For November 18, a College Sunday Service

CALL TO WORSHIP

As people with questions

we gather for worship

As seekers on a quest

we gather for worship

As those called to learn what God wants us to be

we gather for worship

As siblings in Christ we gather for worship, greeting each other with words and signs of Christ’s peace.

OPENING PRAYER

God made known in Jesus of Nazareth, of whom we sing

Jesus, teacher, brave and bold...teach us to serve you everywhere

In this time of worship we open our hearts, our souls, our minds, our selves,

trusting in your presence among us.

God who sends teachers to show us the way,

help us to learn from each other and from you.

We pray in the name of the one we call Teacher, Guide, and Christ, who taught his friends to pray saying...

PRAYER FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE

God you call us to be ready to learn,

and sometimes we think we have already learnt what we need to know.

You call us to teach,

and sometimes we think we have no wisdom to pass on.

You call us to lead and be led.

and sometimes we would rather go off by ourselves on our own path.

God, when we fail to heed your call to teach, to learn, to lead

speak to our hearts, encourage us, chasten us, forgive our headstrong ways.

...time of silent prayer...

God teaches us about grace, about forgiveness, about second chances by offering these things to us over and over again. God offers us wisdom when we are ready to receive it. In Christ God gives us Teacher, Mentor, and Guide.

Thanks be to God. Amen

COMMISSIONING:

We are, each one of us, students in God’s school of life and love

we go from this place to continue learning.

We are, each one of us, teachers in God’s school of life and love:

we go from this place to share the wisdom we have received.

As we continue to learn and to teach we trust that God: Parent, Son and Holy Spirit, 3-in-one is with us

In whatever classroom we find ourselves. Amen.