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9/13/2019 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P14C With the rising of the morning sun,
we awaken with new hope in you, O Lord. Your mercy is from generation to generation. Your love is steadfast and faithful. Shine the light of your love in the darkest corners of your creation, we pray. Place your healing hand upon this planet, restoring balance to its rhythms of daylight and darkness, of summer, and autumn, and winter and springtime. Bring to life the places of devastation, where death pervades and grief groans in agony. In the midday, when the sun is high, and life is bustling with activity, we join in the celebration of community. Be present in and among us, O God: in our families and in our business transactions, in our learning and in our sharing, in our feasting and in our fasting, in our joy and in our sorrow. Bless your people, we pray, with kindness and with grace, that we may be reflections of your love for one another. As the sun sets on the closing of the day, and we settle into our evening rest, we pause to give thanks for all that you are Hear our prayers of gratitude, our self-examen, our prayers for peace. Encircle us with protection, O Lord, from the effects of our own sin and the sins of the world around us, and inspire us anew to be the people you have called us to be
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9/11/2019 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P14C Call to Confession
All of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, P14C Our foolishness has caught up with us, God. Our lack of understanding has resulted in pain. We honed our skills at doing evil, and the result is catastrophic. If only we had listened. If only we had paid attention to your warnings. Forgive us, we pray! Open our eyes to our misdeeds and help us to make amends. Teach us your ways, and lead us in paths of righteousness for your name's sake. Assurance of God's Grace God has promised that when we confess our sin, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive us our sins, removing them as far as the east is from the west, and remembering them no more. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day~ 9/10/2019 0 Comments Call to Worship, P14C God beckons God's people
from places of devastation and hopelessness, from foolishness and pride, from mourning and grief: Come into God's courts with thanksgiving, for this is not the end. God still reigns. Let us worship God! 9/6/2019 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P13C The wheel turns, O God, and your people cry for mercy.
Reshape us into a people of love by your guiding hand. Reshape our collective destiny according to your will. Hear the prayers of those victimized by our rebellion ... those killed mercilessly by strangers raging with hate and wielding weapons of war ... those targeted by groups who claim superiority according to their race, or gender, or belief system, or traditional values, or status ... those judged unfairly because of their appearance, their gender identity, the people they love. Put your words in the mouth of your church, we pray, and send us out to speak truth to power, to right the wrongs that have created such evil, and to walk in step with those who suffer. Out of your great compassion, Lord, build up the marginalized, and give them hope. The storm spins, O God, and your people cry out for mercy. Speak calm into the chaos of creation. Redirect the winds and rain, the fire and flame, that your created order may be spared of its fury. Hear the prayers of those who are grieving as Job. Commission your church to go to places of devastation and serve ... to build and to plant, to restore and renew, to uplift and encourage, that all who have been affected may know the wonder of your unending love for your people. The rhetoric whirls, O God, and your people cry for mercy. Heal our brokenness, and make us whole that our relationships may reflect the love in which you created us, and carry healing to the world in the form of grace. 9/4/2019 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P13C Call to Confession
"Return, O faithless children; I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God." (Jeremiah 3:22) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, P13C Holy Potter, We have turned out badly. We do not listen to you, and we do not cooperate with your plans. We insist on making and remaking ourselves according to our own vision, but our vision is useless without your guiding hand. Forgive us, we pray. Squash in us all that refuses to yield to your loving touch, and by your grace, refashion us into vessels of love and mercy, reflective of your artistry, your compassion, and your care. Assurance of God's Grace For our sake God remembered God's covenant, and relented according to the abundance of God's steadfast love. (Psalm 106:45) In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day~ 9/3/2019 0 Comments Call to Worship, P13C Come down to the potter's house ...
hear God speak through the working of the potter's hands. Come down and listen to what God declares and be transformed by it. 8/28/2019 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P12C Call to Confession
We honor God with our lips, but our hearts are far from God. (Matthew 15:8) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, P12C Forgive us, O God! We have wandered away from you, chasing after worthless things. We have forgotten what you have done for us, have forgotten your mercy toward us, and we show no mercy to the stranger or those we perceive as enemies in our midst. Forgive us for our transgressions, Lord, and lead us to streams of living water, that our cups may overflow with gratitude and with grace. Assurance of God's Grace In God is the fountain of life, in God's light we see light. (Psalm 36:9) In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day~ 8/27/2019 0 Comments Call to Worship, P12C Come, wanderers.
God is calling you home. Come, forgetful. Remember and re-member the people of God. Come, destroyers. The grace of God welcomes you. Come, one and all, and worship the God of glory! 8/23/2019 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P11C Be present with the children, Lord,
as they imagine a world where love and kindness reign, where there is no fear because there is no violence, where people work cooperatively for the good of all humankind. Be present with the young adults, we pray, whose fire and passion inspire us and give us hope. Grant them courage to speak boldly as they confront the evils of this world, speaking truth to power in ways that generations before them have lost their will to do. Be present with the prophets, O God, who answer your call even when the message challenges and disquiets the comfortable, the full, the pious, and the powerful. Be present, we pray, with the poor and the lonely and the grieving and the hungry … with the marginalized in every time and place that their voices may echo through the distance and be heard. O God of all, let these voices be HEARD. Put your words in the mouths of, and rescue from danger, we pray, all those whom you have called and commissioned to serve in your name, that the world may hear and repent and turn from its hurtful ways and begin to heal. 8/21/2019 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P11C Call to Confession
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, P11C The job is too big, Lord. We are too small, too young, too old, too shy, too afraid. We do not have the words, the courage, the wisdom, the knowledge, the experience, the authority. Listen, God! NO! Don’t call US! we say, as we list all the excuses for why we can’t go in your name. Forgive us, we pray, and put your words in our mouths, put your love in our hearts, and strengthen our resolve to do your will. Assurance of God's Grace Our God has promised that when we confess our sin, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive us our sin, removing it as far as the east is from the west and remembering it no more. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day~ |
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