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confession: full to the brim

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One: Loving God, the world is full to the brim with your grace,
All: yet so often we see only what we do not have.

~silence~

One: Joyful God, you call us to glorify and enjoy you forever,
All: yet so often we insist that faith must be cut and dried, strait-laced, and serious.

~silence~

One: Calling God, you ask for obedience to your will,
All: yet so often we prefer our own way to yours.

~silence~

One: Forgive our faltering faith, O God.
All: Soften our hard hearts, unclench our grasping hands, and open our darkened eyes, that we may follow you into kingdom life. We pray in the name of Jesus the Christ, who makes all things new. Amen.

 

Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson, the Presbyterian Church of Palatine, IL.

prayer of dedication: here and now

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We are sometimes a fearful people, Holy One.
But today, we place our trust, our hope and our faith in you.
Use these gifts – and all our lives – for the creation of your Reign on earth,
not in some distant future but here and now.
We give thanks.
Amen.

Submitted by Rev. Jennifer Garrison Brownell, Hillsdale Community Church – UCC, Portland, OR

call to worship: praise you everyday

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We will exalt you, O God, and praise your name forever!
We praise you everyday – yes, we will praise you forever!

Great is the Holy One! God is most worthy of praise!
No one can measure the greatness of God!

Adonai is close to all who call out in truth.
God is filled with kindness, and helps those who call out for God’s mercy.

We who are gathered praise our Sovereign God!
May everyone on earth bless God’s name forever! Amen!

based on Psalm 145
submitted by Rev. Lucus Keppel, Ancho Community + Corona United Presbyterian Churches, New Mexico

call to confession/assurance of pardon: calling out to God

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Call to Confession

Like the rich Pharisee, we believe that if we do all the right things before God, we will have earned God’s favor. Yet God does not want our pretenses and posturing. God says to us, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” So let us drop the barriers between us and God and our neighbor and call out like the tax collector, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” confessing to God together in prayer the things that keep us hurting and broken…

(Suggest using a part of one of the Reformed confessions of our heritage in honor of Reformation Sunday.)

Assurance of Forgiveness

We have called out to God and God has heard our cries. God’s merciful Spirit is poured out on all people. Our Creator has offered us forgiveness of our sins through Jesus Christ, for we have humbled ourselves before him and sought his mercy, and so we shall be exalted. For these abundant gifts of God’s undeserved grace, let us stand and sing praise.

submitted by Rev. Rebecca Page Lesley, Suffolk Presbyterian Church, Suffolk, VA

 

confession: justifying ourselves

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Merciful God,
all that we have and all that we are come from you,
yet we prefer to focus on what we have done to justify ourselves.
We count all that we have done to earn your love
rather than confess our need for your grace and mercy.
We point out the shortcomings of others
rather than examine our own waywardness.
Forgive us, Lord.
Open our eyes to our need for your indiscriminate and unconditional love.
Free us from our need to justify ourselves in your sight,
and guide us as we welcome the fullness of your life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

Submitted by Rev. Andy James, First Presbyterian Church, Whitestone, New York