Join Odd Grace Community for our monthly Service of the Word and Prayer.

CW: brief mention of sexual assault/rape, discrimination against people of color

The Worship Companion contains the full liturgy and includes a Gathering Guide with music suggestions. Please use the podcast or transcript for the sermon, testimony, and to learn the Lord’s Prayer in Spanish with us.

We talk about Epiphany aka Three Kings Day aka the time foreigners deceived the government and saved Jesus’ life and our own stories of spiritual seeking. Friend of Odd Grace Community Miguel Hernandez also reflects on his lived experience as a Chicano in the US, recovery, and spiritual journey.

Worship Leader: Vicar 7 Worship Assistant: Jena Newland

* Meditation on Matthew 2:1-12

* Sermon-story (Sermonony? Stormon? Sermy?): Vicar 7

* Star Word Generator

* Responsive Reading of Psalm 72:1-14

* Refrain: “All rulers shall bow down”

* Conversation with Miguel Hernandez

* Prayers of Intercession: God of Grace > Receive our Prayer

* Offering and announcements:

* 10% of January offering will go to Global Refuge

* Lord’s Prayer in Spanish lead by Maria Reyes

Prayer requests: [email protected]

May God bless you and keep you wonderfully weird

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