*Call to Worship Come and worship! We come to praise and worship the Creating One, the Loving One, the Almighty of Now and To-Come! Bring your offerings! We bring our love offerings to our God as we take our love…
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Offering Invitation: Eye on the Sparrow
Keep your eye on the sparrow! Keep your focus on God’s unfolding realm on earth. Keep your heart open allowing it to spill all over everyone you meet. If you have a financial offering, place it in the plate but…
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Posted in Invitation to Offering, Offering, Uncategorized
Posted in Invitation to Offering, Offering, Uncategorized
In the midst of struggles
Offering Invitation In the midst of struggles, God is present. In times of grief and times of weariness and tragedy God weeps with us. When we fail to be the people we know we should, when we sin, God’s grace envelops…
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Hopeful Commitment
An Offering Invitation: Beginning our story of faith anew, we look toward love incarnate. The human Jesus will feel all the same feelings that we feel, that is, of course what incarnation means. The baby Jesus, felt hunger crying out…
Tagged with: Advent Hope, hope, Offering Invitation
Posted in Advent, Invitation to Offering, Offering, Seasons of the Church
Posted in Advent, Invitation to Offering, Offering, Seasons of the Church
Offering: Promises & Signs
Invitation There are many signs we claim for our faith but ultimately it is our active love that reveals who we worship. As the plate comes around commit to give of your whole selves. Give of your talents and material…
Promises
Invitation to Offering God promises much to humanity and we often turn the other way. As the plate comes around commit to give of your whole selves. Give of your talents and material possessions to the Church with the expectation…
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Posted in Invitation to Offering, Offering, Prayer of Dedication, Uncategorized
Posted in Invitation to Offering, Offering, Prayer of Dedication, Uncategorized
Offering Invitation & Dedication
Invitation We sing our praises to the Lord, for God is good and worthy! We give our whole selves — our talents and material possessions — to the Church with the expectation that they be used to further God’s dream for…
Waves of Love & Commitment
Invitation God’s breath sustains the ever-creating universe. Divine love rode the waves with the baby Moses and is with you in every joy, heartbreak, and challenge. Let God’s love move you to commit to use your talents and financial resources…
Blessing of Offerings
Divine One: Bless these financial gifts, may they be given out of love. Bless our skills & talents, may they be used out of love. Bless this day, may we participate in expanding your love. Amen.
Tagged with: gifts of the Spirit, narrative lectionary, Paul, spiritual gifts
Posted in 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 13, New Testament, Offering, Prayer of Dedication, Uncategorized
Posted in 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 13, New Testament, Offering, Prayer of Dedication, 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
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