Epiphany 2  Year C CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Many gifts, each reflecting God’s love People: Offered and employed for the sake of others Leader: The gift of wisdom People: For the common good Leader: The gift of knowledge People: For the common good Leader: The gift of healing People: For the common good Leader: The [...]

CALL TO WORSHIP Leader:  As we take our first breath People: The God of miracles is present. Leader:  As we test our wings in adolescence and young adulthood People: The God of faithfulness is ever with us. Leader:  When responsibilities, geography and relationships are altered People: God is there in the joy and in the [...]

Light One Candle “It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”  This quote is listed as a Chinese proverb and also attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt or perhaps Eleanor Roosevelt quoting a Chinese proverb. No matter the source, this is our image for the first Sunday of 2010. The first Sunday of [...]

Epiphany  Year C Let It Shine Let the light of love shine Into molten rage Cave-dark depression Frozen fear frantically searching for hope Let it shine On the tender-hearted and closed-minded The wise ones and the fools From the deserts of Arizona to the deserts of Afghanistan Let the still beams of courage illuminate Paths [...]

Worshipping with Sophia Let me pray with you she babbled After she rocked out to “O Come All Ye Faithful” Communing with eyes of wonder And peek-a-boo Her soft, brown skin receiving affection poured out Doubling, quadrupling her return Surrounded by family: immediate, extended, church By the time we joined voices for “Silent Night” She [...]

Christmas I  Year C   Leader: Christmas is here…still People: In the still reflection of embracing the child Leader: As we continue to unwrap the gifts of joy and peace People: And share the wonders of Christ’s love Leader: It is still Christmas People: Time for wise women and wise men, wise youth and wise [...]

Advent 4 Year C CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: When trials and pain come our way People: We often ask ‘Why me?’ Leader: Mary teaches us another way. People: When angels revealed a blessing, she asked ‘Why me?’ Leader: We come today full of questions People: Full of gratitude Leader: Knowing God subverts the powerful with [...]

Cradle us, God in the Manger, For we long to be caressed tenderly Loved intimately Cradle us, God of the Star, For the way is hazy And your purpose illuminates like dawn Cradle us, God at the Stable, For all creatures need the nourishment you offer In the House of Bread © December 2009  Cynthia [...]

Advent 3  Year C To use this or any liturgy written by Cynthia Langston Kirk please include the copyright in your bulletin and/or on your screen. If you want to use the writing in any way other than a one-time worship use, please contact Cynthia at: cynthia@piecingstories.com. Including Cynthia’s (or any liturgist’s) name is giving [...]

LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE DESCRIPTION The Longest Night Many people (connected or not connected to a faith community) find the holidays an enormous challenge because as others are singing and shopping, their hearts are heavy with grief. They miss loved ones and perhaps live with the pain of unresolved issues or what-could-have-been. The traditions and bright [...]