Contents
Foreword (with full preparation guidelines)
A FAMILY AFFAIR: Leaders‘ version (full)
A FAMILY AFFAIR: Congregational version (extract)
Appendix A: Songs (full music versions)
I WILL ARISE
I WILL SING A SONG OF LOVE
Appendix B: Copyright & Sources
Order of worship
Chant (optional): GOD WELCOMES ALL
Opening responses: Blessed be God who fathers and mothers us;
Song: FROM ADAM CAME THE APPLE (Melody: ‘The Seven Joys of Mary‘)
Prayer: You keep us waiting.
Conversation (optional)
A domestic rift – Christian family values (part 1)
Conversation
Song: I WILL ARISE (verse 1)
A foreign adventure – Christian family values (part 2)
Conversation
Song: I WILL ARISE (verse 2)
A disquieting homecoming – Christian family values (part 3)
Conversation
Song: I WILL ARISE (verse 3)
Prayer (with times for names to be mentioned)
The welcome of God
Symbolic action or Eucharist (both optional depending on circumstances)
Closing song: I WILL SING A SONG OF LOVE
Closing responses: God is good.
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