Resurrection? Really?

April 11, 2009 Gathering

PRELUDE

Music by Hassan El-Tayyab

WELCOME

Welcome to The Pub Church! We are a church in a pub and the Spirit is with us. In this space you are free to move about, order drinks/food, doodle, and express your ideas openly!

We come together with diversity of thoughts, stories, talents, hopes and hurts. Our prayer is that in coming together with all our differences and with Spirit, we participate toward a new divine reality. This is sacred space.

OPENING PRAYER

Gethsemane ~Mary Olive

The grass never sleeps.
Or the roses.
Nor does the lily have a secret eye that shuts until morning.
Jesus said, wait with me. But the disciples slept.
The cricket has such splendid fringe on its feet,
and it sings, have you noticed, with its whole body,
and heaven knows if it ever sleeps.
Jesus said, wait with me. And maybe the stars did, maybe
the wind wound itself into a silver tree, and didn't move,

maybe, the lake far away, where once he walked as on a blue pavement,
lay still and waited, wild awake.
Oh the dear bodies, slumped and eye-shut,

that could not keep that vigil,

how they must have wept,
so utterly human, knowing this too
must be a part of the story.

TELLING OUR STORY

PEACE – TOAST

In this place we creatively express;

Some of us are focused, some are a mess!

We participate during the sermon

And people do connect, we are learnin’

(All may join in the following)

Greet all with a handshake, toast or a wave

At all times feel free to yell, rant or rave

Fake not friends, we can arrive as we are.

Cheers! Here’s to sacred space in a bar!

CREATIVE EXPRESSION

By Hassan

CONVERSATIONAL SERMON

Mark 16:1-8

And when the sabbath day was over, Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices so that they could go and embalm him. And very early on Sunday they got to the tomb just as the sun was coming up. And they had been asking themselves, "Who will help us roll the stone away from the opening of the tomb?" Then they look up and discover that the stone has been rolled away! (For in fact the stone was very large.)

And when they went into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, wearing a white robe, and they were apprehensive.

He says to them, "Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He was raised, he is not here. Look at the spot where they put him! But go and tell his disciples, including ‘Rock,’ ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee! There you will see him, just as he told you.’

And once they got outside, they ran away from the tomb, because great fear and excitement got the better of them. And they didn’t breathe a word of it to anyone: talk about terrified…

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· What are our initial thoughts and observations about the text?

· What questions does it raise?

· What kind of resurrection is this?!

COMMUNION and SHARING OF RESOURCES

THE INVITATION

XA: God is with us. All: Yes she is.

FEEDBACK and ANNOUNCEMENTS

BLOG: thepubchurch.blogspot.com

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

By Hassan

Annoucements: Music and Celebration!

Two things: The one year anniversary of The Pub Church is coming up! And the musicians who play at TPC have other shows that you can go to and enjoy their music :)

Come Join Us!
The Pub Church celebrates its
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 5:00p
at The Dugout

Crazy huh? Our very first gathering was on April 23, 2008
at Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square...feels like ages ago!

We'll have food and music and lots of revelry of course ;-)
So don't miss out. It's a great time to come for the first time too!

And Shows from our favorite musicians:

Andrew Prete

• On TV! - 4/8/2009 5:00 PM at Boston Neighborhood Network - Tune in.
• For a GSA Benefit - 4/17/2009 4:00 PM Opening for Josh Estrada’s Band, Nazawrath/ 4 C’s Cafeteria
• At The Pub Church - 4/18/2009 With us, 5:00pm at the Dugout Cafe

Hassan El-Tayyab

• At BGood Burgers - 4/14/2009, 7:30pm, He plays there every other Tuesday. Go eat a burger and listen to fun music!
• At The Pub Church - 4/11/2009 With us, 5:00pm at the Dugout Cafe
• At The Pub Church - 4/18/2009 With us, 5:00pm at the Dugout Cafe

John Gerard

• Lizard Lounge - 4/11/09, TBA (doors open at 7pm), open mic night competition! $10
• Tommy Doyle's - 4/14/2009, 9:00pm
• Tommy Doyle's - 4/28/2009, 9:00pm

So go out and support the arts and our friends. Some of us will probably be going, so come join us!

April 4, 2009 Gathering

PRELUDE

Music by Hassan El-Tayyab

WELCOME

Welcome to The Pub Church! We are a church in a pub and the Spirit is with us. In this space you are free to move about, order drinks/food, doodle, and express your ideas openly!

We come together with diversity of thoughts, stories, talents, hopes and hurts. Our prayer is that in coming together with all our differences and with Spirit, we participate toward a new divine reality. This is sacred space.

OPENING PRAYER

Queerest Divine who exceeds all

categories of definition and control,

Lead us as we discover our own divine identities.

In-Spirit us as we struggle to break

the categories that would define us, confine us.

Help us struggle, Give us strength,

And move in our midst.

TELLING OUR STORY

PEACE – TOAST

In this place we creatively express;

Some of us are focused, some are a mess!

We participate during the sermon

And people do connect, we are learnin’

(All may join in the following)

Greet all with a handshake, toast or a wave

At all times feel free to yell, rant or rave

Fake not friends, we can arrive as we are.

Cheers! Here’s to sacred space in a bar!

CREATIVE EXPRESSION

By Hassan

CONVERSATIONAL SERMON

Mark 11:1-11

When they get close to Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sends off two of his disciples with these instructions, "Go into the village across the way, and right after you enter it, you’ll find a colt tied up, one that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone questions you, 'Why are you doing this?' tell them, ‘Its master has need it and he will send it back here right away.'"

They set out and found a colt tied up at the door out on the street, and they untied it. Some of the people standing around started saying to them, "What do you think you’re doing, untying that colt?" But they said just what Jesus had told them to say, so they left them alone.

So they bring the colt to Jesus, and they throw their cloaks over it; then he got on it. And many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut leafy branches from the fields. Those leading the way and those following kept shouting,

"Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” Blessed is the coming of our father David! “Hosanna” in the highest!

And he went into Jerusalem to the temple area and took stock of everything, but, since the hour was already late, he returned to Bethany with the twelve.

· What are our initial thoughts and observations about the text?

· What questions does it raise?

COMMUNION

SHARING OF RESOURCES

THE INVITATION

XA: God is with us. All: Yes she is.

FEEDBACK and ANNOUNCEMENTS

BLOG: thepubchurch.blogspot.com

BU Journalism Student

BENEDICTION

Divine presence within and all around us, go with us, luring us out, so that the best of ourselves, the divine that is within us, can come into awareness and sing out loud!

POSTLUDE

By Hassan