{"id":5561,"date":"2012-10-18T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:18:06","slug":"resources-for-one-people-one-king-worship-emphasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2012\/resources-for-one-people-one-king-worship-emphasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources Are Offered for \u2018One People, One King\u2019 Worship Emphasis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u201cOne People, One King\u201d is the theme for a special worship emphasis in the Church of the Brethren, being planned for Sunday, Nov. 25<\/strong>. Scheduled for an unusual Sunday that falls this year between Thanksgiving and the start of Advent–traditionally called \u201cChrist the King\u201d or \u201cReign of Christ\u201d Sunday in the church calendar–this worship emphasis invites believers to be reminded, before a season of waiting, of whom we await.<\/p>\n

In a year of contention and partisan rhetoric surrounding the national election, Christians also threaten to become a people divided. For the potentially divisive time after the election, a group of denominational staff have planned a worship emphasis based instead on the New Testament understanding that followers of Christ are a people with one ruler, from Philippians 3:20:<\/p>\n

\u201cBut our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Original resources written by a number of church leaders are available at www.brethren.org\/onepeople<\/a> to help invite congregations entering into preparations for Christmas to spend this Sunday recalling that \u201cour citizenship is in heaven\u201d:<\/p>\n

— A brief reflection<\/strong> by Annual Conference moderator Robert Krouse, pastor at Little Swatara Church of the Brethren in Bethel, Pa.<\/p>\n

— A prayer<\/strong> written by Annual Conference moderator-elect Nancy S. Heishman, interim co-pastor at West Charleston Church of the Brethren in Tipp City, Ohio<\/p>\n

— A sermon outline<\/strong> by Tim Harvey, pastor of Roanoke (Va.) Central Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

— A litany<\/strong>, including scripture, written for four readers and congregation by Ray Hileman, pastor of First Church of the Brethren in Miami, Fla.<\/p>\n

— A responsive prayer<\/strong> by Jennifer Hosler of Washington (D.C.) City Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n

— A video clip<\/strong> titled \u201cKingdom Citizens,\u201d in which renowned Latin American theologian and author Rene Padilla discusses Christian citizenship and God’s sovereignty<\/p>\n

Find these \u201cOne People, One King\u201d resources for Nov. 25 at www.brethren.org\/onepeople<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cOne People, One King\u201d is the theme for a special worship emphasis in the Church of the Brethren, being planned for Sunday, Nov. 25. Scheduled for an unusual Sunday that falls this year between Thanksgiving and the start of Advent–traditionally called \u201cChrist the King\u201d or \u201cReign of Christ\u201d Sunday in the church calendar–this worship emphasis invites believers to be reminded, before a season of waiting, of whom we await.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[806,1273],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-5561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-congregational-life-ministries","tag-spiritual-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5563,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions\/5563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5561"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=5561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}