For August 30, 2020 -- To go with Romans 12:1-21

 

CALL TO WORSHIP
May the Peace of Christ be with you
And also with you
I appeal to you therefore brothers, sisters, and friends, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Opening our hearts and souls and very beings to God, we gather for worship.
Here we invite God into our lives, to transform and renew us.
Let us worship together, let us pray....

PRAYER FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Transforming, renewing, life-shaping God, through Paul you challenge us to do many things:
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;
love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour.
Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.
extend hospitality to strangers.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Live in harmony with one another
We do our best. We really do.
And sometimes we succeed, but sometimes we fall short.
Which is why we pray for Grace and Mercy, for the chance to learn and come round at it again.
Help us God! Forgive us God! Encourage us we pray
...time of silent prayer...
God is at work in us, renewing our minds and hearts, transforming our lives. Through Grace and Love God forgives us. Picks us back up, and leads us back out for another try. We are forgiven, we are loved, we are renewed!
Thanks be to God! Amen.

COMMISSIONING:
As our worship closes, go out into the week as people who have been transformed and renewed
We go as people committed to live as living sacrifices.
As you go remember Paul’s words to the Romans
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;
love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour.
Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.
extend hospitality to strangers.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Live in harmony with one another
We will do our best!