a community creating for the relentless return of Sunday
One: Look forward in faith, for God’s word will light the path.
All: God’s promise is trustworthy and true!
One: Look forward in hope, for God is always doing a new thing.
All: God’s steadfast love will lead the way.
One: Look forward in faith, for God’s glory will shine in the darkness.
All: God’s grace is alive, and draws us onward.
Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson, the Presbyterian Church of Palatine, IL.
One: God calls us to worship, lifting our voices and our hearts in praise.
All: God calls us to worship, lifting our hands and our resources to serve.
One: God calls us to worship, when we are together and when we are alone.
All: God calls us to worship, in the sanctuary and on the street corner.
One: God calls us to worship, with our everyday choices and our Sunday best.
All: God calls us to worship, in song and prayer and in doing justice and loving kindness.
One: God calls us to worship.
Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson, the Presbyterian Church of Palatine, IL
Glorious God, you are everywhere present, and yet so often we try to confine you within our walls. We confess that we have believed some spaces, and some people, and some objects, to be holier than others. We confess that we have obscured your presence, ignored your Spirit, and focused our attention on ourselves. We confess that we have often worshipped our buildings rather than you.
Forgive our misplaced passion, and flood this place with your glory once again—and not only this place, but us, your people. Fill us with your Spirit that we may be your living Temple, offering sanctuary to your world.
~silence~
All (sung): Come and fill our hearts with your peace (Taize)
Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson, the Presbyterian Church of Palatine, IL
One: We gather in this holy place, lifting our voices in praise.
All: We come to offer ourselves, heart and soul and mind and strength.
One: We seek God’s presence, opening ourselves to God’s living Word.
All: We come to be filled by the Holy Spirit, breath of all creation.
One: Wherever two or three are gathered, Christ is among us.
All: Let us worship the living God together.
Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson, the Presbyterian Church of Palatine, IL
“Fill the sails of life of this church – your church – O God, with your Holy Spirit, and guide us by the light of Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen”
Submitted by Jerie Messer Lukefahr, Commissioned Ruling Elder
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