 Jeremiah 31:7-14 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031%3A7-14&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 147:12-20 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20147%3A12-20&version=NRSVUE Ephesians 1:3-14 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%201%3A3-14&version=NRSVUE John 1:(1-9) and 10-15 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201%3A1-15&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Ephesians 1:3-14. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Ephesians 1:3-14 encourages or inspires you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1300736665428917&set=a.549399683895956.
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12/24/2025 0 Comments Call to Worship, C1A Siblings in Christ,
gather in. Children of God who cower in fear and are terrified of dying, the God of Hope has come to live among us. This is the joy of Christmas! The Word of God made flesh came to shine light into a darkened world. Let us worship God! Isaiah 63:7-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2063%3A7-9&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 148 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20148&version=NRSVUE Hebrews 2:10-18 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%202%3A10-18&version=NRSVUE Matthew 2:13-23 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202%3A13-23&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Hebrews 2:10-18. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Hebrews 2:10-18 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1295540959281821&set=a.549399683895956. 12/17/2025 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, A1A Call to Confession
On that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its[c] breaches and raise up its[d] ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old ... (Amos 9:11) Let us confess our breaches and our ruins and the places where we need to be rebuilt before the God of David and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession God, forgive us. In baptism you claimed us, you called us to be servants of Christ, you set us apart to share the Good News of the gospel, You have gifted us with grace beyond measure and made us apostles for the purpose of bringing about obedience of faith for the sake of Christ's name. But we have forsaken our call. We have distorted your Good News, excluded the marginalized from its all-encompassing nurture, and failed in every manner of the love Christ lived. We hoard food from the hungry, restrict access to resources for the poverty-stricken, humiliate and endanger the stranger in our midst, and resort to violence through word and deed when others point to the log sticking out of our eyes. Lord, in your mercy, forgive what we have become: a people who demand obedience to a law so divorced of the love you exhibited on the cross that it is no longer recognizable. Our hypocrisy is disgusting, and the darkness feels overwhelming. Send your light to shine anew, we pray, into our hearts and into the battle-scarred corners of the world where hope is most needed that your promises of peace and joy may reach those who desperately need to see you in us. Assurance of God's Grace For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[k] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[l] conscience from dead works to worship the living God! (Hebrews 9:13-14) 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. 12/16/2025 0 Comments Call to Worship, A1A Gather in, you missionaries,
you truth-tellers, you followers of Christ, you saints. Gather in to hear the GOOD NEWS of God's amazing grace! Love incarnated. Love made flesh. Love that knows no boundaries. Gather in, you who are yearning, and experience Love. Isaiah 7:10-16 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%207%3A10-16&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2080%3A1-7%2C%2017-19&version=NRSVUE Romans 1:1-7 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%201%3A1-7&version=NRSVUE Matthew 1:18-25 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201%3A18-25&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Romans 1:1-7. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Romans 1:1-7 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1290263316476252&set=a.549399683895956. 12/4/2025 1 Comment Prayer of Confession, A2A Call to Confession
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession God of steadfastness and encouragement, you have given us the Scriptures so that through them we might learn endurance, find comfort, and grow in hope. Yet we confess that we do not always turn to your Word when weariness overtakes us. We rely on our own strength, our own wisdom, our own hurried solutions, and our hope falters. God of harmony, you call us to live in unity with one another, to glorify you with one voice. Yet we confess that we hold grudges, cling to resentment, and choose division over understanding. We confess the ways we have failed to welcome others as Christ has welcomed us with grace that makes room and mercy that runs ahead of judgment. God of hope, you promise joy and peace in believing, abundance and blessing for all peoples, but we confess how quickly we slip into fear-- fear that there will not be enough, fear of change, fear of one another. We forget that you are the God whose mercy extends to the nations, whose faithfulness endures from age to age. Forgive us, O Lord. Fill us again with your hope-- a hope that overflows. Make us instruments of your welcome, bearers of your joy, and companions in your peace, so that our lives may testify to the goodness of Jesus Christ, the One who receives us still. Assurance of God's Grace For God so loved the world that God gave God's only Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send God's Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17) 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. 12/2/2025 1 Comment Call to Worship, A2A Gather in, you who are in need of encouragement.
We come seeking hope. Gather in, you who are looking for harmony. We come glorifying God with one voice. You are welcome in God's house. We welcome one another as Christ welcomes us. Let us worship God! Isaiah 11:1-10 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2011%3A1-10&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2072%3A1-7%2C%2018-19&version=NRSVUE Romans 15:4-13 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2015%3A4-13&version=NRSVUE Matthew 3:1-12 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203%3A1-12&version=NRSVUE The A Place of Grace focus passage this week is Romans 15:4-13. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Romans 15:4-13 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1279457890890128&set=a.549399683895956 . |
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