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10/31/2025 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P+21C Binder of Wounds,
hear our prayers. Your children cry for food and for shelter and for medical attention and are ignored by those who have everything they need and more. Send your church to nourish and strengthen those who are hungry. Send your church into the streets to cry out for justice on behalf of those who have no voice. Send your church, O God, where the power-hungry dare not go. Holy Emancipator, hear our prayers. Your children cry for freedom and for welcome and for hope and are shackled by those whose ancestors came looking for the same. Send your church to offer support for those who do not speak or understand the language of hate. Send your church into the streets to warn and to question and to witness the horrors of those who wear masks. Send your church, O God, where the lawmakers refuse to go. Hope of the Hopeless, hear our prayers. Your children are troubled and in anguish. Disconnected and discouraged, your people seek community where stories are shared and humanity is rediscovered through the breaking of bread and the honesty of tears. Send your church to gather your people. Send your church to be a light in the darkness. Send your church, O God, to make a difference in a world that has forgotten what it means to follow Christ.
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10/29/2025 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+21C Call to Confession
“Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, ... because of the treachery that (we) have committed against you." (Daniel 9:7) Let us confess the treachery that we have committed against God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, God! You said, "Love your neighbor," and we took away their health insurance. You said, "Welcome the stranger," and we applauded ICE when they arrested them and took them away without due process. You said, "Feed the hungry," and we did nothing when half the House stayed home instead of negotiating a budget that would protect those in need. You said, "Love as I have loved you," and we chose to practice judgment and xenophobia and apathy. You said, "What you did to the least of these you have done unto me." Forgive us, God, for we have failed you in every possible way. Your own children have chosen to hurt our siblings in Christ in your name and we congratulate ourselves for our evil acts; we justify them in our self-righteousness. Lord, in your mercy, give us understanding. Hold a mirror in front of us, so that we can see what we have done and are doing. We deserve your wrath, O God. Yet you love us beyond our capacity to comprehend. Teach us how to love in the same unconditional way. Assurance of God's Grace And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (John 17:3) 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. 10/28/2025 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+21C The enthusiastic gather for worship,
hoping in the promises of God. The Lord is honorable and faithful. God's servants do not forget God's precepts. The Lord is honorable and faithful. Though troubled and anguished, God's people delight in God's law of Love. The Lord is honorable and faithful. Let us worship God!  Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Habakkuk%201%3A1-4%2C%202%3A1-4&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 119:137-144 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119%3A137-144&version=NRSVUE 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%201%3A1-4%2C%2011-12&version=NRSVUE Luke 19:1-10 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019%3A1-10&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 119:137-144. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 119:137-144 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1250769827092268&set=a.549399683895956 . 10/22/2025 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+20C Call to Confession
All of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession God, forgive us! We take your name in vain when we praise you for delivering our political wins to the detriment of the marginalized and the voiceless. We deny your abundance when we hoard our resources in fear of those who have less taking what we believe is ours. We diminish you when we fail to acknowledge that you are sovereign over all the earth Forgive our egocentricity. Forgive our fear mongering. Forgive our prejudices and our superiority complexes, we pray. Reorient us to your grace. Focus us on the hope you offer in the name of Christ. Indwell us with your Spirit, O God, and lead us to the joy you have promised. Assurance of God's Grace God has promised that when we confess our sin, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive us our sin, removing it as far as the east is from the west and remembering it no more. (1 John 1:9, Psalm 103:12, Hebrews 8:12) 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. 10/21/2025 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+20C Praise God, you who have been forgiven,
who have had their iniquities removed! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. Praise God, you who have been delivered phyiscally, mentally, emotionally, spiritually! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. Praise God, who silences the seas and calms the tumult of God's people! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. Joel 2:23-32 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joel%202%3A23-32&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 65 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2065&version=NRSVUE 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20timothy%204%3A6-8%2C%2016-18&version=NRSVUE Luke 18:9-14 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2018%3A9-14&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace is Psalm 65. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 65 inspires or encourages you today? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1244276857741565&set=a.549399683895956. 10/15/2025 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+19C Call to Confession
How can we say, “We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us,” when, in fact, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie? The wise shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom is in them? (Jeremiah 8:8-9) Let us confess our falsehoods to God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession God, forgive us! We claim to love your law and to meditate on it all day long, but what we really do is pluck verses that support our theses and use them out of context as weapons against things we dislike. We pretend that we are, indeed, wiser than those who think differently from us, that we are more knowledgeable than those who have studied scripture longer and more in depth, that we have more understanding than those who have lived by your Law of Love their whole lives long. Our arrogance is disgusting, yet even as we live lives completely contrary to your law, we claim to be sinless, and we are the worst kinds of sinners, for we know what is right and we not only choose to do the opposite, we cheer on bigotry and prejudice and xenophobia and abuse of power IN. YOUR. NAME. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers. For the sake of all that is holy, open our eyes to the harm we are doing, open our ears to the cries of those Jesus called beloved, open our hearts to your transforming power, and get us out of the mess we have created. May it be so. Assurance of God's Grace For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:11-13) 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 forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter. 10/14/2025 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+19C Come and worship, you who long for God’s law of love to be the law of the land.
Meditating on God’s Word inspires new insights into what God’s love looks like and how to share it with a hurting world. Come and be freed from bondage to the world’s anger and hatred and lack of mercy, through obedience to God’s teachings, and joyously celebrate the space to experience and share the grace God so freely gives. In gathering for worship, we show our delight. It is a way of saying to God, “Your Word is my joy and my meditation all day long.” It cleanses our hearts and renews our spirits, leading us out of bondage and into a place of grace. Let us worship God! Jeremiah 31:27-34 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah%2031%3A27-34&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 119:97-104 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20119%3A97-104&version=NRSVUE 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20timothy%203%3A14-4%3A5&version=NRSVUE Luke 18:1-8 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2018%3A1-8&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 119:97-104. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 119:97-104 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1238127788356472&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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