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1/27/2022 0 Comments Playlist, E4C O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun Hail to the Lord's Anointed Arise, Your Light is Come Will You Come and Follow Me Let Us Build a House (All are Welcome) Wonderful Words of Life I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath Gather Us In Heaven Shall Not Wait (for the Poor to Lose Their Patience)
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1/26/2022 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, E4C Call to Confession
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession This is us, God, standing on the edge of the cliff, prepared to push you over it. We are angry with the prophets who dare to call us to behave as children of God. We will preach Good News to the poor by telling them from our place of privilege how they can (and should) do better. We have no interest in announcing pardon to anyone except our own, because we are blind ourselves, and we are not looking to recover our sight. The only burdens we are looking to release are the burdens of dealing with people who disagree with us. Forgive us, God. Do not slip away from us. We need you. Reach out and knock the self-righteousness right out of us, we pray. Teach us humility, compassion, and grace. Assurance of God's Grace God has promised that when God's people confess their 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. 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. 1/25/2022 0 Comments Call to Worship, E4C Welcome into God's sanctuary, you prophets.
Take a moment and breathe. You who listen faithfully to God and speak truth to power at your own peril and at the risk of personal relationships, rest. In the circle of God's eternal love, you are secure. Welcome into God's courts, you protestors. Take a moment and listen. You who are discomforted by the prophets and squirm under the proclamation of the gospel, who are unnerved by the Truth and the action it calls you take, be transformed. In the circle of God's eternal love, you are restored. 1/20/2022 0 Comments Playlist, E3C O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Hail to the Lord's Anointed Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun Will You Come and Follow Me Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Christ, for the World We Sing Let Us Build a House Where All Can Dwell When Morning Gilds the Skies Gather Us In Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song Heaven Shall Not Wait When the Lord Redeems the Very Least 1/19/2022 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, E3C Call to Confession
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18) Therefore, let us confess our sin before God with broken and contrite hearts (Psalm 51:17), and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession Almighty God, you have called us, claimed us, and sent us out to proclaim the Good News to all who burdened and battered, and to announce your activity in the world, but we are reluctant to speak, and we cower under the gaze of those who seek to intimidate us, to undermine your message, and to distort it for their own purposes. Forgive us, we pray. Embolden us by the power of your Spirit and put your Word on our tongues that we may faithfully proclaim it every day by what we say, but also by every single thing we do. Assurance of God's Grace Jesus said, "I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness." (John 12:46) 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. 1/18/2022 0 Comments Call to Worship, E3C Come and worship,
you who are struggling to make ends meet, you who are captive to fear or fearmongers, to the greedy and power-hungry, to the angry and the cultic voices that seek your loyalty. Come and worship, you are blinded by idols and their false promises, and you who are blinded by your own sense of self-importance, and you who have never had the chance to see. Come and worship, you who are enslaved by systems that seek to keep you powerless, voiceless, hopeless, and helpless. Come and hear the Good News of the gospel: Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of all God's promises. Thanks be to God! 1/13/2022 0 Comments Playlist, E2C Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness
Now the Silence, Now the Peace Come and Fill Our Hearts with Your Peace In Cana at a Wedding Feast *My Soul Colours Outside the Lines (LOVE this! <3) Christ Whose Glory Fills the Sky Come to a Wedding 1/12/2022 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, E2C Call to Confession
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession Welcoming God, forgive us: our hospitality runs out before the party ends; our compassion toward one another fails the minute we believe that someone is daring to infringe on our personal freedom; our belief in you and your activity in the world is subject to proof. Miracle-maker, transform our stubborn hearts. Turn our egocentricity into love for neighbor, our self-righteousness into humility, our distrust into faith that all who seek to celebrate the wonder of your steadfast love may find it reflected in your people. Assurance of God's Grace Hear the Good News! In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! Then let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (Hebrews 10:22) 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. 1/11/2022 0 Comments Call to Worship, E2C Come, friends!
Come as to a wedding feast! Come, and greet the bride groom, the water-into-wine miracle-maker, the life-transformer, God-in-the-flesh. Come, and see God's glory revealed! I was once asked about my favorite part of worship. The answer: hymns. Hymns provide the space for me to let go and worship God unabashedly. It is a practice for me to create a playlist for each week's focus passage as part of my exegetical process. I would like to start sharing these playlists with you. These are not exhaustive lists. They are *my* lists. I search YouTube to listen to them or download them onto my phone, and I play through them on the piano (though I'm also looking forward to playing them on my grandpa's guitar, which I'm slowly teaching myself to play.) You might add -- or subtract -- from these lists to make your own, based on the same passages, but regardless, I hope you feel free to return again and again to this post each week to be inspired, encouraged, and renewed, and to give words to your statements of faith, your laments and your praises, your devotion to and your hope in the Triune God.
Grace and peace, Julie Playlist for the Baptism of the Lord Sunday, Year C O for a Closer Walk with God Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart Baptized in Water There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place Be Thou My Vision Shine, Jesus, Shine There is a Redeemer Down to the River to Pray |
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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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