 Lectionary Scriptures for Trinity Sunday, Year A
Genesis 1:1-2:4a https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A1-2%3A4a&version=NRSVUE Psalm 8 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+8&version=NRSVUE 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+13%3A11-13&version=NRSVUE Matthew 28:16-20 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A16-20&version=NRSVUE A Place of Grace will not be posting liturgy this week. It is Grace Camp: Mission Madness week, and our team will be working with five local agencies, supporting their ministry in our community. Please hold us in prayer as you meditate on scripture. We'll be back next week!
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5/26/2023 0 Comments Prayers of the People, Pentecost A Creator God,
Hear our prayers for creation: for wise stewardship of the earth's resources, for the beauty that surrounds us, for the wonder of your vast imagination, for the joy of endless colors and shapes and sounds. Hear our prayers, Lord, for the air we breathe and the water we drink -- help us to be more diligent in protecting these life-sustaining elements, and making sure your children everywhere have the same access to both. Hear our prayers, Lord, for the planting of trees and other air-cleansing plants, for the preservation of forests and parks where wildflowers grow freely and where the land is unmarred by human greed. Hear our prayers, Lord, for birds and fish and creeping things and for all the ways they serve your grand design. Help us insure their continued existence by respecting their habitats and honoring their space. Hear our prayers for all your creatures, Lord, for kindness and compassion for those who cannot care for themselves -- whether injured or ill or elderly or dealing with challenges, for the marginalized, the lonely, the oppressed and imprisoned, for those living in poverty, and those whose communities are ravaged by violence, by war. Send your Spirit, we pray, to hover over your creation and to stir within it a sense of unity, a harmonious cooperation, a loving commitment to wholeness that you may look upon your creation once again and call it good. 5/25/2023 0 Comments Playlist, Pentecost A 5/25/2023 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, Pentecost A Call to Confession
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water. (Psalm 114:7-8) Let us stand before the Lord our God and confess our sin and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Creator God, we are ashamed: ashamed of our lack of awe when we gaze upon your works, ashamed of our lack of trust in your faithful provision, ashamed of our blatant disrespect for that which you have placed in our care, ashamed of our disingenuous praise. Forgive us, we pray. Open our eyes to the damage we are inflicting on our relationship to the earth and sky, our relationships with one another, and our relationship with you by our attitudes and our behaviors. Open our ears to listen to those whose relationship to creation can help us understand our destruction. Teach us to consider the consequences of our greedy abuse of power and to repent and reconsider our courses of action, so that wisdom and love and responsibility guides us forward before we completely destroy all that you created and proclaimed good. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers. Assurance of God's Grace And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” (Revelation 21:5) Hear the Good News: In the name of the One who has overcome sin and death, 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. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Call to Worship, Pentecost, Year A All creatures and creation,
sing your praise! Lift up your voices to the Creator God: O my soul, bless God! You who depend on God for the very breath that you breathe, shout with all your might: O my soul, bless God! Come, O Church, into God's sanctuary, and allow the Spirit to ignite you anew, that you may share the Good News your whole life long! 5/16/2023 0 Comments Call to Worship, E7A You who are watching for God to rise up,
who long to be joyful before the Lord, come into the presence of God, the God of Sinai; come into the presence of God, the God of Israel! Come, and sing praises to God who gives power and strength to God's people! Come and sing praises to the Lord! Blessed be God! 5/11/2023 0 Comments Playlist, E6A 5/9/2023 0 Comments Call to Worship, E5A Children of God, come!
Come singing praises to the God who saves us from destruction, who hears our cries and answers, who does not remove God's steadfast love from us, but covers us in grace from everlasting to everlasting. Thanks be to God! 4/20/2023 0 Comments Playlist, E3A4/19/2023 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, E3A Call to Confession
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of all who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them. (Psalm 145:18-19) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession (w/ excerpts from Psalm 86, pp) Give ear, O Lord, to our prayers; listen to our pleas for grace. In the day of trouble, we call upon you for you answer us. We have bound ourselves to sin, preferring power to humility, greed to equity, self-righteousness to compassion. Forgive us, we pray. Loose us from the idol worship that entangles us and diverts our devotion from you. Open our hearts and minds to the way of love lived by Christ who showed us what it means to be children of God. Assurance of God's Grace But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life. (Romans 6:22) 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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