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4/5/2019 0 Comments

Prayers of the People, Lent 5C

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​So many of your children, Lord,
are still stuck in Egypt,
mourning losses,
enslaved by fear,
fatigued from fighting demons
they cannot fully identify.
Their past has formed their present
and the future looks impossible.
Hopelessness overtakes them,
and they feel so betrayed
they dare not put their trust in you.
Surround them with your love, O God.
Grant them a community with patience
and strength enough to carry them
through the darkest of their days
until they can see the path you have made
that leads them to newness of life.

So many of your children, Lord,
are poisoned by the water they drink,
water unfit for human consumption,
water contaminated by pollutants of all kinds.
Disease is rampant.
People are dying.
Creatures are dying.
Governments are failing to provide
what you called good
at the beginning of time.
Empower your people to speak out against
greed and neglect
and raise up from among us
leaders who will protect that which has been
gifted to us
and placed in our charge.

So many of your children
are longing to see the new thing
you have promised.
Some can envision it,
but there is much disagreement
about how it is accomplished.
Remind us to listen, Lord,
to you and to each other.
Calm our anxious spirits,
and help us sit with one another
in openness and compassion,
and look for the ways in which
your will might be done
for the manifestation of the common good.
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4/3/2019 1 Comment

Prayer of Confession, Lent 5C

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Call to Confession

God made streams come out of the rock,
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
Yet they sinned still more against God,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
They spoke against God, saying,
“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
Even though he struck the rock so that water gushed out
and torrents overflowed,
can he also give bread,
or provide meat for his people?” Psalm 78:16-20
Let us confess the ways in which we have sinned against our God and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession, Lent 5C

Here we sit, Lord,
wallowing in our history,
nursing our pain.
We refuse to open our eyes,
to look beyond our tunnel vision,
to accept our shortsightedness
is keeping us from seeing
the new thing you are doing
in our midst.
Where we see impossibilities,
you see infinite possibilities.
Where we see hopelessness,
you see hope.
Forgive us, we pray, and
enlarge our vision,
that we might become integral parts
of the kingdom work
you are doing on earth,
and we won't forget to praise you
with every living creature.

Assurance of God's Grace

2Corinthians 5:17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 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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4/2/2019 0 Comments

Call to Worship, Lent 5C

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​Our God is Liberator, who frees the slave
and brings justice to the oppressed.
Our God is Creator, who forms the earth
and all that is in it,
who calms the waves
and makes rivers flow in the desert.
Our God is Sovereign,
and is worthy of glory and honor and praise.
Let us worship God!
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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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