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11/30/2023 0 Comments Playlist A1B
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11/29/2023 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, A1B Call to Confession
O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness so that you may be saved. How long shall your evil schemes lodge within you? (Jeremiah 4:14) Let us confess the evil schemes that reside within us, and seek the cleansing of our hearts from its wickedness: Prayer of Confession Create in us a new heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within us. Transform our sense of entitlement and give us compassion and grace. Transform our need for power and give us humility and a longing for equity. Transform our propensity for greed and give us a passion for justice and a burning desire to share. Transform the fear that underlies all our selfishness and give us love beyond all loving and hope for peace across the world. Restore us, O God. Let your face shine, that we may be saved. Assurance of God's Grace Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. 22 The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life. (John 5:21-24) Hear the Good News: In the name of Jesus Christ, you 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. 11/28/2023 0 Comments Call to Worship, A1B Congregate, you sheep of the flock of the Great Shepherd.
Gather in, you who worship in awe the One enthroned on high. Come and kneel before the Redeemer, you who long to be healed, saved, restored, and beseech God with all your heart. Call upon God's name!  Isaiah 64:1-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+64%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+80%3A1-7%2C+17-19&version=NRSVUE 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+3%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE Mark 13:24-37 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A24-37&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19. All liturgy this week will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 encourages or inspires you this week? Share your thoughts in the comments below.  Call to Confession
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods. 9 Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental principles? How can you want to be enslaved to them again? (Galatians 4:8-9) Let us confess the weak and beggarly principles we have allowed to enslave us and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, Lord. We come before you pleading more often than praising, with grumbles more often than gladness, with sadness more often than singing. We enter your courts with a sense of entitlement rather than gratitude, with jealousy rather than joy, with blight rather than blessings. Our attitudes need a radical reworking, our hearts, a thorough cleaning. Hear our prayers for mercy, O God! Walk with us as we ascend from the valley of despair with our eyes fixed on you as our eternal Hope. Make us mindful of your presence with us every step of the way that we might remember your faithfulness and give thanks in all circumstances. Assurance of God's Grace It is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6) People of God, 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.  Come into God's presence singing "Alleluia!"
Enter God's gates with thanksgiving, and God's courts with praise! Let us worship God! Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+34%3A11-16%2C+20-24&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 100 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+100&version=NRSVUE Ephesians 1:15-23 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A15-23&version=NRSVUE Matthew 25:31-46 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A31-46&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 100. All liturgies will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 100 inspires or encourages you today? Share your thoughts in the comments below. 11/12/2023 0 Comments Note to Followers ... I'm practicing what I preach this week and taking a week for self-care. There will not be any liturgies or playlist posted. I'll be back next week. :) God be with you~
11/10/2023 0 Comments Prayers of the People, P+23A Hear our prayers, O merciful God!
Hope is our downfall. We are feeling hopeless Because we are not inclining our ears to you, Because we are not reflecting On the wonders you have done and keep doing, Because we have failed to focus on your mercy And your might. Lift up our eyes, we pray. Help us to see you at work in our midst. Help us to hear your voice In the songs of the children playing, In the chatter of insects And the call of animals, In the proclamation of the Word. Help us to see you in the resilience of the suffering, In the courage of the brave, In the strength of the grieving, In the compassion of those who bring Relief. Help us to feel you in a friend’s embrace, In the touch of a loved one’s hand, In the heartbeat of our furry friends. Renew our hope in your sovereignty, We pray, And grants us wisdom And grace To continue on That we might tell of your wonders Not only with our mouths, But also by the ways in which we live. Amen. 11/9/2023 0 Comments Playlist P+23A |
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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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