Lent 3
Worship
Lectionary Worship Aids, Cradled in God's Heart
Series VIII, Cycle A
Object:
Call To Worship
One: We come, our souls thirsting for God,
our spirits longing for love.
All: We come to the One who supplies every need;
we come to the One who gives us living water.
One: We come, with prayers in our hearts,
and with words too painful to speak.
All: We come to the One who listens to our hearts,
who carries our suffering through eternity.
One: We come, with our brokenness and loss,
with our hopes to be made whole.
All: We come to the One who knows all our secrets,
who brings peace to all of us -- and each of us.
Prayer Of The Day
You gathered up the earth,
shaping the mountains to awe us;
you filled the empty bowls
with living water,
so dolphins and little children
could swim in your joy.
You are our God,
and we worship you in joy.
We wander the deserts of our lives,
convinced that the wells of the world
will only fill our buckets
with lost hopes and dusty promises,
but you surprise us
with your questions and your answers,
letting us drink our fill
from the waters of life.
You are our Savior,
and we worship you in truth.
You saturate our arid souls
with your peace;
you fill disappointments
with your hope;
you take our broken hearts and make us one with God.
You are our comforter, and we worship you in spirit.
We worship you in spirit and truth,
God in Community, Holy in One,
even as we pray as we have been taught,
Our Father ...
Call To Reconciliation
At a well drawing water, at a desk shuffling papers, at a stove cooking a meal -- wherever we are, God meets us. To listen to our stories, to heal our brokenness, to forgive our sins, and to give us new life. Let us bring our prayers to the One who comes to us.
Unison Prayer Of Confession
Everlasting God, you know us better than we know ourselves. You hear the bitter words we speak to one another; you see the hurts we cause to those we claim to love; you bear the pain we inflict on everyone around us.
Fountain of Grace, in Jesus Christ you do not turn your back on sinners, but meet us where we are. Parched by the heat of our desires, you cool us with living water. Burdened by our failures, you shoulder them with us. Thirsting for hope in our lives, you send us our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Silence is kept
Assurance Of Pardon
One: Not when we had gotten it all right, but when we had gone wrong; not when we knew all the rules, but when we had broken God's heart -- that's when Christ died for us, so we might live.
All: What good news! What great joy! What wonderful hope! In Christ we are forgiven. Glory, God, glory! Amen.
One: We come, our souls thirsting for God,
our spirits longing for love.
All: We come to the One who supplies every need;
we come to the One who gives us living water.
One: We come, with prayers in our hearts,
and with words too painful to speak.
All: We come to the One who listens to our hearts,
who carries our suffering through eternity.
One: We come, with our brokenness and loss,
with our hopes to be made whole.
All: We come to the One who knows all our secrets,
who brings peace to all of us -- and each of us.
Prayer Of The Day
You gathered up the earth,
shaping the mountains to awe us;
you filled the empty bowls
with living water,
so dolphins and little children
could swim in your joy.
You are our God,
and we worship you in joy.
We wander the deserts of our lives,
convinced that the wells of the world
will only fill our buckets
with lost hopes and dusty promises,
but you surprise us
with your questions and your answers,
letting us drink our fill
from the waters of life.
You are our Savior,
and we worship you in truth.
You saturate our arid souls
with your peace;
you fill disappointments
with your hope;
you take our broken hearts and make us one with God.
You are our comforter, and we worship you in spirit.
We worship you in spirit and truth,
God in Community, Holy in One,
even as we pray as we have been taught,
Our Father ...
Call To Reconciliation
At a well drawing water, at a desk shuffling papers, at a stove cooking a meal -- wherever we are, God meets us. To listen to our stories, to heal our brokenness, to forgive our sins, and to give us new life. Let us bring our prayers to the One who comes to us.
Unison Prayer Of Confession
Everlasting God, you know us better than we know ourselves. You hear the bitter words we speak to one another; you see the hurts we cause to those we claim to love; you bear the pain we inflict on everyone around us.
Fountain of Grace, in Jesus Christ you do not turn your back on sinners, but meet us where we are. Parched by the heat of our desires, you cool us with living water. Burdened by our failures, you shoulder them with us. Thirsting for hope in our lives, you send us our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Silence is kept
Assurance Of Pardon
One: Not when we had gotten it all right, but when we had gone wrong; not when we knew all the rules, but when we had broken God's heart -- that's when Christ died for us, so we might live.
All: What good news! What great joy! What wonderful hope! In Christ we are forgiven. Glory, God, glory! Amen.
