Litany for All Saints Day

Nov 1, 2015 - All Saints Day lectionary:

One: The earth belongs to God, and all that is in it.

All: God is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.

One: And still, God reaches out to wipe away tears from our faces.

All: God cares deeply about each of us.

One: In the Lazarus story, Jesus was deeply moved by Lazarus’ death.

All: Jesus wept.

One: God is Alpha and Omega,

All: God is the beginning and the end. Let us worship God.

                                Litany by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for Year C Proper 14 or 15

From Lectionary Readings for:

Year C Proper 14: Hebrews 11:8-12

Year C Proper 15: Hebrews 12:1-2

One: For all the saints, who rest from their labor,

All: We remember all they have done through their faith in God.

One: By faith, Abraham obeyed when God called, living in tents in an unknown land.

All: And by faith, Noah built an ark to save his household.

One: By faith, Moses led the people out of Egypt,

All: And by faith the saints of our own church have been God’s hands in our community.

One: We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses!

All: We pray that we may also run with perseverance the race You set before us. Amen.

            from Hebrews 11:8-12 and 12:1-2

                                Litany by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 2015-10-11 Proper 23 Year B

Call to Worship for October 11, 2015
Year B Proper 23

One: How many times have we done nothing because we feared we could not do enough?

All: How many times have we failed to share for fear we might later need it ourselves?

One: How many times have we been reluctant to try a new way to live our lives?

All: Shake us from our complacency.

One: Teach us to let go of what we hold fast.

All: Teach us to count our days with your joy that we may gain a wise heart.

One: Satisfy us with your steadfast love, so that we may rejoice and be glad.

All: We open our hearts to worship you, O God.

             from Psalm 90:12-14
Litany by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 13 Sept 2015, Proper 26, Year B

Call to Worship

One: What is the most important commandment?

All: Love God with all your heart!

One: And love your neighbor as yourself.

All: Give food to the hungry and set prisoners free.

One: Watch over the stranger as God watched over Ruth.

All: Uphold the orphan and the widow, as God upheld Naomi.

One: Lift up those who are bowed down.

All: Let us worship God with our hearts and minds and strength!

          from Mark 12:28-34, Psalm 146:1-10 and Ruth 1:1-18

Litany - Year C Second Sunday of Easter

One: Let us praise God in this sanctuary;

All: Praise God with a trumpet sound;

One: Praise God with lute and harp!

All: Praise God with tambourine and dance;

One: Praise God with strings and pipe!

All: Praise God with loud clashing cymbals!

One: Praise God in all God’s mighty creation!

All: Let everything that breathes praise God! Amen!

Litany for 27 Sept 2015 - Proper 21 Year B

One: God’s law is perfect -- it revives the soul.

All: God’s decrees are sure -- they give us wisdom,

One: the wisdom Queen Esther showed in saving her people.

All: God’s precepts are right -- they make our hearts rejoice.

One: God’s commandment is clear -- it enlightens our eyes, as it did

        with King Ahasuerus when Queen Esther spoke to him.

All: Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our rock and our redeemer.

from Psalm 19:7-9 and Esther 7:1-6

Litany for Proper 17, Year B

Call to Worship

One: For every generous act of giving, every perfect gift,

All: Is from above, coming down from God.

One: Be quick to listen, but do not merely hear.

All: Be also doers of the word, so that in your doing

     you will be blessed and will bless others.

One: Care for orphans and widows in their distress,

All: Take care of the homeless and feed the hungry.

One: For, every generous act of giving, and every perfect gift, is from God.

All: We lift our praises to God!

from James 1:17-27

Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates