Call to worship from Psalm 105

We gather in worship to give thanks to God,To call on the Holy name,To sing praises to God,To remember God’s wonderful works.We gather in worship because our hearts seek the Holy One.We watch for signs of God’s presence.As our ancestors were led with the cloud by day and fire by night,God guides us with the…

Call to Worship from Psalm 118

O give thanks to the Holy One, who is good;God’s steadfast love endures forever!Let the church say,“God’s steadfast love endures forever.”Let us all proclaim,“God’s steadfast love endures forever.”In our distress we can call on our Creatorwho will answered us and set us in a broad place—A place of prayer and singing, a place of listening…

Call to Worship from Isaiah 55

Seek the Holy One, who may be found;Call upon God, who is near. Our thoughts are not God’s thoughts,Nor are God’s ways our ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are God’s ways higher than our ways and God’s thoughts than our thoughts. The holy word that goes out shall not return empty,but it shall…

Call to Worship: Our Whole Selves

At Peace Mennonite we are dipping into Dr. Wil Gafney’s A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church (Year W) and our primary reading this week is Song of Songs 4:9-15. It should be fun! I suppose it’s not surprising that I’ve had a difficult time finding hymns and words for worship that relate to this…

Worship Words: Psalm 15

Wow! There is a lot of good stuff in this Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary readings! I’ve posted links to several previous worship pieces below. (You may note that they are quite Beatitudes heavy, which I guess is not surprising for a Mennonite.) The new piece I’ve written for this week focuses on what is maybe…