If you are looking for miracles,
look no farther.
The God of the resurrection is working miracles
before your very eyes.

If you are hungry for righteousness,
feed on the Word.
The Bread of Life is before you.
Take and eat.

If you are feeling tossed about
in the darkness
on a choppy sea of uncertainty,
do not be afraid.
The same Lord who speaks calm to the wind and sea
is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 

​Let us worship the Lord our God.

Weary disciples,
worn out from the constant juggling
of expectations and demands
that others place on you
and that you place 
on yourself,
come to a place of renewal
and rest.

Scattered sheep,
wandering aimlessly,
hurting and hungry,
hopeful and hopeless
and in need of healing,
come to a place of welcome
and be restored.

Your God is waiting.
​Come and worship.

​Come, you who've read the headlines
and you who haven't.
Come, you who've experienced the miracles
of the prophet, priest, and king
at work in your life,
and you who have been witnesses,
and you who are longing for miracles of your own.
Come, you sinners
and you saints
and offer your praise
for the Holy One of God
​in worship.

Call to Confession

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 3:2) Let us confess our sin before God, repent from our wicked ways, and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession

Son of God,
forgive us.
We are your siblings,
co-heirs of the kin-dom,
yet we are also the ones who cut you down.
We laugh at your teachings,
we respond with sarcasm
and disbelief.
We refuse to welcome those you send out
in your name ...
your prophets,
your friends ...
and we refuse to be among them --
the called,
the equipped,
the sent.
It boils down to trust, Lord,
and we claim that our DNA
is that of distrust.
It is how we are made, we say,
yet we were made in your image,
in the image of love,
in the image of mercy,
in the image of wisdom.
Open our ears, we pray, that we might hear.
Open our eyes, we pray, that we might see.
Open our hearts, we pray, that we might trust --
in you
and in one another --
and find hope and healing in the Good News.

Assurance of God's Grace

God has promised that when we confess our sin, God who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins, removing them as far as the east is from the west and remembering them no more. 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 today.