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call to confession / declaration of grace: stubborn resistance

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Too often, we ignore our need to be renewed,
and our responsibility to be a renewing presence in the world.
So please join me in the prayer of confession…

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This is good news:

We were not created to be static human beings…
immoveable, unalterable, and unyielding;
and God responds to our stubborn resistance to be renewed,
not with violent threats,
but with graceful patience and healing mercy.

So let’s sing and give thanks to God!

Submitted by Scott Cervas, pastor at Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY)

CTW: very good to be here (inspired by Psalm 133)

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It is very good for all of us to be here…
to celebrate the richness of our lives together;
to re-discover, and to discover for the first time,
the depths of God’s grace;
to gather at this table
so that we may taste and see the goodness of God!
It is very good for all of us to be here…
so let’s gather, let’s discover, let’s celebrate, and let’s worship God!

Submitted by Scott Cervas, pastor at Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY)

CTW: seeking

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One:       Put your trust in God,
whose faithfulness is beyond imagining.
All:      We come to worship, seeking to know God fully.
One:      Bring with you your joys and sorrows,
your certainty and our doubt.
All:      We cannot always see clearly,
      but God’s presence is sure.
One:      Seek, ask, and knock: you will find.
All:      We come to have our eyes and hearts opened
      to God’s way.

 

Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson, Ridgefield Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, Crystal Lake IL.

confession: search and miss

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You call us to love you with all our heart, all our mind, all our strength.
But sometimes we aren’t even sure what that means.
What are you looking for?
What are we looking for?
We search for many things, but miss you in our midst.
We listen to many things, but do not hear your voice.
We forget to look to you, and even when we look, our vision is clouded.
Clear the chaos within us, O God,
that we may focus on you.
We will seek you with our whole hearts.
Amen.

 

Submitted by the Rev. Teri Peterson, Ridgefield Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, Crystal Lake IL.

A Lenten Litany of Renewal & Purpose

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Every day is a day to be renewed…
to become the people God created us to be.
May we learn to recognize our true selves
as we reflect on God’s hope and intention for creation.
God calls us to proclaim the gospel
for the salvation of all humanity.
May we seek to be the presence of Christ in the world
without creating clubs that push people away.
God calls us to shelter, nurture,
and cultivate spiritual communion among all God’s children.
May we be a safe place for everyone
to question, to know, to struggle, and to grow
God calls us to worship in spirit and in truth.
May we abandon entertainment for profound awareness;
may we share our gifts and creativity in our expression;
and may the table at which we gather always have room.
God calls us to uphold the truth.
May we faithfully struggle to understand truth,
so that instead of being chained and imprisoned to it,
we may be joyfully and completely set free by it.
God calls us to be advocates for social justice.
May everything that seeks to undermine God’s love
make us uncomfortable and passionately counteractive.
God calls us to be a visible manifestation
of God’s vision of, and hope for, all creation.
May we live as if we truly believe that;
shining light in darkness…sprinkling salt on blandness…
and celebrating the joy of life that we all share together.
Let it be so!

Submitted by Scott Cervas, pastor at Meadowthorpe Presbyterian Church (Lexington, KY) as an Affirmation of Faith to be used during a series of sermons based on the Great Ends of the Church listed in section G-1.0200 of the Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church (USA).