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Resurrecting Hope For Us & For Them

*Call to Worship In this very room, there’s quite enough love. God’s love is for all of us. Revealed in the story of our faith, that love is for all of creation. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection hope is unveiled.

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Posted in 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-57, Call to Worship, New Testament

A House of Love

*Call to Worship This is a house of love. The one we call God is the very definition of love. This is a house of growth. The one we call God is an ever-creating, ever-evolving breath of love.  This is

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Posted in 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 13, Call to Worship, New Testament, Uncategorized

Birth Pangs & Midwifery

Offering Invitation The mother’s labor is beginning. She screams out at the birthpangs. We join in chorus, “the world is coming to an end!” forgetting that new life is born out of pain.  Choose to be a part of the new

Posted in Invitation to Offering, Lent, Mark, Mark 13, Mark 13:1-8, 24-37, New Testament, Offering, Prayer of Dedication

Birth Pangs

*Confession of Sin & Call to Worship Across the waters, the restless breath blew. And God began to create. Through the centuries, God journeyed with humanity. And our forebears failed, to live up to God’s hopes. Forgive us, our forebears

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Posted in Call to Worship, Confession of Sin & Assurance, Genesis, Genesis 1-2, Lent, Mark, Mark 13, Mark 13:1-8, 24-37, New Testament, Old Testament, Seasons of the Church

Come. Listen.

Come, children, listen to Jesus. Jesus, teach us how to honor the Lord. Do not jockey for power and position. Jesus tells us, you don’t know what sitting at my side means. Jesus tells us, that the one who wishes

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Posted in Call to Worship, Days of the Church, Mark, Mark 10, Mark 10: 35-45, New Testament, Old Testament, Psalm 34, Psalm 34:11-14, Psalms

Call to Worship: Seeds

The seeds are spread. On the path, on rocks, & among the thorns they fell.   We are here to worship the divinity embedded in creation by the creator. God is worthy. God is gracious.  Let us pray: Holy essence,

Posted in Call to Worship, Mark, Mark 4, Mark 4:1-20, New Testament, Uncategorized

The Seeds

The seeds are spread. On the path, on rocks, & among the thorns they fall.   Within each seed lies the divine hope. We confess we sometimes disappoint our divine creator. We fail to grow and become the plant that

Posted in Confession of Sin & Assurance, Mark, Mark 4, Mark 4:1-20, New Testament, Uncategorized

Another Sunday

*Prayer of Confession & Call to Worship Another Sunday. We hope this is worth our time.  Another Sunday. We hope the preacher doesn’t talk too long.  Another Sunday. We worry about the personal & the world.  Another Sunday. We yearn for

Posted in Call to Worship, Confession of Sin & Assurance, Mark, Mark 2, Mark 2:1-22, New Testament, Table Invitation

Immediately. Healing.

The old white wing chair wrapped its arms around her. She was a lump, just sitting there holding it. “I don’t think I’ve ever been more depressed before or since,” she’d later say to friends and family. Her dreams, her

Posted in Mark, Mark 2, Mark 2:1-22, New Testament, Sermon

Seeking Healing

*Prayer of Confession & Invocation Sacred One, from our worlds of pain, brokenness, and challenge we gather. We are yours, the koinonia gathers here & now. Focus on this place, we pray. Heighten our awareness, of your presence in this

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