Quiz of the Day, November 2019

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2019

How did Andrew become the patron saint of Scotland?

a. he appeared in a dream to Wallace
b. his knee cap relic was brought to Scotland
c. his finger bone relic was brought to Scotland
d. b and c
e. his shoulder blade relic was brought to Scotland

Quiz of the Day, November 29,2019

Whose mother petitioned Jesus to let her sons sit at his right and left hand side?

a. James and John's
b. Mary and Martha's
c. Andrew and Peter's
d. Thomas the Twin's

Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2019

In which Gospel is Jesus quoted as saying, "I am the bread of life?"

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2019

In the Hebrew Scripture portion of the Christian Bible, what determined whether a prophet was minor or major?

a. their importance to Israel

b. their importance in anticipating Jesus as the Messiah

c. the length of the writings which bore their name

d. their importance to the Southern Kingdom of Judah

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2019
Isaac Watts did not write which of the following hymns?

a. Amazing Grace
b. O God, Our Help in Ages Past
c. Joy to the World
d. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2019

Which religious order did James Huntington found?

a. Society of St. John the Evangelist
b. The Cowley Fathers
c. Order of the Holy Cross
d. Order of Julian of Norwich

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2019

Who wrote an epistle to the Corinthian church and was bishop/pope of Rome?

a. Peter
b. Paul
c. Clement
d. Pius

Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2019

Who wrote about a great lion named Aslan?

a. J.R.R. Tolkien
b. G.K. Chesterton
c. T.S. Eliot
d. C. S. Lewis

Quiz of the Day, November 22, 2019

The eight day festival of Hanukkah originated to celebrate the dedication of what?

a. the menorah
b. a new altar in the Temple to replace the profaned one
c. the Temple
d. the restoration of the priests in the Temple

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2019

Which musician was featured in the TV series, "The Tudors?"

a. John Merbecke
b. William Byrd
c. Thomas Tallis
d. Ralph Vaughn Williams

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2019

From which person was the entire designation "Maccabees" derived?

a. Mattathias
b. Judas
c. John
d. Jonathan
e. Eleazar
d. Simon
f. John Hyrcanus

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2019

The commemoration of Hanukkah comes from the independence of Israel events written in which portion of Scriptures?

a. Daniel
b. Esdras
c. 1 Maccabees
d. Esther

Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2019

What is true about the writings of the Maccabees?

a. they are not in the Hebrew canon of Scriptures
b. they tell the derivation of the feast of Hanukkah
c. they tell about the battles of resistance by Judas and his brothers
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 17, 2019

What did Mattathias, father of Judas Maccabees,  observe among his people?

a. they refused to observe Hanukah
b. they needed the Hanukah feast
c. they refused to fight on the Sabbath and so they were slaughtered
d. they refused political alliances with the Egyptians

Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2019

When Jesus said, "Get behind me Satan," to Peter, what did this mean?

a. Peter could not be the rock on which the church was built
b. Peter did not understand about the suffering servant Messiah
c. Peter was going to deny Jesus
d. Peter was in competition with John for apostolic authority

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2019

What is the desolating sacrilege that is reported in the Books of the Maccabees?

a. Antichus Ephiphanes sacrificing a pig on the altar of the Temple
b. the destruction of the Temple
c. the erection of idols in the Temple complex
d. the stealing of the gold from the Temple

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2019

What is not true about Bishop Samuel Seabury?

a. he was consecrated by Scottish Bishops
b. his consecration resulted in a Scottish Eucharistic prayer for the Prayer Book
c. he was the first Episcopal Bishop for the USA
d. he became the first Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
e. he was from Connecticut

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2019

Who reinstated the observance of the Feast of Booths?

a. David
b. Ezra
c. Isaiah
d. Jonah

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2019

Charles Simeon is associated with which of the following?

a. S.P.C.K.
b. C.M.S.
c. S.P.G.
d. C.M.J.

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2019

For Veterans' Day, who is the patron saint of soldiers?

a. Saint Barbara
b. Saint Joan of Arc
c. St. Martin of Tours
d. St. George
e. St. Michael, the Archangel
f. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2019

What controversial topic did Paul bring up to create havoc in a tribunal?

a. Roman taxes
b. dietary rules
c. eating food sacrificed to idols
d. the resurrection of the dead

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2019

When Ezra returned with a remnant to rebuild the wall and Temple in Jerusalem, which of the following distressed him the the most?

A. The opposition of Tobias
B. The opposition of Sanballot
C. The intermarrying of those who return with the local peoples
D. The lack of supplies to build

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2019

Which of the following is true?

a. all Levites were priests
b. all priests of Israel were Levites
c. Melchizedek was a Levite
d. Jethro was a Levite

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2019

What king gave Ezra a letter giving him control of province near Jerusalem?

a. Xerxes
b. Artaxerxes
c. Darius
d. Cyrus

Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2019

What did Nehemiah do?

a. restored the practice of the Sabbath
b. restored the vessel to the Temple
c. made sure the Levites and singers received their portion of food
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2019

In which book of the Bible is there stated provision and support for singers and musicians?

a. Proverbs
b. Psalms
c. Nehemiah
d. Exodus

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2019

What do Jeremiah, Ezekiel and John the Divine have in common?

a. they were prophets of Israel
b. they suffered in prison
c. they were told to eat literal words on a scroll
d. they were contemporaries

Quiz of the Day, November 3, 2019

What is Eutychus known for in the Bible?

a. he was a companion of Paul
b. he fell asleep in Paul's sermon and fell out of a window on the third floor
c. he was a convert from the community of John the Baptist
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2019

For what is Tobiah and Sanballat known?

a. defeating the forces of Judah
b. opposing the rebuilding of the Temple
c. helping to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem
d. for being agents of Darius in Samaria

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2019

Which Druid feast did All Saints' Day replace in the British Isles?

a. Imbolc
b. Beltane
c. Lughnasadh
d. Samhain

Sunday School, December 1, 2019 1 Advent Cycle A

Sunday School, December 1, 2019     1 Advent Cycle A

Themes:

The Beginning of Christian New Year

Review the calendars in our lives.  The Gregorian Calendar that we use.  School calendars, Sports Calendars, Work Calendar, Concert Season Calendars.  The Country’s Patriotic Time and Official Holidays.

Have children list the number of calendars in their lives.  Calendars are used to measure time.  Different calendars measure time in different ways depending upon the human events which are occurring at different times.

The Church Calendar

Why do we have one?  Because we want to schedule that time that we give to God, through learning throughout the year about the meaning of God for our lives.

How does the Church Calendar work?  It works like a school curriculum.  The church takes the Christian program of learning and divides it into a yearly cycle to presentation.  The year is divided into six seasons.  These seasons give us the opportunity to review each year different teachings about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the life of the church.

What are the seasons?  Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter and Pentecost

What does Advent mean?  It means “Coming.”  It refers to the first coming of Christ when he came as the baby Jesus at Christmas.  So the season of Advent is a time to prepare for Christmas.  It also refers to the future comings of Christ in our lives and the life of the world.  We believe that Christ will come to our future and this gives us hope that the future can be better no matter what seems to be happening in our lives or in our world.

What do we read during Advent from the Bible?  We read about John the Baptist and how he helped prepared the way for Jesus.  We also read about the future and how God will establish fairness and justice and how the promise of fairness in the future can help us survive now when we realize that our lives are not perfect and some harmful things are happening now even to good people.  During Advent, we believe that a future perfect world is still calling us as a model for how we can become better.

What is an important word during Advent?  Repent.  Repent means to Educate ourselves to keep changing our minds with better knowledge and wisdom, not just to know more, but to change our behavior as a way of preparing to greet Jesus as our friend.

A Sermon:

Happy New Year!  Did you have a big New Year Eve’s party last night?  Did you know that today is the first day of the new Christian Year.  Today is the First Sunday of Advent.  Let us renew our Seasons of the Christian Year.  Repeat after me.  Advent.  Christmas. Epiphany.  Lent East and Pentecost.  Now what is the color for the Season of Advent?  Purple.  And what kind of season is Advent?  Is it a celebrating season like Christmas and Easter?  No, it is a serious season.  A season of training and preparation.  Sometimes with all of the early Christmas parties, Advent is just seen as a speed bump in the road as people are racing to a Christmas celebration.

  Advent is a time for us to pray just a little bit more.  To give just a little bit more to those who are needy.  And to take good care of our selves.  Take good care of our bodies.  We see all of the Christmas sweets coming out early, but remember Advent is a time to prepare and take care of ourselves.  And why should we take care of our selves and our world?

  Because Advent means: Coming.  We are preparing for the coming of someone very important.  When someone special is coming to your house, what do you do?  You rush around and clean up the house.  You fix some special food because you want everything just right for the coming of the special people in your life.

  During Advent, we prepare our selves for the coming of Jesus Christ.  And Christ comes to us in many ways.  Christ came to us as the Baby Jesus in the manger, and that is what we celebrate at Christmas.  Christ comes to us each day in special way through the love and care of our family and friends.  Christ comes to us as we gather to bless the bread and the wine and receive the presence of Christ into our hearts and as we know that Christ is as near to us as the bread and wine become after we eat and drink.  We also believe that Christ will come in our future in many special ways.

  So, Advent is a season of preparation, when we make our selves always ready for the special coming of Christ in our lives.

  So before we rush to Christmas celebrations, let us remember that we are in the season of Advent.  And Advent is a special season of preparation for the coming of Christ.  Is Christ welcome in your home?  Is Christ welcome in your life?  Of course he is.  Advent is season when we practice for the welcoming of Christ into our lives.  Amen.

An Intergenerational Holy Eucharist

December 1, 2019  The First Sunday of Advent, A

Gathering Songs: We Light the Advent Candles, If You’re Happy and You Know It,  Father, I Adore You,  Soon and Very Soon

Liturgist: Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

People: And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and forever.  Amen.

Liturgist:  Oh God, Our hearts are open to you.

And you know us and we can hide nothing from you.

Prepare our hearts and our minds to love you and worship you.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Song:  We Light the Advent Candles (While lighting the first purple candle)

We light the Advent candles against the winter night, to welcome our Lord Jesus who is the world’s True Light, to welcome our Lord Jesus who is the World’s True Light.

The first one will remind us that Christ will soon return.  We light it in the darkness and watch it gleam and burn.  We light it in the darkness and watch it gleam and burn.

Liturgist:         The Lord be with you.

People:            And also with you.

Liturgist:  Let us pray

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Litany of Praise: Alleluia

O God, you are Great!  Alleluia

O God, you have made us! Alleluia

O God, you have made yourself known to us!  Alleluia

O God, you have provided us with us a Savior!  Alleluia

O God, you have given us a Christian family!  Alleluia

O God, you have forgiven our sins!  Alleluia

O God, you brought your Son Jesus back from the dead!  Alleluia

A reading from the Prophet Isaiah

For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.  He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 

Liturgist: The Word of the Lord

People: Thanks be to God

Liturgist: Let us read together from Psalm 122

Peace be within your walls *and quietness within your towers.

For my brethren and companions' sake, * I pray for your prosperity.

Because of the house of the LORD our God, * I will seek to do you good."

Litany Phrase: Thanks be to God!

Litanist:

For the good earth, for our food and clothing. Thanks be to God!

For our families and friends. Thanks be to God!

For the talents and gifts that you have given to us. Thanks be to God!

For this day of worship. Thanks be to God!

For health and for a good night’s sleep. Thanks be to God!

For work and for play. Thanks be to God!

For teaching and for learning. Thanks be to God!

For the happy events of our lives. Thanks be to God!

For the celebration of the birthdays and anniversaries of our friends and parish family.

   Thanks be to God!

Liturgist:         The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew

People:            Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus said to the disciples, "But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour."

Liturgist:         The Gospel of the Lord.

People:            Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Sermon – 

Children’s Creed

We did not make ourselves, so we believe that God the Father is the maker of the world.

Since God is so great and we are so small,

We believe God came into our world and was born as Jesus, son of the Virgin Mary.

We need God’s help and we believe that God saved us by the life, death and

     resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We believe that God is present with us now as the Holy Spirit.

We believe that we are baptized into God’s family the Church where everyone is

     welcome.

We believe that Christ is kind and fair.

We believe that we have a future in knowing Jesus Christ.

And since we all must die, we believe that God will preserve us forever.  Amen.

Litany Phrase: Christ, have mercy.

For fighting and war to cease in our world. Christ, have mercy.

For peace on earth and good will towards all. Christ, have mercy.

For the safety of all who travel. Christ, have mercy.

For jobs for all who need them. Christ, have mercy.

For care of those who are growing old. Christ, have mercy.

For the safety, health and nutrition of all the children in our world. Christ, have mercy.

For the well-being of our families and friends. Christ, have mercy.

For the good health of those we know to be ill. Christ, have mercy.

For the remembrance of those who have died. Christ, have mercy.

For the forgiveness of all of our sins. Christ, have mercy.

Youth Liturgist:          The Peace of the Lord be always with you.

People:                        And also with you.

Song during the preparation of the Altar and the receiving of an offering

Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It (Christian Children’s Songbook, # 124)

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.  If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.  If you’re happy and you know it, then your face should surely show it.  If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.

…Make a high five…. 

…shout Amen!….

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him, all creatures here below.

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Prologue to the Eucharist

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, for to them belong the kingdom of God.”

All become members of a family by birth or adoption.

Baptism is a celebration of birth into the family of God.

A family meal gathers and sustains each human family.

The Holy Eucharist is the special meal that Jesus gave to his friends to keep us together as the family of Christ.

The Lord be with you

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to God.

It is right to give God thanks and praise.

It is very good and right to give thanks, because God made us, Jesus redeemed us and the Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts.  Therefore with Angels and Archangels and all of the world that we see and don’t see, we forever sing this hymn of praise:

Holy, Holy, Holy (Intoned)

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of Power and Might.  Heav’n and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 

Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the Highest.

(All may gather around the altar)

Our grateful praise we offer to you God, our Creator;

You have made us in your image

And you gave us many men and women of faith to help us to live by faith:

Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachael.

And then you gave us your Son, Jesus, born of Mary, nurtured by Joseph

And he called us to be sons and daughters of God.

Your Son called us to live better lives and he gave us this Holy Meal so that when we eat the bread and drink the wine, we can know that the Presence of Christ is as near to us as this food and drink that becomes a part of us.

And so, Father, we bring you these gifts of bread and wine. Bless and sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ our Lord.  Sanctify us by your Holy Spirit so that we may love God and our neighbor.

On the night when Jesus was betrayed he took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread, and gave it to his friends, and said, "Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me."

After supper, Jesus took the cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me."

Father, we now celebrate the memorial of your Son. When we eat this holy Meal of Bread and Wine, we are telling the entire world about the life, death and resurrection of Christ and that his presence will be with us in our future.

Let this holy meal keep us together as friends who share a special relationship because of your Son Jesus Christ.  May we forever live with praise to God to whom we belong as sons and daughters.

By Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now as our Savior Christ has taught us, we now sing,

Our Father: (Renew # 180, West Indian Lord’s Prayer)

Our Father who art in heaven:  Hallowed be thy name.

Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done: Hallowed be thy name.

Done on earth as it is in heaven: Hallowed be thy name.

Give us this day our daily bread: Hallowed be thy name.

And forgive us all our debts: Hallowed be thy name.

As we forgive our debtors: Hallowed be thy name.

Lead us not into temptation: Hallowed be thy name.

But deliver us from evil: Hallowed be thy name.

Thine is the kingdom, power, and glory: Hallowed be thy name.

Forever and ever: Hallowed be thy name.

Amen, amen, amen: Hallowed be thy name.

Amen, amen, amen, amen: Hallowed be thy name.

Breaking of the Bread

Celebrant:       Alleluia, Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

People:            Therefore let us keep the feast.  Alleluia.

Words of Administration

Communion Song:   Father, I Adore You (Christian Children’s Songbook, # 56)

1          Father, I adore you, lay my life before you, how I love you.

2          Jesus….

3          Spirit…

Post-Communion Prayer

Everlasting God, we have gathered for the meal that Jesus asked us to keep;

We have remembered his words of blessing on the bread and the wine.

And His Presence has been known to us.

We have remembered that we are sons and daughters of God and brothers

    and sisters in Christ.

Send us forth now into our everyday lives remembering that the blessing in the

     bread and wine spreads into each time, place and person in our lives,

As we are ever blessed by you, O Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Closing Song: Soon and Very Soon (Renew! # 276)

1-Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King; soon and very soon we are going to see the King.  Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King.  Alleluia, alleluia, we are going to see the King.

2-No more dying there, we are going to see the King.  No more dying there, we are going to see the King.  No more dying there we are going to see the King.  Alleluia, alleluia, we are going to see the King.

3.  Repeat verse 1

Dismissal:   

Liturgist: Let us go forth in the Name of Christ.

People: Thanks be to God! 

Sunday School, November 27, 2016      1 Advent Cycle A