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Worship Liturgy for August 7, 2011 ~ Lectionary Readings: Genesis 37:1-4,12-28,; Psalm 105: 1-6,16-22,45b;Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33

August 7, 2011  Proper 14A, Ordinary 19A, Pentecost + 8
 
 CALL TO WORSHIP
 Leader: A life full of gifts
People: A lifetime of giving
Leader: A mind full of dreams
People: Passion and trust to make the dreams come true
Leader: Betrayal and broken relationships
People: Redeemed and reconciled by the grace of God
Leader: Let us worship God who forgives, even [...]

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Call to Worship ~ Pentecost

CALL TO WORSHIP
 
Leader: Today we celebrate Pentecost
People: A surprise, a mystery, a spark, a fire,
Leader: A fresh beginning for extravagant sharing
People: A model of barrier breaking beyond culture and language
Leader: An electrifying movement of the Spirit
People: That warms our hearts and challenges our set notions
Leader: A moving of the Spirit
People: That inspires life in community
All:  [...]

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Liturgy for Maundy Thursday

 
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: We join together to praise God who
People: Offers us bread and leads us into communion.
Leader: We desperately need to quiet our minds and bodies
People: That we might look fully into our shortcomings, our beauty and God’s unending grace.
Leader: We come to experience the Word
People: To face our temptations and be reconciled [...]

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Liturgy for September 12, 2010 ~ Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; Psalm 14; I Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-1-

Ordinary 24, Pentecost + 16
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: If you had fifty trusted and capable employees, who would not leave the forty-nine
People: To help the one who became sick?
Leader: If you were part of a church family with five hundred members who knew God’s love
People: Who would not turn their focus to the ones who had [...]

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Worship Liturgy for August 22, 2010 ~ Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10, Psalm 71:1-6, Hebrews 12:18-29, Luke 13:10-17

Ordinary 21 ~ Pentecost + 13 ~ Year C
 
 
Leader: All praise to God
People: Who formed us in Holy image
Leader: All praise to the Lover of our Souls
People: Who equips us with gifts and anoints us with purpose
Leader: All praise to the Spirit
People: Who calls us to risk and sustains our every step
Leader: All praise to [...]

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Worship Liturgy for September 5, 2010 ~ Philemon 1-21, Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18, Labor Day

 
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: No longer slave, but free
People: No longer servant, but friend         
Leader: No longer foreigner, but family
People: No longer bound by the law, but by Love       
Leader: Come worship the One
People: Who unlocks the shackles      
Leader: Dismantles boundaries and barriers
People: Freeing us each to be more fully who God imagines        
All: Guiding us [...]

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Worship Liturgy for August 1, 2010 ~ Lectionary Readings: Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9,43; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21

Ordinary 18, Pentecost + 10, Year C
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: What has captured my heart?
People: Who can teach me a love song?
Leader: Wherein do my loyalties lie?
People: In what do I invest my time and energy?
Leader: How do I use my resources?
People: How do I share my gifts and wisdom?
Leader: All these matters are of critical [...]

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