7/12/2024 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P+8BCreator God,
we praise you! All of creation joins together in praise, for you shaped the continents; you fashioned the earth! Everything that exists, exists because of you! Hear our prayers for creation, O God, and for we who have been given responsibility for it. Our stewardship leaves much to be desired, O God. Transform our greed into compassion and humility. Teach us to care for your world with the same deep love that made all that is. Glorious King, be merciful to those who stand before you in holy spaces. Hear our cries for liberty and hope. Purify us anew, O God, that we may serve you faithfully. Lift those who are suffering out of their despair. Redeem those who have been wrongly charged and those whose hearts sincerely seek to make restitution. Work through your people to accomplish your Will, we pray, even to the ends of the earth. Commander of Heaven's Armies, be present among your people in all the warring factions of the earth. Be present with those who have been brutally attacked and restore them to wholeness. Be present with those who live under tyrannical rule and inspire them. Be present with those who are unjustly persecuted and rain down justice among them. Be present with those who fight inner demons and shine your light in the darkness. Be present with those who are afflicted by poison and pain and place your healing hand upon them. You are powerful, Almighty God, and equipped for battle: Fight for your people now, we pray, young and old and in between, poor and rich and in between, voiceless and powerful and in between, that all may see your glory throughout the universe. May it be so.
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7/11/2024 0 Comments Playlist, P+8B7/10/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+8BCall to Confession
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8) Let us confess our lack of love before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, O God! Our hands are not clean. Our hearts are not pure. We are responsible for perpetuating systems of injustice that produce poverty and pain. We choose to do business with corporations whose practices create harm in the name of greed. We tolerate differences among us rather than accepting them, let alone celebrating them. Forgive us, we pray. Wake us from our delusional sleep. Teach us how to love one another as we have been loved. Inspire in us a sense of justice that enacts change for our neighbors in real and tangible ways, that with your help, we may reflect your compassion to a hurting world. Assurance of God's Grace God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9) 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. 7/9/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+8BWelcome, you with pure hearts and clean hands,
and you whose hearts and hands are stained by sin. Welcome, you who do not lift up your souls to what is false and you who have succumbed to elaborate lies ... and you who perpetuate them. Welcome, you who who do not swear deceitfully and you who make a living doing it. Come and find healing and wholeness in worship. Come into God's presence and be transformed by God's amazing grace. 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+6%3A1-5%2C+12b-19&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 24 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+24&version=NRSVUE Ephesians 1:3-14 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3%3A1-14&version=NRSVUE Mark 8:14-29 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A14-29&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 24. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 24 inspires or encourages you? Share you comments here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=884099270425994&set=a.549399683895956 7/5/2024 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P+7BSovereign God,
you reign over all the earth. Your majesty and your mercy know no bounds. With humble hearts, we approach your throne of grace and lift our hearts to you. Take up residence, O Mighty One. Move in, and transform us and our neighbors and our leaders and our children by your Spirit's power. Remake our nation into a place where the members of our communities might be able to disagree civilly, work together harmoniously and find win-win solutions for the problems that plague us: homelessness and hunger, power vs. poverty, violence and vitriol, division and debt. Help us to hold our values dear, respecting the diversity that comes from welcoming the stranger in our midst. Keep us focused on you that we might remember that all we have flows from you. Be our guide, so that we might be a light to the nations. Teach us to learn from one another instead of condemning, and to embrace your people all over the world, so that your steadfast love flows freely here and throughout the entire earth. This is our prayer, O God. 7/4/2024 0 Comments Playlist, P+7B7/3/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+7BCall to Confession
(God said,) “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:2-3) Let us confess our idolatry and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Hear our prayers for mercy, O God! We have placed allegiance to nation above worshiping you. We have placed devotion to certain leaders above worshiping you. We have entrusted our life and liberty to people who are intent on taking it away instead of entrusting it to the One who gave up his own life for ours. We who claim to live by the Word have ignored the most important parts, including that we should have no other gods before you. Forgive our Christian nationalism, O God! Forgive our idolatrous worship of human leaders! Transform our love of power and greed into a deep humility and compassion for the neighbor and the stranger and the poor and the lonely and the sick and the imprisoned and the helpless and the hopeless and the voiceless and the oppressed that we might truly be leaders in the free world for all who long to be free. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers. Assurance of God's Grace Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God ... (Revelation 19:1b) 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. 7/2/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+7BAssemble, you who trust in God unfailingly,
and you whose trust falters. Assemble, you who praise God's name incessantly and you whose praise trails off when you are afraid. Assemble, you who are panicked about the future and you who are panicked about the present. Walk around God's kin-dom. Count the ways in which God has overcome evil. Gaze long at the people through whom God has worked. Climb to the height of holiness, according to the standards set by God alone, and listen to the Word read and proclaimed. People of God, bow before the One who alone is our guide, our defender, our protector, and our hope. 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+5%3A1-5%2C+9-10&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 48 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+48&version=NRSVUE 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+12%3A2-10&version=NRSVUE Mark 6:1-13 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A1-13&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 48. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 48 inspires or encourages you? Share you thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=879618184207436&set=a.549399683895956 |
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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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