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9/11/2024 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.
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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.  Proverbs 1:20-33 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%201%3A20-33&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 19 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2019&version=NRSVUE James 3:1-12 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%203%3A1-12&version=NRSVUE Mark 8:27-38 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%208%3A27-38&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 19. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 19 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=925432346292686&set=a.549399683895956. 9/5/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+16B Call to Confession
(We) lift up (our) eyes to the hills. From where does (our) help come? (Psalm 121:1) Let us lift up our eyes to the hills and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession God of Mercy and Compassion, forgive us, we pray. We have not looked to you for deliverance. We have not trusted in you for the future you have promised. Instead, we have asserted that we do not need forgiveness, that we are righteous and good. Humility is a word and a concept we not only choose not to understand, but a word and a concept we choose to deride. We scorn those who are different from us, who are marginalized, who are oppressed. We, ourselves, are the proud and contemptuous. Forgive us, we pray, and renew a right spirit within us, that we may recognize that we are your children, and you are our God. Call us back to a place of reconciliation and restoration. Remind us how it is that we have what we have, for it is only by your grace that we have been blessed, and lead us ever forward in an attitude of servanthood as modeled by Christ when he walked among us. Assurance of God's Grace In (our) distress, (we) called to the Lord, and the Lord answered (us). (Psalm 120:1) 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. 9/4/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+16B Gather in, you whose eyes are fixed on God!
Gather in, you who have had more than enough of contempt! Come into God's courts, where scorn is not welcome and where joy and peace and hope are celebrated! Gather in, you servants of God, and look to the Lord your God, who showers mercy upon you. Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2022%3A1-2%2C%208-9%2C%2022-23&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 123 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20123&version=NRSVUE James 2:1-10, 14-17 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%202%3A1-10%2C%2014-17&version=NRSVUE Mark 7:24-37 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207%3A24-37&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 123. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 123 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=921619666673954&set=a.549399683895956. 8/28/2024 0 Comments Playlist, P+15B8/28/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+15B Call to Confession
All 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 Forgive us, O God. Christ is the bridegroom, the church is the bride. But we have entered into this covenant with faulty intentions. We are deceitful and disloyal, defining righteousness by the standards of the world instead of by Christ's example. We beg for your extravagant grace though we know we are not worthy to receive it. Teach us to love as you love us. Help us to renew our covenant to follow Christ with faithfulness and joy. Assurance of God's Grace And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[d] full of grace and truth. From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. (John 1:14, 16) 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. 8/27/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+15B Gather in, you whose hearts are overflowing!
Gather in, you whose tongues are ready to sing God's praise! Our God loves righteousness and hates wickedness. Our God carries the scepter of equity. God has anointed you with the oil of gladness, and played instruments of joy! Come and celebrate God in worship! Song of Solomon 2:8-13 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=song%20of%20solomon%202%3A8-13&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2045%3A1-2%2C%206-9&version=NRSVUE James 1:17-27 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201%3A17-27&version=NRSVUE Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207%3A1-8%2C%2014-15%2C%2021-23&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=915874707248450&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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