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CTW: it is good

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Leader: It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High.
People: We declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night.
Leader: As flowers unfold in the light of the sun, our creation comes to fullness in the presence of our God.
People: Christ brought a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
Adapted from Psalm 92 and 2 Corinthians 5 by Kathleen Sheets, Pastoral Assistant, First Congregational Church of Williamstown, MA

CTW: come into God’s presence

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One:      Come into God’s presence with gladness!
All:      The Spirit brings light into our darkness,
hope to our sadness, joy to our mourning.
One:       Come into God’s presence with singing!
All:      Christ’s love brings faith to our doubt,
promise to our uncertainty.
One:      Come into God’s presence with joy!
All:      We come, seeking God’s new way of life.

 

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

ctw: trinity in unity

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Now the Christian faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity.
For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Spirit.
So the Father is God, the Son God, the Holy Spirit God;
And yet there are not three Gods, but one God.
There is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.
And in this Trinity there is no before or after, no greater or less;
But all three Persons are co-eternal together, and co-equal.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Adapted from parts of the Creed of St. Athanasius, late fifth or sixth century, by Daniel Hayward, Ingleside-Newington Pastoral Charge, The United Church of Canada, South Stormont, ON.

CTW: imagine, dream, create, worship

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As a new light dawns…the sounds of sunrise stir us from our slumber!
As we gather together…songs of shared celebration ascend from our souls!
As we reside within our reality…God’s Spirit invites us to imagine…
dares us to dream…and compels us to create life as it is intended to be!
So let’s not simply sit and stand! Let’s not simply sing songs and say words!
Let’s imagine…let’s dream…let’s create…and let’s worship God!

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