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5/17/2022 0 Comments

Call to Worship, E6C

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You who love God,
come and worship.
You who seek peace,
come and worship.
You who rejoice 
in Christ's resurrection
and ascension to Heaven,
​come and worship.
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5/14/2022 0 Comments

Prayers of the People, E5C

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Glory to you, God!
Blessing and glory and thanksgiving
and honor and power and might
be to our God forever and ever!
Amen!
Hear our prayers, O God:
for the lonely
and the grieving,
for the imprisoned
and marginalized,
for those in pain
and those who hunger,
for the brave embattled
and the terrorized.
Help us to demonstrate your love for them
in all we say and do.

Hear our prayers, O God:
for those who stand firm for freedom
and those who threaten it,
for those who are oppressed
and those who are the oppressors,
for those who are targeted
and for those who do not understand
their own hatred, prejudice,
and privilege.
Help us to demonstrate your justice
in all we say and do.

Hear our prayers, O God:
for we who are them --
whose brokenness is evident
and whose contributions to anger 
and vitriol 
draw dividing lines,
making enemies of friends
and foes of family.
Transform out hearts.
Make us instruments of peace, O God,
and teach us true kindness,
so that all who seek you
may find you
​in us.
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5/12/2022 0 Comments

Playlist, E5C

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They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
He Came Down
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love
Though I May Speak
Help Us Accept Each Other
There's a Quiet Understanding
Blest Be the Tie that Binds
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
In Christ There is No East or West
Servant Song
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
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5/11/2022 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, E5C

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Call to Confession

Jesus said to them, “... Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going ...” (John 12:35b) Let us confess the places where we have walked in darkness and seek the Light of God's unconditional love.

Prayer of Confession

God of Glory,
we claim to see you as you are,
but instead we see you
as we have created you in our minds ...
we have tried to remake you into our image
instead of submitting to the Holy Spirit
that we might be remade into your image.
We put conditions on your commandment
to love one another,
choosing to love only those who 
look like us
and behave like us
and worship like us
and come from "here." 
Forgive us, we pray.
Transform our hearts,
so that the love you pour over us
is reflected in all we say and do.
Shine your light in and through us, 
so that you may be recognized in us
and glorified.

Assurance of God's Grace

Jesus said, ... "Because I live, you also will live." John 14:19b Hear the Good News: 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 week. 
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5/10/2022 0 Comments

Call to Worship, E5C

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Come, little children.
Come, and glorify God!
Come, and glorify the Son of Man!
Come, and be reconciled
one to another,
so that God's love may be
reflected through you to the world.
Come, and be reconciled
so that God may be glorified.
Come, little children.
​Come, and worship.
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5/8/2022 0 Comments

Prayers of the People, E4C

Going to the archives for the first time ever: 

www.aplaceofgrace-juliegvillo.net/point-of-contact/prayers-of-the-people-easter-4c
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5/5/2022 0 Comments

Playlist, E4C

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Near to the Heart of God
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Jesus Calls Us
Will You Come and Follow Me?
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5/4/2022 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, E4C

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​Call to Confession

Jesus (said), “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you?" (Matthew 17:17a,b) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession

God, forgive us.
Too often, it cannot be said of us
that we devote ourselves to good works
and acts of charity.
We are dying inside
because of our lack of compassion
for those around us
and our inward-only focus.
Forgive us, we pray.
Transform our greed into generosity,
our selfishness into selflessness,
and our fearful individuation into lifegiving community,
that all we do 
brings glory to you.

Assurance of God's Grace

[Jesus Christ] it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. (Titus 2:14) Hear the Good News: 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 week.
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5/3/2022 0 Comments

Call to Worship, E4C

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​Come, you who are grieving
and you who are holding on
to hope.
Come, you who have been
restored to new life
and you who fervently
pray.
Come you saints
and widows
who depend on one another,
and tell your stories --
your eyewitness accounts
of God’s activity among you --
so that all who hear
may believe.
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4/28/2022 0 Comments

Playlist, E3C

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O Jesus, I Have Promised
Lord, Speak to Me
Thine Be the Glory
I Love You, Lord
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
From the Nets of Our Labors (We Will Rise Up and Follow)
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    Julie served as a Commissioned Ruling Elder in a Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation for thirteen years. She now absolutely delights in filling the pulpit for colleagues upon request, and looks forward to opportunities to do so. Her reformed perspective is sprinkled with humor and presented with authenticity, and she is open to creatively deconstructing worship as a means to helping congregants explore worship in transformational ways.

    Julie and her husband, Ray, are parents of three adult children, and grandparents of four energetic and imaginative little people. She is an introverted-with-enough-extrovert-balance-to-keep-her-social, perfectionistic-with-hopper-tendencies, time and goal-oriented, kaleidoscopic, and insatiably curious child of God.

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Julie participated in the 25th Seminar for Certified Zentangle(R) Teacher Training in June, 2019, trained by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. In addition to creating art as a personal spiritual practice, Julie also incorporates the Zentangle(R) method in Prayer Art Retreats in a variety of contexts, including church groups, friend gatherings, and at a local art gallery. Check out the Upcoming Events page for a calendar of events, or use the Contact Us page to inquire about scheduling an event with your group!
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