CALL
TO WORSHIP/OPENING PRAYER
Come
one, come all, come and pause for a moment of time.
We
come seeking to be renewed, we come so that we can be sent out.
Come
one, come all, come to join our hearts and souls together,
We
come seeking to be reconnected with God, to hear God's Word of hope
and challenge.
Come
one, come all, come and join our voices in prayer and praise,
let
us pray together...
God, in the midst of
the busy-ness of the world we take a break to rest, to reflect, to
re-energize.
In
a world where all too often we feel inadequate or in over our heads,
we wonder what it means to be capable,
In
a world where there are so many voices claiming to share wisdom, we
wonder how to recognize what is truly wise,
In
a world which repeatedly tells us we have to try to be first and
greatest we wonder what it means to be last and least.
As
we work our way through this week, open our eyes and ears that we
would see and hear the world as you do. Open our minds and souls
that we would be ready to be transformed by your wisdom. And when we
feel wholly non-capable, remind us that we do not need to get it all
right, but that with your help we can get the important stuff right.
These things we
pray, trusting that we are not alone, in the name of Jesus, who
taught his friends to pray saying....
LORD'S
PRAYER
COMMISSIONING:
Humble
thyselves in the eyes of God.
And
God will lift us up. Higher and higher.
Go
now from this place to live as humble servants of the One who Created
us and who sends us out.
We
go as those who are sent out to live lives that proclaim the love and
hope of God. We go as people who humbly let God's wisdom guide our
choices.
Go
out knowing that the One who Created and Re-Creates goes with you
always.
Guiding
and shaping, leading and comforting. Thanks be to God. Amen
