Without hesitation, Abraham ran out to the strangers.Let me provide you water to remove the dust from your feet.“Let us provide something to eat. Sarah and the servants busily made Abraham’s promise a reality.They provided abundant hospitality for the three…
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Running to the Stranger
Tagged with: Abraham, hospitality, narrative lectionary, Sarah
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 18, Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 18:1-15 and 21:1-7, narrative lectionary, Old Testament
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 18, Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 18:1-15 and 21:1-7, narrative lectionary, Old Testament
Help Us Run to Serve
Prayer of Confession Together Holy One: We confess we wait to be asked to be your love. Our hospitality is sometimes about what we want and not about what others need. Rather than running to serve, we hide to avoid…
Confession & Prayer of Belonging
Reconciling with God & Neighbor Prayer of Confession TogetherCreating One: We confess we don’t always act and live as you dream for us. We pretend we are the only ones who belong. We reject our neighbors who are different or…
Tagged with: narrative lectionary
Posted in Confession of Sin & Assurance, Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 2:4-3:8, Genesis 2:7-9, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, Passing of the Peace
Posted in Confession of Sin & Assurance, Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 2:4-3:8, Genesis 2:7-9, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, Passing of the Peace
We Belong.
You belong here.We are of this earth, created from the soil, life breathed into us by the creator. You belong here.We are connected to one another through the dust from which we were formed and the breath of God that…
Tagged with: narrative lectionary
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 2:4-25, narrative lectionary, Old Testament
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 2:4-25, narrative lectionary, Old Testament
Whatever Our Shape, Abilities, or Struggles
We are created by God! We gather assured of God’s love and dream for humanity. We are created in God’s image. We gather assured that whatever our shape, our abilities, or our struggles, we reflect the image of God. Our…
Posted in Call to Worship, Invocation, John, John 9, John 9:1-41, narrative lectionary, Uncategorized
Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11)
Small blooms were sprinkled down the center aisle leading to this display in front of the communion table. Each seat in the sanctuary had a wrapped wedding butter mint.
An Angry Savior
From your lives of challenge, of hard work, of weariness, and loneliness, come and worship. In tough times and times of joy, it “is zeal for your house that has consumed me…” (Psalm 69:9a CEB) From lives of righteous anger,…
Posted in Call to Worship, John, John 2, John 2:13-25, narrative lectionary, Psalm 69, Psalm 69:1-16, Psalm 69:13, Psalm 69:9, Psalms, Uncategorized
“Come & See”
John points to Jesus. And two follow. Jesus called to Philip. And Philip found Nathanael. Beckoning spirit, we crave you. We ache for connections and peace and wholeness. All around us we see hatred, brinkmanship, and suffering neighbors. Why? How…
Resisting & Hoping
We call out to you, “Be the God we dream!” You respond by being the God you are. We discuss you and define you and expect of you. But you unravel our expectations and definitions. We seek to limit and…
Living Our Lives
We leave now to live our lives. We will grow old, we will raise families, we will love neighbor and family. We will get on with living our lives, mindful of the dreams God has for humanity. Whether we are…
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