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This is a devotional by Whitney Buchmann, one of our deacons. She shares about first addressing our hearts in order to bring more peace, unity, justice, and mercy.Click here to view the article referenced in the video. Watch the video here!

This is a devotional by Josh Parris, one of our deacons. He shares from Psalm 34 about how to seek peace and do good. Watch the video here!

This is the weekly prayer liturgy for the Week following Pentecost Sunday. The Liturgy focus is the Benediction. It also includes a prayer of lament for racial injustice and unrest gripping the country. For this week’s printed prayers, including variations on the liturgy, reflections, and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.

This is a devotional by Nathan Farris, one of our church members. He shares from the book of Matthew about how our Father in Heaven gives good gifts! Watch the video here!

This is the weekly prayer liturgy for the Seventh Week of Easter. This week we focus on that time in the Liturgy called Prayers of the People, where we take our dialogue with God in worship and turn it outward in prayers for the people and world around us.For this week’s printed prayers, including variations on the liturgy, reflections, and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.

Pastor Scott offers a reflection from the Scriptures for this sixth week of Easter. He concludes with some brief announcements for our church community. Watch the video here!

This is a devotional by Josh Parris, one of our deacons. He shares from the book of Psalm about how the law of the Lord is perfect.

This is a guided body scan meditation as part of the Liberti Easter Prayerbook. It is intended to help us engage with the Sacrament of Communion and the truth of our Union with Christ. To download this audio file for future use, and for the printed prayerbook, including variations on the liturgy as well as accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer and click on the week titled, “Communion with God”.

This is the weekly prayer liturgy for the Sixth Week of Easter. The Liturgy focus is Communion. There is also a guided meditation episode of the podcast that accompanies this episode. For this week’s printed prayers, including variations on the liturgy, reflections, and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.

Pastor Scott offers a reflection from the Scriptures for this fifth week of Easter. He concludes with some brief announcements for our church community. Watch the video here.

This is a devotional by Andrew Garbarino, one of our seminary interns. He shares from the book of 1 Peter about how to be more like infants before God and his word.

This is the weekly prayer liturgy for the Fifth Week of Easter. The Liturgy focus is the time in our service set aside for the public reading of Scripture and the sermon.For this week’s printed prayers, including variations on the liturgy, reflections, and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.

Pastor Scott offers a reflection from the Scriptures for this fourth week of Easter. He concludes with some brief announcements for our church community. Watch the video here.

This week’s devotional is by Tara Woodward, one of our seminary interns and our family ministry coordinator. She shares from the book of Lamentations about how God meets us in seasons of lament through the daily rhythm of morning.

This is the weekly prayer liturgy for the Fourth Week of Easter. The Liturgy focus is the time in our service set aside for Confession & Forgiveness. This episode contains guided prayer and music from the Easter Prayerbook. For this week’s prayer, including variations on the liturgy, reflections, and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.

Pastor Scott offers a reflection from the Scriptures for this first week of Easter. He concludes with some brief announcements for our church community. Watch the video here.

This is a devotional by former deacon and seminary intern Paul Burkhart. He talks about lessons we can learn from the books of 2 and 3 John in the time of social distancing and Coronavirus.

Pastor Chris Currie continues our Easter sermon series going through the book of 1 Peter.Sermon: Ransomed & RestoredSpeaker: Chris CurrieThis was the live-stream service done on 4/26/20 in partnership with City Church Philadelphia in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. As churches, we are not meeting in person in an attempt to love our neighbors well through social distancing. You can watch the video of the live-stream here.For more information, visit libertichurch.org

This is the weekly prayer liturgy for the Third Week of Easter. The Liturgy focus is our offering of Praise and Thanksgiving to God. This episode is a little longer due to songs included during the prayers. For more information, including accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.

Pastor Scott offers a reflection from 1 Peter for this second week of Easter. He concludes with some brief announcements for our church community. Watch the video here.

Pastor Tuck Bartholomew opens up the Easter season with this sermon beginning our series going through the book of 1 Peter.Text: 1 Peter 1.3-9Sermon: A Living HopeSpeaker: Tuck BartholomewThis was the live-stream service done on 4/19/20 in partnership with City Church Philadelphia in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. As churches, we are not meeting in person in an attempt to love our neighbors well through social distancing. You can watch the video of the live-stream here.For more information, visit libertichurch.org

This is the guided prayer for the Second Week of Easter from the Liberti Easter Prayerbook, focusing on the Call to Worship portion of the Christian Liturgy. For more information, including accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.

About this WeekThis week is a little different than the others. Here, you will find a single prayer liturgy to repeat through the week, to familiarize yourself with the format in this Prayerbook and become accustomed to praying the same prayers repeatedly. This week’s Liturgy also tries to follow closely the usual worship liturgy of Liberti Church for both familiarity and to practice bringing Sunday worship into our homes. Future weeks will have more variation and options in prayer. For the prayerbook and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.—Called to WorshipOpeningAlleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!Call to WorshipIn our anguish we cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting us free.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.The Lord is our strength and our song; he has become our salvation.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.We will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.— from Psalm 118Praise & ThanksgivingPrayer of InvocationRisen God, we come before you emptied of all that would distract, seeking all that would redeem. Prepare us for the unexpected. Open us to the movement of the Holy Spirit in praise of our Savior. Amen.HymnChrist the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia! Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia! Everlasting life is this, Alleluia! Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia! Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia! — Charles Wesley (1734)Confession & ForgivenessPrayer of ConfessionLord Jesus, you were dead but now you are alive: transform the torments of this world’s sin that we may see your radiant glory. You were raised from death to life: may the power of your resurrection live in us, that we may be channels of your true life beyond measure. To you, Jesus, who have broken free from the bonds of death, be honor and glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.~ Silent Confession & Reflection ~Words of Forgiveness & AbsolutionThis is the good news: Christ died for our sins, and was raised for our justification!— Romans 4.25Response: Gloria Patri (sung or said)Glory be to the Father; glory be to the Son. Glory be to the Spirit, three in one. As it was in the beginning, it will be forever. Amen, Amen, Amen.The Word of GodSelection from John 20.1-23Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb and stood weeping outside. As she wept, she looked into the tomb; where the body of Jesus had been lying. Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him, “Teacher!” Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”.When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”Communion with GodRemembrance & PraiseWe lift our hearts to you, Lord. We give thanks to you, our saving God, for it is right to give our thanks and praise. With all the saints and angels and the whole creation we proclaim the glory of your name, saying:Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven 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.In light of the work and of Christ, in gratitude for when we last ate the Eucharist, and in longing for the time to come, we proclaim the mystery of our faith as signed and sealed in the sacrament:Christ has died.Christ is risen.Christ will come again.Holy Spirit, grant that, being joined together in Christ Jesus, we all may become united in faith and in all things become mature in the one who is our head. Praise to the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forevermore, world without end. Alleluia!Prayer of God’s PeopleLord Jesus, you were dead but now you are alive: transform the torments of this world’s sin that we may see your radiant glory. You were raised from death to life: may the power of your resurrection live in us, that we may be channels of your true life beyond measure. To you, Jesus, who have broken free from the bonds of death, be honor and glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.Blessing & SendingBenedictionMay the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal covenant, make me perfect in every good work to do his will, working in me that which is well-pleasing in his sight; and the blessing of God almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, remain with me always. Amen.Dismissing PrayerLord, let me go forth to serve the world as one who loves our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia!Weekly PracticeSometime this Easter season, pick two small, seemingly inconsequential tasks and do them at roughly the same time every day for a single week. Pick one that is stereotypically “spiritual” or religious in nature, like reading a chapter of the Bible, journaling for five minutes, or listening to a prayer podcast (or doing this Prayerbook!). And then pick one that is usually considered mundane and “non-spiritual”, like making your bed, turning your phone off in the evening, or tidying up before getting into bed. Explore how this changes your mental and emotional space and your relationship to time, yourself, your day, God, and others.

Pastor Scott offers a reflection from the Scriptures for this first week of Easter. He concludes with some brief announcements for our church community. Watch the video here.

In this conclusion to our series through Mark, Tuck Bartholomew offers an Easter Sunday message on Jesus' Resurrection. Text: Mark 16.1-8Sermon: ResurrectionSpeaker: Tuck BartholomewFor more information, visit libertichurch.orgThis was the live-stream service done on 4/12/20 in partnership with City Church Philadelphia in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. As churches, we are not meeting in person in an attempt to love our neighbors well through social distancing. You can watch the video of the live-stream here.

This is guided prayer, reflection, and practice going through the Liberti Lent Prayerbook liturgy for Easter Sunday.Scripture Reading: Mark 16:1-8Theme: He is Risen!Guide: Joshua ParrisFor more information, go libertichurch.org/

This is guided prayer, reflection, and practice going through the Liberti Lent Prayerbook liturgy for Holy Saturday of Holy Week.Scripture Reading: Luke 23:56Theme: Silence & SabbathGuide: Paul BurkhartFor more information, go libertichurch.org/lent

This is guided prayer, reflection, and practice going through the Liberti Lent Prayerbook liturgy for Good Friday of Holy Week.Scripture Reading: Mark 15Theme: The CrucifixionGuide: Barb DelpFor more information, go libertichurch.org/lent

Pastor Scott offers a reflection on Lament from the Scriptures for Maundy Thursday of Holy Week. He concludes with some brief announcements as we prepare for Good Friday and Easter.

This is guided prayer, reflection, and practice going through the Liberti Lent Prayerbook liturgy for Maundy Thursday of Holy Week.Scripture Reading: Mark 14.12-72Theme: The Arrest of JesusGuide: Lindsay KimballFor more information, go libertichurch.org/lent

This is guided prayer, reflection, and practice going through the Liberti Lent Prayerbook liturgy for Holy Wednesday of Holy Week.Scripture Reading: Mark 14.1-11Theme: The Betrayal of JudasGuide: Pastor Scott JenningsFor more information, go libertichurch.org/lent

This is guided prayer, reflection, and practice going through the Liberti Lent Prayerbook liturgy for Holy Tuesday of Holy Week.Scripture Reading: Mark 11.20-13.36Theme: Jesus in the TempleGuide: Whitney BuchmannFor more information, go libertichurch.org/lent

This was the live-stream service done on 4/5/20 in partnership with City Church Philadelphia in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. As churches, we are not meeting in person in an attempt to love our neighbors well through social distancing. You can watch the video of the live-stream here.Text: Mark 11:1-11Sermon: The Triumphal Entry & Holy WeekSpeaker: Chris CurrieFor more information, visit libertichurch.org

This is guided prayer, reflection, and practice going through the Liberti Lent Prayerbook liturgy for Holy Monday of Holy Week.Scripture Reading: Mark 11.12-19Theme: The Fig TreeGuide: Tara Ann WoodwardFor more information, go libertichurch.org/lent