Ellam Yua Worship Service (Alaska)

 ELLAM YUA WORSHIP SERVICE

Prepared by the Rev. David Blanchette

Episcopal Diocese of Alaska

 

Call to Worship

         Words of Assurance and Promises of Pardon

 

Hear what comfortable words our Savior Christ saith unto all that truly turn to Him: Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 

Hear also the words from St. John's Gospel: God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

Hear also these words of Scripture:

 

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion;

Slow to anger, and of great mercy.

 

The Sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

 

If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 

As the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

 

Like as a father pitied his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

 

Jesus said: Be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.

 

A Call to Holy Silence

 

The Lord is in His holy temple:

Let all the earth keep silence before Him.

 

Calls to Worship and Praise

 

O come, let us sing to the Lord:

let us make a joyful noise and to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before His presence with Thanksgiving,

And make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms.

 

O praise the Lord, all ye nations:

Praise Him, all ye people.

For His merciful kindness is great towards us:

And the truth of the Lord endureth forever.

Praise ye the Lord.

 

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands:

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing.

Know ye that the Lord, He is God;

It is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves;

We are His people,

And the sheep of His pasture.

 

The Lord is good:    His mercy endureth forever;

And His truth endureth to all generations.

This is the day which the Lord hath made,

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

And into His courts with praise.

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together,

For with Him is the fountain of life, and in Him shall we see light.

-- from the Rev. Debbie Royals, ed.  A Sampler: Native American/Alaska Native and Native Hawai’ian Liturgies, Prepared for the 76^th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, July 2009, Anaheim, CA