CALL
TO WORSHIP
The
Ageless One has called
us here.
Responding
to their call, we gather in the name of She
Who Is Holy
We
come to worship together, to listen for the voice of Wisdom
of Ages
We
open our hearts and souls as we sing and pray and reflect together.
OPENING PRAYER
Parent,
Partner, and Friend; we open ourselves to your presence.
Wellspring
of Life,
as we worship here this morning,
help
us grow in our understanding of what it means to be your people,
expand
our imagination so that we can see you both in old and new ways,
give
us the grace to allow each other to explore who you are for us.
We
pray these things in the name of Jesus, Son of Woman, The Anointed
One and we remember words he once taught his closest friends....
PRAYER
FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Generous
One, you are revealed in so many ways.
And
you challenge us to be imaginative, to be open to new ways of
understanding who and how you are.
Fount
of Wisdom, too often we find our imaginations limited by
traditions, by “the way it has always been”,
with
the result that we limit the language that can be used to describe
you,
with
the result that our experience of you is less than it might have
been.
She
Who is Faithful, open our hearts and minds and souls to the
broad expansiveness of who you are.
Help
us see you in new ways, help us see your presence in all our
neighbours, regardless of age or gender identity, or sexuality, or
skin colour, help us move beyond the limits we may have been taught
in the past.
The
God Who Redeems is
constantly at work in the world and in our lives. She continues to
reveal themself in new ways. He continues to expand our understanding
of how the world could be. This is an act of grace, this is an act of
growth, this is a way of bringing new life to the world.
Thanks
and praise be to the Author of
Life. Hallelujah! Amen.
COMMISSIONING
The
Ancient of Days brought
us together this morning
We
have prayed, we have sung, we have been invited to share our Images
of God.
Now
our time of worship draws to a close.
Now
She Who Is Faithful
leads us back out into the world.
Go
out to share the Good News that the Ever-Living
God is at work in the world.
We
go to share the promise of resurrection, of rebirth, of renewal given
in the life and ministry of Jesus, Redeemer
and Saviour, Teacher and Friend.
Go
secure in the Knowledge that the Three-in-One: Father, Son and
Spirit; Life, Liberation and Love; Creator, Christ, and Compassion; is
with you.
Always
and All ways. Hallelujah!
*the names for God in today’s liturgy have been taken from A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church by Wilda Gafney
