Abide.We abide and allow ourselves to be pruned for new growth. Abide.We abide with the One who provides nourishing soil and refreshing rain. Abide.We abide that we might bear the fruit of love and justice in our fragmented world. Amen.
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Through Tough and Easy Times
Gather together. Commit to living together through the tough and easy times. We commit to abiding together as one people in Christ. Stay put. Stay put with one another and with the divine one. We choose to abide together with the true…
Abide, Dwell, Stay Joined
We gather, seeking inspiration, insight, and hope.And Jesus tells us, Abide. Dwell. Stay joined. We gather, people of the world claiming Christ.And Jesus tells us, Abide. Dwell. Stay joined. We gather, people seeking to change the world for the better:…
Open Our Perspectives, Hearts, & Actions
Confession of Sin Responsive Though you model seasons of hard work and seasons of rest, we too often favor one over the other. Though you honor all labor that builds your kin_dom,we too often favor the labor of some over…
Sharing the Alighted Flame
Confession of Sin When we receive the flames of love and fail to share it. God, have mercy. When we share our gifts with those like us forgetting the poor and oppressed and imprisoned. God, have mercy. When we let…
The Fast We Have Chosen
Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house… (Acts 2:2 CEB) A flame…
Posted in Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:42-44, 47a, Call to Worship, Isaiah, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58:6, Luke, Luke 10, Luke 10, Luke 10:37, New Testament, Old Testament
Grant Us a Reset
Confession of Sin Holy One, You empower of us with gifts so that we may live fully into our callings as your people. Forgive us for the times we’ve misused those gifts. Grant us your grace for the times we’ve…
Praise to God for Our Diverse Gifts
*Call to Worship Come and worship. We gather as one people. Bring your gifts. We have different gifts. But the same Spirit provides them. L: Some of us are leaders. R: Some of us teachers. L: Some have a contemplative…
Why church? What’s the point?
Why church? What’s the point?We come to connect with one another. Why church? What’s the point?We come to find healing and hope in a world of hurt, hate, and disregard. Why church? What’s the point?We come to confess and repent…
Posted in Call to Worship, Luke, Luke 4:14-19, Mark, Mark 16, Mark 16:12-15, Micah, Micah 6, Micah 6:8, New Testament, Old Testament
We Confess Our Part in the World’s Fragmentation
Confession of Sin Holy One, you know our hearts, our acts, and our hurts. We confess we’ve failed to love our neighbor as ourselves. Not only have we done less than we know we can, we have too often convinced…
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