Jeremiah 31:31-34 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+31%3A31-34&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 119:9-16 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+119%3A9-16&version=NRSVUE Hebrews 5:5-10 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+5%3A5-10&version=NRSVUE John 12:20-33 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12%3A20-33&version=NRSVUE *The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 119:9-16. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 119:9-16 inspires or encourages you? Join the conversation here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=806803128155609&set=a.549399683895956.
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3/8/2024 0 Comments Playlist, E4B3/7/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, L4BCall to Confession
How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? (Proverbs 1:22) Let us confess our simple-mindedness, our scoffing, and our hatred of knowledge before the Lord and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, O God, our sins have made us sick; our sins have caused dis-ease in others, in our society, in our world. We have chosen simple-mindedness rather than expansiveness, chosen foolishness over wisdom. Out of our refusal to accept new understandings, we scoff at what we cannot grasp rather than learning to listen ... to broaden our thinking ... to open our eyes and our hearts to someone else's experience. We further limit our opportunities to learn and grow by shutting down avenues where learning takes place. We ban books. We legislate diversity, equity, and inclusion. We segregate ourselves and demand that those unlike us "return to the places from which they came." Send out your word, O God, and heal us, for we are far from the example you set for us in Christ. Transform our hearts, we pray, that we may heal one another and the world. Assurance of God's Grace (The Lord) forgives all our iniquity, who heals all our diseases, 4 ... redeems our life from the Pit, ... (and) crowns us with steadfast love and mercy, ... (Psalm 103:3-4) 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. 3/6/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, L4BCome from the north
and the south and the east and the west! Come, you sin-sick and you who are near death's door. Come, you who are crying out to God and you who have been saved from your distress. Come and thank the Lord with songs of celebration! Numbers 21:4-9 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+21%3A4-9&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+107%3A1-3%2C+17-22&version=NRSVUE Ephesians 2:1-10 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A1-10&version=NRSVUE John 3:14-21 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A14-21&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in these verses inspires or encourages you? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 2/29/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, L3BCall to Confession
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:1-2) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Creator God, Forgive us. Every day you reveal yourself to us in the rising and the setting of the sun, in the blossoming of new life, in the flow of life-giving water, in the teeming of sea creatures and in the playful antics of land animals, and in the birdsong. Every day you speak to us through the Word, written and Incarnate, living and dynamic, read and proclaimed through the power of the Holy Spirit. Still, we ignore it. Still, we deny it. Still, we refute it. Still, we misrepresent it. Forgive us, we pray! Open our eyes to what is before us. Open our ears to what is around us. Open our hearts to what is within us. Open our minds to new understanding. Let the Spirit of Truth blow afresh through our lives and recreate us into the people you have called us to be! Assurance of God's Grace All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” (Acts 10:43) 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. 2/27/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, L3BThe Creator calls through the
firmament, through the rising of the sun and through its setting, through the ordinances and decrees expressed in Logos ... the Word ... living and dynamic and enduring forever. The Creator calls to all of creation: Come and worship. 2/26/2024 0 Comments Lectionary Scriptures, L3BExodus 20:1-17 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20%3A1-17&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 19 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+19&version=NRSVUE 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A18-25&version=NRSVUE John 2:13-22 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A13-22&version=NRSVUE *The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 19. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 19 inspires or encourages you? Join the conversation at www.facebook.com/juliegvillo.aplaceofgrace Lectionary Scriptures, L3B post! 2/22/2024 0 Comments Playlist, L2B2/21/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, L2BCall to Confession
God said, "Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other." (Isaiah 45:22) Let us turn to God and seek God's grace: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, God. We are the creators of systems that afflict the afflicted, and we hide our faces from those who cry out for justice. We are the hoarders of resources that keep the poor in poverty and prevent their children from eating their fill. We do not live for you ... we live for ourselves and ourselves alone, seeking to promote our own interests rather than communal interests that benefit and enrich us all by empowering those whose voices we have silenced by our actions and our laws. In your mercy, Lord, hear our prayers! Forgive our performative worship and transform our hearts that we truly proclaim deliverance and be the avenue by which you work ... the Body of Christ at work in the world. May it be so. Assurance of God's Grace For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21) 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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