Many of us probably have the bulletin done already...but there are always those things that don't need to go in the bulletin that we wait to do until later. What words will we use to introduce the scripture reading? What words will we use to call … [Continue reading] about The unprinted parts
call to confession: we just don’t have it all together
Friends, anyone who says they have it all together is just not telling the truth. Let’s take this time to speak truth, to admit our failings, before God and each other. Let us pray. (we pray together the prayer of confession in the … [Continue reading] about call to confession: we just don’t have it all together
commissioning and benediction – back out into the world
Our time of worship concludes, we go back out into the world. Here we have met the God who chooses to make us clean. And, having been healed, what is our response? We share the love of God with all we meet, for they too have been made clean. As … [Continue reading] about commissioning and benediction – back out into the world
confession: walls of all about me
Holy God, we sing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”, but we act out “A Mighty Fortress Is Our Life.” We make traps around us for others to fall into. We build walls so that we cannot be touched. We put so much in our days that we can only focus on what … [Continue reading] about confession: walls of all about me
confession: no sense of direction
Healing God, sometimes we have no sense of direction. You point us one way...we stumble the other way; You tell us to do one thing...we alter your plans; You give us a clear vision...it often doesn't suit our notions. We create our own … [Continue reading] about confession: no sense of direction
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