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Worship and Joint Prayer for North/South Korea Peaceful Reunification

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2017 Sunday Prayer Worship for Peaceful Reunification

 

for North and South Korea

 

"Let Us Pursue What Makes for Peace and

 

For Mutual Upbuilding "

Sunday, August 13th, 2017

 

Theme: "Let us then pursue what is for peace and for mutual upbuilding." (Romans 14:19)

 

Goals
  1. To pray, with all the churches of the world, for the reconciliation and healing of the divided Korean peninsula
  2. To overcome the South / North antagonism and conflict by opening an interaction between North and South
  3. To foster an environment that will see the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula by concluding a Peace Treaty
  4. To create a spirit of cooperation and solidarity among the churches of the world who pray for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula as well as peace in the global village
Background
  1. August 15 is celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea, the day that signifies Korea's Liberation from Japanese colonization.
  2. In 2013, the WCC 10th General Assembly meeting in Busan, Korea was held on August 15 as a "Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula."
  3. The Reconciliation and Reunification Committee of the NCCK drafted this liturgy in hopes that each church could apply with their own situation.
  4. The Joint Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was prepared by both the NCCK (South) and the Korean Christian Federation (North) together.
  5. In 2017, the NCCK has been working with the global ecumenical community. The Korean Peace Treaty campaign will be held in 2018. A Korea peace treaty will be established in the Korean peninsula.

Order of Worship

Sounding of the Gong

Praying for the presence of the Trinity God, 3-strikes

Call to Worship

(please stand)

 

Liturgist: God of creation, you brought life to all that we see. You set the boundaries of the universe and placed us within its care.

 

Congregation: Creator God, breathe life into your creation.

 

L: Holy Spirit, you bind your children together in community. Your bonds transcend borders created by human kind. You kindle the fire within us that stirs our passion for faith, justice, and reconciliation.

 

C: Spirit God, inspire us to reconciliation.

 

L: Jesus the Christ, you came to teach and lead. You showed us the cost of discipleship when you stood up against the powers of the world, and they tried to suppress your truth by sentencing you to death. Your life was more powerful than death.

 

C: Jesus the Christ, help us to reflect the light of truth and peace.

Opening Hymn

Opening Hymn - Chuyo Chuyo

 

 

L: God, please be with your people. Carry us through this wilderness of fear and cycles of retaliation. Show us the path to the land where we will study the war no more, where the Korean peninsula becomes one again, and give us strength to take every step.

 

C: God of the Holy Trinity, please be with us. (Please be seated)

 

Confessions of Sin

L: God of forgiveness, we often stray from your path. As soon as we begin the journey we become easily distracted. We flirt with ideologies that distort your reality. We will reduce our neighbors to an enemy image when we should honor each other as a beloved child of God. We neglect our neighbor's needs and place our own interests as an idol above your commandment to reconciliation. We ignore our neighbors' wounds and claim that, "God only cares about my suffering." We take steps in the direction you lead us, but we become tired and lose energy. We lose faith in your ability to carry your life on the water. God, please turn us back to your path and fill us with the strength to persist. In your mercy, unite us as one.

 

A: God has mercy. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy upon us.

 

Assurance of Pardon

L: Friends, believe the good news. In Jesus Christ you are forgiven. Now extend this to your sisters, your brothers, your neighbors around you.

 

Sung Response: Halle, Halle, Hallelujah

 

 

Hearing The Word

Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 33: 6

 I am going to bring it to recovery and healing; I will heal them and reveal them abundance [d] of prosperity and security. (NRSV)

New Testament Reading: Romans 14:19

Let us then pursue what is for peace and for mutual upbuilding. (NRSV)

Sermon

"Let us pursue what makes peace and for mutual upbuilding."

Thanksgiving and Response

2017 North / South Joint Prayer for Peaceful Reunification

 

 

Response to Prayer

Oh Lord Hear My Prayer

 

Offering

Offering Hymn

Sending to the World

Sharing of Peace

 

L: God grants us peace so that we can hide it away in a dark room to keep ourselves comfortable. God grants us peace so that we may share it with all those around us, neighbors near and far. God calls us to take this peace into uncomfortable situations of conflict. It is a peace that passes all understanding. It is a peace more powerful than all machinations of violence. It is a peace that challenges the dangerous idolatries. It's a peace that binds us together even across boundaries of conflict. May that peace fill you up until it overflows. May the peace of the Lord be with you.

 

C: And also with you.

 

All: Now, it's filled with the transcendent peace of God, reach out and share it with your sisters and brothers next to you. (Everyone exchanges the sign of peace according to one's own custom.)

 

Closing Hymn

Put Peace Into Each Others Hands

 

 

Blessing

(in unison)

 

All: May the blessing of God be with you all. May the healing of God restore your wounds. May the peace of God be transformed in your communities so that they may become communities of God's commonwealth; a commonwealth where all God's children receive the bread and water they live in in abundance. May the Korean peninsula become one again. May God grant you the power to go into this world and join God in the work cultivating this peace. Amen.

 

 
    
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