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3/31/2025 0 Comments

Lectionary Scriptures for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year C

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Isaiah 43:16-21  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2043%3A16-21&version=NRSVUE

Psalm 126  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20126&version=NRSVUE

Philippians 3:4b-14  www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Philippians+3%3A4b-14&version=NRSVUE

John 12:1-8  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2012%3A1-8&version=NRSVUE

The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 126. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 126 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here:  www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1078376770998242&set=a.549399683895956.
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3/27/2025 0 Comments

Playlist, L4C

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www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSZrsZWKXfo98eBr9Ff-n2sRO9EOGceGO
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3/26/2025 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, L4C

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Call to Confession

(God promises,) "I alone am the one
    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins." (Isaiah 43:25) Let us confess our transgressions before God and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession

Forgive us, God, for we have sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight.
We have not been honest with ourselves
or with you           
about the depth of our deception,
the breadth of our complicity
in the world's pain and suffering,
or the length of our predicament.
We can hardly face you
knowing what we have done
to our siblings in Christ,
to your creation,
and to you.
Have mercy on us, we pray,
and renew a right spirit within us,
that we might be transformed
by the grace
your pour on us
day by day.  
In Jesus' name we ask it, Amen.

Assurance of God's Grace


I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you. (Isaiah 44:22)
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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3/25/2025 0 Comments

Call to Worship, L4C

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Gather together, you who are seeking forgiveness
and you who know the sweet relief of God's mercy.
Gather together, you who are groaning in silence,
and you who are prepared to confess.
Gather in to hear God's assurance of pardon,
to be instructed by the Living Word,
and to rejoice in the Good News!
Let us worship God!
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3/24/2025 0 Comments

Lectionary Scriptures for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year C

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Lectionary Scriptures for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year C
Joshua 5:9-12 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%205%3A9-12&version=NIV
Psalm 32 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2032&version=NIV
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%205%3A16-21&version=NIV
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Like%2015%3A1-3%2C%2011-32&version=NIV
The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 32. All liturgy will be based Ont hos passage. What in Psalm 32 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts in the comments here: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1072104868292099&set=a.549399667229291.
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3/18/2025 0 Comments

Call to Worship, L3C

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Welcome sinners and repenters,
fig tree planters and manure shovelers,
barren and fruit-bearing!
Come and find forgiveness
and patience
and nurture.
Let us worship God!

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3/17/2025 0 Comments

Lectionary Scriptures for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year C

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Isaiah 55:1-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2055%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE

Psalm 63:1-8 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2063%3A1-8&version=NRSVUE

I Corinthians 10:1-13 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2010%3A1-13&version=NRSVUE

Luke 13:1-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2013%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE

The A Place of Grace focus passage for this week is Luke 13:1-9. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Luke 13:1-9 encourages or inspires you today? Share you thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1066246738877912&set=a.549399683895956 .
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3/12/2025 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, L2C

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Call to Confession

O that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would walk in my ways!  (Psalm 81:13)
Let us confess the ways in which was have failed to listen to God and to walk in God's ways:


Prayer of Confession

Lord, in your mercy,
have compassion on your people.
Too afraid of the powers that be,
we run away from doing what is right
in the face of all that is wrong.
Tormented by our fears,
we allow anxiety 
to prevent us from living out
your claim on our lives.
We have turned away from the work
you began
and bowed to idols 
whose greed perpetuates
illness and anxiety and fear
in those who are most vulnerable.
Forgive our impatience with you
and with one another.
Forgive our intolerance 
for active waiting.
Forgive our lack of courage
in speaking up and standing firm
alongside you, we pray,
and renew a right spirit within us
that we might remember
that we are your children,
siblings together with  Christ,
and teach us to live accordingly.

Assurance of God's Grace

" ... 
and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, ..." (Hebrews 5:9) 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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3/11/2025 0 Comments

Call to Worship, L2C

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Dear anxiety-ridden 
and self-differentiated,
come and sit together,
and hear the promises of God.


Dear tormented
and peaceful
come and join hands,
and share the hope God offers.


Dear sick
and whole,
come and be a ministry of presence

providing healing and hope.

Dear believers
and those who turned away,
come and tell your stories
and listen to one another.


Dear patient
and impatient,
come and organize
to do the work of justice.


There is no judgment here:
this is a place of grace.
​Let us worship God.
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3/10/2025 0 Comments

Lectionary Scriptures for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year C

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Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2015%3A1-12%2C%2017-18&version=NRSVUE

Psalm 27  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2027&version=NRSVUE

Philippians 3:17-4:1  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%203%3A17-4%3A1&version=NRSVUE

​Luke 13:31-35  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2013%3A31-35&version=NRSVUE

The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Luke 13:31-35. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Luke 13:31-35 inspires or encourages you? Share you comments here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1060555569447029&set=a.549399683895956. 
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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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