Opening Words Recognizing we are made of earth and God’s breath, we gather this evening to confess our human frailty while acknowledging the divine within one another. We lay before God the mistakes and choices we’ve made that separate us…
Blog Archives
Ash Wednesday: We are Breathing
Call to Worship Come into this sacred space and breathe.Formed from dust, we are here. We are breathing. Moment of silence. Let go of the world that tells you to compete endlessly.Formed from dust, we are here. We are breathing. Moment of…
Posted in Ash Wednesday, Call to Worship, Days of the Church, Invocation, Mark, Mark 9, Mark 9:30-37, New Testament
An Ash Wednesday Liturgy
Prelude *Call to Worship …
Ash Wednesday – Call to Worship
*Call to Worship Out of the earth, we are formed. Out of the divine breath, we become God’s hopes. Let us pray together. Creating One, You reach to the earth and from dust you form each of us. You lift…
Our Flawed Ideas
Words of Humble Confession We confess we sin individually against others, we confess we repeat our mistakes, even though we know better. We allow our actions to make it…
We’ve Propped Ourselves Up
Words of Humble Confession We confess we have propped ourselves up, letting pride claim special status for ourselves at the expense of our neighbors. You’ve told us that the vulnerable, those as powerless as children, are the greatest in your…
For Our Own Purposes
Words of Humble Confession We confess to you, O God, that we too often claim to see the special in others only to use it for our own purposes. We have…
Tagged with: #blacklivesmatter, Queen Vashti
Posted in Ash Wednesday, Confession of Sin & Assurance, Days of the Church, Esther, Esther 4, Esther 4:1-17, Matthew 28, Matthew 28:6-7a, New Testament, Old Testament
Posted in Ash Wednesday, Confession of Sin & Assurance, Days of the Church, Esther, Esther 4, Esther 4:1-17, Matthew 28, Matthew 28:6-7a, New Testament, Old Testament
Ashes for Just Such a Time As This
For just such a time as this, we were made. In the image of God, loving, grace-giving, and wise, we are created to be the hands, hearts, and feet of divinity. We gather on this Ash Wednesday, not because…
liturgybits.com 