THE HOLY TRINITY
Prayer
Psalms And Prayers For Congregational Participation
CALL TO WORSHIP
Let us exult in the hope of the divine splendor and even in our present suffering, knowing that endurance gives proof that we have stood the test and our hope will not be mocked.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD OF WISDOM, WE HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCEPTING OURSELVES AS WE ARE. WE SOMETIMES ACT AS IF WE KNEW AS MUCH AS YOU DO. AT OTHER TIMES WE PUT OURSELVES DOWN AS KNOWING NOTHING. YOU HAVE GIVEN US A
RESPONSIBLE PLACE IN THE ORDER OF YOUR CREATION AND WE SOMETIMES ABDICATE THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ECOLOGY. YOU HAVE GIVEN US PLACES OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CHURCH. AND WE TOO OFTEN PUSH IT OFF ON OTHERS. FORGIVE IRRESPONSIBILITY AND FALSE PRIDE AND HELP US FIND OURSELVES IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! We have been justified through faith in Jesus Christ and have been allowed to enter the sphere of God's grace. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Let us continue at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ and share with others the love with which the Holy Spirit floods our hearts.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
YOU HAVE G1VEN US THE HOLY SPIRIT, CHRIST JESUS, TO ENABLE US TO SHARE YOUR PEACE WITH OTHERS. PREPARE US TO SPEAK YOUR WORD OF JUDGMENT AND FORGIVENESS AS READILY AS WE RECEIVE YOUR JUDGMENT AND FORGIVENESS OURSELVES. FOR YOUR OWN NAME'S SAKE. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
YOUR WISDOM, O GOD, IS BEYOND ALL UNDERSTANDING, BEYOND OUR INDIVIDUAL COMPREHENSION AND BEYOND
GATHERED WISDOM OF HUMANITY. WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE GLORIES OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, BY THE
POWERS OF THE WIND AND THE TIDE AND VOLCANOS, BY THE ENERGIES OF LIVING THINGS AND CHEMICALS, BY THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF ALL YOU HAVE CREATED. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE GOOD GIFTS YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND THE GRACE TO USE THEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE GUIDANCE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE US AS WE SEEK NEW WAYS TO RECOVER THE BALANCE OF NATURE AND FULL SHARING WITH ALL YOUR CREATURES. WE GLORIFY YOU, INITIATOR, INVESTOR, INTEGRATER, ONE GOD, FOREVER. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
YOUR GREATNESS IS SEEN, O LORD, OUR LORD, IN ALL THE WORLD. RECEIVE OUR OFFERINGS AS A SIGN OF OUR OBEDIENCE TO YOUR MANDATE TO MANAGE WILDLIFE AND GARDEN THE EARTH, TO PRESERVE LIFE AND ENRICH ALL HUMANITY; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 8
O Lord our Governor, how exalted is your Name in all the world!
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN YOUR MAJESTY IS PRAISED ABOVE THE HEAVENS.
You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries.
TO QUELL THE ENEMY AND THE AVENGER.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
THE MOON AND THE STARS YOU HAVE SET IN THEIR COURSES,
What is man that you should be mindful of him?
THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU SHOULD SEEK HIM OUT?
You have made him but little lower than the angels;
YOU ADORN HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR:
You give him mastery over the works of your hands;
YOU PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET:
All sheep and oxen,
EVEN THE WILD BEASTS OF THE FIELD,
The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.
O LORD OUR GOVERNOR, HOW EXALTED IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE WORLD!
Let us exult in the hope of the divine splendor and even in our present suffering, knowing that endurance gives proof that we have stood the test and our hope will not be mocked.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
GOD OF WISDOM, WE HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCEPTING OURSELVES AS WE ARE. WE SOMETIMES ACT AS IF WE KNEW AS MUCH AS YOU DO. AT OTHER TIMES WE PUT OURSELVES DOWN AS KNOWING NOTHING. YOU HAVE GIVEN US A
RESPONSIBLE PLACE IN THE ORDER OF YOUR CREATION AND WE SOMETIMES ABDICATE THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ECOLOGY. YOU HAVE GIVEN US PLACES OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CHURCH. AND WE TOO OFTEN PUSH IT OFF ON OTHERS. FORGIVE IRRESPONSIBILITY AND FALSE PRIDE AND HELP US FIND OURSELVES IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS
Hear the Good News! We have been justified through faith in Jesus Christ and have been allowed to enter the sphere of God's grace. Friends, believe the Good News! IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
EXHORTATION
Let us continue at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ and share with others the love with which the Holy Spirit floods our hearts.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
YOU HAVE G1VEN US THE HOLY SPIRIT, CHRIST JESUS, TO ENABLE US TO SHARE YOUR PEACE WITH OTHERS. PREPARE US TO SPEAK YOUR WORD OF JUDGMENT AND FORGIVENESS AS READILY AS WE RECEIVE YOUR JUDGMENT AND FORGIVENESS OURSELVES. FOR YOUR OWN NAME'S SAKE. AMEN
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
YOUR WISDOM, O GOD, IS BEYOND ALL UNDERSTANDING, BEYOND OUR INDIVIDUAL COMPREHENSION AND BEYOND
GATHERED WISDOM OF HUMANITY. WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE GLORIES OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, BY THE
POWERS OF THE WIND AND THE TIDE AND VOLCANOS, BY THE ENERGIES OF LIVING THINGS AND CHEMICALS, BY THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF ALL YOU HAVE CREATED. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE GOOD GIFTS YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND THE GRACE TO USE THEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE GUIDANCE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE US AS WE SEEK NEW WAYS TO RECOVER THE BALANCE OF NATURE AND FULL SHARING WITH ALL YOUR CREATURES. WE GLORIFY YOU, INITIATOR, INVESTOR, INTEGRATER, ONE GOD, FOREVER. AMEN
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
YOUR GREATNESS IS SEEN, O LORD, OUR LORD, IN ALL THE WORLD. RECEIVE OUR OFFERINGS AS A SIGN OF OUR OBEDIENCE TO YOUR MANDATE TO MANAGE WILDLIFE AND GARDEN THE EARTH, TO PRESERVE LIFE AND ENRICH ALL HUMANITY; THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN
PSALM 8
O Lord our Governor, how exalted is your Name in all the world!
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN YOUR MAJESTY IS PRAISED ABOVE THE HEAVENS.
You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries.
TO QUELL THE ENEMY AND THE AVENGER.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
THE MOON AND THE STARS YOU HAVE SET IN THEIR COURSES,
What is man that you should be mindful of him?
THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU SHOULD SEEK HIM OUT?
You have made him but little lower than the angels;
YOU ADORN HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR:
You give him mastery over the works of your hands;
YOU PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET:
All sheep and oxen,
EVEN THE WILD BEASTS OF THE FIELD,
The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.
O LORD OUR GOVERNOR, HOW EXALTED IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE WORLD!
