Proper 8
Worship
Lectionary Worship Aids, Cradled in God's Heart
Series VIII, Cycle A
Object:
Call To Worship
One: With joy and celebration,
God welcomes us to this place.
All: How good it is to gather in God's house!
One: With joy and celebration,
we welcome one another.
All: We greet each other by name;
we are equal in God's kingdom.
One: We open our hearts, to welcome God's love;
we open our arms, to welcome God's people.
All: Here, every single one of God's children is welcome.
Prayer Of The Day
You have invited us
to this place,
Accepting God,
for this is where you want us.
Here, we learn to trust you,
and to faithfully follow where you lead us.
Here, we learn to listen to you,
and hear the words of life,
of hope, and of healing.
Here, we learn to bring everything to you --
even our pain, especially our brokenness --
that we might be made whole.
Pilgrim Jesus,
you are with us in this place,
and in every place
where we live, work, play, pray.
If we dare to trust
this good news,
we discover that grace,
which sets us free
to treat one another
as sisters and brothers;
to use that grace
to break down every barrier;
to live that grace
in every moment of our lives.
We would receive you
into our hearts,
Abiding Spirit,
knowing that you have brought us together,
and by the gift of your presence,
we are no longer strangers
but friends and neighbors
in your kingdom.
God in Community, Holy in One,
hear us as we pray as Jesus taught us, saying,
Our Father ...
Call To Reconciliation
Created to live with one another and our God, we know the truth about our shattered lives and relationships. Yet, out of this brokenness, God shapes new people, giving every one of us a new start. Let us confess those things that separate us from one another, that we might be made one in Christ.
Unison Prayer Of Confession
In your house, there is room for all; at your table, we find a place set for us. Yet we admit, Inviting God, that we find it difficult to be as accepting as you and we find it easy to shoulder others away from your feast. You fling wide the doors to your kingdom, Welcoming God, but we are quick to try to shut them to those who are different from us. Your heart is open so that all might experience your grace, and we reluctantly remember our ungracious words and deeds.
Forgive us, God of Every Person: heal our broken lives; mend our fragmented souls. Open our hearts to your vision of the kingdom where all are welcome, all are affirmed, all are beloved -- even as we receive these gifts from Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Silence is kept
Assurance Of Pardon
One: Can it be any clearer? God has created us to be a family -- sisters, brothers, neighbors, friends. No longer strangers, we are all welcome in the kingdom of love, grace, and hope.
All: In Christ, we are one. There are no barriers, no differences, and no divisions. We are a new people, forgiven and made whole. Thanks be to God. Amen.
One: With joy and celebration,
God welcomes us to this place.
All: How good it is to gather in God's house!
One: With joy and celebration,
we welcome one another.
All: We greet each other by name;
we are equal in God's kingdom.
One: We open our hearts, to welcome God's love;
we open our arms, to welcome God's people.
All: Here, every single one of God's children is welcome.
Prayer Of The Day
You have invited us
to this place,
Accepting God,
for this is where you want us.
Here, we learn to trust you,
and to faithfully follow where you lead us.
Here, we learn to listen to you,
and hear the words of life,
of hope, and of healing.
Here, we learn to bring everything to you --
even our pain, especially our brokenness --
that we might be made whole.
Pilgrim Jesus,
you are with us in this place,
and in every place
where we live, work, play, pray.
If we dare to trust
this good news,
we discover that grace,
which sets us free
to treat one another
as sisters and brothers;
to use that grace
to break down every barrier;
to live that grace
in every moment of our lives.
We would receive you
into our hearts,
Abiding Spirit,
knowing that you have brought us together,
and by the gift of your presence,
we are no longer strangers
but friends and neighbors
in your kingdom.
God in Community, Holy in One,
hear us as we pray as Jesus taught us, saying,
Our Father ...
Call To Reconciliation
Created to live with one another and our God, we know the truth about our shattered lives and relationships. Yet, out of this brokenness, God shapes new people, giving every one of us a new start. Let us confess those things that separate us from one another, that we might be made one in Christ.
Unison Prayer Of Confession
In your house, there is room for all; at your table, we find a place set for us. Yet we admit, Inviting God, that we find it difficult to be as accepting as you and we find it easy to shoulder others away from your feast. You fling wide the doors to your kingdom, Welcoming God, but we are quick to try to shut them to those who are different from us. Your heart is open so that all might experience your grace, and we reluctantly remember our ungracious words and deeds.
Forgive us, God of Every Person: heal our broken lives; mend our fragmented souls. Open our hearts to your vision of the kingdom where all are welcome, all are affirmed, all are beloved -- even as we receive these gifts from Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Silence is kept
Assurance Of Pardon
One: Can it be any clearer? God has created us to be a family -- sisters, brothers, neighbors, friends. No longer strangers, we are all welcome in the kingdom of love, grace, and hope.
All: In Christ, we are one. There are no barriers, no differences, and no divisions. We are a new people, forgiven and made whole. Thanks be to God. Amen.
