Litany for 24 April 2011

Easter Sunday               24 April 2011

Call to Celebration

L: Christ the Lord has risen today!

P: All on earth with angels say:

All: Alleluia!

L: Raise your joys and triumphs high!

P: Sing ye heavens and earth reply:

All: Alleluia!

                                       Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Invocation

We give thanks to You, O God, for You are good;

Your steadfast love endures forever!

You are our strength and our song.

You are our salvation.

It is good to give thanks to You, God;

For Your love is everlasting!

Hear our prayer of thanks to You, O God:

In the name of the risen Christ we pray, Amen.

                from Psalm 118  
                                       Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 17 April 2011

Palm Sunday           17 April 2011
L: Open the gates of Justice,
P: That we may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
L: Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
P: Hosanna to the Son of David!
L: This is the day which the Lord has made.
P: Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
All: Hosanna in the highest heaven! Hosanna!
from Psalm 118 and Matthew 21:9

                                          Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 10 April 2011

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Call to Celebration

L: When we are at our deepest points, we cry out to God:

P: “Lord, hear our voices! Listen to our voices calling out in our hour of need!”

L: We are impatient even with God. Yet we know God forgives our impatience.

P: God lifts us out of our deepest despair saying,

L: “I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live.”

P: So we hope in the Lord. Our soul waits for the Lord.

All: With God there is steadfast love.

               from Psalm 130:1-7, Ezekiel 37:14

                                          Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 3 April 2011

4th Sunday in Lent   

Call to Celebration
L: God is our Shepherd;
P: We will not be in need.
L: God is with us;
P: In green pastures and by still waters we renew our spirits.
L: God is with us;
P: Even in despair we find courage, in darkness we find light.
L: God is at our side;
P: We are comforted and loved.
All: Let us open our hearts to worship God.
                            from Psalm 23

                                          Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 27 March 2011

3rd Sunday in Lent    
Call to Celebration
L: Come! Let us raise a joyful song to the Lord!
P: Let us come into God's presence with thanksgiving and sing Psalms of triumph.
L: For the Lord is a great God!
P: God cradles the depth of the earth and holds fast the mountain peaks.
L: We are God's people, God's flock.
All: Let us kneel before the Lord our Shepherd.
                            from Psalm 95:1-7

                                          Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 20 March 2011

Call to Celebration:

L: We lift up our eyes to the hills-- from where will help come?
P: Help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

L: The LORD is shade on our right side.
P: The sun will not strike by day,

L: Nor the moon by night.
P: God protects us and keeps us from evil.
L: God watches over us,

P: From this time on and forevermore.

All: Amen.

    from Psalm 121

                                          Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 13 March 2011

Call to Celebration:

L: Let all who are faithful offer prayer to God.

    At a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them.

P: For God is a hiding place.

L: God preserves us from trouble.

P: God surrounds us with glad cries of deliverance.

L: Steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.

All: Be glad in the Lord.  Rejoice and shout for joy!

                         Psalm 32:6-11

                                            Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 6 March 2011

 Call to Celebration for 6 March 2011

L: God, we have heard your prophetic message,

P: It is as a lamp shining in a dark place.

L: Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity.

P: You have set down justice and righteousness.

L: May we receive your message, following it until a new day dawns,

P: Until the morning star rises in our hearts.

ALL: We worship now at your holy mountain!

                from 2 Peter 1:16-21 and Psalm 99:4, 9

                                            Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates