For this week’s call to worship, I decided to add to a piece I had written for an earlier Sunday when we were doing the Narrative Lectionary. I edited it a bit and added in the kings and prophets to reflect that we are a bit further along in our journey through scripture. This week…
At Peace Mennonite, we’re back into the Narrative Lectionary. We’ve made it to the prophets. (Whether we survive them or not remains to be seen.) Here’s our call to worship, based on the Message version of Isaiah 1:10-20: God says, “Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games. When you put on…
This coming Sunday we will have a guest speaker, Stefan Warner, talking about his experiences with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq. Here’s our call to worship: As we gather this morning, let us proclaim: We are people of God’s peace, Seeking the path of Christ. We are people of God’s peace, Longing to live in…
I’m hoping to take the week off between Christmas and New Year’s day, which means I’m doing a lot of worship planning this week. Our opening scripture for New Year’s day will be Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 11-14a. And here is the call to worship: Praise be to God, Creator of time and space! Who has…
Our time of worship together on Christmas day will be primarily a Christmas hymn sing. On top of the inherent busyness of this time of year, there’s been illness at my house this week. So the less preparation needed for worship, the better. Here’s the call to worship for Christmas Day: Hear the Good News:…
Here is a simple Call to Worship we will use this week, from Psalm 27: The Holy One is my light and my salvation–whom shall I fear? God is the stronghold of my life–of whom shall I be afraid? One thing I ask from of my God, this only do I seek: to dwell in…
This coming Sunday is week 5 in our Narrative Lectionary worship series. I am really enjoying this journey through the Bible. This week we’re looking at Deuteronomy 5 & 6; the call to worship I wrote reflects a bit of the story so far. Call to Worship Leader: We gather to worship God: Side 1:…
At Peace Mennonite, we are using the Narrative Lectionary right now. Of course, being the non-conformists that we are, we aren’t on the actual Narrative Lectionary schedule. Which means that the worship pieces I’m writing for the next several weeks may not have any relation to what you are doing in worship at your church.…
Here is some bulletin cover art I did awhile back. I love this quote from Simone Weil: And here’s a Call to Worship: Leader: We gather around the Table in places far and near Side 1: Eating Sourdough, Rye, Tortillas Side 2: Crackers, Wafers, and Wonderbread– All: The body of Christ. Leader: Drinking the wine…
Here is a call to worship we will be using this Sunday. It is based on Psalm 133. (And yes, I know that it is Thursday . . . again. But “Thursday Worship Piece does not have that nice ring to it.) Though we may be inclined to brag, let us come together with…
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