread the good news of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ.

वक्तालाई प्रश्नहरू

1. When has God called you to respond with trust and faith?
2. When have you struggled with God? How did God’s grace enfold you during that struggle?
3. What can you do today to bring glory to God? What can you do in the coming week? Be specific.
4. How would you summarize the good news of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ?

पाठहरू

वयस्क पाठ

धर्मशास्त्रको अंशमा केन्द्रित हुनुहोस्

Isaiah 49:1–7 

पाठ केन्द्रित

God names and calls the Servant from the womb to bring light to all nations. 

उद्देश्यहरू 

सिकारुहरूले… 

• remember the origins of one’s name. 
• explore the Second Servant Song including God’s naming and calling from the womb. 
• discern how Doctrine and Covenants 163:1–3 calls Community of Christ to mission. 
• identify specific actions for personal restoration of healthy or righteous relationships. 

आपूर्तिहरू 

• बाइबल  
• ख्रीष्टको समुदाय ( CCS ) 

शिक्षकलाई नोटहरू

In preparation for this lesson, read “Exploring the Scripture” for Isaiah 49:1–7 in Sermon & Class Helps, Year A: Old Testament, pp. 36–37, available through Herald House. 

भेला गर्नुहोस्

पृष्ठभूमि ज्ञान सक्रिय गर्दछ, तयारी गर्दछ, र पाठको लागि उत्प्रेरित गर्दछ (कुल पाठ समयको १५%)

Greet class members. Ask participants to share briefly in groups of two or three how each one was named. 

संलग्न

अन्वेषण र अन्तरक्रियालाई आमन्त्रित गर्दछ (पाठ समयको ३५%)

Share this background with the class as a basis for further discussions: 

Today’s scripture is a Second Servant Song (first Servant Song: Isaiah 42:1–4; others 50:4–11 and 52:13–53:12). In this dialogue God and God’s Servant are talking. The song begins in Isaiah 49:1 with the servant nation Israel calling to other nations to hear a message. “Listen to me… The Lord called me before I was born; while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.” A brief history of naming may help. 

Genesis 25:26 tells that the twins Jacob and Esau were born with Jacob grasping Esau’s heel. Jacob’s name means one who supplants or grasps by the heel. In Genesis 32:28 we learn of Jacob wrestling all night. After this encounter his name is changed to “Israel, for you have striven with God ….” Jacob, now Israel, becomes the father of the twelve patriarchs of the twelve Tribes of Israel. The people of the tribes take their names from these patriarch ancestors. 

Jacob is named from the womb. The nation of Israel is also named from its beginning or “from the womb” as God’s covenant people. The calling of Israel’s people began in history by God’s action long before the nation of Israel was established and recognized. In today’s scripture passage, God proclaims: “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified” (v. 3). 

It is not always easy to serve faithfully. The Servant reflects “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity” (v. 4). Yet, with faithful and obedient response “… I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and my God has become my strength“ (v. 5). 

In small groups (as your class size allows) consider Doctrine and Covenants 163:1 and discuss the questions below: 

“Community of Christ,” your name, given as a divine blessing, is your identity and calling. If you will discern and embrace its full meaning, you will not only discover your future, you will become a blessing to the whole creation. Do not be afraid to go where it beckons you to go. 

छलफल गर्नुहोस्: 

• What is the “divine blessing” in and of our name Community of Christ? 
• How does our name declare our identity? Our calling? Our future? 

प्रतिक्रिया दिनुहोस्

सिकारुहरूलाई सुन्नेदेखि गर्नेसम्म लैजान्छ (पाठ समयको ३५%)

The original Servant’s purpose was to find and return Israelites who strayed. In addition, the Servant was to restore the nation and gather people together. But God’s greater purpose for the Servant was to bring “light to the nations, that my [God’s] salvation may reach to the end of the earth” (v. 6). 

Jesus came as a servant to bring God’s light and message of peace to the world. As followers of Jesus we carry that same mission priority. 

In small groups (as your class size allows) consider Doctrine and Covenants 163:2–3 and discuss the questions that follow. 

2 a. Jesus Christ, the embodiment of God’s shalom, invites all people to come and receive divine peace in the midst of the difficult questions and struggles of life. Follow Christ in the way that leads to God’s peace and discover the blessings of all of the dimensions of salvation. 

३क. ख्रीष्टमा शान्तिको सम्बन्ध र सांस्कृतिक रूपमा अवतार लिन संसारमा मार्गहरू सिर्जना गर्न तपाईंलाई बोलाइएको छ। सियोनको आशा तब साकार हुन्छ जब ख्रीष्टको दर्शन उदारता, न्याय र शान्तिको समुदायहरूमा मूर्त रूप लिन्छ।

ख. सबैभन्दा माथि, पृथ्वीमा परमेश्वरको शान्तिमय राज्यको ख्रीष्टको दर्शनप्रति विश्वासयोग्य हुन प्रयास गर्नुहोस्। परमेश्वरको मेलमिलाप र पुनर्स्थापना उद्देश्यको विपरीत रहेका सांस्कृतिक, राजनीतिक र धार्मिक प्रवृत्तिहरूलाई साहसपूर्वक चुनौती दिनुहोस्। शान्तिको पछि लाग्नुहोस्।

छलफल गर्नुहोस्: 

• What do peace pathways that are relationally and culturally incarnate look like? 
• Describe a community that embodies generosity, justice, and peacefulness. How do we create such a community in our congregation?

पठाउनुहोस्

पाठ कसरी बाँच्न सकिन्छ भनेर अन्वेषण गर्दछ (पाठ समयको १०%)

Read Doctrine and Covenants 163:2b. 

Generously share the invitation, ministries, and sacraments through which people can encounter the Living Christ who heals and reconciles through redemptive relationships in sacred community. The restoring of persons to healthy or righteous relationships with God, others, themselves, and the earth is at the heart of the purpose of your journey as a people of faith. 

Identify one or two specific actions you will take this week to restore healthy or righteous relationship(s) with yourself, God, another, or the Earth. 

आशीर्वाद दिनुहोस्

प्रार्थना, प्रशंसा, आशीर्वाद र आशाको समय (पाठ समयको ५%)

Close by singing “I Have Called You by Your Name” CCS 636. 

युवा पाठ

धर्मशास्त्रको अंशमा केन्द्रित हुनुहोस्

Isaiah 49:1–7 

पाठ केन्द्रित

The Servant’s Mission 

उद्देश्यहरू 

सिकारुहरूले… 

• identify connections between the Second Servant Song and Civil Rights leaders in the United States. 
• examine the role of servant. 
• construct a timeline of the Civil Rights movement in the United States (or your home country). 
• evaluate the actions of a servant as described in Section 165. 

आपूर्तिहरू 

• बाइबल 
• फ्लिप चार्ट र मार्करहरू 
• Civil Rights timeline resources 
• ख्रीष्टको समुदाय ( CCS ) 

शिक्षकलाई नोटहरू

In preparation for this lesson, read “Exploring the Scripture” for Isaiah 49:1–7 in Sermon & Class Helps, Year B: Old Testament, pp. 36–37, available through Herald House. 

भेला गर्नुहोस्

पृष्ठभूमि ज्ञान सक्रिय गर्दछ, तयारी गर्दछ, र पाठको लागि उत्प्रेरित गर्दछ (कुल पाठ समयको १५%)

Invite the class to sing, read, or watch a video of “The Servant Song” or “We are Pilgrims on a Journey” CCS 550. 

• How would you describe this servant? 
• Compare and contrast this servant with other images of servants. 
• In “The Servant Song,” do you agree with the servant’s actions? 

संलग्न

अन्वेषण र अन्तरक्रियालाई आमन्त्रित गर्दछ (पाठ समयको ३५%)

This week we are exploring the “Second Servant Song” in Isaiah. This is a dialogue between God and God’s servant, the nation of Israel. There are many layers of meaning in this text, but to better understand we need to go back in history to the Patriarch Jacob. 

Jacob and Esau were twins. Genesis 25:26 tells us that as they were born, Jacob grasped Esau’s heel. He was therefore named “Jacob,” meaning “one who grasps by the heel or supplants.” Jacob was an important leader from birth, who, in Genesis 32, after wrestling with an angel, God changed his name to Israel, meaning “one who strives with God.” Jacob/Israel is considered the father of ancient Israel. 

God calls the nation Israel to speak truth for God. The servant strives with God. When human efforts have failed, the servant continues to affirm the relationship of trust and grace, “Surely my cause is with the Lord and my reward with my God.” 

Ask the class to read the text from The Message and identify images and meanings as they read. 

Isaiah 49:1–7 The Message (MSG) 

Listen, far-flung islands, 
     pay attention, faraway people: 
God put me to work from the day I was born. 
     The moment I entered the world he named me. 
He gave me speech that would cut and penetrate. 
     He kept his hand on me to protect me. 
He made me his straight arrow 
     and hid me in his quiver. 
He said to me, “You’re my dear servant, 
     Israel, through whom I’ll shine.” 
But I said, “I’ve worked for nothing. 
     I’ve nothing to show for a life of hard work. 
Nevertheless, I’ll let God have the last word. 
     I’ll let him pronounce his verdict.” 
“And now,” God says, 
     this God who took me in hand 
     from the moment of birth to be his servant, 
To bring Jacob back home to him, 
     to set a reunion for Israel— 
What an honor for me in God’s eyes! 
     That God should be my strength! 
He says, “But that’s not a big enough job for my servant— 
     just to recover the tribes of Jacob, 
     merely to round up the strays of Israel. 
I’m setting you up as a light for the nations 
     so that my salvation becomes global!” 
God, Redeemer of Israel, The Holy of Israel, 
     says to the despised one, kicked around by the nations,
     slave labor to the ruling class: 
“Kings will see, get to their feet—the princes, too—
     and then fall on their faces in homage 
Because of God, who has faithfully kept his word,
     The Holy of Israel, who has chosen you.” 

God trusts the Servant and expands the servant’s mission to be a light to the nations that all will know the Redeemer of Israel. Today, Christians see this servant as a model for the coming of Christ. God calls us to the work of restoration, to free the captives, expand the mission, and be a light to the world for the glory of God. 

प्रतिक्रिया दिनुहोस्

सिकारुहरूलाई सुन्नेदेखि गर्नेसम्म लैजान्छ (पाठ समयको ३५%)

The task of releasing the captives, recovering sight for the blind, and setting the oppressed free takes many forms as we work to fulfill Christ’s mission (Isaiah 4:18–19). The Servant Song in today’s text speaks of “working for nothing…to show.” The servant nevertheless persists in serving God, who in turn also trusts the servant, expanding the mission to the world. 

On Racial Justice Day, we remember the work of many people who dedicated their lives and efforts for Christ’s mission. Like the servant, the work was not always easy. It did not always feel rewarding. In fact they were often “kicked around by the nations” as well. 

In 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: 

My call to the ministry was neither dramatic nor spectacular. It came neither by some miraculous vision nor by some blinding light experience on the road of life. Moreover, it did not come as a sudden realization. Rather, it was a response to an inner urge that gradually came upon me. This urge expressed itself in a desire to serve God and humanity, and the feeling that my talent and my commitment could best be expressed through the ministry… During my senior year in college I finally decided to accept the challenge to enter the ministry. I came to see that God had placed a responsibility upon my shoulders and the more I tried to escape it the more frustrated I would become. 

—Standform Transcript 

Dr. King did not set out to create a name for himself as a great civil rights leader. Instead, like the servant in today’s text, the Lord said, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” When Rosa Parks sat down in the “whites-only” section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, Dr. King was thrust into the leadership of the Civil Rights movement. 

As a class create a timeline of the Civil Rights movement in the United States from both the students’ knowledge and resources such as: 

• Civil Rights Trail
• Civil Rights Museum

What connections can you make between the text of the Second Servant Song and the life experience of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders? 

Note: If you live outside the United States, you may adapt this exercise to reflect the evolution of civil rights in your country. 

पठाउनुहोस्

पाठ कसरी बाँच्न सकिन्छ भनेर अन्वेषण गर्दछ (पाठ समयको १०%)

Doctrine and Covenants 165 contains many insights that can guide us in our journey to be God’s servants and write our own servant song. Let’s look closely at a portion of this text and identify what each one of us can do right now to pursue our role as God’s servants. 

Section 165:3

a. More fully embody your oneness and equality in Jesus Christ. Oneness and equality in Christ are realized through the waters of baptism, confirmed by the Holy Spirit, and sustained through the sacrament of Communion. Embrace the full meaning of these sacraments and be spiritually joined in Christ as never before.

b. However, it is not right to profess oneness and equality in Christ through sacramental covenants and then to deny them by word or action. Such behavior wounds Christ’s body and denies what is resolved eternally in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

c. You do not fully understand many interrelated processes of human creation. Through its wonderful complexity, creation produces diversity and order.

d. Be not consumed with concern about variety in human types and characteristics as you see them. Be passionately concerned about forming inclusive communities of love, oneness, and equality that reveal divine nature.

e. Oneness and equality in Christ do not mean uniformity. They mean Unity in Diversity and relating in Christ-like love to the circumstances of others as if they were one’s own. They also mean full opportunity for people to experience human worth and related rights, including expressing God-given giftedness in the church and society.

सोध्नुहोस्: 

• What relationships can you identify between Section 165:3 and the images of a servant discussed today? 
• How would you improve oneness in your congregation, community, and world? 
• What actions of God’s servant might draw disagreement from your peers? How would you justify your actions? 

आशीर्वाद दिनुहोस्

प्रार्थना, प्रशंसा, आशीर्वाद र आशाको समय (पाठ समयको ५%)

Invite a member of the class to close with a prayer. 

बालबालिकाको पाठ

धर्मशास्त्रको अंशमा केन्द्रित हुनुहोस्

Isaiah 49:1–7

पाठ केन्द्रित

As humans we often fail, but our diligence and faith helps us to be successful disciples and servants.

उद्देश्यहरू

सिकारुहरूले…

• explore the evolution of the servant’s understanding in the Isaiah scripture.
• learn about the Mission Initiative: Develop Disciples to Serve.
• hear from other congregation members about their path of discipleship.
• define what it is to be a servant of Jesus.

आपूर्तिहरू

• Candle and lighter or matches
• Copies of the Famous Failures worksheet (end of the lesson)
• Copies of the Interview Questions (end of the lesson)
• Newspaper classified ads
• मार्करहरू
• बाइबल
• ख्रीष्टको समुदाय ( CCS )

शिक्षकलाई नोटहरू

In preparation for this lesson, read “Exploring the Scripture” for Isaiah 49:1–7 in Sermon & Class Helps, Year A: Old Testament, pp. 36–37, available through Herald House.

भेला गर्नुहोस्

पृष्ठभूमि ज्ञान सक्रिय गर्दछ, तयारी गर्दछ, र पाठको लागि उत्प्रेरित गर्दछ (कुल पाठ समयको १५%)

Greet each child by name and invite him or her to sit in the classroom. Read this riddle:

A long time ago, a wealthy old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons. He couldn’t decide which son to choose, so he created a test for them. He gave each of them a few coins and told them each to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought a wheelbarrow full of straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought a wagon full of sticks but they still didn’t fill the room. The third man bought only two small things, but he was able to successfully fill the room. Therefore the third son inherited his father’s fortune. What were the two things that the man bought? (Listen to guesses.)

Turn off the lights in your classroom and light a candle. Show them that just one small flame can light an entire room. To answer the riddle, tell the children that the man bought a candle and matches.

Say: In today’s scripture God promises to make us the people of Israel “a light for all nations.” Of course this does not mean the people had to physically turn on lights or make the darkness bright. But rather a small flame made a big difference in the dark. Similarly we can share God’s love with small actions and deeds. We can be a living billboard for Jesus!

Sing the first verse of “This Little Light of Mine.”

This little light of mine,
I’m gonna let it shine,
This little light of mine,
I’m gonna let it shine,
This little light of mine,
Yes, I’m gonna let it shine,
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!

—Harry Dixon Loes

संलग्न

अन्वेषण र अन्तरक्रियालाई आमन्त्रित गर्दछ (पाठ समयको ३५%)

Ask: Think of a time you were successful; a time when you were really good at something. Would anyone be willing to share? (Listen to responses.) Now think of a time when you were unsuccessful; a time when you messed something up or did something wrong. Would anyone be willing to share? (Listen to responses.) No one is perfect. We all have times of great triumph and we even have times of failure. Even famous, successful people fail.

Pass out copies of the Famous Failure worksheet (end of this lesson). Allow time for the students to match the celebrity to their early experience with defeat. Then review the answers: 1-D; 2-F; 3-B; 4-A; 5- C; 6-E.

Say: Michael Jordan famously said, “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions, I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” It is not how many times you fail that matters, but how many times you try again. In today’s scripture the author remembers how his attempts to serve God failed. Yet God still believed in him and trusted him to be “a light to the nations.”

Have a child read Isaiah 49:1–3.

Summarize: The servant in this passage is remembering that God had great plans for him. The descriptions related to stories in Genesis, like Jacob who became Israel and had “a mouth like a sharp sword to speak the truth of God’s Word.” (Sermon & Class Helps, p. 36).

Have another child read Isaiah 49:4.

Summarize: The servant realizes that his human efforts to spread God’s message have failed. But with faith he continues to have a “relationship of trust and grace with God.” (Sermon & Class Helps, p. 36).

Have another child read Isaiah 49:5–6.

Summarize: The servant’s original task was to gather back together the Israelites who had strayed from God. This would rebuild and restore the nation. Success in the task meant the Israelites would benefit rather than merely working to glorify God. Instead, God said that assignment was “too small and limiting” and gave the servant a “greater mission…” (Sermon & Class Helps, p. 36).

Have another child read Isaiah 49:7.

Summarize: Instead of merely bringing together the group that was once large but had lost faith, the servant is now a light to the world spreading God’s message. Now when the servant succeeds at his task, God will be glorified. “All the nations will know the Redeemer of Israel and the Holy One of Israel” (Sermon & Class Helps, p. 36)

प्रतिक्रिया दिनुहोस्

सिकारुहरूलाई सुन्नेदेखि गर्नेसम्म लैजान्छ (पाठ समयको ३५%)

Say: The servant in the scripture had a mission. What is a mission? (Listen to responses.) Many companies and organizations have mission statements to tell everyone what they plan to do. “Our mission in Community of Christ is…to share the peace of Jesus Christ in all of its personal, interpersonal, community and worldwide dimensions” (Of Water and Spirit: Facilitator Guide, p. 105). Our mission statement mirrors this goal: “We proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy, hope, love, and peace.”

Christ’s mission is our mission. Community of Christ takes mission even further by outlining five Mission Initiatives. Everything the church does is working toward one or more of these goals. One of these initiatives is Develop Disciples to Serve. As a church we want everyone to be fully able and equipped to be a “continuing presence of Christ in the world.” This includes training priesthood, missionaries, and pastors, but also helping everyone deepen their understanding of God and be disciples of Jesus. For more information, see CofChrist.org.

Instruct the students to go in pairs to find and interview another person in the congregation about how they have served as a disciple and what they have done to develop their abilities and understandings. Children can use the question prompts at the end of the lesson or they can ask their own questions. Once they are finished with the interviews they can return to the classroom and report a short summary to the rest of the class. Alternatively, you can invite one or two congregants to come to your class as guests.

पठाउनुहोस्

पाठ कसरी बाँच्न सकिन्छ भनेर अन्वेषण गर्दछ (पाठ समयको १०%)

After the conversations, ask students what stuck out to them during their interviews. Create a list of observations demonstrating what it takes to be a servant. For example praying for guidance, learning from others, thinking about what Jesus would do, and so on.

Show newspaper classified ads to the class. Point out the help-wanted section and read one or two advertisements. As a class use the list of attributes and practices to create a help-wanted ad for a servant. Write the ad in large print using marker on top of the newspaper classifieds. Be creative! As an example:

Wanted: Willing Servant

Must be diligent in prayer,
able to see people through God’s eyes,
and willing to share generously with others.
Apply in person with Jesus.

आशीर्वाद दिनुहोस्

प्रार्थना, प्रशंसा, आशीर्वाद र आशाको समय (पाठ समयको ५%)

As a closing prayer, sing together “Make Me a Servant” CCS 597.