Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance: Palm Sunday 2015: "We Who Are Many Are One: From the Lord's Table to Every Table"

Pastors and parishioners Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance congregations
taking the "Fight for 15" message to the Logan Square Memorial on Palm Sunday

On Palm Sunday -- March 29, 2015 -- following weeks of preparation by means of devotions and discussions by member congregations of the Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance, in close collaboration with ARISE Chicago, LSEA held its 4th annual Palm Sunday public witness for justice. (Links to previous years' events are provided below.)

Following worship services at their respective churches, the congregations braved light rain, wind, and dropping temperatures, in order to process through the neighbor and converge on the Logan Square Monument.

Fight for 15 -- Lucha Por 15

There was a joint service of Holy Communion (see full text of service in English and service in Spanish is provided below), including testimony from local workers.

Testimony

The group then marched the short distance to the Logan Square McDonald's, carrying "Fight for 15" signs and banners, and singing.

MARCH-ing in the light of God . . . !

In the Logan Square McDonald's

When they reached the McDonald's store, they marched around and then into the store, where the pastors read from a letter to the company: "As people of faith, we know that the workers’ struggle for raising their wages to $15/hour is just, that the struggle for collective bargaining rights in the workplace is righteous. We are here to show that no person should have to live in poverty, and that we must work together to ensure everyone has a seat at the table of God’s abundance." (See full text of letter below.)

The assembled group committed to participate in the "Fight for 15" global day of action on April 15, 2015.

See Chicago Tribune: "Churchgoers urging higher minimum wage march into Logan Square McDonald's"

See The New York Times: "Movement to Increase McDonald’s Minimum Wage Broadens Its Tactics"

See Progress Illinois: "Fight For $15 Movement Calls For 'Fast' From Fast Food Restaurants Over Safety, Wages"

Lots more photos of the day by Frank James Johnson in this Facebook album.

In the Logan Square McDonald's

Letter delivered by LSEA pastor to McDonald's - March 29, 2015 (Palm Sunday)

McDonald’s Store
2707 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

To whom it may concern,

We are here as pastors representing the Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance (LSEA) and the affiliated congregations. LSEA is a group of social action-oriented congregations and organizations in the Logan Square area. We are members of this neighborhood and want what is best for all people here. This Palm Sunday, we are marching, praying and singing to call to light the inequality that exists in our neighborhood, state, country and world. We are not here against you, for we know the pressure you are under every day to cut costs, but we are here standing with workers in their struggle against the corporate model of business that forces so many into poverty. As people of faith, we know that the workers’ struggle for raising their wages to $15/hour is just, that the struggle for collective bargaining rights in the workplace is righteous. We are here to show that no person should have to live in poverty, and that we must work together to ensure everyone has a seat at the table of God’s abundance.

We hope you will join us and so many others in living out our faith as people created in the image of God.

Know that our prayers are with you always.

Yours in Christ,

Rev. Paula Cripps-Vallejo
Humboldt Park United Methodist Church

Rev. Liz Muñoz
Nuestra Señora De Las Americas

Rev. Erik Christensen
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square

Rev. Bruce Ray
Kimball Avenue Church

Rev. Marilyn-Pagán Banks
San Lucas United Church of Christ

Pastor Andrew Rindfleisch
San Lucas United Church of Christ

WE WHO ARE MANY ARE ONE

FROM THE LORD’S TABLE TO EVERY TABLE

LOGAN SQUARE ECUMENICAL ALLIANCE (LSEA)

4TH ANNUAL PALM SUNDAY PUBLIC WITNESS

SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

March 29, 2015

Having gathered for worship in their separate locations, participating congregations willdepart from their various sanctuaries following the sermon and collection of the offering.

Each congregation will process from their starting place to the Logan Square Monumentcarrying bread and wine (or grape juice), any special offerings collected to supportARISE Chicago/Interfaith Worker Justice, palm branches and other signs.

Congregation will plan to arrive at the monument as near to 11:30am as possible. As congregations arrive, song leaders will invite newcomers to join in simple songs andchants in English and Spanish.

Once all the congregations have arrived, the service will continue with a blessing of thegifts of those who have labored to bring food to our common table, those whose labor is undervalued, along with the elements of bread and wine.

THE MEAL

God feeds us with the presence of Jesus Christ.

OFFERING PRAYER

After the table is set, the assisting minister may lead the following prayer.

A Let us pray.

Holy God, we give thanks for your saving love made known to us in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Bless these gifts that they may bring life on earth as in heaven; in Christ’s name we pray.

Amen.

BLESSING FOR LOW WAGE AND/OR FAST FOOD WORKERS

DIALOGUE

P Dear friends, we are going to Jerusalem with Jesus.
C He is our pardon, our healing, and our peace!
P We will suffer the trial with him, resisting evil.
C With him, we will walk the path to life.
P But come first to the table where there is food for the journey.
C With hearts full of joy we come,
P Giving thanks to God, our maker and offering our praise!

PREFACE

P
We are right to praise you, faithful God!
You answer sin with grace;
you guide our wayward steps toward home.
You are mending for the broken,
safety for the poor, belonging for the outcast,
strength for the weak, and pardon for the sinner.
You reveal your kindness in every sorrow,
your mercy even in death.
All your creatures see your works;
they sing your steadfast love.
We too declare your wonder and graceas with angels and saints we sing:

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

C
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.

THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE

P
Now, O God, we remember Jesus.

A brief silence.

P He fasted and prayed; he was tempted and tried.
C He relied on you for everything.
P He was obedient to you and scorned by the powers of this world.
C He confounded the haughty and gave hope to the humble.
P He was betrayed and deserted.
He died between thieves and was buried in a borrowed grave.
C You gave him new life. He lives even now, our healer and friend.
P He loved us well, loved us to the end, and loves us still.
C Even on the night of betrayal, he ate supper with his friends.

P On the night before he died for us,
Our Savior Jesus Christ took bread,
and when he had given thanks to you,
he broke it, 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.”
As supper was ending, Jesus took the cup of wine,
and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them, and said:
“Drink this, all of you:
This is my Blood of the new Covenant,
which is poured out for you and for allfor the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this for the remembrance of me.”

P Holy Spirit, come! Make all things new.
C Bless this bread which you have givenand human hands have made.
P Let it become for us the bread of life.
C Bless also this cup, fruit of the vine and work of human hands.
P Let it become for us the cup of salvation.
C Bless us also who eat and drink,
that in this sharing we may know the living Christwho is with us now, and to the end of the age.

P Nourish us by these gifts to be willing servants of your worlduntil the new age [or, kingdom] comes, and every creature beholds it.

We pray in the name of Jesus, who taught us to say:

LORD'S PRAYER

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,
now and forever. Amen.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

P We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ.
C We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread.

COMMUNION

When giving the bread and cup, the communion ministers say

The body of Christ, given for you.
The blood of Christ, shed for you.

and each person may respond

Amen.

The ministers commune either after or before others commune.

COMMUNION SONG

SONG AFTER COMMUNION

P Now, Lord, you let your servant go in peace"
C Amen.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

The assisting minister leads with the following prayer after communion.

A Let us give thanks!

C Thank you, merciful God,
for gladness in this bread and cup,
for love that cannot die,
for peace the world cannot give,
for joy in the company of friends,
for the splendors of creation,
and for the mission of justice
you have made our own.
Give us the gifts of this holy communion —
oneness of heart, love for neighbors,
forgiveness of enemies,
the will to serve you every day,
and life that never ends.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

SENDING

Testimony by fast food workers and staff from ARISE Chicago.

NOSOTROS, SIENDO MUCHOS, SOMOS UNO:

DE LA MESA DEL SEÑOR A TODA MESA

LOGAN SQUARE ECUMENICAL ALLIANCE (LSEA)

40 ANUAL TESTIMONIO PÚBLICO DE DOMINGO DE RAMOS

RITO DE LA SANTA COMUNIÓN

3-29-2015

Habiéndose reunido para el culto en sus santuarios separados, las congregaciones participantes saldrán después del sermón y de recoger la ofrenda. Cada congregación iráen procesión de su templo hasta el Monumento de Logan Square llevando pan y vino(o jugo de uva), las ofrendas especiales recopilados para apoyar ARISE Chicago / Interfaith Worker Justice, ramas de palmas y otros signos.

Las congregaciones han acordado llegar al pie del monumento a las 11:30 AM, o lomas cerca posible. A medida que lleguen las congregaciones, los líderes de cantos invitarán
a los recién llegados a unirse en canciones simples y cantos en inglés y español.

Una vez que todas las congregaciones hayan llegado, el servicio continuará con unabendición de los dones de aquellos que han trabajado para traer alimentos a la mesacomún, aquellos cuyo trabajo está menospreciado, junto con los elementos del pan y vino.

LA CENA

Dios nos alimenta con la presencia de Jesucristo.

ORACIÓN DE OFERTORIO

Puesta la mesa, el ministro asistente puede comenzar con la siguiente oración:

A.
Oremos
Santo Dios , te damos gracias por tu amor salvífico, dado a conocer en la vida, muerte y resurrección de Cristo. Bendice estos dones aque puedan traer vida en la tierra como en el cielo; en nombre deCristo oramos.
C.
Amen.

BENDICIÓN PARA OBREROS MAL PAGADOS
Y TRABAJADORES DE COMIDA RÁPIDA

DIÁLOGO

P Queridos amigos, nos vamos a Jerusalén con Jesús.
C ¡Él es nuestro perdón, nuestra sanidad, y nuestra paz!
P Sufriremos la tribulación con él, resistiendo al mal.
C Con él, caminaremos por el sendero de la vida.
P Pero primero vengan a la mesa donde hay comida para el viaje.
C Con corazones llenos de alegria venimos.
P Dando gracias a Dios, nuestro creador, y ofreciéndole nuestras alabanzas.

PREFACIO

P
¡Es justo alabarte, Dios fiel!
Tu respondiste al pecado con la gracia;
guías nuestros pasos descarriados de regreso a casa.
Tu eres restauración para los quebrantados,
seguridad para los pobres, refugio para los marginados,
fuerza para los débiles, y perdón para los pecadores.
Tú revelas tu bondad en cada pena,
Tú nos demuestras misericordia incluso en la muerte.
Todas tus criaturas ven tu obras;
cantan de tu amor incesable.
También nosotros declaramos tus maravillas y tu graciaasí con ángeles y santos cantamos:

SANTO, SANTO , SANTO

C
Santo, santo, santo es el Señor, Dios del universo.
Llenos están el cielo y la tierra de tu gloria.
Hosanna en el cielo.
Bendito el que viene en nombre del Señor.
Hosanna en el cielo

ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS EN LA MESA

P
Ahora, O Dios, recordamos a Jesús.

Silencio breve

P Él ayunó y oró; fue tentado y probado.
C Confió en ti para todo.
P Él fue obediente a ti y despreciado por los poderes de este mundo.
C Confundió los altivos y dio esperanza a los humildes.
P Fue traicionado y abandonado.
Murió entre ladrones y fue enterrado en una tumba prestada.
C Tu le diste vida nueva. Él vive ahora, nuestro sanador y amigo.
P Él nos amó completamente, nos amó hasta el fin, y nos ama todavía
C Incluso en la noche que fue traicionado, cenó con sus amigos.

P En la víspera de su muerte por nosotros,
nuestro Señor Jesucristo tomó pan;
y dándote gracias, lo partió,
y lo dio a la comunidad amada y dijo:
“Tomen y coman. Este es mi Cuerpo, entregado por ustedes.
Hagan esto como memorial mío”.
Después de la cena Jesus tomó el cáliz;
y dándote gracias,
se lo entregó, y dijo:
“Beban todos de él:
Esta es mi Sangre del nuevo Pacto,
sangre derramada por ustedes y por todospara el perdón de los pecados.
siempre que lo beban,
háganlo como memorial mío”

P Espíritu Santo, ven, haz nuevas todas las cosas!
C Bendice este pan que tú nos has dado,
y que manos humanas han preparado.
P Que sea para nosotros el pan de vida.
C Bendice también esta copa, fruto de la vid
y de la obra de manos humanas.
P Que sea para nosotros el cáliz de salvación.
C Bendícenos también, que al compartir esta Eucaristía
podamos conocer a Cristo vivo que está con nosotros
ahora, y hasta el final de los tiempos.
P Aliméntanos de estos dones para ser tus fieles servidoreshasta que venga tu reino y toda criatura lo pueda contemplar.

Oramos en nombre de Jesus, que nos enseño a decir:

PADRE NUESTRO

Padre nuestro, que estás en el cielo,
santificado sea tu Nombre,
venga tu reino,
hágase tu voluntad,
en la tierra como en el cielo.
Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día.
Perdona nuestras ofensas,
como también nosotros perdonamos
a los que nos ofenden.
No nos dejes caer en tentación
y líbranos del mal.
Porque tuyo es el reino,
tuyo es el poder,
y tuya es la gloria,
ahora y por siempre. Amén

INVITACIÓN A RECIBIR LA COMUNIÓN

P Partimos este pan para compartir el Cuerpo de Cristo.
C Nosotros, que somos muchos, somos un cuerpo,
pues todos participamos de aquel mismo pan.

COMUNIÓN

Repartiendo el pan y ofreciendo el cáliz, los ministros de comunión dicen:

El cuerpo de Cristo, dado por ti.
La sangre the Cristo, derramada por ti.

Y cada persona puede responder con

Amen.

Los ministros toman comunión antes o después del pueblo que comulga.

CANTO DE COMUNIÓN

CANTO DESPUÉS DE COMUNIÓN

P Ahora, Señor, deja que tus siervos vayan en paz.
C Amén.

ORACION DESPUÉS DE LA COMUNIÓN

El ministro asistente dirige la siguiente oración:

A ¡Demos gracias!

C Te damos gracias, Dios misericordioso,
por la alegría en este pan y copa,
por el amor que no puede morir,
por la paz que este mundo no puede brindar,
por la alegría en la compañía de amigos y amigas
por el esplendor de la creación,
y por la misión de la justicia
que nos has encomendado.
Danos los dones de esta Santa Comunión:
unidad de corazón, amor por los vecinos,
perdón a los enemigos,
la voluntad de servirte cada día,
y la vida que nunca termina.
En el nombre de Jesús oramos. Amén .

El Envío:

Testimonio de trabajadores de comida rapida y personal de ARISE Chicago

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