CALL
TO WORSHIP
The
God who spoke Creation into being calls us to gather in worship.
We
come together to sing, to pray, to listen.
We
gather in God's presence and peace, we greet each other with the
Peace of Christ.
OPENING
PRAYER
God
who calls us all Beloved Children,
we
come into your presence, we come to be embraced by your loving arms.
In
this time of worship,
remind
us of the love which holds us fast.
In
this time of worship,
restore
in us the desire to love and serve.
In
this time of worship,
prepare
us to go back out into the world to live as your children, to love
your children, to serve your children.
These
things we pray in the name of Jesus the Christ, who taught his
friends to pray saying...
PRAYER
FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
God
of grace, God who loves us like a child,
we
acknowledge that, as children sometimes do, we wander astray.
God
of grace, God who works to heal and protect,
we
acknowledge that sometimes we do not recognize the healing and the
protection.
God
of grace, God who leads us in loving wisdom,
we
acknowledge that sometimes we are headstrong and insist on going our
own way.
God
of grace, God who will not let go,
we
acknowledge that sometimes we struggle and do not want to be held
...time
of silent prayer...
Here
is the extent of God's grace. Even though we wander astray, even
when we do no see how God is present, even when we are stiff-necked
people- even when we struggle against God's love, God is unable to
just let us fall. In grace God holds us in love, in grace God
remains part of the equation of life.
Thanks
be to God! Amen.
COMMISSIONING:
Our
time of worship closes,
we
go back into the world to live and serve and love.
We
go to a world where many feel isolated, alone, unloved.
And
so we carry the Good News of a God who can not let go of God's
beloved children.
And
we go knowing that God is with us,
Creating,
Redeeming, and Sustaining each step of the way.
Go
in peace, in faith and in love
Amen
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