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6/13/2018 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, OT11 Call to Confession
All of us 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, OT11 We are the ones who ran to the front of the line, to show off our strength, to sell our mad skills. We are the ones who left behind those considered too inexperienced to be leadership quality. We are the ones who ignored the voices of the youngest, the oldest, the poorest, the marginalized, the least. It was us. Forgive us. We do not deserve to lead. Open our eyes to our prejudicial judgments, and transform our way of thinking that our hearts may receive God's chosen with joyful celebration. 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 s far as the east is from the west. 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 ...
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6/12/2018 0 Comments Call to Worship, OT11B Called from places of labor
and of rest, come. Called to stand among the community of believers, come. Called to kneel and be commissioned, to serve the Lord our God, come. Called to worship and to praise, come. 6/8/2018 0 Comments June 08th, 2018 The people cry
from the depths of despair, their tears bereft of hope. They have received that which they requested and it looks different than they imagined. It carries a price they do no wish to pay. Forgive their petulance, and free them from the oppression that suffocates them in the darkness. The people cry from the very core of grief, their devastation ripping out their hearts. They have lost loved ones and possessions and livelihoods. They have lost a sense of wholeness. Their pain is agonizing. Draw them near to you, we pray, and heal their broken hearts. The people cry for justice for the earth and all who inhabit it, for the universe and all it encompasses. Injustice sits in leadership positions at every level refusing to listen, refusing to be a voice for the voiceless. Comfort your people, O God, and open the eyes of the blind entitled that love may reign o'er all the earth. 6/6/2018 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, OT10 Call to Confession
Sadly, we have rejected our God who saved us from all our calamaties and our distresses. Let us present ourselves before the Lord and confess our sin and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, OT10 We are a stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, resistant of the Holy Spirit at work in our midst. We grumble against the Lord and quarrel among ourselves and with our leaders. We want what we want when we want it. We do not care about what it will cost others. We only care about ourselves. Our cries to God go unanswered because we have chosen to follow our own desires. Forgive us, O God. Forgive our selfishness. Forgive our faithlessness. Forgive our hardened hearts. Teach us to measure our desires against our neighbor's need, against the stranger's dreams, against your will for your people everywhere, and to be transformed by love and compassion. Assurance of God's Grace We are a people holy to the Lord our God; made holy by the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, through whom we are redeemed. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God for this indescribable gift! 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 day. 6/5/2018 0 Comments Call to Worship, OT10 Hail the King of glory!
Come worship, and give thanks -- God, it is, who leads and saves, God, who calls and makes us brave -- Hail the King, you gathered ranks! By the power of the Spirit, come, Your faithfulness to be restored. Come bow before the Holy One, whose victory o'er death is won -- and join the golden chord! 6/1/2018 0 Comments Prayers of the People, OT9B We are your children,
wandering in the darkness, relying on -- submitting to, the assistance of those who are stronger because time and degeneration have taken our independence. Hear our prayers for mercy and for compassion. We are your children, wandering in uncertainty, relying on -- seeking out, the wisdom of those more experienced, because we do no recognize your voice in the night. Hear our prayers for humility and clarity. We are your children, ready to serve, wondering where, questioning how, and praying for direction in a world where hopelessness is everywhere. Hear our prayers for discernment and for grace. We are your children, living together, learning to love, learning to lead and learning to follow. Hear our prayers for hospitality extended and received. In the name of the One who makes all things possible, hear our prayers. 5/30/2018 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, OT9 Call to Confession, OT9
All of us 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 The light of your Word burns brightly, yet still we stumble, choosing not to see what is in front of us. We are permissive: playing favorites even as we pass judgment on the other, allowing violence to reign in our city streets and in our homes and in our schools, defending the perpetrator and blaming the victim. Our ears are open, but our hearts are closed. We do not want to hear a different perspective because it might mean we have to change our own. In your mercy, Lord, forgive us. Renew in us a spirit of compassion. Transform our ways of being in this world and heal our division. 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. 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 day. 5/29/2018 0 Comments Call to Worship, OT9 In the dark and in the day,
God calls to each of us by name: patiently, tenderly, urgently, unceasingly calling. From our darkness and our light we come ... to listen, to respond, and to worship.  Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer,
we are mystified by your existence, by the way you work in us and through us and around us, and by the ways in which you respond to our cries for mercy. We look, O God, but far too often, we do not see you. Our hearts are wrenched by terminal illnesses and terrible injuries and tragedies we cannot fathom, the moments of our ordinary days shattered by life-altering diagnoses and unforeseen incidents. Show yourself to us, we pray. Make your presence so tangible we can reach out and touch you. Your people need to know that you are with us in the depths of our grief, in the day to day struggles to function. Heal our hearts, we pray, and reconcile our spirits with yours and with one another that we may live each day to the fullest, rejoicing in your love. Creator God, we celebrate your revelation to us in all of your majestic order. We give thanks for all that is and for the way it displays your vast imagination for it gives us hope that there is space for creative reimagination to find measures that will heal all that is. Christ, our Redeemer, we give thanks for that through you, every moment of our lives can be redeemed, every sin forgiven, every weapon turned to plow share, every desperate cry turned to hope. Holy Spirit, ignite in us a passion to live life anew in the mystery that is the Triune God that the lives we live in your name may be a legacy for those who come after.  Call to Confession
God said, "I am (the one) who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember you sins." (Isaiah 43:25) God's promises are for all God's people throughout all time. Let us confess our sin and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession We hide our faces from you, O God. We are unworthy even to stand in your presence. Your glory is beyond our comprehension. You call to us, and we make excuses, our unclean lips spouting judgment against ourselves and all around us. We long to be the people you call us to be, to go where you call us to go, to do what you call us to do, but that, O Lord, would require that we give up our tightly held prejudices and accept that even in our sinful states we are no better than our neighbor. Forgive our transgressions, we pray, and free us to answer your call. Assurance of God's Grace "he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon his was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5) 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 those whom you encounter this day. |
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