[I know, I know . . . it’s Saturday. Guess I don’t have the delayed publication feature quite mastered.] This prayer is based on the Gospel reading for the third Sunday of Lent (Year A): John 4:5-42. As always, you are welcome to use this in your worship setting. Prayer of Confession God of living…
Holy God, You led Abraham and Sarah to a new land; You led your people across the Egyptian border to freedom; You sent your angel to warn Joseph to take Mary and Jesus to a foreign country, because their homeland was not safe. You are a God who calls us to love and care for…
Holy God, Our nation is involved in another war– We read yesterday of missiles launched in Libya which is the other side of the world, but also in our homes; in our hearts. Gadhafi tortures and kills his own people, Desperately grasping at power with weapons, threats, force. The Libyan rebels launch bloody attacks, hoping…
from Mennonite Central Committee. Let us continue to hold the people of Japan in our prayers. God of healing and mercy, we come before you with our hearts filled with grief as we see the devastation in Japan. We pray that your presence would be felt by those who are grieving, who are injured, who…
I wrote these worship pieces for the Second Sunday of Lent (Year A). They draw on Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3:1-17. Prayer of Confession Gracious God, You call us to a new land, a new birth. Yet our feet and our spirits hesitate. Forgive our laziness. Forgive our fear. Forgive our selfishness. Forgive our comfort.…
Today’s worship piece is small. As you may have seen, I’ve been putting a lot of my worship planning energies into tonight’s Ash Wednesday service. Today’s piece is an offertory prayer that we will likely use throughout Lent. ~Blessings Gracious God, through our offerings of worship, of time, of money, we seek to make space…
I know it’s not Wednesday, but I figured that would be a little late to post this particular “Worship Piece.” For the first time this year our church will have two services on Ash Wednesday. We will have the contemplative service at 7:30 (posted here), and a child-friendly service at 6:30. I wanted to post…
**You can find a more recent Ash Wednesday service here. Next Wednesday, March 9, is Ash Wednesday. Here is the service I have put together for my congregation. As always, feel free to use any of this material and adapt it for your own context. I always appreciate a note from those who find my…
Words for Anointing Happy Wednesday, everyone! Someone else is doing most of the worship planning for this coming Sunday, which means I haven’t written any new liturgies for the week. I’m posting the words I speak to people when I do anointings. We do not offer anointing at my church very often; when we do,…
This call to worship is based on a piece from Seekers Church. Their site contains many beautiful liturgies–it’s one of my go-to resources. The offertory prayer is one I wrote awhile back. As always, feel free to borrow/adapt these for your own use. Call to Worship: In the presence of our Creator, who called the…
Spacious Faith 