Second Sunday In Lent
Worship
A Call To Worship
Worship Aids, Lectionary Year B
Call To Worship (based on Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16)
Men: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him,
Women: "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless."
Men: We are hardly blameless.
Women: We are hardly blameless.
Men: Neither were Abram and Sarai when they became Abra-ham and Sarah,
Women: but you reckoned their faith unto them as righteousness.
Men: Receive our intentions, and not our actions, O Lord.
Women: Let our intentions to follow you with our hearts be reckoned as righteousness.
All: Walk before us, God Almighty. You are blameless. Teach us to be so as well.
Unison Invocation
Gracious Lord, you changed the names of Abram and Sarai and you fulfilled your promises. We worship you, all powerful God, acknowledging your goodness and pledging this day to serve you as best we may. In this Lenten season we acknowledge our sinfulness, but we celebrate your promises. Amen.
Morning Prayer (Psalm 25)
To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.
Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O LORD!
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees. Amen.
Offering Prayer
Lord, you seek to move us to new places, yet we resist, bound to one spot by our physical and spiritual possessions. Today we ask that you charge us and challenge us, in our giving, and in our life's priorities, so that when you call we may answer, without feeling fettered by the things that own us. Amen.
Children's Benediction
Teach us, O Lord, in your ways.
Men: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him,
Women: "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless."
Men: We are hardly blameless.
Women: We are hardly blameless.
Men: Neither were Abram and Sarai when they became Abra-ham and Sarah,
Women: but you reckoned their faith unto them as righteousness.
Men: Receive our intentions, and not our actions, O Lord.
Women: Let our intentions to follow you with our hearts be reckoned as righteousness.
All: Walk before us, God Almighty. You are blameless. Teach us to be so as well.
Unison Invocation
Gracious Lord, you changed the names of Abram and Sarai and you fulfilled your promises. We worship you, all powerful God, acknowledging your goodness and pledging this day to serve you as best we may. In this Lenten season we acknowledge our sinfulness, but we celebrate your promises. Amen.
Morning Prayer (Psalm 25)
To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.
Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O LORD!
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees. Amen.
Offering Prayer
Lord, you seek to move us to new places, yet we resist, bound to one spot by our physical and spiritual possessions. Today we ask that you charge us and challenge us, in our giving, and in our life's priorities, so that when you call we may answer, without feeling fettered by the things that own us. Amen.
Children's Benediction
Teach us, O Lord, in your ways.
