Litany for 3 February 2013

Fourth Sunday After Epiphany

Call to Worship – 3 February 2013:

L: Love is patient; love is kind;

P: Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.

L: It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

P: It does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.

L: It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

P: Love never ends.

All: And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

            from I Corinthians 13:4-8

                                             Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 27 January 2013

Third Sunday After Epiphany

Call to Worship

L: Spirit of God— In You we are united.

P: When one member suffers, all suffer together with him.

L: In You we drink of one Spirit.

P: When one member is honored, all rejoice together with her.

L: In You we are connected.

P: When disaster strikes, all are touched and grieve.

All:  Bless us that we might be your hands in our world today.

                        inspired by I Corinthians 12:26

                                             Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 20 January 2013

Second Sunday After Epiphany

Call to Worship for 20 January 2013

L: Your steadfast love, O God, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds!

P: How precious is your steadfast love!

L: All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

P: And yet, for Zion’s sake, let us not keep silent;

L: For Jerusalem’s sake, let us not rest;

All: Let us make righteousness shine out like the dawn!

            from Psalm 36:5-7 and Isaiah 62:1

                                             Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates 

Litany for 13 January 2013

First Sunday After Epiphany
Call to Worship
One: God’s voice, full of majesty, calls to us over the waters,
All: “Do not fear, for I have called you by name. You are mine.”
One: When we pass through the waters, God is with us.
All: When we pass through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm us.
One: When we walk through fire, we shall not be burned, the flame will not consume us,
All: Because we are precious in God’s sight. God loves us.
from Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29:3-4
                     Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 6 January 2013

Epiphany
Call to Worship
One: God’s light has come!
All: Let us proclaim praise to God!
One: In Bethlehem of Judea a child was born.
All: Over an animal stable stopped a shining star.
One: Overwhelmed with joy and expectation, wise men followed the star.
All: As they entered, they saw a refugee child and his mother.
One: And yet, they knelt down, and paid homage to the child.
All: They offered the child gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Praise God!
from Isaiah 60:1, 6 and Matthew 2:5-11
                      Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 24 December 2012

Christmas Eve
Call to Celebration
L: In those days a decree went out that all should be registered.
P: Sing to God, all the earth.
L: Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the city of David called Bethlehem, and with him Mary, to whom he was engaged.
P: Declare God's glory, God's marvelous works in all the nations!
L: Mary was expecting a child.
P: O sing to God a new song!
L: While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
P: God is great and greatly to be praised!
L: And she gave birth to her firstborn son.
P: Let the heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice!
All: Alleluia! Amen.
                                 from Psalm 96 and Luke 2:1-20
                          Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates