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6/17/2025 0 Comments Call to Worship, P+2C Gather in, you who long for God,
you whose spirits thirst for Living Water. Come closer, you whose souls are disquieted within. Deep calls to deep, and the steadfast love of God is both a refuge and a rolling thunder. Come and worship the God of hope.
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6/17/2025 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+2C Call to Confession
Stretch out your hands to God; May our souls thirst for God like a parched land. Selah God will answer us quickly, O children of the Lord; our spirits fail. God does not hide God's face from God's children, or we shall be like those who go down to the Pit. (Psalm 143:6-7 with a pov shift) Let us stretch out our hands to God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, God, for we do not thirst for you. Our souls are parched, but we look for refreshment in material things. We assuage our longing with angry outbursts. We behold your face in the faces of our neighbors, but we do not recognize it. Instead, we chant for deportation and for imprisonment and for war. How do we lead the procession into your house with glad shouts of thanksgiving and praise, kneeling before you on Sunday and calling on the name of the One who lived as an unhoused refugee and then live as subjects of an earthly kingdom Monday through Saturday? Have mercy on us, we pray! Sing to us your song of steadfast love that we may rise above those who taunt us, asking, "Where is your God?" Send your Spirit to open our eyes to the disquiet within us, and help us to see what we have refused to see: that we are the deceitful and unjust. Send out your light and your truth, O God, and let them lead us. Assurance of God's Grace So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth, 3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your[a] life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. (Colossians 3:1-4) 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.  1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I%20King%2019%3A1-4%2C%208-15a&version=NRSVUE
Psalms 42 and 43 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2042%2C%2043&version=NRSVUE Galatians 3:23-29 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%203%3A23-29&version=NRSVUE Luke 8:26-39 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%208%3A26-39&version=NRSVUE The focus passages for A Place of Grace this week are Psalms 42 and 43. All liturgy will be based on these passages. What in Psalm 42 or Psalm 43 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1138491721653413&set=a.549399683895956. 6/12/2025 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, TSC Call to Confession
O that the Lord would remember us when showing favor to God's people, that the Lord would help us when delivering them. (Psalm 106:4 paraphrased) Let us call upon the Lord for help and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, God, for we have come to believe that we are not even a little lower than you, but that we are equal -- or even greater -- than you. We have taken the dominion you entrusted to us and misused and abused it. We have crowned ourselves and our leaders with undeserved honor. We have tarnished the glory of intelligence and compassion. Forgive us, we pray. We do know what we are doing, and we do it anyway. In your mercy, O God, remind us of our mortality, humble our hearts in the vastness of the universe. Remind us that power comes with responsibility to love and serve according to Christ's example. Rescue us from the natural, logical consequences of our grievous behavior and teach us to love as you love us. Assurance of God's Grace God so loved the world that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 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 this week.  Lift up your voices,
you creatures of the Almighty! Sing of the majesty of God! By the power of the Word, all that is was given life as the Spirit hovered over and breathed life into it all. Let us worship the Triune God, who was and is and is to come! Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%208%3A1-4%2C%2022-31&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 8 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208&version=NRSVUE Romans 5:1-5 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%208&version=NRSVUE John 16:12-15 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2016%3A12-15&version=NRSVUE The A Place of Grace focus this week is Psalm 8. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 8 inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1132950432207542&set=a.549399683895956  Welcome, all you creatures of the earth!
Welcome, all you that belong to the sea! Gather in, you who look to God for food. Gather in, you who breathe the breath of Spirit. Come, and sing to the Lord; Sing praise while you have being! You sinners who fear being consumed ... you wicked who face destruction ... Come and bless the Lord and be transformed by God's grace. Acts 2:1-21 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%202%3A1-21&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20104%3A24-34%2C%2035b&version=NRSVUE Romans 8:14-17 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%208%3A14-17&version=NRSVUE John 14:8-17 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2014%3A8-17&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for a Place of Grace this week is Psalm 104:24-34, 35b. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 104:24-34, 35b inspires or encourages you? Share you thoughts here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1127534629415789&set=a.549399683895956. 5/29/2025 0 Comments Playlist, E7C5/28/2025 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, E7C Call to Confession
See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. (Malachi 4:1) Let us humble ourselves before God and confess our arrogance and our evil deeds and seek God's immeasurable mercy: Prayer of Confession Lord, in your mercy, forgive us, we pray. In his wisdom, King Solomon warned, "It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness," yet we do not hold our leaders to the standard set by the One whom we claim to follow. In fact, we excuse their evil deeds and adopt their arrogance and defer attention by slandering those who serve faithfully. We are not who we claim to be. We do not follow Christ's example when we take food from children and support from those who are battling for their lives and aid from those who are ill and opportunities from the marginalized and history and science from education. We do not follow your commandments when we take autonomy from humans or hospitality from strangers or provision for the poor. Have mercy on us, we pray, and renew a right spirit within us. Remind us who we are and whose we are that we might transform our thinking and live out the baptismal claims on our lives. Assurance of God's Grace He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13-14) 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. |
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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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