CALL
TO WORSHIP
God
calls us to the table
where
we eat together.
God
calls us to the sanctuary
where
we sing and pray and listen for God to speak
God
calls us to live and serve
in
a world where we strive to be who God has called us to be
God
calls us to this time of worship, God calls us to greet each other as
siblings in faith, sharing words and signs of Christ’s peace...
OPENING
PRAYER
God
of Love, you created the world and call it good.
And
yet, from the beginning the world has known the existence of the
not-good.
As
we continually learn what it means to live as your people,
as
we continually try to stand against that which is not-good
as
we continually try to separate good from evil,
help
us, clear our sight, strengthen our hearts and wills.
In
this time of prayer, or song, of breaking bread, of worship,
show
us the path to the good, because we are tired of the evidence of evil
in the world.
And
then send us back out,
to
be agents of love in a world too familiar with fear and hate. Amen.
COMMISSIONING:
In
the beginning of the story, God calls the world GOOD
In
the beginning God calls humanity to care for the good world
We
know that all is not well with the world, that not everything is good
Still
we live and serve, doing our best to spread God’s love wherever we
go
Fed
in body and spirit, we go out to face what the world has in store for
us,
trusting
that in good or in evil we are not alone.
Go
with God: made known as Parent, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We
go, and we trust that in God’s time, all shall be well some day.
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