We get confused sometimes by the options. The choices before us can seem equally wrong. You ask us to do something outlandish, which is your way, but this time… This time it’s out of character. You ask us to act,…
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In a World of Tough Choices
Tagged with: Abraham, binding of Isaac, Isaac, narrative lectionary, violence
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14, Genesis 22, Genesis 22:1-14, Old Testament
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14, Genesis 22, Genesis 22:1-14, Old Testament
Call to Worship: When God Imagined Me
In the midst of darkness & chaos… God imagined. In the fury & darkness… God imagined a world filled with trees, and blue skies and fluffy white clouds. In the meadow, God stood and… imagined foxes, bluebirds, and slithering snakes.…
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 1, Genesis 1-2, Genesis 1-2:1, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Show Us the Way
*Call to Worship & Invocation We are each worthy of grace and love & mercy when viewed through divine eyes. We are God’s beloved. Sometime we fail to live in harmony with God’s dreams for us. God has expectations. Half…
Merciful Love Prevailed
Call to Worship & Invocation God called Jonah to prophesy to the Ninevites. And Jonah ran. From the belly of a great fish, Jonah prayed to God for salvation. He remained in the fish for three days. The fish vomited…
Reborn from the Sea Womb
*Call to Worship & Invocation You are in the presence of God. The One whose love nudges at us and pursues us in all times and all places is among us. Like Jonah, we too often run from the task…
Lustrous & Worthy
Call to Worship Acts 2:1-4 When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house where they were sitting. They saw what…
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-4, Call to Worship, Hildegard of Bingen, Invocation, New Testament, Words of Wisdom
Swim & Splash in Cleansing Waters
Out of a world of cut-throat competition, of winners-and-losers, and too many left behind we come together. The world’s ways are not our ways. The world’s ways are not Christ’s ways. Out of a world of hatred, violence, individualism, and…
Posted in Call to Worship
Litany of Installation of a Lead Pastor
Covenant of Installation The Presentation The Search Committee of the Albany First Christian Church is pleased to present the Rev. ____________ for installation as our Lead Pastor. Though we are gathered today to install _________, other members of the ministerial…
Tagged with: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Disciples, Disciples of Christ
Posted in Installation of a Pastor, Liturgy, Special Times
Posted in Installation of a Pastor, Liturgy, Special Times
Move, Swirl, & Dance
Move, swirl, and dance among us. Remind us that you you are always present: encouraging, luring, and inspiring us to be the loving people you created us to be. Stir us during this hour to walk humbly, embrace love, and…
Loving Hour to Hour
Call to Worship Acts 2:42-44, 47a The believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers. A sense of awe came over everyone. God…
Tagged with: community
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:42-44, 47a, Call to Worship, Invocation, New Testament
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:42-44, 47a, Call to Worship, Invocation, New Testament
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