Rabbi ...
Teacher ...
Hear our prayers. 
For those whose resources
are vast,
we pray for compassion
and a sense of responsibility
toward caring for those whose resources
are limited.
Open the eyes and the ears
and the hearts
of the wealthy
that they may hear the Word of God
and be moved by it.

Healer ...
Helper ...
Hear our prayers.
For those who are suffering
in illness,
in poverty,
in exclusion,
in loneliness,
we pray for your church 
to come alongside
and offer welcome
and restoration
and relief.
Gather up your most vulnerable people,
we pray, into the arms of the faithful
and embrace them with your love.

Holy Spirit ...
Sophia ...
Hear our prayers.
For the universal church
at work in the world,
we pray for new life.
Move through your people,
inspiring and encouraging us,
igniting new passion for healing work
that creates space for wholeness
and hope
as only you can,
that all that we do
may bring glory to your Holy Name. 

God of Grace and God of Glory
For the Healing of the Nations
Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Us
​Heaven Shall Not Wait

Call to Confession

For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot, ... (Romans 8:7) Let us confess our sin before God and submit ourselves to God's law, seeking God's mercy:

Prayer of Confession

Have mercy on us, O God.
Have mercy on us!
We feast at our tables intent on gluttony
and toss out leftovers 
without a thought for those 
who are hungry.
We give little thought 
to those who are suffering
from illness and pain --
physically,
emotionally,
mentally,
or spiritually -- 
passing them on our daily round
without a word of encouragement
or a hand of aide
or a dollar in compassion. 
Rather, we exploit the weaknesses 
of those who struggle to survive
and capitalize on our privilege
for our own gain.
Have mercy on us, O God!
Have mercy on us!
Open our hearts to a new way of being 
in the world. 
Focus our attention
on those who are voiceless
and unseen.
Teach us to give as generously 
as we have received,
that all your children may know the wonder
of your steadfast love and faithfulness
through the mission and ministry
of the church at work 
​in the world.


Assurance of God's Grace

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds[b] you have been healed. (1 Peter 2:24) 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 to the Table, all who are weary and hungry
and crying in agony.
Come and be fed at the feast of the Lord.

Come to the Truth, all who are blinded by power
and wealth and places of privilege.
Come and be transformed by the Word of God.

Come to God's courts singing songs of praise
and thanksgiving.
Come and worship the Lord your God!

​When will it END, God?
When will your people stop slaughtering your children,
stop hurling murderous words at one another,
killing the spirit
in addition to the body?
When will we start sharing our blessings,
loving our neighbor,
welcoming the stranger,
and caring for the widow and the orphan
and the poor?
Where ARE you, O God?
Where are you in the midst of this chaotic,
hateful,
hurtful
generation?
Our tears are our food day and night.
Almighty God,
you have faithfully fed the hungry
and clothed the naked
and comforted the grieving
and shown hospitality to the marginalized.
You have freed the oppressed
and gathered together the scattered
and welcomed the prodigal home.
Do not desert us now, we beseech you!
Never have we needed you more ....

Send your Spirit to work within us, we pray.
Heal our brokenness as no medicine can.
Rend our hearts and turn them back to you.
End the violence of anger and of neglect.
Put a stop to our abuse of power.
Teach us how to love selflessly.
Grant us empathy
and compassion,
and send your church out
to be your heart and hands and feet
in the world.
Do not let us destroy ourselves, God,
but help us to build one another up
in your Holy name.
Do not give up on us, O God.
Ignite in us a passion that will not allow us
to give up on you.

O Jesus, I Have Promised
Lord, We Have Come at Your Own Invitation
We Give Thee But Thine Own
I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me
Take My Life
Take, O Take Me As  I Am

Siblings of Christ,
bring your honest confession
of dishonest behavior
and stand before God in the courts of mercy.
Heirs of the Kin-dom,
bring your devotion to God
and release your devotion to worldly idols
and kneel before the Lord 
in worship and in thanksgiving.
Servants of the Most High,
bring your shrewdness
to exchange for holiness
that you may leave this place transformed
by the power of the Spirit at work.

Loving Shepherd,
we gather near to you
at your invitation,
with all our imperfections
and insecurities,
and bask in the warmth 
of your gracious hospitality.
By your great love,
we are known 
and are able to love others.

Be present, Lord, we pray,
with those who do not know the wonder
of your unconditional love
and grace;
who have not experienced it 
in those around them
and do not, therefore, 
know how to extend it 
to those whom they encounter.
Embrace them with your mercy
and show them what it means 
to be called "Beloved."

Be present, also,
with those whose loss is great,
and comfort them
as they search for wholeness
and reconciliation
and celebrate with them 
when their blessings are restored.

Transform your church, O God,
into a place of welcome
where all are treated with love
and respect,
where the lost are sought
with faithful persistence,
and the poor and lonely
are lifted up 
and encouraged
in times of trial,
where sinners are encircled
by other sinners
in humility and hope.

The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Come Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Just As I Am
Amazing Grace
The Lord's My Shepherd
Come, You Sinners, Poor and Needy
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Lord, Speak to Me that I May Speak
You Are My All in All