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9/26/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+19B Call to Confession
Against (God), (God) alone, have (we) sinned and done what is evil in (God's) sight, so that (God is) justified in (God's) sentence and blameless when (God passes) judgment. (Psalm 51:4) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, O God, for we have sinned. You speak to us through ancient scriptures and through the words of our ancestors, through all of creation and through parable and story, and still we refuse to listen. You remind us how you saved your people from slavery in Egypt that your children would no longer be oppressed, and we participate in systems that oppress your children today, through human trafficking and reinforcing poverty and rejecting those who cannot pay the price for an education that would move them forward. You remind us how you led your people with pillars of cloud and pillars of fire, so that they might find shade in the desert sun and find their path at night, but we pollute your firmament with smoke, so that we cannot see you, and we close our eyes to your direction, choosing to follow our own way instead of yours. You give us water to drink and Living Water, so that we may not thirst, and we quench our desires with things that do not satisfy. Forgive us, we pray. Open our eyes to the evil we perpetuate. Open our ears to the evil we speak. Open our hearts to the evil at the root of all our actions, and transform us into the people you created us to be. Assurance of God's Grace For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8) 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.
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9/24/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+19B Come, you hearers of the Word.
Come, you tellers of the story. Come, you parable promoters. Come, you wonderers and you who pass it on ... Incline your ears! God is speaking. Come and worship God! 9/23/2024 0 Comments Lectionary Scriptures for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (and an apology) Exodus 17:1-7 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2017%3A1-7&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2078%3A1-4%2C%2012-16&version=NRSVUE Philippians 2:1-13 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%202%3A1-13&version=NRSVUE Matthew 21:23-32 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2021%3A23-32&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=935827408586513&set=a.549399683895956. 9/18/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+18B Call to Confession
Our iniquities testify against us ... our rebellions indeed are many, and we have sinned against (God). (Jeremiah 14:7) Let us confess our iniquities before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession God, forgive us. We point our fingers at our enemies and accuse them of risking our lives by their taunting, while we taunt our neighbors with lies about their habits and their choices and even their names. We are no better than our enemies. God, forgive us. We call on you to rain down your anger on those who worship differently, who believe differently, but we who claim to follow you do not: we call people names, we dehumanize them, we put them in harm's way by our refusal to listen to them and to show them compassion. God, forgive us. Deliver us from our iniquities. Teach us to repent from our rebellion and to return to you. Help us to remember what it means to follow Jesus. Assurance of God's Grace (God said,) "I alone am the one who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." (Isaiah 43:25) Hear the GOOD NEWS: In 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. 9/17/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+18B Gather in, you who are suffering
in grief and fear. Gather in, you who are wrestling with depression and anxiety and anguish. Gather in, you who are seeking deliverance and hope. God is present with God's people. Let us worship God! Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%208%3A18-9%3A1&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 79:1-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2079%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE 1 Timothy 2:1-7 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy%202%3A1-7&version=NRSVUE Luke 16:1-13 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2016%3A1-13&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 79:1-9. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 79:1-9 encourages or inspires you? Share you thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=930429725792948&set=a.549399683895956. 9/13/2024 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P+17B Creator God,
All things that have life and breath exist because of you. Your imagination is beyond our capacity to imagine. Your creativity is beyond our capacity to create. Your love is beyond our capacity to love. Be present with us in our limited capacities, we pray. Open our eyes to the inspiration that grows and unfolds and blooms and dances and sings and laughs and plays around us. Open our hearts to the passion that is sparked and ignited and burning within us. Open our minds to the wisdom that informs and guides and exists among us. Help us to hear your voice in your self-revelation through the Word in scripture and in your magnificent creation, that we expand our capacity to imagine solutions to problems that plague our world, to step out in faith and create space for healing and hope, and to love your creatures -- great and small -- in every shape and color and species with hearts that are filled with compassion and actions that are oriented to justice and peace. 9/12/2024 0 Comments Playlist P+17B9/11/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+17B Call to Confession
"But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.” (2 Timothy 2:19) Let us call on the name of the Lord, confess our sin, repent, and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession You sing your creation song, Creator God, and we close our ears, stomping our feet -- not in rhythm to nature sounds, but to stamp out them out, because we do not feel an obligation to care for that which we do not acknowledge as living and active in our world. Your voice goes throughout all the earth, and we drown it out with the noise of anger and hatred and fear-mongering, with loud and boisterous rhetoric and exploding bombs and the ricochet of assault weapons as they fire at our children in the perceived safety of educational institutions. Your law is perfect, Living Word, and yet we call loving others weakness, welcoming strangers unsafe, feeding the hungry enabling, and self-sacrifice unfair. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers. Hear our prayers for mercy, and teach us to be merciful. Hear our prayers for forgiveness, and teach us to forgive. Hear our prayers for life, and teach us to listen with new ears that the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts may ultimately be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Assurance of God's Grace "All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” (Acts 10:43) 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. 9/10/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+17B Come in reverent silence,
you creatures of the world. Come, and listen to God reveal God's self through the firmaments, through the ongoing song of creation that goes throughout all the earth and reaches to the ends of the world. Come in reverent silence, you citizens of the kin-dom. Come, and listen to God reveal God's self through the law -- read and proclaimed -- echoing through the ages so that all may hear and be transformed. Come. Let us worship 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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