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11/27/2018 0 Comments Call to Worship, Advent 1C Come, you tired trees,
you old, dead stumps, you brittle branches. Come, and wait together for the new life that is about to spring forth in you. Come, and hear the promises renewed. Come, and worship.
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11/23/2018 0 Comments Prayers of the People, CKSB God of Jacob and Rebekah,
we bow before you. Prince of Peace and King of kings, we honor you. Eternal Spirit, we worship you. Hear our prayers for those who govern that they might hear your voice and be led by your example, administering justice according to your law of love. Hear our prayers for those who rely on your covenant for order and security that they might grow and prosper and rest in the hope of salvation according to your everlasting promises. Hear our prayers for those cut off and tossed away who, imprisoned by their own pain, long for community and for new life in Christ, that they may be reconciled to you and restored to wholeness. Hear our prayers for a new day, O God, that they sun may rise upon your people throughout the earth and bring light to the darkness as we remember who we are and whose we are, and realign our loyalties with the One who reigns in glory.  Call to Confession
I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. (Jeremiah 32:40) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, CKS, Year B Rock of Israel, Fortress, King, we have failed you, have failed to serve you according to your everlasting covenant. Our leaders do not lead with love but with greed, in many cases, they neither govern fairly nor well, and we not only allow them to represent us, we elected them. Perhaps it is because our greed is greater than our desire to serve you. We do not love our neighbor as ourselves, or, if we do, we do not love ourselves. We stuff ourselves before we feed the hungry. We busy ourselves to the point of never having time to sit with the lonely or comfort the grieving or show grace to the imprisoned or bring healing to the sick. We refuse to welcome the stranger or to show hospitality even to our friends and neighbors if they do not look like us. Forgive us, we pray. We give thanks for your steadfast love for us in spite of our failure to live as you have called us to live in your kingdom. Forgive our waywardness, we pray, and restore in us a spirit of peace according to your graciousness. In the name of Christ, we pray. Assurance of God's Grace God said, "But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall." (Malachi 4:2) 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 and in the days to come. 11/20/2018 0 Comments Call to Worship, CKS, Year B There is a king who rules justly,
who rules in the fear of God. Let us rejoice in the One who comes in the name of the Lord! Let us give thanks for the fulfillment of the everlasting covenant. Let us celebrate with songs of praise and thanksgiving! 11/16/2018 0 Comments Prayers of the People, OT33B O Lord of hosts,
look upon your servants with mercy. Grant a double portion of compassion upon your children whose spirits are wounded, who weep and fast in desperation. Day after day, your people cry out in agony. Day after day, their hope persists in the face of hopelessness. Exasperated with worry and with fear, your people all upon your name, Lord, and seek your favor. Comfort your people, O God, with your Spirit of gentleness, with your grace-filled Word, with your everlasting love. Make of your church a haven from hatred, a welcoming community, a hospital for the helpless. O Lord of hosts, grant the petitions of those who earnestly seek to serve you, in Jesus' holy name. 11/14/2018 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, OT33B Call to Confession
Our Lord has promised that when we call upon God in the day of trouble; God will deliver us. Let us confess our sin before God, seek God's mercy, and glorify God. Prayer of Confession, OT33B Forgive us, God, for we refuse to listen ... refuse to listen. Our souls weep in secret for our pride; Our eyes weep bitterly, so bitterly, and run down with tears. Forgive us, God, for we blame you ... blame you for our pain. We cannot see your all-encompassing love in the face of our grief. Forgive us, God, for believing you would punish us when the price for our sin has already been paid. Consider our affliction, Lord, and the hardships we have endured, and forgive, Oh Lord, forgive, we pray, all ... ALL ... our sins. Assurance of God's Grace God said, "When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue them and honor them. (Psalm 91:15) 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. 11/13/2018 0 Comments Call to Worship, OT33B Come, you barren and you fruitful,
loved and unloved, dreamers praying for fulfillment of your hearts desires. Come, you ridiculed and you provokers, cast down and leveling, all who feel punished and alone. Come, you who weep in fervent prayer and know that you are not alone. Come and worship the God who grieves with you in your distress and longs to comfort you. 11/7/2018 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, OT32B Call to Confession
All of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Let us confess our sin together and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, OT32B We are desperate, God. We manipulate the outcome we want instead of trusting you to provide. We sell ourselves and others to secure our futures. We claim what isn't ours as a right because society has taught us that we can. Forgive us, we pray. Teach us to place our hope in you alone. Grant us courage to right systems that oppress, so that the marginalized are protected and the poor are fed. Assurance of God's Grace Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. (Psalm 55:22) By the sacrifice of Jesus, we have been declared righteous, and in his n ame, 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. 11/6/2018 0 Comments Call to Worship, OT32B Blessed be the Lord,
the restorer of Life, the nourisher of our days, for the Lord has given us new hope. Let us worship God! 11/2/2018 0 Comments Prayers of the People, OT31B Bread of Life, rise.
Listen to the petitions of your people. Hear the cries of the hungry. Answer their pleas for food -- for bread and for the bread of life -- for themselves and for their children. Satisfy them with good things, that they might be filled and rest this night in comfort. Bread of Life, rise. Listen to the petitions of your people. Hear the cries of the stranger. Answer their pleas for safety -- for welcome and inclusion -- for themselves and for their children. Send your church to greet them, to welcome them with open arms, that they might rest this night in security. Bread of Life, rise. Listen to the petitions of your people. Hear the cries of the grieving. Answer their pleas for comfort -- for restoration and newness of life -- for themselves and for their children. Encircle them with love that they might be strengthened and rest this night in peace. Bread of Life, rise. Even the dogs get crumbs from the master's table. How much more can your children hope to receive by your hand? Therefore, feed your church and send them out to love and to serve in the name of the One whose radical love and self-sacrificing service set the example for us in loving God and loving neighbor for all time. |
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