OPENING
PRAYER
God
of life, God of hope, God of change,
we
gather here to worship, to celebrate being in your presence, to be
filled with hope, to be inspired as to what could be.
God
of guidance, God of challenge,
in
our time of worship push us to think beyond our boxes, to be open to
be conduits for Your love and hope.
God
of challenge, God of hope, God of life,
when
this time of worship is over lead us back into the world,
where
we live, where we serve, where we pray,
waiting
for Your Reign to break in to full reality. Amen.
PRAYER
FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Thy
Kingdom come, Thy will be done,
Words
we pray every week, saying them regularly.
Thy
Kingdom Come, Thy will be done,
Words
that hold up hope, words that hold up a vision, words that inspire
us.
Thy
Kingdom Come, Thy will be done,
Words
we sometimes say without thinking, without contemplating what they
might mean.
Thy
Kingdom Come, Thy will be done,
Words
that challenge us to view the world with different eyes, that
challenge us to put our own will and desires aside in place of God's.
Thy
Kingdom Come, Thy will be done,
God,
when our own understanding of the world and our own wills get in the
way, grant us the grace and the courage to mean those words.
Gracious
God, work through our mis-understandings and our mis-steps. Push us
all to that day when the Reign of God is experienced in full flower
in our midst. So that we may honestly pray:
Thy
Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
So
be it.
Amen.
COMMISSIONING:
As
worship ends, we continue with our ministry,
we
go from this gathering into the world where we live and love and
serve.
We
go into the world looking for hints of the Kingdom's in-breaking,
pledging
to shine light on them, to bring them further into sight, to
celebrate them.
Go
with God: the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Go with God who is
with you always.
Thanks
be to God, who leads us to the Kingdom. Amen
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