Chapel at Golden Grove Lutheran School Friday, Week 3 Term 3

Celebrating NAIDOC Week

Invocation L: Almighty and loving God, you created ALL people in your image, lead us to seek your compassion as we listen to the stories of our past. C: You gave us your only Son, Jesus, who died and rose again so that our sins are forgiven.

Invocation L: In your mercy and compassion walk with us as we continue our journey of healing to create a future that is fair and just. C: Lord you are our hope. Amen

We sing Give Glory

Take this sand, take this snow, Cooper’s Creek to Omeo – Give Glory, glory to the Lord. Tiger snake, Kangaroo, Franklin-Gordon, Kakadu – Give Glory, Glory to the Lord.

Ancient people, people new, Share the cross on midnight blue; With arid hearts and desert seeds, Living water fill our needs.

Take this gold, take this reef, Take this rock and take this beef – Give Glory, Glory to the Lord. Take this coal, take this wool, Take these prawns by trawler full – Give Glory, Glory to the Lord

Ancient people, people new, Share the cross on midnight blue; With arid hearts and desert seeds, Living water fill our needs.

Take this ore to make the steel, Take this wheat to make the meal – Give Glory, Glory to the Lord. Take this woman, take this man; An equal place, an equal plan – Give Glory, Glory to the Lord.

Ancient people, people new, Share the cross on midnight blue; With arid hearts and desert seeds, Living water fill our needs.

Take this sand, take this snow, Cooper’s Creek to Omeo – Give Glory, Glory to the Lord.

Prayer for Reconciliation Lord God, bring us together as one, Reconciled with you and each other. You made us in your likeness. You gave us your Son, Jesus Christ. He has given to us forgiveness from sin. Lord God, bring us together as one. Help us to share you with others. In Jesus, let us be together as one. Amen

The Message: ‘The White and Black Cockatoo Story’

Bible verse Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. 1 John 4:7a

We sing If you’re black or if you’re white

If you’re black or if you’re white or if you’re in between, God loves you. If you’re tall or if you’re small or if you’re fat or lean, God loves you. He loves you when you’re happy he loves you when you’re sad. He loves you when you’re very good or when you’re very bad. No matter what you look like. No matter what you do. God loves you, oh hallelujah! God loves you, oh sock-it-to-ya! God loves you Shooby dooby dooby doo doowah...!

School prayers We Pray… School Captains

Aboriginal Lord’s Prayer You are our Father, you live in Heaven, we talk to you, Father you are good. We believe your word, Father, we are your children, give us bread today. Others have done wrong to us and we are sorry for them, Father, today. We have done wrong, we are sorry, teach us Father not to sin again. Stop us from doing wrong, Father, save us all from the evil one. You are our Father, you live in Heaven, we talk to you, Father you are good. Amen.

We sing Here we are

Here we are under this sky - Oh what a land to live in. How did we come to be in such a place? A sky that talks day after day, Telling of endless glory, The glory of God the work of his own hands.

But how do we say our thank yous? Anything would be far too small. How do we show we care? We could try to share.

Here we are, under your roof - Safe and secure you make us. You are the rock the centre of our land. Jesus here, speaking our names, Oh what a gift his word is - Making us part of his own family.

But how do we say our thank yous? Anything would be far too small. How do we show we’ve heard? We could spread the word.

Here we are, richer than kings, All that we need provided. More than enough for this life and beyond. Jesus’ blood shed on the cross, Healing our broken bodies, Filling us up with his new kind of life.

But how do we say our thank yous? Anything would be far too small. How do we pass it on? We could sing his song.

Blessing All: Lord, Bless us with courage, compassion, strength and hope, to walk together with you on the journey of healing. Amen.

We sing Every thing we got

Every thing we got you give us Every thing we got you made Every thing we got teach us to care for it, teach us to share. (repeat)

Thank you for giving us the water, Thank you for giving us the land Though it’s a complicated order Every thing moves just like you planned

Every thing we got you give us Every thing we got you made Every thing we got teach us to care for it, teach us to share. (repeat)

You make the lightning and the thunder Electric power in the sky Each tiny cell in every creature How do you make them multiply?

Every thing we got you give us Every thing we got you made Every thing we got teach us to care for it, teach us to share. (repeat)

Thank you for food and drink and shelter Thank you for all that we receive Thank you for healing our diseases Help us to live as we believe.

Every thing we got you give us Every thing we got you made Every thing we got teach us to care for it, teach us to share. Everything we got!