Proper 6
Worship
Lectionary Worship Aids, Cradled in God's Heart
Series VIII, Cycle A
Object:
Call To Worship
One: On an ordinary Sunday,
we come to worship God.
All: We come, trusting God will speak to us;
we come, hoping God will surprise us.
One: On this day, like every other day,
we seek to follow Jesus.
All: We follow, believing Jesus will be with us;
we follow, hoping Jesus will work through us.
One: On this day,
we lift our souls to God's Spirit;
All: we open our hearts, that the Spirit may fill us;
we open our hands that we might be a gift to others.
Prayer Of The Day
The little child struggling with fears,
the grandfather facing failing health,
the parent who lies awake until the early morning hours,
the teenager pressured by peers,
the lonely who are prey to con artists,
all of us with ordinary aches, pains, and worries;
each is cradled in your infinite compassion,
Tender God.
Those who work through the night,
those who walk the street,
those who are called exceptional,
those who are differently gifted,
those who are filled with doubts,
those who spill over in laughter,
the youngest,
the oldest,
the ordinary;
each is called by you,
Lord Jesus.
Joyous praisers of your name,
seekers of hope,
those walled out by prejudice and hate,
babies who cry from hunger,
the poor who share their last coin
with those in greater need;
all the ordinary people around the world
are not disappointed by your presence,
Spirit of Hope.
God in Community, Holy in One,
hear us as we lift our voices,
praying as Jesus has taught us, saying,
Our Father ...
Call To Reconciliation
This is all the proof we need: It was when we were least able to save ourselves that God did it for us in Christ Jesus. Because we trust that God forgives us, let us bring our confessions to God, praying,
Unison Prayer Of Confession
Merciful God, if we committed extraordinary sins, we might feel a need to confess to you. But our failings seem so everyday and petty:
ignoring our friends and families,
forgetting to look after creation,
hoarding the blessing you have given to us,
following political agendas instead of Jesus.
Forgive us, Compassionate God, for we not only harm others and our world by our sins, but we break your heart. Call us again, and strengthen us to follow in the footsteps of Jesus -- sitting with the sufferers, offering ourselves in obedience to you, opening our hearts to all your children. In the name of Jesus, we pray.
Silence is kept
Assurance Of Pardon
One: Christ has died for us -- can God's love be made any clearer to us? By this gift, we enter into God's kingdom, and are graced to serve others.
All: Forgiven, gifted, restored, called;
we are God's people. Amen.
One: On an ordinary Sunday,
we come to worship God.
All: We come, trusting God will speak to us;
we come, hoping God will surprise us.
One: On this day, like every other day,
we seek to follow Jesus.
All: We follow, believing Jesus will be with us;
we follow, hoping Jesus will work through us.
One: On this day,
we lift our souls to God's Spirit;
All: we open our hearts, that the Spirit may fill us;
we open our hands that we might be a gift to others.
Prayer Of The Day
The little child struggling with fears,
the grandfather facing failing health,
the parent who lies awake until the early morning hours,
the teenager pressured by peers,
the lonely who are prey to con artists,
all of us with ordinary aches, pains, and worries;
each is cradled in your infinite compassion,
Tender God.
Those who work through the night,
those who walk the street,
those who are called exceptional,
those who are differently gifted,
those who are filled with doubts,
those who spill over in laughter,
the youngest,
the oldest,
the ordinary;
each is called by you,
Lord Jesus.
Joyous praisers of your name,
seekers of hope,
those walled out by prejudice and hate,
babies who cry from hunger,
the poor who share their last coin
with those in greater need;
all the ordinary people around the world
are not disappointed by your presence,
Spirit of Hope.
God in Community, Holy in One,
hear us as we lift our voices,
praying as Jesus has taught us, saying,
Our Father ...
Call To Reconciliation
This is all the proof we need: It was when we were least able to save ourselves that God did it for us in Christ Jesus. Because we trust that God forgives us, let us bring our confessions to God, praying,
Unison Prayer Of Confession
Merciful God, if we committed extraordinary sins, we might feel a need to confess to you. But our failings seem so everyday and petty:
ignoring our friends and families,
forgetting to look after creation,
hoarding the blessing you have given to us,
following political agendas instead of Jesus.
Forgive us, Compassionate God, for we not only harm others and our world by our sins, but we break your heart. Call us again, and strengthen us to follow in the footsteps of Jesus -- sitting with the sufferers, offering ourselves in obedience to you, opening our hearts to all your children. In the name of Jesus, we pray.
Silence is kept
Assurance Of Pardon
One: Christ has died for us -- can God's love be made any clearer to us? By this gift, we enter into God's kingdom, and are graced to serve others.
All: Forgiven, gifted, restored, called;
we are God's people. Amen.
