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COMING SOON!!

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It’s almost time for the full roll out of liturgy link! Do you want to be part of our community creating for the relentless return of Sunday?

Beginning Reformation Day (October 31) come to Liturgy Link throughout the week for conversation about the coming Sunday, brainstorming for future seasons and Sundays, and liturgy submissions from you and your colleagues around the world!

Do you write liturgy? Do you love creating communion prayers, children’s sermons, sharing hymn ideas, or finding new ways to call people to worship/confession/prayer? Send it to us and share it with the world! liturgylink@gmail.com. Also follow us on twitter (@liturgylink) and/or like us on facebook for more updates and conversation!

10.31.11 : semper reformanda!

confession: monotony v. risk

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Submitted by Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo, Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church, North Plainfield NJ

Today, O Lord, we confess that too often in life we have failed to remember that you created, called, and sent us into Your world. We have failed to acknowledge and live into this great gift with joy and celebration. We prefer work of monotony to the work of risk-taking. We crave predictable and safe lives to prophetic life-risking action. Remind us again of our callings. Renew in us your Spirit and your urgent thirst for the peace and justice you desire for all of Creation. Disturb our peace and draw us closer to you in Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Confession: turn back or go forward

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Submitted by Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo, Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church, North Plainfield, NJ

Too often O God we have become a church of “we always used to do it that way” or “we should do something else” or a church of “we can’t.” We have failed You O God of endless possibilities, God of New Life and Resurrection! We worry, fret, obsess, or want to turn back the clock to a time that does not exist anymore in our lives or in the life of the world. We have failed you O God of new beginnings, of Creation, of birth and of death. As we gather today to worship you help us to really worship. To be completely open to your leading, and fully ready for your powerful, change-making power in our lives and in this community. We pray all these things in the name of Jesus Christ—the one to makes all things—even our broken selves—fresh and new. Amen.

another confession for September 11

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Submitted by Rev. Rebecca Page Lesley, Suffolk Presbyterian Church

Merciful God, you teach that we should love our neighbors as ourselves. We confess that we mostly just love ourselves. We see those who are different than we are and we harbor fear and suspicion. We forget that they too, are your beloved children. O God, have mercy on us.

In our search for safety, we have put others at risk and though many lives have been lost, we have not found the security we seek. Forgive us, Lord, for our misplaced sacrifices. Have mercy on us.

Christ teaches that we should forgive, but we like to hold on to grudges and they become our own weapons of mass destruction. We seek to be controllers of rather than partners in our relationships—even our relationship with you, O Lord. Have mercy on us. Forgive our faults, strengthen our weaknesses, and lead us forth in love.