5/3/2024 0 Comments Prayers of the People, E6BGod of joy and peace,
we worship you! In a world where your children rail against you and against one another, we long for harmony, unity, and celebration. Move your Spirit within and among us, we pray, and inspire in us a desire to love one another as you love us. God of victory and vindication, we call on you! As war rages in countries around the world and conflict arises on college campuses and egos trade truth for power, we beg for your intervention. Humble your people, O Lord. Open our hearts to your transforming power. Teach us how to achieve justice with mercy and hope. God of creation, we give you thanks! In the roar of the ocean, the whisper of the breeze, the majesty of mountains, the comfort of trees; in the playfulness of squirrels, the song of the birds, the hope of a sunrise, the songs without words, we see your imagination and your wisdom, your delight and your playfulness. With all that is within us, we are grateful, for you have shown us how to live and to love in diversity and joy in your self-revelation of the created world. God of steadfast love and faithfulness, we praise you! We lift up your name in wonder and in awe. In spite of our failures to live according to your law of love, you love us still ... unconditionally and with fierce passion. Teach us how to love with this same devotion and ignite in us a faithfulness to serve one another according to your will.
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Because the Lord your God is a merciful God, he will neither abandon you nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them. (Deuteronomy 4:31) Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, and confess our sin before our merciful God and seek forgiveness. Prayer of Confession Forgive us, God. We sing songs of lament instead of songs of praise, our grievances more egocentric than justice-oriented. We fail to herald your victories for those who long for vindication, or sing of your steadfast love and faithfulness for the lonely, the imprisoned, the poor, the oppressed, or the infirm. We silence the joyful sounds of creation by our failure to steward with compassion and care. Have mercy on us, we pray. Inspire in us a song of gratitude that offers hope to a hurting world. Reorient our focus so that our eyes and our hearts are trained on you. 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. 4/30/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, E6BingCome, all who have all new song to sing.
Come and make a joyful noise to the Lord! Come, and bring your instruments, whatever they might be, and form a praise band with all of creation, declaring the steadfast love and faithfulness of our God! Acts 10:44-48 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A44-48&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 98 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+98&version=NRSVUE 1 John 5:1-6 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+5%3A1-6&version=NRSVUE John 15:9-17 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A9-17++&version=NRSVUE *The focus passage this week is Psalm 98. All liturgy this week will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 98 encourages or inspires you? Share your thought sin the comments here: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=837807685055153&set=a.549399683895956 . #motivationMonday 4/25/2024 2 Comments Playlist, E5B4/24/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, E5BCall to Confession
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath. (John 3:36) Let us confess our disobedience before God, and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, O God, for we have entered your congregation not to praise you, but to gather your word like sticks that we can use to hit one another with. We have failed to recognize that sticks die when separated from the body of the tree. We promise to pay our vows, but we fail to follow through, or we change the vows to suit our own desires, rather than live by the constructs of faithfulness you have established for your people. Hear our prayers, O God, for we who have forgotten to remember you in times of want and in times of plenty, in times of sickness and in times of health, in times of conflict and in times of unity. Deliver us, we pray, from our own arrogance. Renew a right spirit within us, that we might remember that you are our God, and we are your people. 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. 4/23/2024 0 Comments Call to Worship, E5BCome, you poor and hungry.
Come, you who seek the Lord. Come, you families from every nation. Join your praises with the great congregation! Proclaim God's deliverance to all who will hear it! Acts 8:26-40 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+8%3A26-40&version=NRSVUE
Psalm 22:25-31 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+22%3A25-31&version=NRSVUE 1 John 4:7-21 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4%3A7-21&version=NRSVUE John 15:1-8 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A1-8&version=NRSVUE The focus passage for A Place of Grace this week is Psalm 22:25-31. All liturgy will be based on this passage. What in Psalm 22:25-31 encourages or inspires you today? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 4/18/2024 0 Comments Playlist, E4B |
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