Welcome, you who have been redeemed from trouble!
Gather in from all the corners of the earth!
Welcome, you who have been delivered from distress.
You who have had your hunger and thirst satisfied, come!
In this place, we recognize the goodness of God.
In this place, we share our stories with the disheartened
and disillusioned
and despairing.
In this place, we call upon God's name
and give thanks for God's faithfulness in every time and place.
​Let us worship God!

Hosea 11:1-11  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%2011%3A1-11&version=NRSVUE

Psalm 107:1-9, 43  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20107%3A1-9%2C%2043&version=NRSVUE

Colossians 3:1-11 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20107%3A1-9%2C%2043&version=NRSVUE 

Luke 12:13-21  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2012%3A13-21&version=NRSVUE

The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 107:1-9, 43. All liturgy and the playlist will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 107:1-9, 43 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1172065058296079&set=a.549399683895956. 

Gather in, you who have had your fortunes restored.
Come, and give thanks to the Lord your God!
Gather in, you have had your sin forgiven.
Come, and give thanks to the Lord your God!
Gather in, you who have seen the wrath of God withdrawn.
Come and tell the stories of God's salvation!
In the gathering of God's people,
we celebrate God's activity
and worship the Lord our God
with gratitude and praise!

Hosea 1:2-10  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%201%3A2-10&version=NRSVUE

Psalm 85  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2085&version=NRSVUE

Colossians 2:6-19  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%202%3A6-19&version=NRSVUE

Luke 11:1-13  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2011%3A1-13&version=NRSVUE

The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 85. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 85 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1166560768846508&set=a.549399683895956 .

Come, you who have been led astray
by lies and deceit.
Come, you who have been failed
by riches and wealth.
Come, and trust in the steadfast love of God
whose faithfulness is forever
and in whom you can find refuge
and strength.
​Let us worship God!

Amos 8:1-12 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos%208%3A1-12&version=CEB

Psalm 52  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2052&version=CEB

Colossians 1:15-28 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%201%3A15-28&version=NRSVUE

Luke 10:38-42  www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A38-42&version=CEB

The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 52. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 52 inspires or encourage you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1160846626084589&set=a.549399683895956 

​Open our eyes, Lord,
and help us to see
the places where we fall short
of the measure you have laid down for us.
Quiet our anxieties, Lord,
and help us to hear one another
rather than jump to our own fear-based conclusions,
and season our conversations with mercy
and with grace.
Strengthen us to stand
firm in the face of opposition
when we are responding to your will,
that we may not fail you
or those whose voices need to be heard
because the voices of the oppressor
are louder.
Open our ears, Lord,
and help us to hear
your words of warning
and your call to repentance.
Teach us what it means
to live according to your rule of love,
that your children everywhere
may know the companionship of Christ
embodied by your people,
empowered by the Spirit,
emboldened in our words
and in our deeds.

Call to Confession

God has set a plumb line in the midst of God's people, promising to lay waste to the sanctuaries where God's people gather but refuse to listen. Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession, P5C

Forgive us, O God.
We are the ones who hear your word
and refuse to obey it.
We are the ones who claim to follow
and refuse to budge
from our places of privilege
and power.
We are the ones who sense a call
to leave behind the comfortable
and risk our very selves
to prophecy to your people.
You have set the plumb line,
but we build around our own prejudices,
creating faulty foundations
that fall to ruin.
Hear our prayers for mercy.
Help us show the grace we have been shown
in the name of Love.

Assurance of God's Grace

Who is a God like you, asks Micah, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? God does not retain God's anger forever, because God delights in showing clemency. (7:18) 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.