CALL
TO WORSHIP
As
children of God, who strive to live in God's Way,
we
gather together in this place.
As
people seeking to follow the path of wisdom,
we
gather together in this place.
As
people trusting that God flows around and through us, giving us
wisdom,
we
gather together in this place.
As
we gather, seeing God in friend and stranger, we start by exchanging
words and signs of God's peace...
OPENING
PRAYER
God
of life, we open our hearts, our souls, our very selves, to you.
In
this time of worship move within and around us we pray.
God
of life, we seek to know, to understand the world around us.
In
this time of worship open us to the wisdom that lies beyond knowledge
and intellect.
God
of life, in you we live, we move, we exist.
In
this time of worship fill us with hope and love, refresh us to return
to the world where we live and serve and have our ministries.
This
we pray in the name of Jesus, who taught us about the Way of Wisdom,
and who taught his friends to pray saying...
PRAYER
FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10)
We
stand in awe, asking, like Solomon, to be filled with wisdom.
...fools
despise wisdom and instruction... (Proverbs 1:7)
We
stand foolishly independent, unwilling to listen.
God
we seek wisdom,
the
knowledge of right from wrong, an understanding of how the world
works.
God
we seek wisdom,
but
sometimes we equate facts and figures with wisdom, we think being
smart and being wise are the same thing.
God
we seek wisdom,
eyes
to look deeper, ears to listen carefully, hearts open to the Spirit.
God
of grace, God of glory, God of wisdom,
lead
us on the path of wisdom, in grace help us grow wiser in your love
and in your kingdom. Amen.
COMMISSIONING:
We
have gathered, we have worshiped, we have opened ourselves to God's
wisdom.
Now
we go out into the world where there is a different wisdom.
Jesus
called us to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves as we journey
in the world (Matthew 10:16)
As
we try to avoid being eaten as sheep living among wolves.
As
you go to live and serve in the world, carry with you the wisdom of
love, the wisdom of hope, the wisdom of God
We
go to share the alternative wisdom, the love of God, the hope of the
Kingdom.
And
may God: Parent, Child and Spirit, Wisdom and Hope embodied, go with
you.
All
ways and always. Amen.
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