A Place of Grace
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Ministry Offerings
  • Point of Contact
  • Upcoming Events
  • Reiki for Everyone
  • My Reiki Story
  • Sharing Stories
  • Forms
  • Artwork
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Ministry Offerings
  • Point of Contact
  • Upcoming Events
  • Reiki for Everyone
  • My Reiki Story
  • Sharing Stories
  • Forms
  • Artwork
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

Point of Contact
Where Life and Worship Intersect

4/8/2020 1 Comment

Prayer of Confession, Easter Sunday, Year A

Picture
Call to Confession

The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Let us confess our sin before God, who sent God's only Son to save us, and seek God's mercy.

Prayer of Confession, Easter Sunday, Year A

Here we are, God,
with an empty tomb in front of us,
and still we refuse to follow ...
still we refuse to believe.
We claim to be your disciples, yet
we stand outside, confused and confounded
by the vastness
of your love,
unable to comprehend what it means to love another
to the point of obedience on the cross.
Why would you choose the isolation of death
over communal life
even if it means that others will die?
Why would you not put yourself ahead of those
who stand in judgment?
God, Almighty, we do not understand!
Forgive us.
Open our eyes to this miracle of life!
Help us to see that LOVE WINS!
Teach us the compassion and grace
to love as you have loved us
in the sure and certain hope
that one day soon,
the face coverings will be laid aside,
and we will walk out into the world
where we will truly see you as we have never seen you before
and rejoice.
And then, we will know what love is
because we will have learned what it means
to lay aside one's life for another.
May it be so.

Assurance of God's Grace

God did not send God's Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. In the name of the risen Christ, we are forgiven! Alleluia! Amen.

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.
1 Comment
Frank Baik
4/5/2022 04:24:48 pm

Really like your picks of scripture for the call and assurance. Nicely done!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    Julie served as a Commissioned Ruling Elder in a Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation for thirteen years. She now absolutely delights in filling the pulpit for colleagues upon request, and looks forward to opportunities to do so. Her reformed perspective is sprinkled with humor and presented with authenticity, and she is open to creatively deconstructing worship as a means to helping congregants explore worship in transformational ways.

    Julie and her husband, Ray, are parents of three adult children, and grandparents of four energetic and imaginative little people. She is an introverted-with-enough-extrovert-balance-to-keep-her-social, perfectionistic-with-hopper-tendencies, time and goal-oriented, kaleidoscopic, and insatiably curious child of God.

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017

    Categories

    All Prayer Of Confession

    RSS Feed

Picture
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!
Proudly powered by Weebly