O come, O come, Emmanuel– God with us. Come into our brokenness; Come into our joy. come into our captivity; Come into our freedom. Come into our fear; Come into our compassion. Our souls have had their fill. Have mercy upon us, O God, And come, O come, Emmanuel.
We come to prepare the way: The way for Christ. We come to hear the good news: the hope of Christ. We come longing for divine hope to enter our hearts, to enter our world. We come to cry out together in the wilderness: “Oh, kingdom of heaven come near.” We come to be part…
I wrote this call to worship to accompany our gathering hymn for the month, “Open my Ears, Open my Eyes” (for you Mennonites, that’s Sing the Story #5.) We are still in our Elijah/Elisha sermon series. Whispering God, the noise of the world is loud. Open our ears to your still, small, voice. God of…
In the darkest valley, at the banquet table; in the hard work of life, at the moments of ease; in our day-to-day reality, at times set aside– like this time, now– for worship, for listening, for paying attention; with every step we take: goodness and mercy follow us; our cups overflow.
We are looking at the Elijah and Elisha stories in worship right now. Here are a couple of worship pieces for this week: Call to Worship Leader: We have come to listen to the biblical stories. All: We have come to consider our own stories. Side 1: Have you seen blazing chariots? Side 2: Have…
Here is our call to worship for the final Sunday in our “Who is Jesus?” series: We come together this morning to worship. We come as seekers, Wondering who this Jesus is. We come as students, Full of questions about Jesus’ unconventional teachings. We come as skeptics, Unsure of Jesus’ unexplainable miracles and outlandish claims.…
Our scripture readings this Sunday are Luke 13:34-35 and Psalm 131. Here is the call to worship I wrote: Our Creator longs to gather us under her wings. We long to rest near the Divine heartbeat. In this sacred space of worship, God’s longing and our longing meet. Like sheltered chicks, Like weaned children, We…
Have you not known? Our God is the everlasting God, Creator of the ends of the earth. Have you not heard? God does not faint or grow weary. Have you not known? God’s understanding is unsearchable. Have you not heard? God gives power to the faint and strengthens the powerless. Have you not known? Those…
Based on Psalm 62 Our souls wait in silence; our hope rests in God our rock our salvation our refuge. We will not be shaken. In this time of worship, we pour out our hearts because we trust in God’s steadfast love. Based on Mark 1:14-20 Jesus comes along side us and calls us by…
Why are you here? We are passionate for God. Why are you here? We cannot bear the sorrow and violence of the world. Why are you here? We are hungry; we are tired; we are scared. God says: I am glad you are here. Watch. Listen. We hear the howling wind. We feel the earth…
Spacious Faith 