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4/30/2019 0 Comments

Call to Worship, Easter 3C

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​Come, you persecutors
and you persecuted;
come, you travelers on the road.
Come, you who are struggling with blindness
in your eyes
and in your heart,
and you who are sent to bring light
to the darkness.
The Lord is waiting to transform
your life.
Come, and see.
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4/26/2019 0 Comments

Prayers of the People, Easter 2C

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​Death
is all around us.
Storms rage.
Cars crash.
Bombs explode.
Tempers flare.
People die.
We are exhausted
by the pain,
by the questions,
by the stories.
Send your Spirit, O God,
to comfort your people,
to bring hope to the hopeless,
to support those who feel too weak to stand.

Chaos
wreaks havoc in our lives.
Schedules conflict.
Disagreement frustrates.
Fears motivate.
Anger erupts.
Still us, we pray,
and remind us that
you are God.
Quiet our anxieties
and help us to rest
in your reassuring Word.

Doubt
clouds our vision.
Lies confound.
Perspectives confuse.
Actions betray.
Pessimism reigns.
Redeem us, O God,
and restore to us
the hope of salvation
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Help us to believe
where we have not seen
and to see more clearly
the truth that sets us free.
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4/24/2019 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, Easter 2C

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Call to Confession

In spite of all that God has done for us, we still sin; despite God's wonders, we still do not believe. Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy:

Prayer of Confession, Easter 2C

In our solitude,
in our darkness,
in our fear-filled grief,
we tend to isolate ourselves
from the very community
we need most,
who will witness to Christ-among-us,
and help us to believe
even where we cannot understand.
Forgive us, we pray,
and draw us into
to your all-encompassing love.
Help us to embrace hope
in the midst of despair,
to experience joy
when wrestling with pain,
and to celebrate life
when confronted with death.
We believe, Lord.
Help our unbelief.

Assurance of God's Grace

God sent God's only Son into the world that whomever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17 In the name of the risen Lord, we are redeemed! 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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4/23/2019 0 Comments

Call to Worship, Easter 2C

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The Lord is risen!
He is risen indeed!
Peace be with you.
And also with you.
Let us witness to Christ among us.
We long to tell the story,
to share the Good News!
Alleluia!
Amen!


​Photo Credit: Crystal Holmes

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4/19/2019 0 Comments

Prayers of the People, Easter C

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​Your people are hungry, Lord …
Hungry for your Word,
Hungry for mercy,
Hungry for your saving grace.
We are hungry for justice
And for hope, Lord.
We are hungry for compassion
And peace.
We are hungry for leadership
And for kindness.
We are hungry, O God,
For you.
 
Thick darkness covers the earth, Lord …
Darkness born of anger
And of greed
And of selfishness.
Darkness that harbors hatred
And fosters evil
And covers pain.
Shine your light into the darkness, we pray,
And lead us from death into life.

We are not good at waiting, Lord.
We are impatient.
We struggle.
We fall asleep.
Open our eyes to the lessons
That are learned in the waiting.
Open our hearts to welcome your presence
With us.
Teach us to comfort one another
And to right the wrongs we have committed
And to serve our neighbor
While we wait,
That the kingdom work in which you are
Calling us to participate
Gets done
According to your perfect will.
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4/17/2019 1 Comment

Prayer of Confession, Easter C

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Call to Confession

Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself. Acts 2:38-39 Let us confess our sin together and receive the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.

Prayer of Confession, Easter C

Here we are, God,
showing partiality among your children.
Playing favorites.
Excluding the other.
Here we are,
standing at the foot of the cross,
confessing the nails we pounded
because we refuse to look beyond our biases
to love our neighbor
and welcome the stranger.
You commanded us to preach the Good News
and to testify to the wonderful things our God has done,
but our unkind actions defy our words,
and our angry words defy our identity as Children of God.
Forgive us, we pray.
Free us from the hatred and bigotry
that attempts to lock us into stone cold prisons,
that we may claim the freedom of love and grace
won for us and for all humankind
in Jesus Christ
and share it with the world!

Assurance of God's Grace

Jesus himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 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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4/16/2019 0 Comments

Call to Worship, Easter, Year C

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​Come, you witnesses to the truth,
you who have seen the grace of God
up close
and experienced its overwhelming power.
Come, you who have known healing
of body, mind, and spirit
at Jesus' hand,
and you who still seek it.
Come, that you may testify to what you have seen
and heard
and known.
Come and worship.
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4/12/2019 0 Comments

Prayers of the People, Palm Sunday, Year C

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​When we risk ourselves to follow you,
and find ourselves in uncharted territory,
claiming things in your name
that others are sure belong to them,
grant us courage, Lord,
and give us the words to say
that will reassure
and calm fears
and open a path to you for those
who may not have found it otherwise.

When we lay our lives before you,
uncertain of what that will mean ...
of the danger that lies ahead ...
of the pain that will be endured ...
of the betrayal and the shame,
be present with us,
for you have walked this path before,
and you know what we can hardly imagine.
Grant us strength, we pray,
and grant us courage
to be the disciples you have called us to be.

When we sing your praises
joyfully
and with loud voices,
and those in authority
attempt to silence us,
by demanding us to stop ...
by ridiculing and reprimanding ...
by lording their power over us ...
inspire us to remain
authentic
and to worship you unabashedly,
for even if we were to be silenced,
the stones themselves
would cry out.

Hear our prayers, O God,
for those who do not understand
what it means to go
fearlessly,
to love
radically,
to lead
humbly,
to worship
wholeheartedly.
Fill them with your Spirit,
and let release the demons
that live within them,
that they, too,
can know the unrestrained joy
of life in your grace.
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4/10/2019 0 Comments

Prayer of Confession, Palm Sunday, Year C

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Call to Confession

We have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord. (1 Samuel 12:10a) Let us confess our sin before God, and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession, Palm Sunday, Year C

Forgive us, God.
We do not take even a moment
to honor you,
to celebrate your presence
in our midst.
We do not shout your praises
or tell of the wonders
we have seen.
In fact,
we are often among the first
to condemn those
who do.
In your mercy, Lord,
forgive our failure
to worship you
and to lay our very lives
at your feet.
Lead us ever forward
in gratitude and joy
to tell the Good News
of your mercy.


Assurance of God's Grace

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9) 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 those whom you encounter this day.
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4/9/2019 0 Comments

Call to Worship, Palm Sunday, Year C

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​Hosanna!
Blessed is the one 
who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven,
and glory in the highest heaven!
Hosanna!
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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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