Litany for 14 April 2013

Third Sunday of Easter
Call to Worship for 14 April 2013:
One: Joy comes with the morning!
God has turned our mourning into dancing
All: God removes our sackcloth, and clothes us with joy.
One: Jesus calls us to feed the lambs, and tend the sheep,
All: Jesus calls us to follow him.
All: Let our souls praise God forever. Amen.
         from Psalm 30
            Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 7 April 2013

Second Sunday of Easter
Call to Worship for 7 April 2013

One: Peace be with you.

All: And also with you.

One: Praise God with trumpet sound, and with lute and harp!

All: Let everything that breathes praise God!

One: And now, receive the Holy Spirit,

All: That the Holy Spirit might work through us. Amen.
from John 20:19-26 and Psalm 150
                       Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 31 March 2013

Easter Sunday

Call to Worship   March 31 2013

One: Christ the Lord has risen today!

All: All on earth with angels say: Alleluia!

One: Raise your joys and triumphs high!

All: Sing ye heavens and earth reply: Alleluia!

One: All are made alive in Christ today!

All: Alleluia, Amen!

                       Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 24 March 2013

Palm Sunday

Call to Worship for 24 March 2013

L: This is the day which God has made.

P: Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

L: Open the gates of righteousness

     that we may enter and give thanks.

P. O give thanks to God, for God is good,

     God’s love endures forever.

All: Let us rejoice in this day which God has made.

              taken from Psalm 118

                       Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 17 March 2013

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Call to Worship for 18 March 2013

One: God is about to do a new thing.

All: God will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

One: So that those who sow in tears may reap with shouts of joy,

All: Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing,

One: Shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.

All: God is about to do a new thing! Let us rejoice.

from Isaiah 43:19 and Psalm 126:5-6

                                Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 10 March 2013

Fourth Sunday in Lent
Call to Worship for 10 March 2013
One: We confess we are at times resentful. Like the older brother in the story of the Prodigal Son, we sometimes begrudge generosity shown to others.
All: We are envious and want the attention for ourselves.
One: Yet God does not count our sins of resentment and envy against us.
All: God, through Christ, gives us a ministry of reconciliation.
One: In Christ there is a new creation! Everything old has passed away;
All: Everything has become new! Praise be to God!
           from Luke 15:1-3, 2 Corinthians 5:17-19
                                Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 3 March 2013

Third Sunday in Lent 

Call to Worship - 3rd of March 2013

One: O God, you are our God, we seek you, our souls thirst for you.

All:    And yet, we do not always wait with patience.

One: Sometimes we cannot wait to hear your answer.

All:    As we come into your presence, let our souls be satisfied as with a rich feast. Let our mouths praise you with joyful lips. Amen.

from Psalm 63:1-6 

                                Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates