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3/31/2020 0 Comments

Call to Worship, Palm Sunday, Year A

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​Hosanna!
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna!
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3/28/2020 0 Comments

Prayers of the People

Son of God, come quickly to the aid 
of your people.
Come quickly to places of grief and despair.
Come quickly to places devoid of the usual 
life-giving constructs.
Come quickly to places of hopelessness ....

https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/03/28/sunday-prayer-come-quickly/
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3/25/2020 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, L5A

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Call to Confession

Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:10-11) Let us confess our sin before God, and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession, L5A

Oh, that we had the faith of Martha, Lord,
for in our trials
and out of frustration,
we cry out to you, expecting you to right
all that is wrong in our world
immediately.
Oh, that we had the assurance of Mary,
to fall at your feet
and worship you
even when our despair is more than we can maage.
The stench of our greed and selfishness
is great, O God,
yet it is in the open now,
and everyone is a witness to the ways in which
we have failed to love our siblings in faith.
Forgive us, we pray,
and raise us up to new ways of living
where kindness and compassion are the order of the day,
where connectedness becomes a priority,
where the desire for another's wellbeing overrides our desire
to indulge ourselves.
If we have learned nothing else as your children,
may we learn to love one another
as you love us.

Assurance of God's Grace

In Jesus is light, and the life is the light of all people. (John 1:4, pp) 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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3/24/2020 0 Comments

Call to Worship, L5A

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​God calls to us in our isolation
inviting us to rise and greet the day,
to set aside our fears
and hopelessness,
to trust that Jesus is the resurrection
and the life,
and to embrace opportunities
to see the miracles God can do
in our midst
that we might never have imagined
had God not met us at the tomb
of despair.
Let us worship God!
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3/21/2020 2 Comments

Prayers of the People, L4A

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O Great Shepherd,
because of you, we lack nothing.
Even in these challenging times,
you provide for us
in unexpected ways ...

​https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/03/21/sunday-prayer-shepherding-fearful-flocks/
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3/19/2020 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, L4A

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Call to Confession

For the wages of sin is death, the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession

Gracious Healer,
We are blind:
blinded by sin,
blinded by the law,
blinded by fear.
In our darkness,
we refuse to see,
we refuse to listen,
we refuse to believe.
So we put you on trial,
questioning everything
and everyone.
Forgive us, we pray.
Open our eyes
to see you at work
in and among us.
Open our ears
to hear the Good News!
Open our hearts
to receive it.
Heal our blindness, O God,
and make us whole,
so that God's works
might be revealed in us.


Assurance of God's Grace

For God so loved the world that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believeth in him would not perish, but would have eternal life, for God did not send God's son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17) 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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3/17/2020 0 Comments

Call to Worship, L4A

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​The Light of the World has entered the world
and the world has been changed
because of it.
The Son of Man has lived among us in the flesh,
and we have seen him
and believed.
Let us worship the God of our salvation!
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3/14/2020 0 Comments

Prayers of the People, L3A

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Sunday Prayer: going and coming

The road is long, Lord,

and we are weary.
We have journeyed to this place
from different locations

along different roads
for different reasons.
Yet here we are, ....

https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/03/14/sunday-prayer-going-and-coming/
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3/11/2020 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, L3A

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Call to Confession

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15) Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession, L3A

Here we are, God,
coming to meet you when no one is around,
because we are afraid of the judgment
we know we deserve.
We long to have our thirst for you satisfied,
our spirits renewed,
our hope restored.

Here we are, God,
deciding with whom it is appropriate to engage
and who it isn't,
judging one another without knowing
their stories,
withholding love.
Forgive us, we pray, and
teach us to sow grace
that your people everywhere will reap a harvest
of joy.

Assurance of God's Grace

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send God's Son to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17) 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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3/10/2020 0 Comments

Call to Worship, L3A

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​You are invited. Come to the well of Living Water.
Come, and drink, and thirst no more.
We come, O God, thirsting for you.
You are invited. Come to the One who knows you,
and knows everything about you.
We come, O God, our hearts humbled before you.
You are invited. Come and meet the Messiah,
who is also called Christ, and worship.
We come, O God, worshiping in spirit and in truth.
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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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